NEIGHBORS takes viewers to and from the U.S. and Mexico, exploring the people, history, traditions and crafts, noting how aesthetics cross over and back again in a living and on-going cultural exchange. Featured artists include Los Angeles glass artist... MORE »
Ten Years of Craft in America: Selections from the Permanent Collection July 22-August 12, 2017 Craft in America celebrates ten years of the documentary series with an exhibition at the Center. Ten Years of Craft in America: Selections from... MORE »
In the 1930s, the city of Taxco became a center for jewelry production in Mexico through the entrepreneurship of American architect and designer William Spratling. Today, a new generation of jewelry designers are carrying on the art of silversmithing... MORE »
Kazuki Takizawa is a Japanese glass artist currently based in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2010. He has since worked and taught at various glass educational facilities including Pilchuck Glass School and Public... MORE »
Kazuki Takizawa: Catharsis Contained features the work of Los Angeles artist Kazuki Takizawa, who elucidates human emotions in the shimmering, fragile form of glass. Passion, turmoil, self-expression and mental health are driving forces behind Takizawa’s articulate approach to sculpture. Takizawa uses... MORE »
Watch a close up of Jim Bassler weaving. Bassler was introduced to the textile traditions, including the hooking of rugs, at an early age from his father. The Cold War strategies gave him the opportunity to see the world... MORE »
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