Last weekend was Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Florists take works of arts, and interpret them in floral arrangements. It lasts a weekend, and is immensely popular (it was work to get photographs without too many people in them.) Below are some of my pictures; click on any of them to…

I posted earlier about some of the details of the Bead Museum’s collection coming to the Mingei, as well about Judith Bertoglio-Giffin’s talk for the Bead Society of San Diego County, also held at the Mingei. Now, on to the museum itself! The Mingei International Museum of Folk Art, Craft, and Design “reveals the beauty…

I was at the last meeting of the Bead Society of San Diego County, where the president of the Mingei International Museum (I believe the speaker was the president, but I missed his introduction) made the announcement to the Bead Society about the Bead Museum’s collection now being a part of the Mingei. From my…

The Mingei International Museum in San Diego, California, is the new home for the Bead Museum collection! The Mingei is a folk art, craft, and design museum in Balboa Park, where many of San Diego’s museums are located. The first time the newly incorporated collection will be seen is the New Jewelry New Medium polymer…