One of the most important art, design and philosophical movements to come out of Japan is now nearly a hundred years old. It's called Mingei, or folk crafts. It reflects a reaction to modernity ...
Mingei International Museum is located in Balboa Park on the Plaza de Panama. The museum features dynamic, changing exhibitions of folk art, craft, and design from all eras and cultures of the world.
Olivia Z. Joseph, who is a quilt research fellow at Mingei International Museum as well as a program coordinator for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino,, stands at the Mingei ...