Stephen French, Section, 1967; Stereograph on paper; 28 × 26 inches; Gift of Fletcher and Roberta Benton; Photo by Douglas Sandberg.
Come meet and honor the area artists whose work is on view in Artists in Residence: San Jose’s 20th-Century Vanguard. Free for members (no-host bar). Advance reservations are recommended.
By the 1960s, San Jose was in the midst of rapid-fire transition from a small agricultural community to a sprawling metropolis. The tech industry was swelling, and by the end of the decade the population had grown five-fold. This era also brought to town a new, innovative community of artists, many of whom were recruited from across the country by San Jose State College (now San Jose State University). Fresh from top graduate schools and conversant with the radical artistic thinking of the time, this generation of artists brought new vitality and a proclivity for experimentation to town.
