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Museum Partners with Kristi Yamaguchi’s “Always Dream,” and San Jose Public Library Foundation for Family Literacy Festival

The Mercury News
June 4, 2023

The museum partnered with the Kristi Yamaguchi "Always Dream" and San Jose Public Library Foundation on the first Family Literacy Festival. Grammy-winning artists, New York Times bestselling authors and sports celebrities gathered together to support literacy. Learn More

Community Service Learning, Creativity through the Arts, Early Childhood Development, Inclusion & Cultural Competence, Partnerships & Resource Development

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

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

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Immersive Mural Boldly Transforms Museum Entryway

El Observador
December 8, 2017

The museum's massive stucco-covered entry has been transformed into a pallet of brightly colored imagery and bold symbols inspired from community input. Acclaimed multi-media artist Jaque Fragua of Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, and local curator Juan Carlos Araujo of Empire 7 Studios created the iconographic motifs based on design ideas submitted by 50 Rocketship Alma Academy 2nd – 5th-grade students, EY corporate volunteers, and museum staff. The project supports the museum’s strategic commitment, Creativity through the Arts, and is part of Community Pathways, the museum’s pilot program funded by San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affairs to activate the spaces outside the museum. Learn More

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

Immersive Mural Transforms Enormous Covered Entryway

November 30, 2017

Creativity is ignited every day inside the museum's purple walls. Now visitors' creative juices will be stoked as they approach the museum. Acclaimed multi-media artist Jaque Fragua of Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico is transforming the museum’s massive stucco covered-entry into a pallet of brightly colored imagery and bold symbols sparked from community input. The artist created the iconographic motifs based on design ideas submitted by 50 Rocketship Alma Academy 2nd – 5th grade students, EY corporate volunteers, and museum staff. Learn More

Community Service Learning, Creativity through the Arts, General Museum, Inclusion & Cultural Competence, Partnerships & Resource Development