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Kelly Akashi, Cultivator (Hanami), (detail) 2021. Flame-worked borosilicate glass and lost-wax caste bronze.
Director’s Welcome
S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director with 2022 Gala Artist Honoree Mildred Howard. Photo by Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography.
Exhibitions
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Brett Weston, Pebbles and Kelp, Point Lobos, California, 1965. Gelatin silver print, 10 3/8 x 13 ¼ inches. Gift from the Christian Keesee Collection, 2020.14.13. © Brett Weston.
Brett Weston
Installation image of Brett Weston on view at the San José Museum of Art, July 22, 2022–January 22, 2023. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
Kelly Akashi: Formations
Installation image of Kelly Akashi: Formations on view at the San José Museum of Art, September 23, 2022–May 21, 2023. Photo by Benjamin Blackwell.
A Point Stretched: Views on Time
Installation image of A Point Stretched: Views on Time on view at the San José Museum of Art, July 23, 2022–August 4, 2024. Photo by Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography.
Evergreen: Art from the Collection
Installation image of Evergreen: Art from the Collection. Installation photo by Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography.
SIDEBAR 3:1 video
Singer San Cha speaks about rafa esparza’s portrait of poet Yosimar Reyes and his grandmother activist Mardonia Galeana in Evergreen: Art from the Collection on view at the San José Museum of Art, July 23, 2002–August 4, 2024.
Visualizing Abolition
Installation image of Barring Freedom on view at the San José Museum of Art, October 30, 2020–April 25, 2021. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
As part of Visualizing Abolition, visitors can write letters to incarcerated individuals. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Sky Hopinka: Seeing and Seen
Installation image of Sky Hopinka: Seeing and Seen on view at the San José Museum of Art, November 4, 2022–July 9, 2023. Photo by Glenn Cheriton, Impart Photography.
Sadie Barnette: Family Business
Installation image of Sadie Barnette: Family Business on view at the San José Museum of Art, March 10–October 15, 2023. Photo by Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography.
Borderless Museum
Clare Rojas, Wayfinder. Installation image of 40 streetlight banners in downtown San José by Clare Rojas. Commissioned by the San José Museum of Art, 2021. © Clare Rojas. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
Hidden Heritages
Installation image of Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy on view at San José City Hall Tower Lobby through December 2023. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Wayfinder: Juan Carlos Araujo
Artist Juan Carlos Araujo in front of his Wayfinder banner. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Public Programs
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Visitors enjoy a late night at SJMA in Kelly Akashi: Formations. Photo by Frederick Liang.
First Fridays
Members of Dueñas Bike Club stand in front of their lowrider bikes. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Community Day
Visitors create calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls) at Community Day: Día de los Muertos. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Poetry Invitational
Local poets were invited to write poetry based on artwork in current exhibitions. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Docent Council
SJMA Let's Look at Art and Docent Council volunteers lead art-making activities at First Friday. Photo by Frederick Liang.
CityDance
K-pop dancers teach CityDance attendees how to dance in their style. Photo by Kevin MacDonald.
Contributing to the Vibrancy of San José
Family makes art at SJMA’s table at Viva Calle San José. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Special Projects
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Guests celebrate at the opening of an exhibition. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Land Acknowledgement
San José Museum of Art. Photo by Gary Sexton Photography.
Environmental Responsibility
Installation of A Point Stretched: Views on Time on view. Photo by Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography.
Education
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A family looks at an art project that their son created during Kids Summer Art Camp. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Let’s Look at Art
Let’s Look at Art docents at their annual holiday party. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Residencies
Photo by Linda Franklin.
Field Trips
Students enjoy a tour in Evergreen: Art from the Collection on view at the San José Museum of Art, July 23, 2002–August 4, 2024. Photo by Linda Franklin.
Kids Summer Art Camp
Art Camper shows his art to his mother and sibling at the Kids Summer Art Camp exhibition.
Dr. Jerry Hiura award
2023 First place winner, Hand in Hand (detail), Sissie Zhou.
Collections
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Visitors enjoy Diana Al-Hadid's The Candle Clock in the Citadel, 2017 in A Point Stretched: Views on Time on view at the San José Museum of Art, November 4, 2022–July 9, 2023. Photo by Frederick Liang.
FY23 Acquisitions
Andrea Bowers, Women/Womxn, 2018. Lightbox and neon, 60 ½ × 79 inches. Gift of Jessica Silverman and Sarah Thornton. 2023.02. © Andrea Bowers. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photo by Jeff McClane.
Huma Bhabha, Untitled, 2010. Ink and collage on C-print, 44 ½ × 64 3⁄8 inches. Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan. 2022.19.01 Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94.
Gladys Nilsson, Soupz On, 1992. Watercolor on paper, 43 × 29 inches, framed Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2022.20.01. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of Rago/Wright/LAMA.
Joan Moment, Haloed Condom Relief, 1971. Acrylic, rubber latex, neoprene, gauze, and condoms, 83 ½ × 60 inches. Gift of the artist. 2023.06. © Joan Moment. Courtesy of San José Museum of Art. Photo by Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography.
Sarah Sze, Travelers by Streams and Mountains, 2021. Mixed media, archival pigment prints, video projectors, and pendulum, 80 × 141 × 115 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Lipman Family Foundation. 2023.03 © Sarah Sze. Photo by Paris Tavitian.
Art Pick Winner
Christine Sun Kim, One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018. Sound, seven channels, various runtimes. Installation view, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2020.
Sidebar: Kelly Akashi Catalog
Kelly Akashi: Formations catalog available for purchase through the Museum Store.
Development
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Lauren Schell Dickens, chief curator, speaks at the opening of Kelly Akashi: Formations.
FY23 Gala + Auction
Tad Freese, Brook Hartzell, Mildred Howard, and Mayor Sam Liccardo. Photo by Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography.
Members + Supporters Events
Caroline Milowicki, Tonya Long, and Claudia Hess at the 2022 Auction Preview on September 14, 2022. Photo by Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography.
Donors to the Permanent Collection
Chitra Ganesh, She the Question, 2012. Archival inkjet prints 25 parts, variable dimensions. Gift of Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese. 2023.04.01–.25. Courtesy Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.
Acquisitions Committee
Guillermo Gallindo, Llantambores, 2015. PVC pipes, immigrant inner tire tubes, wood, cloth booties, and old border barbed wire, 35 ½ × 53 × 17 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisitions Committee and Docent Council 2023.07. © 2023 Guillermo Galindo. Courtesy of the artist.
Operations
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San José Museum of Art staff. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Randy Bricco, facilities manager, winds the clock. Still from video by Jai Tanju.