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The Spirit of Play: Craft and Imagination

From December 9, 2023 through March 2, 2024
  • Craft in America Center, 8415 W. Third St., Beverly Grove
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A miniature chair stands next to a miniature side table with a plant on top.
Painted Country Furniture Arrangement by Mark Murphy will be on view this weekend at The Spirit of Play: Craft and Imagination.
(Courtesy of the Craft in America Center)

The Center opens the group exhibition, The Spirit of Play: Craft and Imagination, this Saturday with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. The show marks the first exhibition of works in L.A. from artist Mark Murphy, who recreates a wide range of furniture styles in miniature, often building complete settings, such as a living room or dining room. Other participating artists are paper sculptor Roberto Benavidez, piñata artist Lorena Robletto, puppeteer, artist, and museum educator Schroeder Cherry, and artist, advocate and educator Calder Kamin.