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Applications are Open for Artist-in-Residence Program

April 20, 2023

Local artists can help spark the next generation of creatives by joining the team at Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. Applications for the museum’s artist-in-residence program are now open through May 22. Learn More

Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, General Museum, Inclusion & Cultural Competence, Partnerships & Resource Development

Applications are Open for Artist-in-Residence Program

August 31, 2022

Local artists can help spark the next generation of creatives by developing and facilitating art programs for young children at the museum. Applications are open through September 11 for the museum's 12-week artist-in-residence program for the fall, winter, spring, and summer sessions. Learn More

Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, Inclusion & Cultural Competence

Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose to Receive First-Ever $100,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

February 1, 2022

Arts programs at the museum will get a huge boost this year with the first-ever grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The $100,000 will help restore an arts specialist position for the museum’s popular performing and visual arts programs for young children. Learn More

Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, Inclusion & Cultural Competence

Museum Opens and Dedicates LeRoy Neiman Art Studio After Famous Artist

July 15, 2019

Visitors will now have a newly refurbished artmaking space to explore their creativity and express themselves thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Good Tidings and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. Learn More

Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, General Museum

Two-Year Initiative with Immigrant Families Culminates with Traveling Installation

The Mercury News
June 3, 2018

The museum continues its cutting-edge work with immigrant communities. The latest is a compelling visual and performing arts pop-up, A Seat at the Table, traveling to South Bay events this summer. The exhibit sparks conversations and art activities around the meaning of home, heritage, identity, and shared values. It's the culmination of Common Ground, a two-year initiative funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences to promote cultural understanding amongst immigrant families from Mexico, China, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam and the greater South Bay communities. Learn More

Community Service Learning, Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, General Museum, Inclusion & Cultural Competence

Artist Inspires Visitors by Painting with His Head

The Mercury News
February 5, 2018

Don Ryker struggles to speak, but his paintings talk for him - bright and vibrant, active and intelligent. From the seat of his power wheelchair Don turns blank canvases into works of art by applying acrylic paint with his uniquely adapted hardhat. Cerebral Palsy hasn’t deterred Ryker from many things in life, including learning how to fish and play baseball and video games and now pursuing his dream as a professional artist. As part of the museum's Creativity through the Arts and Inclusiveness and Cultural Competence strategic commitments, Don was at the museum demonstrating his technique. Visitors had the opportunity to experiment with his method of wearing a similarly adapted hard hat. Learn More

Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, Inclusion & Cultural Competence