Welcome to a new year at the San José Museum of Art. If you had the chance to explore Tending and Dreaming—our permanent collection galleries—in 2025, we invite you to return in 2026 to experience new acquisitions going on view for the first time. Be sure to catch Pao Houa Her: The Imaginative Landscape, and Young Bay Mud before these exhibitions close on February 22. With fresh eyes for a new year, you’ll have the chance to experience these shows anew. We hope you’ll join us to see what you think.  

Speaking of what’s new, it’s been an exciting first few months after joining the Museum as Oshman Director and CEO in October 2025. I’ve been inspired by the rich layers of culture and community present in San José and Silicon Valley. Through the stories we tell in the galleries, connections we forge in classrooms, and the ideas we exchange through our partnership programs, these layers intertwine in so many unexpected ways each day at the Museum.  

Connecting with community members has been a highlight of my work here thus far. I look forward to seeing you at upcoming programs like Community Day: Lunar New Year on February 21, and Game Night on January 23. Thank you to all the members, donors, volunteers, and visitors that make SJMA such a dynamic and inclusive space for the community. As you begin to craft your resolutions for 2026, please consider resolving to make more space in your life for art and creativity with the San José Museum of Art. Visit On View to see how easy it will be to make this resolution stick from now through March!   

Jeremiah Matthew Davis
Oshman Director and CEO