Craft Contemporary — Attraction in Los Angeles

An underrated gem!! All of the exhibits were based around fiber on the day I visited, which were so delightful—my personal favorite was Ahree Lee's pieces incorporating weaving into depictions of motherboards. A ton of amazing stuff in their gift shop as well—I bought some of their yarn made of repurposed saris which I'm very excited to use. Staff were also extremely welcoming and kind, and I loved the interactive exhibits they had. Be aware that it is a small museum & you probably won't spend more than an hour there, but the pricing is quite reasonable for a small place supporting local art, especially for students & on Sundays (pay what you can). & also if you are a boring person who is unwilling to engage with art that you consider too far outside the norm, you probably will not like it here—to be honest, I think these two points are the source of every negative review. It is a wonderful...

Don't expect quilts and quaint wooden toys hand-decorated with milk paint. This museum holds its own in quality and depth of consideration of its narrow category of art, even though it sits almost literally in the shadow of the gigantic (in the abstract and concrete meaning of the word) Los Angeles County Museum of Art across the street. I have found them to be especially good at putting up good pieces from the African continent. The most recent visit I made there was occasioned by a reading given by a UCLA poet, an event that made great use of a wonderful upstairs gallery space. Not sure whether the poetry did more to enhance the art or the other way around, but I can vouch for the fact that it was a great way to spend an evening. I'll be...

Took an intro clay class back in September and never received the fired items that I made. They said it would take about 2 weeks to fire all the pieces and then they would email us. Never received an email and it’s been months. They also double charged my card for the class and never resolved it. I contacted them multiple times about the issue and they stated they would take care of it but they never did.

The instructors at the class were great and knowledgeable. However, the follow through and lack of communication is unacceptable. If you are going to have a class like this at least attempt to send out a mass email to participants to keep them informed.

With all the different art class experiences in LA I would not...