SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISIT | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

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The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VOLUNTEER | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

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The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

RINA BANERJEE: MAKE ME A SUMMARY OF THE WORLD Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World is the first mid-career retrospective of the artist’s work.Co-organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and San José Museum of Art, the exhibition presents almost twenty years of Banerjee’s large-scale installations, sculptures, and paintings—including a re-creation of her work from the 2000 Whitney Biennial VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses art to teach thinking, communication skills, and visual literacy to young people. Growth is stimulated by three things: looking at art of

WILLIAM T. WILEY

William T. Wiley. United States, b. 1937. I think art should be more and more amoral, a realm of exploration. Especially in school, if you could just get that idea across to people, it just means a whole threshold of getting into art, or the aesthetic experience, or awareness. Just give people a chance to go into it and really flesh

out a lot

FRANK LOBDELL

Frank Lobdell spent three days in Pablo Picasso’s retrospective exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940, one day entirely devoted to looking at Guernica (1937). 1 Lobdell had studied at the Saint Paul School of Fine Arts in 1939–40 and seeing the exhibition—paintings that stirred deep emotion—marked a pivotal moment in the young artist’s career. SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISIT | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

RENT THE MUSEUM

KIDS ART CAMP

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VOLUNTEER | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

RINA BANERJEE: MAKE ME A SUMMARY OF THE WORLD Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World is the first mid-career retrospective of the artist’s work.Co-organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and San José Museum of Art, the exhibition presents almost twenty years of Banerjee’s large-scale installations, sculptures, and paintings—including a re-creation of her work from the 2000 Whitney Biennial VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses art to teach thinking, communication skills, and visual literacy to young people. Growth is stimulated by three things: looking at art of

WILLIAM T. WILEY

William T. Wiley. United States, b. 1937. I think art should be more and more amoral, a realm of exploration. Especially in school, if you could just get that idea across to people, it just means a whole threshold of getting into art, or the aesthetic experience, or awareness. Just give people a chance to go into it and really flesh

out a lot

FRANK LOBDELL

Frank Lobdell spent three days in Pablo Picasso’s retrospective exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940, one day entirely devoted to looking at Guernica (1937). 1 Lobdell had studied at the Saint Paul School of Fine Arts in 1939–40 and seeing the exhibition—paintings that stirred deep emotion—marked a pivotal moment in the young artist’s career. VISIT | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

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The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

MEMBERSHIP | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

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to interpretation.

PAST EXHIBITIONS

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

KIDS SUMMER ART CAMP VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

SPECIAL OFFERS AND DISCOUNTS The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

ALMOST HUMAN: DIGITAL ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION The technologies developed in Silicon Valley have intrigued and inspired artistic experimentation for more than three decades and pave a way toward the future. Almost Human: Digital Art from the Permanent Collection highlights artists who use digital and emergent technologies from custom computer electronics and early robotics to virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

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A digital publication on the 50th Anniversary of San José Museum of

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50X50: STORIES OF VISIONARY ARTISTS FROM THE COLLECTION 50X50: Stories of Visionary Artists from the Collection. A digital publication on the 50th Anniversary of San José Museum of Art.

Contents.

SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISIT | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

RENT THE MUSEUM

KIDS ART CAMP

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VOLUNTEER | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

STAFF | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses art to teach thinking, communication skills, and visual literacy to young people. Growth is stimulated by three things: looking at art of

WILLIAM T. WILEY

William T. Wiley. United States, b. 1937. I think art should be more and more amoral, a realm of exploration. Especially in school, if you could just get that idea across to people, it just means a whole threshold of getting into art, or the aesthetic experience, or awareness. Just give people a chance to go into it and really flesh

out a lot

FRANK LOBDELL

Frank Lobdell spent three days in Pablo Picasso’s retrospective exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940, one day entirely devoted to looking at Guernica (1937). 1 Lobdell had studied at the Saint Paul School of Fine Arts in 1939–40 and seeing the exhibition—paintings that stirred deep emotion—marked a pivotal moment in the young artist’s career. SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISIT | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

RENT THE MUSEUM

KIDS ART CAMP

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VOLUNTEER | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

STAFF | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses art to teach thinking, communication skills, and visual literacy to young people. Growth is stimulated by three things: looking at art of

WILLIAM T. WILEY

William T. Wiley. United States, b. 1937. I think art should be more and more amoral, a realm of exploration. Especially in school, if you could just get that idea across to people, it just means a whole threshold of getting into art, or the aesthetic experience, or awareness. Just give people a chance to go into it and really flesh

out a lot

FRANK LOBDELL

Frank Lobdell spent three days in Pablo Picasso’s retrospective exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940, one day entirely devoted to looking at Guernica (1937). 1 Lobdell had studied at the Saint Paul School of Fine Arts in 1939–40 and seeing the exhibition—paintings that stirred deep emotion—marked a pivotal moment in the young artist’s career. VISIT | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

MEMBERSHIP | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

CALENDAR | SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

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to interpretation.

KIDS SUMMER ART CAMP VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

THIRD THURSDAY: FROM HERE The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

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FACEBOOK FIRST FRIDAYS: REOPENING CELEBRATION The San Jose Museum of Art is a distinguished museum of modern and contemporary art and a lively center of arts activity in Silicon Valley. The leading institution in the area dedicated to the art of our time, SJMA is committed to providing access for its extraordinarily diverse populations and to pioneering new approaches

to interpretation.

VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses art to teach thinking, communication skills, and visual literacy to young people. Growth is stimulated by three things: looking at art of

CONTENTS | 50X50

A digital publication on the 50th Anniversary of San José Museum of

Art

50X50: STORIES OF VISIONARY ARTISTS FROM THE COLLECTION 50X50: Stories of Visionary Artists from the Collection. A digital publication on the 50th Anniversary of San José Museum of Art.

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