The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop Manager, 1995 – 2005.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Board Member, 1976 – 1981, 1991 – 1997, 2003 – 1010. Founding Member, Folk Art Council, 1979 – 1997; Chair, Folk Art Market, 1983 – 1997; Associates Member, 1986 – 1996.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Developer and Coordinator, Craft and Folk Art Museum Festival of Masks, 1977, 1978; Assistant to Program Director, 1978 – 1980; Senior Curator, 1981 – 1984; Staff Liaison, Contemporary Craft Council, 1979 – 1984.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Administrative Director, 1975 – 1984; Executive Director, 1984 – 1996; Board Chairman, 1999 – 2002; Acting Director, 2002; Board Member, 1999 - 2004.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Daughter of Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) founders, Frank and Edith Wyle. Artist and designer. Developed educational materials for several CAFAM exhibitions; worked on “Masks in Motion” exhibition for 1984 Olympic Arts Festival.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Conducted 17 Craft and Folk Art Museum interviews. Museum Librarian, 1976 – 1997. Director, CAFAM Center for the Study of Art and Culture, 1989 – 1994. Processed CAFAM Records; composed Finding Aid.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Assistant Director, Egg and The Eye Gallery, 1971 – 1976. Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop Manager, 1982 – 1989.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Co-Founder with Founding Director Edith R. Wyle. Co-Founder, The Egg and The Eye gallery, with Edith Wyle and Bette Chase. CAFAM Board Chair, 1975 – 1976; 1987 – 1995; 1996 – 1999; 2002 – 2008.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Research Library Administrative Assistant and Registrar’s Assistant in eighties and early nineties. Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop Assistant and Co-Manager 1989-90.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Founding member of Craft and Folk Art Museum Board of Trustees, 1975 – 1983.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Board president, 1975. Member, Program Committee, late seventies. Board Member, eighties. Curator, “Made in L.A.,” 1981, “California Women in Craft,” 1977. Subject of “California Classics,” 1987.
This series focuses on the history of the Pasadena Museum of Art and its role as a pathbreaking venue for contemporary art in Southern California in the 1960s.
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Member of the board of trustees at the Pasadena Art Museum. Chair of the museum’s Art Alliance.
This series focuses on the history of the Pasadena Museum of Art and its role as a pathbreaking venue for contemporary art in Southern California in the 1960s.
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Assistant to the director of the Pasadena Art Museum.
The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
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African American artist and community-activist. First director of the Watts Towers Art Center in Los Angeles.
The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
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African American artist. Co-founder of the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles.
The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
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African American artist. Founder of the International Review of African American Art and the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles.