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Grace Towers in her unwavering commitment to community encourages self-acceptance, creative expression, body positivity, and the use of DRAG as a portal for change—all with effortless Grace, style, and poise.

Per Sia is an educator in residence at the Children's After School Arts (CASA) program in the San Francisco Unified School District and recently profiled on KQED Arts and National Public Radio.

Black Benatar (Beatrice Thomas) is director of Authentic Arts & Media, a national multi-disciplinary artist, cultural strategist, creative producer, and director of the SF chapter of DQSH. Whether through creative production, consulting or equity, diversity, and inclusion workshops, Mx. Thomas' focus is on uplifting and centering queer, transgender, and POC voices with special attention to creating queer-inclusive family programming.

Pride Celebration Lunchtime Storytime with Drag Queen Story Hour
Tuesdays, June 9, 16, 23, and 30
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SJMA debuts a special limited series (June 9, 16, 23, 30), in partnership with Drag Queen Story Hour to celebrate Pride Month – grab your lunch, turn off notifications, silence your inbox and enjoy Art-themed, children's book readings to celebrate imagination, inclusivity, diversity, unity, and love from Drag Queen extraordinaire Grace Towers, Per Sia, and Black Benatar. Program is for all-ages–grab the kiddies from the next room to join you! Curated book selections are courtesy of the San José Public Library (SJPL) and DQSH-SF.

On June 9, Grace Towers reads Munro Leaf's El Cuento de Ferdinando and Margaret Frith's Frida Kahlo: The Artist who Painted Herself.

On June 16, Per Sia reads Monica Brown's Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos and Sherri Duskey's How to Put an Octopus to Bed.

On June 23, Black Benatar reads Gayle E. Pitman's This Day in June and Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara's Josephine Baker - (Little People, Big Dreams).

On June 30, Per Sia reads Javaka Steptoe's Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and Shilo Davis's My Princess Boy.


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Story Reading Sessions

On June 9, Grace Towers reads Munro Leaf's El Cuento de Ferdinando and Margaret Frith's Frida Kahlo: The Artist who Painted Herself.

On June 16, Per Sia reads Monica Brown's Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos and Sherri Duskey's How to Put an Octopus to Bed.

On June 23, Black Benatar reads Gayle E. Pitman's This Day in June and Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara's Josephine Baker - (Little People, Big Dreams).

On June 30, Per Sia reads Javaka Steptoe's Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and Shilo Davis's My Princess Boy.

CREATIVE MINDS
Tommie Smith and Glenn Kaino
Tuesday, February 25, 7pm | $12 ($6 for SJMA members)
A conversation with Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith about the making of With Drawn Arms, the state of political protest, and how art can make tangible change. The program will include clips of video documentation of Smith and Kaino’s long-term project of making the exhibition and film.

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San José Museum of Art
110 South Market St, San José, CA 95113
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Organized by the San José Museum of Art and presented in partnership with San José State University Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change. Creative Minds—SJMA's premier Artist Talk series—allows audiences a chance to experience creatives in action by hearing directly from artists about their process and practice.
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