This week, a reception marks the 20th anniversary of gallery exhibitions at Artik Art & Architecture, a San Jose-based firm.
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“I spent pretty much 10 years solid in the US and nine-and-a-half months a year was spent in a large building with no windows. And that’s the great part of going on tour. The adventure of it is getting to know people and see places. It’s a big place.”
When Wendy Maruyama collected names of the 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into concentration camps during World War II, she wrote them on paper tags and assembled them into 10 tree-like cascades.
A new show at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center offers a rare chance to see some of photographer Carleton Watkins’ best views of Yosemite, the Pacific coast and Oregon.
After a brief stint playing as a fullback in the NFL in the 70s, Mike Hennessy decided to pursue his ultimate passion: cars. Now he owns his own automotive repair shop, runs Hot San Jose Nights Car Show and has a television show that airs on local stations and YouTube.
It wasn’t long ago that Jen Padgett went off the grid to live in a yurt in the Santa Cruz mountains without a clue about how to build things, farm the land or rely on solar power. She figured, the best way to learn is out of necessity.
Andre Hart, 23, has been painting full-time for five years. “I wouldn’t call it an occupation, but I am an artist,” he said. “I would never do something if I didn’t fully believe in it; it has to be honest.” SanJose.com sat down with Hart to discuss his career.
Recently, SanJose.com got a chance to sit down with former comedian Sanderson Jones, founder of Sunday Assembly, the headline-grabbing “atheist church.”
Mother’s Day is only a few days away, and with the weather looking lovely it’s the perfect weekend to take Mom out and about. We’ve rounded up a quick list of events from our calendar that’ll make for a great weekend.
Officer James Cooper is currently on assignment cruising the streets of downtown San Jose via Silicon Valley’s favorite green method of transportation: a bicycle. We talked to Cooper about crazy crowds, astronauts and his favorite places in San Jose.
