January 2021
Joanne Barker, Maria Gaspar, and Kelly Lytle Hernández discuss the histories and present struggles that disappear within the labyrinthian network of prisons, jails, and detention centers in the United States Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
A poetry reading and conversation with award-winning American poet, memoirist, and educator Reginald Dwayne Betts. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
Join us for an online tour of South East North West: New Works from the Collection, led by Rory Padeken, Curator at San José Museum of Art.
Online
Enjoy performances alongside artworks at the Museum, featuring eclectic sounds from local music creators. Presented by San José Made, in collaboration with The Come Up.
February 2021
A discussion about surveillance and cinematics with American artist, Simone Browne, and Ruha Benjamin. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
Online
Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
Harlem-based artist Sanford Biggers will be joined by visual culture theorist Leigh Raiford for a conversation about art, materiality, violence, and possibility. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
Online
Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
Online
Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
Beth Richie, University of Illinois, Chicago, Erica Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University, and Soyna Clark, Amherst College, Western Massachusetts, join us for a conversation on feminist―queer, anti-capitalist, grassroots, and women of color— organizing and abolition. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
Online
Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
March 2021
Online
Explore the elements of writing and experience the exhibit South East North West through a different lens, led by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Janice Lobo Sapigao and Michael Sagum.
April 2021
Online
Join award-winning author, Laleh Khadivi, and explore the exhibit Barring Freedom through history, spatial orientation, artistic intent, and most importantly, through poetry and prose.
Dread Scott's recent large-scale art project, Slave Rebellion Reenactment, was a community-engaged performance reenacting the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history. Professor Erin Gray, UC Davis, will join him in conversation about art, revolution, and reenactments. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
May 2021
Dee Hibbert-Jones, Professor of Art at UC Santa Cruz, and filmmaker Nomi Talisman present a curated selection of films. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
A conversation on strategies, activism, and liberatory futures with Sora Han, adrienne maree brown, and Savannah Shange. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.