The Home of Folk Art

SALVAGED: Aaron Kramer and the Secret Life of Objects  - Exhibition at CAFAM

Aaron Kramer was recently interviewed by Leah Ollman, writer for the Los Angeles Times, about his solo exhibition currently running at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.  In this day and age salvaging and recycling is always a good thing!  Aaron Kramer has taken that idea and transformed it into an art form.  One in which he even teaches in workshops for children and adults alike. Read the full story

The Home of Folk Art

CAFAM’s-Folk Art EVERYWHERE!

Artwork on view at listed locations until August 1, 2010!!

The Craft and Folk Art Museum says that it is not too late to join in the fun!  So, get yourself to L.A. and be a part of who “The Folk” are!

Click here for a list of scheduled activities. Read the full story

The Home of Folk Art

Some Assembly Required: race, gender & globalization

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ARTISTS AND CURATOR

Craft and Folk Art Museum

Sunday, July 25, 2010, 3:00pm

Join curator Shelby Graham and Some Assembly Required artists Willie Little, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Dominique Moody, and Betye Saar for a thought-provoking discussion about the social and political issues explored in this exhibition and the artists’ works. Read the full story

The Home of Folk Art

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: race, gender and globalization

May 23, 2010 – September 12, 2010

CAFAM Exhibition-Some Assembly Required-Photo by CAFAM

~Press Release~

The world has been declared “flat” by pundits, politicians and corporate executives, but what lies beneath the glossy, one-dimensional globalization story we see in the mass stream media? How are the intensely personal issues of race and gender complicated by a “flat world”? Read the full story