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Mexican Folk Art Pop Up Articulated Dolls, Paper Mache, Mexico, 20th century exhibitions

Mexican Folk Art Pop Up

Oct 12 - Dec 12, 2019 At Athenaeum Art Center

Crafting Opportunity Untitled (detail), Kay Whitcomb, (1921-2015), 1969, Gustavsberg, Sweden, enamel on steel. 2018-023-002 exhibitions

Crafting Opportunity

May 11 - Jul 28, 2019 At San Diego Central Library Art Gallery

Restaurant Scene (Installation) Zenaida Rafael Julián, Restaurant Scene (detail), 2006. Ocumicho, Michoacán, Mexico, painted clay. Mingei International Museum Purchase, 2009-48-002 exhibitions

Restaurant Scene (Installation)

Nov 10, 2018 - Aug 13, 2019 At Escondido Municipal Gallery

American Quilts String Quilt - Zig Zag One Block (detail), 1930s–1940s, U.S.A., cotton. Collection of Mingei International Museum, Gift of Pat L. Nickols. 2012-35-195 exhibitions

American Quilts

Aug 17 - Nov 4, 2018 At Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT)

William L. Hawkins William L. Hawkins (1895 – 1990), Ferris Wheel #2, 1985, enamel on masonite. Private Collection. Courtesy Ricco/Maresca Gallery New York. Photo by Paul Mutino. exhibitions

William L. Hawkins

Jun 9 - Aug 26, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Student Craft 2018 Visitors in the exhibition, Student Craft 2018, looking at "Journey into Blue" by Kirra Hogan, Grade 10, La Costa Canyon High School, Teacher: Silvia Wiedmann. exhibitions

Student Craft 2018

May 19 - Aug 19, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Israel Meira Una, Summer, 2017, black stoneware, porcelain, ceramic colors. Collection of the artist. Photo by Shai Halevi. exhibitions

Israel

Apr 21 - Sep 3, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Voluminous Art DIE STADT / THE CITY, H. Kurzke, 2012, Germany, miniature flutter book is printed in ParmaPetit Font with pigment ink. Collection of University of San Diego. exhibitions

Voluminous Art

Mar 10 - Sep 3, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Weaving a Path Blanket, 1865-1880, Dine (Navajo), Germantown wool, aniline dyes. Collection of Mingei International Museum. Gift of Margaret A. Cargill / The Akaloa Resource Foundation and Mingei International Connoisseurs. 2004-50-001 exhibitions

Weaving a Path

Dec 9, 2017 - May 20, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Kantha Detail of a traditional design element, the wheel or pinwheel symbolizes the eternal cycle of life on a Cover (Kantha), 20th Century, West Bengal, India, recycled cotton sari, cotton. Collection of Mingei International Museum. Gift of Stephen Huyler. exhibitions

Kantha

Oct 28, 2017 - Mar 25, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Art of the Americas Household God Statue, Mexico, Aztec culture, 1440-1520 AD, basalt. Collection of Mingei International Museum. Bequest of the Robert Bruce Inverarity Estate. exhibitions

Art of the Americas

Sep 16, 2017 - Feb 18, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian Beads Necklace with Imitation Jaguar Teeth, 200 BCE - 1600 CE, Colombia, Sinu culture, conch on modern restringing. Collection of Mingei International, The Bead Museum Collection, Gift of Gabrielle Liese. exhibitions

Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian Beads

Sep 2, 2017 - Sep 3, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Indonesian Shadow Puppets Shadow Puppet - Tree of Life called Kayon or Gunungan (Ramayana and Mahabharata) (detail), unidentified maker, late 20th century, Java, Indonesia, painted parchment, hide, bone. Collection Mingei International Museum. Gift of Edward Inskeep. 1991-06-012 exhibitions

Indonesian Shadow Puppets

Jul 19, 2017 - Mar 18, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Arline Fisch Arline Fisch, The Hanging Garden of California, 2010-2012, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., coated copper wire. Collection of the Artist. exhibitions

Arline Fisch

Jun 18, 2017 - Jan 7, 2018 At Mingei International Museum

Trappings Adorned Horse Illustration by Ranganath Krishnamani featured in the exhibition, Trappings, by Mingei International Museum. exhibitions

Trappings

May 26 - Nov 12, 2017 At Mingei International Museum

Kanban Shitta kanban for blade shop (front view), late 19th century, Japan, wood, paper, pigment, metal fittings. Mingei International Museum Purchase, 2009-48-001 exhibitions

Kanban

Apr 15 - Oct 8, 2017 At Mingei International Museum

Sandy Swirnoff Purple Hat Dance (detail), Sandy Swirnoff, (*), 2014, San Diego, California, nylon thread, ceramic bead, enameled beads, onyx beads. Collection of the Artist. Photo by Katie Gardner exhibitions

Sandy Swirnoff

Jan 14 - Jun 4, 2017 At Mingei International Museum

American and European Folk Art Folk Art Tinsmith's Banner Weathervane (detail), unidentified maker, 1876, northern Europe, weathered painted tin, iron and wood. Collection Mingei International Museum. Museum purchase. 2015-01-006 exhibitions

American and European Folk Art

Nov 19, 2016 - Jun 18, 2017 At Mingei International Museum