Enid collins purse museum
Enid collins cat
Enid collins owl.
About the Project
Finding Enid with LOVE is a multi-disciplinary project based in Longmont, Colorado, that collects, researches, documents, curates and studies the artwork of Enid Collins (), a mid-century designer and entrepreneur whose name has become synonymous with the bejeweled box purses that made her a fashion legend.
Mission: To discover Enid Collins through her handbags and the people who wear them. We seek to assemble and preserve a museum-quality collection of Collins original artworks so that we may illuminate her significance as an American folk artist, fashion designer and mid-century female entrepreneur, and help create a world where the everyday is art, and art is for all.
Through ethnographic research approaches such as participant observation, secondary data analysis and discourse practices such as story-sharing, we seek to explore and better understand this overlooked artist and her world through her work.
At the same time, we