Find Your Place

The re-imagined Mingei is becoming reality—a gift to our vibrant, creative community and the cross-border region.

Classroom Cubbies

$1,000 per cubby

There are only 48 sweet chances to see your name (or a kiddo or family name) on one of the cubbies in the Museum’s new Education Center. These lockers will hold all the belongings for young creatives visiting the Mingei classroom for the day. Snag yours today! Names will be added to the front of the locker.

Limit two per household.

Donate $1,000

Tree of Life

$1,500

Contribute a leaf to our Tree of Life, and help the transformed Museum bloom. As we near the end of construction, your gift will support the set-up and animation of the new Museum, including fixtures, furnishings, signage and all the details that will make Mingei feel welcoming and accessible. Donors will be recognized on an artist-designed, three-dimensional “tree of life” inspired by the Museum’s collection, which will be displayed in a lighted niche outside the Museum’s entrance. Your name will be visible on the tree for 12 months, after which the leaf with your name on it will be given back to you as a keepsake.

Donate $1,500

Nikigator Relocation

$500

Help us bring Nikigator home! Everyone’s favorite mosaic reptile is scheduled to return to her nest in Balboa Park, right in front of Mingei. This beloved piece from the Museum’s collection needs to be transported via flatbed truck and lifted by crane onto a new, soft pad. Help us get her ready to welcome visitors for play again! Donors will be recognized on signage inside the arcade in front of the Museum, adjacent to the Plaza de Panama, for at least 12 months.

Donate $500

Theater Seats

$2,500 per chair

Have your name inscribed on one of the Theater’s iconic Arne Jacobsen chairs. The Theater will be a place for performances, lectures, concerts, films and more, with a 40’ glass door that frames the south wall and opens completely to the amphitheater. The chairs are classic examples of Danish design, rounding out the beautiful new space with flexible seating arrangements. A limited number of these special chairs available—don’t miss this chance to be recognized!

Donate $2500

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Catherine R. Friedman

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Jan Garbosky

Gardiner & Theobald Inc.

Susan Gardner and Thomas Gardner

J. R. Gates

Joyce M. Gattas, PhD

Jefferson Gauyan

The Barbara A. Gaynor Trust

Molly Gee

Dr. Seuss Fund at The San Diego Foundation

William T. Georgis

Colette O. Gerard-Kitnovski

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Jane LaFazio and Don Strom

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Jack L. Larsen

Eloise Lau and Dan Kinnard

Gail Laughlin

Barbara Lavinio-Schmitz and Richard Schmitz

Alan Lawson

Sam Lee

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Michael and Teresa Lewis

Liang and Zee Foundation

Michelle Lin

Michele Linback

Marsha Lindbeck

Patricia Lindquist

Nancy Lindsay

Katherine Linsley

Robin J. Lipman

Jean Litchfield

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Claudia Lowenstein

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Judy McDonald

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Meadows Family Trust

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Judith Menzel

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Elinor Merl and Mark Brodie

Susan Merritt and Calvin Woo

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Carol Miller Trust

Susan Milner

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Mingei Docent Council

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Hayley Murugesan

Sheena and Wayne Myers

George Nakashima Woodworkers *

Francine and Edward Navakas

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Anne Neiger

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Joani Nelson

Lyn Nelson

Nancy Nenow

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Judith Nicolaidis

Adelle Nicolas

Caroline and Nick Nordquist

Amber O'Banion and Alexis O'Banion

Micki Olin & Dr. Reid Abrams

Virginia Oliver

Ann and Darwin Olsen

L. O'Neil

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Ann R. Oster

Jeffrey Ott and Julie Tupper

Carolyn and Tom Owen-Towle

Arline Paa

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Stephanie Pagaduan

Catherine and Robert Palmer

Deborah and Raymond Park

Irene Parra

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Brenda Pearson

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pecht

Pat Pepper

Gwendolyn Perchard

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Mark and Jeanene Perry

Penelope Perryman

Frances Petefish

Laurie Smith Peters

Jeanette and Kirk Peterson

Gale and James Petrie

Maryanne and Irwin Pfister

Maureen Phillips

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Elizabeth and Parker Piner

Nina and Chuck Podhorsky

Ann Pogue and Mary-Anne McKiechan

Susan and Tom Polakiewicz

Blaise and William Pope

Kent and Jill Porter

Kristi Porter

Victoria Powers and Gary Tilton

Drs. Julie Prazich and Sara Rosenthal

The Conrad Prebys Foundation

Claudia Prescott

Price Philanthropies

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Josh Prottas

Ann and John Pyles

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Martha Radatz

Elke Radelow

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Rob Sidner

Linsey Silverstein

Ariane Sims

Gay Sinclair

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Kathleen Sloan

Lisa Smith

Elizabeth and Walter Smoyer Family Trust

Nancy E. Snyder

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Patricia White Sprague

Judith Springer

Gail Steel

Rosemary Stepner

Jeanette Stevens

Sandra Stevens

Kristin King Stevenson

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Terra Stone

Deanne Stratton

Thomas Straus

Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk

Crit Stuart

Susan Styn

Lisa Sidner Suydam

Paula and Mike Svoboda

Sandy and Michael Swirnoff

Susan L. and Mark Taggart

Tomoye Takahashi Trust

Takahashi Family Fund at The San Diego Foundation

Haeyoung Tang

Mr. Gerald L. Thiebolt

Charles Thunyakij

Keely Tidrow

Gloria Tierney

Tokyo Blonde

Irving G. Tragen

Shannon Tran

Eva Tseng

Patricia Tseng

Maria Turingan

Angie Turner

Hope Turney

Susan and Richard Ulevitch

Max Underwood

Urban Kitchen Group *

Heather Urquhart

Marilyn Vaughan

Marissa Ventura

Joseph and Deborah Verfaillie

Sally Viavada

Sara Vickers

Dr. Osvaldo Humberto Viveros and Mrs. Yolanda Viveros

Les Vivian and Marcia Biller

Violet Wagener

Nancy Walker

Robert D. Wallace

Patricia L. Waller

Skyla Wallmann

Nell Waltz

Katharine Wardle and Patricia Brennan

Warren Family Foundation

Deborah Warriner

Waters Fine Catering *

Sharon Watson

Rob Webster and Caryn Denerstein

Robert and Marilyn Wegner

Dr. and Mrs. M.D. Weinberg

Sarah Weinberg-Scalo

Jo and Howard Weiner

Doris Weingart

Abby and Ray Weiss

Rachel Wells

Peter Wendel

Linda J. West

Peter Wetzel

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Frances Hamilton White

Katherine White

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Judith A. Wilkinson

Sharon Will and Charles Kreysa

Al and Armi Williams

Carole Wilson and Robert Brandt

Elaine Wilson

Richard P. Woltman

Li-Ann Wong

David A. Wood

Dorothy B. Wood

Arch and Carol Woodard

Ann and Dan Worth

Jeffrey Wynne

Mike and Kaye Wynne

Xuereb Family

Emiliene M. Yaeger

Emilie S. Yanagi and Ronald Eng

Mildred Yi

Carol Young

Ann L. Zahner

Marian Zeldin and Anita Reith

LeAnna S. Zevely

Terri Peterson Zimdars

Myra J. Zimmerman

Barbara ZoBell

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Donors in bold have contributed $100,000 or more.

Find Your Place

Classroom Cubbies

Tree of Life

Nikigator Relocation

Theater Seats

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Thank you for supporting Mingei's transformation!

All donors to the capital campaign, as of 8/25/2021