Description
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM)
and its predecessor, The Egg and The Eye Gallery, was an active part of "Museum Row" at 5814
Wilshire Blvd. on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile in the mid-Wilshire district, showing fine
craft, international folk art, and design for over 30 years. It also became well known,
starting in 1976, for its International Festival of Masks, a weekend event produced
annually, co-sponsored by the City and County of L.A. The records collection documents the
life of the institution beginning at the inception of The Egg and The Eye Gallery in 1965
and concluding at the end of 1997 when the Craft and Folk Art Museum closed temporarily. The
collection consists of papers, publications, photographs, press clippings and media
releases, slides, audiotapes, videotapes, films, memorabilia, and objects. The materials in
its 550 document boxes and 56 oversized boxes record a historic period in California and
American art and museum history when the way that objects, both traditional and
contemporary, were displayed began to change, first being viewed solely as art forms in a
gallery context and gradually evolving to include cultural information and community
input.
Background
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) and its predecessor, The Egg and The Eye Gallery, was
an active part of "Museum Row" at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile in the
mid-Wilshire district, showing fine craft, international folk art, and design for over 30
years. It also became well known, starting in 1976, for its International Festival of Masks,
a weekend event produced annually, co-sponsored by the City and County of L.A. The
collection begins at the inception of The Egg and The Eye Gallery in 1965 and concludes in
1997, when the Craft and Folk Art Museum temporarily closed.
Extent
225 Linear Feet
(550 boxes)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
Availability
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.