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The Kimono Reimagined project is a collaboration between Visions Art Museum (Liberty Station, San Diego) and San Diego Mesa College Fashion Program. Nineteen teams composed of a fashion student and a stitcher from the Visions Art Museum community worked together to redesign and reconstruct kimonos, obis, haoris, and sashes to become a fashion garment. Each garment contains some element of stitchery and/or embellishment created by the stitcher using hand or machine techniques.

The exhibition This Is Our Story features works by self-taught artists from various parts of the United States, with different levels of education and ethnic/cultural backgrounds. What all the artists have in common is that none of them practiced their creativity in the context of the academic art world. Instead, they created their work for personal use or for their families, for self-expression, self-representation, and to participate in the joy of making. Each work of art is deeply personal and invites us…

A celebration of art from around the globe and across time. Objects in this exhibition range from functional Japanese ceramics and indigenous baskets to whimsical folk toys and miniatures from around the globe, all celebrating the many ways art connects us across geography and time. These objects also showcase the intricate interplay between humans and the natural world, as well as the persistent desire to make and live with beautiful and well-crafted things. Above all, the objects are intended to…

One of the first-ever exhibitions to spotlight piñatas as a traditional craft and vibrant contemporary art form. The exhibition Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration is one of the first-ever exhibitions to spotlight piñatas as a traditional craft and vibrant contemporary art form. This groundbreaking show includes more than 80 works made by Latinx artists and makers from across the U.S. and explores how piñatas are designed, constructed and executed, along with the role they play in modern material culture and in artistic…

This exhibition features highlights from Mingei’s bead collection and explores the materials from which beads are made. Ranging from plant and animal materials to fabricated metal and glass, these single beads and beaded objects were made by different cultures from around the world and were largely acquired by Mingei International Museum from The Bead Museum in Prescott, Arizona.