After a nice lunch on the Square, I decided to stop by Mingei World Arts before heading back to the office. I’m so glad I did! Anne and Ellen, co-owners of Mingei, have just returned from a shopping trip in Mexico and they were in the process of unpacking their new finds when I walked in. It was so much fun to see the new reading folk art figures, animal bobble heads (the penguins are too cute), glittered figurines made out of recycled packaging and soda cans, and Day of the Dead skeletons.
A lot is going on at Mingei during the month of October starting with a visit from a silver jeweler from Oaxaca on Oct. 4 & 5 and ending with a 5 year birthday celebration on Nov. 1. Also, mark your calendars for the Oct. 26 Church Street Fall Festival. Participating shops include Mingei, Taste, Hoopla and Java Monkey.
Image courtesy of Mingeiworldarts.com
If you like all the handmade treasures at Mingei, make sure to check out Pambili African Artworks in The Artisan building and Gifts on a Mission, a vendor in the McDonough Street Market. Both shops carry handcrafted items from Africa.
Now if only I could get one of these shop owners to take me on a shopping trip with them… 😉
