Los Angeles, CA

Craft Contemporary

EIN 23-7442244

Arts, Culture & Heritage Museums & Visual Arts

Mission

Craft Contemporary reveals the potential of craft to educate, captivate, provoke, and empower.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About Craft Contemporary

Craft Contemporary is a nonprofit museum in Los Angeles dedicated to contemporary art made with craft media and processes. The museum presents a rotating program of exhibitions and public programs that center underrepresented, emerging, and mid-career artists while offering hands-on workshops and multigenerational learning opportunities. Founded from Edith R. Wyle’s original Egg & The Eye project and established as a museum in 1973, the organization reorganized under the name Craft Contemporary in 2018 to reflect its focus on craft as both practice and material. In recent years the museum has sustained an active exhibition schedule (approximately six exhibitions annually), artist residencies, youth and teen programming, and citywide events such as CLAY LA and maker markets that engage diverse Los Angeles communities.

Notable achievements

Founding legacy

Originating with Edith R. Wyle’s Egg & The Eye and formally established as a museum in 1973, the institution has a multi-decade history of championing craft and handmade practices in Los Angeles.

Strategic rebrand (2018)

The board voted to change the organization's public identity to Craft Contemporary in 2018 to better reflect its contemporary, practice-forward mission and broaden its audience reach.

Robust recent programming

Across 2023–2025 the museum produced multiple high-profile exhibitions, maker residencies, teen and community education programs, and annual public events (including CLAY LA and Makers Markets), maintaining a steady cadence of roughly six exhibitions per year and expanded public offerings.

At a glance

Total assets: $3.7M
Annual revenue: $1.2M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 23-7442244
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.craftcontemporary.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Regular national and local media coverage — the museum and its exhibitions have been featured in major outlets and arts publications, demonstrating visibility within the contemporary arts ecosystem.

Institutional archives preserved at UCLA — the Craft & Folk Art Museum/Craft Contemporary archival collection is housed in UCLA Special Collections, reflecting the organization’s historical significance.

Public financial transparency — recent Form 990 filings (including FY2024) and publicly posted institutional materials document active operations, governance, and program spending.

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