San Jose Arts & Entertainment - Arts Organizations
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110 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95112
1.408.971.0323 |
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is the country's original quilt museum, with a permanent collection of 450 quilts and special exhibits about the history and craft of quilts. Founded in 1977, the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles promotes appreciation of quilts and textiles as art and provides an understanding of their role in the lives of the people who make quilts and textiles.
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Association for Viet Arts
AVA; P. O. Box 90088, San Jose, CA 95109-3088
The Association for Viet Arts is the first nonprofit Vietnamese arts association in the Bay Area. The San Jose-based organization produces Vietnamese American visual, performing, and literary arts events and festivals. |
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
1342 Naglee Ave., San Jose CA; Tel. 408.947.3636
Architecturally inspired by the Temple of Amon at Karnak, the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in the western United States--including objects from pre-dynastic times through Egypt's early Islamic era. Sure, it's not the British Museum, but thousands of vistors flock to this place every year, mostly to see the mummies and well-displayed dioramas of ancient Egyptian civilization. The museum even offers tours of a mock Egyptian tomb. There's a gift shop and a cafe on site. The museum and its gardens are located in Rosicrucian Park, which dates back 75 years and is within walking distance of San Jose's Municipal Rose Gardens. Where else in San Jose are you going to see a mummified baboon? Open Tuesday-Sunday. |
San Jose Museum of Art
110 South Market St., San Jose, CA 95113; Tel. 408.271.6840
The Richardson Romanesque portion of this building in downtown San Jose (right next to the Fairmont Hotel) dates back to the late nineteenth century, when it served as the post office of San Jose. The other half, a modern addition of golden-hued sandstone, was built about ten years ago. A splendid combination of new and old, the museum employs state of the art temperature and humidity controls that allow it to share exhibits with New York's Whitney Museum and others. The museum focuses on twentieth and twenty-first century artworks, with an emphasis on West Coast artists. There's something new going on at the San Jose Museum of Art almost every day, whether it's lectures, poetry readings, events for children, classes, or concerts. Docent tours are available and the collection is constantly changing. Best of all, it's centrally located in downtown San Jose and it's free. Open Tuesday-Sunday. |
Arts Events  ArtCars at ZeroOne 2006 in downtown San Jose
Enjoy photographer Carlos DaSilva's snapshots of an art-car collection.
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