San Jose Museum of Art to Offer Free Community Day May 14

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  • Community Day: Art of India
  • Saturday, May 14, 2011, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Free admission
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • 110 South Market Street, San Jose 
  • www.SanJoseMuseumofArt.org 

SAN JOSE, California (April 19, 2011)—The San Jose Museum of art will celebrate the art of India with a free Community Day on Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day’s activities will include hands-on art-making activities for all ages, live entertainment, and cultural demonstrations inspired by the current exhibition Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art from India. Among the highlights are performances of Bhangra dancing, demonstrations of traditional Rangoli sandpainting and Indian calligraphy, and a scavenger hunt. In addition to Café Too at the Museum, popular food truck Curry Up Now will be on site to sell Indian street food. Admission is free. 

Hands-on art activities will include:

  • Madhubani painting, a traditional style of Indian painting from the Mithila region of Bihar, India, which often depict Hindu religious motifs but can also portray elements found in nature;
  • shadow puppetry, the ancient art in which shadow images of elaborately handcrafted puppets are projected onto a screen; and 
  • art in the manner of the Warlis, an ancient tribe from the Western Ghat Range in Maharashtra, India, whose paintings depict images of human beings and animals, along with scenes from daily life, in loose rhythmic patterns. 

Community Day: Art of India is sponsored by Xilinx Corporation.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

The San Jose Museum of Art is located at 110 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, California. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens, and free to members and children under 6. For more information, call 408-271-6840 or visit www.SanJoseMuseumofArt.org.

 

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Programs at the San Jose Museum of Art are generously supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, by operating support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; the James Irvine Foundation; the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the Adobe Foundation; and the Koret Foundation; the MetLife Foundation; and a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose.