{"id":2507,"date":"2012-06-04T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/06\/04\/baseball-at-the-craft-and-folk-art-museum\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:54:11","slug":"baseball-at-the-craft-and-folk-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/baseball-at-the-craft-and-folk-art-museum","title":{"rendered":"Baseball at the Craft and Folk Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We congratulate&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/news\/la-ca-baseball-20120603,0,3737926.story\">Gary Cypres<\/a>&nbsp;for his extraordinary contributions to the cultural landscape of Los Angeles. Cypres is the Founder and CEO of the Sports Museum of Los Angeles, and has served on MOCA\u2019s Board of Trustees.&nbsp;Currently, an exhibition of his baseball-related folk art collection&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafam.org\/exhibitions.html\">\u201cBaseball: The All-American Game\u201d is now on view at the Craft and Folk Art Museum<\/a>&nbsp;through September 9.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-75.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-75.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-75-210x300.jpeg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have the opportunity to see the exhibition, keep a careful eye for a work by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/saar_bio.html\">Alison Saar<\/a> titled <em>Bat Boyz<\/em>, a contemporary wood carving of Negro League figures, formed from baseball bats.&nbsp;More of Alison\u2019s work is also on display at the Descanso Gardens, and will be included in a solo exhibition at Otis College of Art and Design in the fall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-74.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-74.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-74-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>images top:\u00a0<em>\u201cStrike-em-Out Batter\u201d and Catcher<\/em>, Strike-em Out Baseball Company, paint on cast metal, iron, steel, leather, fabric, patented 1929;\u00a0bottom: Alison Saar,\u00a0<em>Bat Boyz<\/em>, 2001, baseball bats, tar, dimensions variable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtesy of the Craft and Folk Art Museum and Gary Cypres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We congratulate&nbsp;Gary Cypres&nbsp;for his extraordinary contributions to the cultural landscape of Los Angeles. 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