This exhibition was funded in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.
First installed as a section of the inaugural exhibition AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS OF LIBERTY, this changing exhibition continued to showcase Mingei International’s growing collection of contemporary craft. Included were a rich selection of ceramics by Laura Andreson, Harrison MacIntosh, Rupert Deese, Gertrud and Otto Natzler (with photographs of Otto Natzler’s glazes by Gail Reynolds Natzler), Vivika and Otto Heino, Beatrice Wood, Martha Longenecker, Ken Dierck, Karen Karnes, Ramona Rowley, Gaylord Hall and Roy Leeper; wooden furniture by Sam Maloof, Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima and Wendy Maruyama; turned wood bowls by Bob Stocksdale and Gene Blickenstaff; a hewn wood bowl by Bill Chappelow; a wooden jewelry box by Brett Hesser; paper by Kay Sekimachi; weaving by Eve Gulick, Jack Lenor Larsen and Joan Austin; an extraordinary collection of contemporary silver by Henry Petzal; enamel by JoAnn Tanzer; and glass by Dale Chihuly and Benjamin Moore.
August 26-October 25, 1998 A special section within the Contemporary American Craft exhibition is
_CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY BY ALEX DE BAKCSY_
Brooches, rings, and pendants of silver, wood, plastic, gems and semi-precious stones made for the artist’s wife and on loan to the Museum.