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LA Weekend Calendar: Getting More Than One Kind Of Action This Weekend

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 02.10.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: LA Weekend Calendar, Arclight Valentine's Day, Indulgence Food Tour, Chef Eric, Video, Stoked Mentoring, Six Taste, Valentine's Day Los Angeles, The Handbag Factory, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Craftlab, Art as an Appetizer, CicLAvia v-Day Party, Kid Infinity, Los Angeles News

FRIDAY Pizza Pizza! What: A special meal cooked with love at home is possibly the best date a person (especially a woman) can ask for. And pizza is ...

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Artistic Execution of 'Dear Leaders'

Edward Goldman | Posted 04.10.2012 | Arts
Read More: Perestroika, Communism, Soviet Artists, Gao Brothers, Wende Museum, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Arts News
Edward Goldman

2012-02-09-20120208at120207bb.jpgDuring the Stalin era, it would be totally suicidal for Soviet artists to make posters such as these on display here.

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Product as Sculpture

Alla Kazovsky | Posted 02.20.2012 | Arts
Read More: Craft in America, GOLDEN STATE of CRAFT: CALIFORNIA 1960-1985, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Arts News
Alla Kazovsky

I am invited by Jo Lauria, the exhibition curator of Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1985 at CAFAM to tag along on a formal tour of the show -- a 45 minute talk about the genesis, development, and overall conceptualization of the exhibition.

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PLAN ForYourArt: July 7-13

Bettina Korek | Posted 09.05.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Craft Night, Galleries, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Arts, Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, Party Animals, Royal/T, Etsy, Takashi Murakami, Hammer Museum, George Herms, Eastern Conference Champions, Also I Like to Rock, Moca, Xenophilia, Mid-Wilshire, graffiti6, Foryourart, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

The Hammer courtyard turns electric in July for an ongoing series of free concerts featuring emerging bands. KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox will spin between sets by Graffiti6 and East Conference Champions.

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PLAN ForYourArt: June 2-8

Bettina Korek | Posted 08.02.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Craft Night, Reading, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Breakfast, Arts, Fitz and the Tantrums, Culver City, Artwalk, Los Angeles, Anthony McCann, Gary Baseman, Etsy, Machine Project, Neighborhood Public Radio, Engagement Party, Moca, Maggie Nelson, Eileen Myles, Jack Kerouac, Ed Ruscha, Hammer Museum, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Join the Craft and Folk Art Museum for the first ever in a new Etsy Craft Night series. The evening will transform the museum's outdoor courtyard into a hub of crafting and festivities.

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Legends of the Stahl

Mike Selsky | Posted 06.19.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: The Stahl House, Evelyn Ackerman, Los Angeles, Case Study House, Leslie Stahl, Jerome Ackerman, Photography, Craft and Folk Art Museum, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Mike Selsky

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PLAN ForYourArt: March 24-30

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Craft and Folk Art Museum, Folk Art, Arts, Lacma, Paul Morrissey, The Avenues, Los Angeles, Highland Park, Andy Warhol, Barbet Schroeder, Scoli Acosta, West Hollywood, Liza Lou, John M. White, L&M Gallery, Armory Center for the Arts, Weho, Art & Design Walk, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

LACMA presents a screening of More, written and directed by Barbet Schroeder.

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Give The Best Gifts: Crafts Fairs, Global Bazaars, And Pop-Up Shops In LA

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: A Current Affair, The-Avenues-West-Hollywood, Swedish Christmas Fair, Artisanal La, Unique La, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Slidepollajax, Los Feliz Village Holiday Festival, La Shopping, Silver Lake Art Craft & Vintage, Los Angeles News

Department store shopping can be downright depressing, especially during the holidays. Skip the lines and the drama by popping up at these holiday fes...

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The Guest is God's Friend: The Detention of Iason Athanasiadis in Iran

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: UK, Crackdown, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Clerics, Amnesty International, Iran, Nieman Foundation, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khamanei, Greek, Leyne, Documentary, Neda Agha Soltan, Committee to Protect Journalists, Christian Science Monitor, Neda, Iason Athanasiadis, World News
Sandy Tolan

Iason's detention is part a pattern of arrests and detentions of foreign reporters and Iranians working for Western news agencies.

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