Exhibitions | Mingei International Museum

Before you visit: Mingei is closed during daytime hours on Dec 5–6. We are open 5–9pm for December Nights festivities.

All Exhibitions

Please Be Seated Illustrations of chairs featured in the exhibition, Please Be Seated, at Mingei International Museum. Illustrations by Rodrigo Calderon. Exhibition

Please Be Seated

Oct 5, 2013 - Mar 30, 2014 At Mingei International Museum

Struck by Modernism Detail of the laundry room door, designed and crafted by C. Carl Jennings, for his family home. Photo by Darren Bradley. Exhibition

Struck by Modernism

Aug 24, 2013 - Feb 23, 2014 At Mingei International Museum

Allied Craftsmen Today Installation view of the Exhibition Allied Craftsmen Today Exhibition

Allied Craftsmen Today

Jun 15, 2013 - Jan 5, 2014 At Mingei International Museum

Menagerie From the exhibition Menagerie - Artful Animals from the Permanent Collection. Photo by Katie Gardner. Exhibition

Menagerie

Mar 23 - Sep 8, 2013 At Mingei International Museum

Bill Traylor Bill Traylor, Man, Woman, ca. 1940-1942, Watercolor and graphite on cardboard. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon. Exhibition

Bill Traylor

Feb 9 - May 12, 2013 At Mingei International Museum

Make Your Own Kind of Music Image of the exhibition, Make Your Own Kind of Music, Mingei International Museum. Photo by Katie Garnder. Exhibition

Make Your Own Kind of Music

Nov 17, 2012 - Jul 28, 2013 At Mingei International Museum

Pre-Columbian and Mexican Minatures Image of Pre-Columbian objects in collections storage, Mingei International Museum. Photo by Katie Gardner. Exhibition

Pre-Columbian and Mexican Minatures

Sep 1 - Nov 30, 2012 At Mingei International Museum

True Blue Detail of Hat (Perak), 20th Century, Ladakh, India, Leather, fur, turquoise, shells, silver. Gift of Drs. James and Judith Kemp. Collection of Mingei International Museum. Photo by Ken Kondo. Exhibition

True Blue

Aug 4, 2012 - Feb 17, 2013 At Mingei International Museum

Nature, Tradition, and Innovation Image of the exhibition, Nature Tradition and Innovation. Photo by Katie Gardner. Exhibition

Nature, Tradition, and Innovation

Jun 2, 2012 - Jan 6, 2013 At Mingei International Museum

Folk Festivals and Traditional Crafts Hand-Carrying Fireworks, 65/75, Masaaki Tanaka, 1981, Siguoka Prefecture, Japan, Silkscreen print. Collection of Maurice Kawashima. Photo by Ken Kondo. L76-02-035 Exhibition

Folk Festivals and Traditional Crafts

Jun 2, 2012 - Jan 6, 2013 At Mingei International Museum

Hats and Headdresses Sun Rook, Moses, 1980s, Kamuela, Hawaii, U.S.A., Paper bag. Collection Mingei International Museum. Gift of the Artist. Photo by Anthony Scoggins. 1989-36-139. Exhibition

Hats and Headdresses

May 19 - Oct 21, 2012 At Mingei International Museum

Mingei Beauty of Use Tea Vessel - Sangce(detail), 18th Century, Tibet, Copper. Collection Mingei International Museum. Museum Purchase. Photo by Tim Siegert. 2011-08-003A-B. Exhibition

Mingei Beauty of Use

Mar 20 - Jul 22, 2012 At Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT)

Northern Stars Rug Liekki (Flame), Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1900 (1984), Finland, Collection, Designmuseum. L74-01-084 Exhibition

Northern Stars

Jan 29 - Apr 22, 2012 At Mingei International Museum

A Fantastic Voyage Gallery installation view of mixed media paintings and bronze sculptures by the artist Inez Johnston. Photo by Tim Siegert Exhibition

A Fantastic Voyage

Dec 18, 2011 - Jun 17, 2012 At Mingei International Museum

New Jewelry in a New Medium Necklace(detail), Cynthia Toops, 1997, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A, Glass and polymer clay. Collection Mingei International Museum. The Bead Museum, gift of Lois Dubin. Photo by Tim Siegert. 2011-69-00005 Exhibition

New Jewelry in a New Medium

Dec 17, 2011 - Jun 17, 2012 At Mingei International Museum

San Diego's Craft Revolution Douglas Deed, Chair made with recycled beer cans, c. 1960. Photo courtesy of Doug Deeds Exhibition

San Diego's Craft Revolution

Oct 15, 2011 - Apr 15, 2012 At Mingei International Museum

Bold Expressions Exhibition

Bold Expressions

May 15 - Nov 6, 2011 At Mingei International Museum

Maneki Neko Image of Maneki Nekos from the permanent collection of Mingei International Museum. Photo by Lynton Gardiner. Exhibition

Maneki Neko

Mar 13, 2011 - Jan 15, 2012 At Mingei International Museum