Records, ca. 1965-1997.

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Records, ca. 1965-1997.

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Collection consists of papers, publications, photographs, press clippings and media releases, slides, audiotapes, videotapes, films, memorabilia, and objects. These materials fully document the life of the organization from the opening of its predecessor, The Egg and The Eye Gallery, in 1965 until the temporary closing of the museum at the end of 1997. Besides administrative, trustee, departmental, and special events files, the most significant series within the archives are those of CAFAM's predecessor, The Egg and The Eye Gallery; Craft and Folk Art Museum Exhibitions; Festival of Masks; the P.E.T. (Preservation of Ethnic Traditions) files; the Language of Objects Project files; and the files of the Center for the Study of Art and Culture, an adjunct program of the CAFAM research library, intended to be a fellowship program and "think tank". All exhibitions, festivals, and special events are documented with slides, as well as photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, films, posters, and other memorabilia. The latter includes awards, t-shirts, signage, admission and promotional buttons, etc.

550 boxes (225.0 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 8129105

University of California, Los Angeles

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Wyle, Edith R.

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Art administrator, artist, Los Angeles, Calif. Born 1918. Established Egg and the Eye Gallery and Restaurant in Los Angeles in 1964 and oversaw its transformation in 1973 into the Craft and Folk Art Museum, for which she was Director and then Program director until 1984. Wyle also is a painter, and had a close friendship with Rico Lebrun. From the description of Oral history interview with Edith Wyle, 1993 Mar. 9 - Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2202...

Ela, Patrick H.

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Craft and Folk art museum

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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 Th...