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Mingei International Museum Mingei is a special word increasingly used throughout the world for "arts of the people."
From questioning why this might be, he gained insight as to the nature of beauty embodied in objects that are integrally related to life and
born of a state of mind not attached to a conscious idea of beauty or ugliness.
Within these timeless arts of the people (Mingei), he recognized a quality of expression
in which there was no fragmentation of body, mind and spirit. He realized that to balance the weight of increasing technology there is a growing urgency for man
to continue to make and use objects that express his whole being. Not affiliated with but inspired by that organization - Mingei International
in San Diego was incorporated in 1974 as a nonprofit, public foundation dedicated to furthering the understanding of art of all cultures of the world. This art
shares a direct simplicity and reflects a joy in making, by hand, useful objects that are satisfying to the human spirit.
Mingei International built and established the Museum of World Folk Art in University
Towne Centre, San Diego, California on May 5, 1978, In August 1996 it opened a new,
architecturally designed, state-of-the-art museum in Balboa Park, San Diego. Changing
exhibitions focus on traditional and contemporary folk art, craft and design.
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