Tag: Craft and Folk Art Museum
Janet Clayton looks to the future of energy; Pulitzers are in her rear view
Janet Clayton tends to be where the action is — from Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at the “Los Angeles Times” to being at the forefront of new technologies as head of corporate communications at Edison International. “It was a very exciting time to be in journalism,” she says of her long career at the newspaper. And, […]
Renaissance underway on, over Wilshire
Museums in the Mile Art museum director Michael Govan is perhaps the greatest fan of the futuristic design in the works for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “I think it’s going to be beautiful… It will be fantastic,” he enthused one day last month. The $600 million project, which includes a gallery space […]
Crafters decorate shoes, gift boxes at CAFAM workshop
Shortly after the launch of Etsy, the eBay-like marketplace for handmade items, local crafters descended on its Brooklyn headquarters for hands-on meet-ups. These regular events were so popular Etsy followed up with craft museums in San Francisco and Los Angeles to schedule similar community nights on the west coast. Since its inception last year, the […]