San José Museum of Art FY23 Annual Report

FY 23 ANNUAL REPORT

E XHIB I T IONS

PUBL IC P ROGR AMS

SP ECI AL P ROJECTS

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COLLECTIONS

DE V E LOP MENT

OP E RATIONS

3.8K

AT A G LANCE Voted Best Museum in Silicon Valley 2022, Metro Silicon Valley weekly readers

92%

of pre-pandemic average on-site attendance achieved, with only 80% of pre-pandemic hours

50+

public programs

community members attended First Fridays

1.4M

30% increase in our public hours

22K

1M

ACQUIRED BY

44 20 Artworks

Artists

60%

students reached by Let’s Look at Art

students served through arts education programs

SJMA is an active 2022 Member with @galleryclimatecoalition

of youth, students, and teachers receive free admission at all times

Sowing Creativity curriculum serves English Language Learners and special needs students

raised at SJMA's 2022 Gala + Auction

Equity Task Force invited guest speakers Bryce Celetto, Mike Murawski, and Liz Jackson to present to SJMA staff + volunteers

100%

of onsite attendance received free access via our free admission policy for youth, students and teachers; First Fridays; and other free public programs

167 campers attended Kids Summer Art Camp

4.5K

visitors attended Community Days

Let’s Look at Art and Art in the Dark served 514 special needs classes this year

DI RECTOR'S LETTE R A WEED CAST IN BRONZE, A FLOWER

Richard James Karson, director of design

Evergreen allowed SJMA art educators to

and operations, worked closely with the

tie student lessons to the works of art on

artist and created one of the most memo-

long-term view.

rable installations in SJMA history.

MADE OF COLORFUL MURANO BLOWN

Let’s Look at Art (LLAA) is the Museum’s

GLASS, THE ARTIST’S HAND RENDERED

The curatorial team also welcomed

original “borderless” program and SJMA

MONUMENTAL—THESE EPHEMERAL

Curatorial and Program Associate Nidhi

honored LLAA's volunteer docents as crit-

OBJECTS AND GESTURES ARE NOW

Gandhi and Assistant Curator Juan Omar

ical ambassadors for the Museum’s work,

FIXED PERMANENTLY IN THE POETIC

Rodriguez during this transformative year

and their milestone of facilitating over

VISUAL LANGUAGE OF KELLY AKASHI.

of staff growth and visionary programs.

1 million student experiences.

This season also inaugurated an ambitious The SJMA 2022–23 season opened with

year of acquisitions—including jewelry

SJMA’s strategic imperative to redefine

the first major museum exhibition of

by Alexander Calder; works on paper by

the Museum structure through an equity

Los Angeles-based artist Kelly Akashi,

Huma Bhabha and Gladys Nilsson; and

lens allowed the Equity Task Force to gain

under the Circle of Palms celebrating

ushering in a new era as the institution

sculpture by Tara Donovan, Christine Sun

members and energy. They fostered a

devoted patrons Brook Hartzell + Tad

regained healthy attendance numbers,

Kim, Andrea Bowers, Sarah Sze, and other

deeper understanding of the Museum’s

Freese and artist Mildred Howard (depicted

increased public programs and education

artists. SJMA also expanded its Visualizing

land acknowledgement and prioritized our

above). This first in-person gala in three

outreach, deepened community partner-

Abolition partnership with UC Santa Cruz’s

commitment to reduce the institution’s

years drew over 400 people in a festive

ships, and raised our public profile in the

Institute of the Arts and Sciences, commis-

environmental footprint. A 2022 Active

post-pandemic reunion, bringing back the

local and global art world.

sioning work by MacArthur Foundation

Membership with the Gallery Climate

distinction of hosting the “best event in

Fellow Sky Hopinka and presenting Sadie

Coalition recognized SJMA for implementing

Silicon Valley.”

Barnette: Family Business.

environmental sustainability best practices.

With our borderless strategy firmly in place, SJMA originates innovative curato-

We are grateful to our members and

rial programs that prioritize community

Developing a far-reaching creative pres-

SJMA’s commitment to community

donors, as well as the foundations,

relevance, and Kelly Akashi: Formations

ence throughout Silicon Valley is the

relevance, gathering, and the revitali-

corporate sponsors, and government

exceeded SJMA’s expectations and

hallmark of our educational priority, from

zation of downtown San José included

organizations that support SJMA's role as

found popular and critical acclaim.

the Museum Experience Representatives

the welcoming El Cafecito by Mezcal

a gathering place, driven by the innovation

Gaining momentum with a West coast tour

greeting visitors in the front lobby to our

Restaurant and the Museum Store, under

of artists.

to Seattle and the MCA San Diego, the

talented Gallery Teachers, Studio Art

vibrant management by Manager of Retail

exhibition was organized by Chief Curator

Educators, and volunteers delivering arts

Operations Gemma Armas, along with

S. Sayre Batton,

Lauren Schell Dickens, who also edited

education in the Museum and in Santa

popular programs from CityDance to First

Oshman Executive Director

the first scholarly monograph on the artist.

Clara County schools. A dedicated gallery

Fridays with San Jose Jazz. The 2022

The exhibition installation team, led by

of permanent collection works called

Gala + Auction re-appeared theatrically

↗ S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director with 2022 Gala Artist Honoree Mildred Howard.

FY23

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B RETT W ESTON

father’s photos. In addition to his father and other photogra-

Baja California. Featuring fifty-one photographs spanning the

phers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Charles Sheeler, and

1930s through the 1970s, this exhibition was drawn exclusively

Paul Strand, Weston was also greatly inspired by artists work-

from SJMA’s permanent collection. Fifty of these images

July 22, 2022–January 22, 2023

ing in painting and sculpture such as Constantin Brancusi,

were given to the Museum by the Christian Keesee Collection,

RECOGNIZED FOR HIS BOLD, ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS

Georgia O’Keeffe, and Henry Moore. Throughout Weston’s

which established The Brett Weston Archive with its extensive

OF WESTERN LANDSCAPES AND NATURAL FORMS,

extensive travels to make his work, his favored subjects—

holdings of the artist’s works.

BRETT WESTON WAS A LEADING PHOTOGRAPHER OF

twisted branches, tangled kelp, rock formations, cracked

THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.

mud, and knotted roots—remained enduring motifs.

The second son of acclaimed photographer Edward Weston,

Brett Weston comprised images of landscapes and seascapes

RELATED PROGRAMMING

Brett Weston devoted his life to photography, experimenting

near Big Sur and Carmel, California, where the Weston family

7.22.2022: Brett Weston Opening Celebration

with various printing processes to create daring, high-con-

has lived since 1929; the Oregon Coast; White Sands, New

8.26.2022: Art 101: Photography | Striking Contrast

trast images that transcend comparison with his famous

Mexico; and aquatic plants photographed on the shores of

Brett Weston is supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund.

KE LLY AKASH I: FORMATIONS

inherited impact of her family’s imprisonment in a Japanese

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, September 21,

American incarceration camp during World War II. Through

2023–February 18, 2024.

evocative combinations that seem both familiar and Kelly Akashi: Formations is supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with gener-

September 3, 2022–May 21, 2023

strange, Akashi cultivates relationships among a vari-

KELLY AKASHI IS KNOWN FOR HER MATERIALLY

ety of things to investigate how they can actively convey

HYBRID WORKS THAT ARE COMPELLING BOTH

their histories and potential for change. She often pairs

Harrell and Dr. Tai-Heng Cheng, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation,

FORMALLY AND CONCEPTUALLY.

hand-blown glass or wax forms with unique and tempo-

Rita and Kent Norton, François Ghebaly Gallery, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Melanie

rally specific bronze casts of her own hand, each a unique Originally trained in analog photography, the artist is

record of the slow-changing human body. Akashi’s inter-

drawn to fluid, impressionable materials and old-world

est in time—embedded in the materiality of many of her

craft techniques, such as glass blowing and casting,

processes—has led her to study fossils and botany, locating

candle making, bronze and silicone casting, and rope

humankind within a longer geological timeline.

making. Encompassing a selection of artworks made over the past decade, Kelly Akashi: Formations was the

Kelly Akashi: Formations was on view from September 3,

first major exhibition of the artist’s work, and featured a

2022—May 21, 2023 in San José before touring to the Frye

newly commissioned series in which Akashi explores the

Art Museum, June 17–September 3, 2023, and then to the

ous contributions from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Kimberly and Patrick Lin, Lipman Family Foundation, Mr. Cole

and Peter Cross, and Wanda Kownacki.

RELATED PROGRAMING 9.2.2022: First Friday | Kelly Akashi: Formations Opening 11.11.2022: Art 101: Glass 1.27.2023: Gallery Talk: Kelly Akashi: Formations 5.11.2023: Creative Minds: Kelly Akashi

A POINT STRETCHED: VIEWS ON TIME

Memories, dreams, and reality blend in these galleries, as mold creeps across TV screens, apple orchards grow among discarded solar panels, and melting wax measures time.

November 4, 2022–July 9, 2023

Generational, ecological, and cosmic time vibrate concur-

A POINT STRETCHED: VIEWS ON TIME PRESENTED

rently as long-ago ecologies and distant possible futures

ARTWORKS THAT STRETCH, WARP, AND COMPACT

intertwine. Embracing scales of time from the microbiological

THE VIEWER’S SENSE OF TIME.

to the interstellar, these artworks position our human existence within broader timescales to challenge our assumptions

By highlighting works that endeavor to conceive of time in

about human history, agency, and possibility in relation to

unusual, mutable, and unfixed ways, the exhibition chal-

the world—and universe—around us. Drawing from the

lenged the histories we tell and the expectations we hold for

Museum’s permanent collection and beyond, the exhibition

the future. From Chitra Ganesh’s work blending truth and

also included works by Diana Al-Hadid, Harold Edgerton,

fantasy to depict the full range of a woman’s life to Maia Cruz

David Huffman, Kahlil Robert Irving, Ranu Mukherjee, Patrick

Palileo’s kaleidoscopic representation of Filipino history and

Nagatani, Sam Richardson, and Gail Wight, among others.

Ala Ebtekar’s epic print-based work inspired by the moon, artists in the exhibition propose timelines without hierarchies of past, present, and future.

A Point Stretched: Views on Time is supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with generous contributions from the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation and the Lipman Family Foundation.

RELATED PROGRAMMING 8.19.2022: Curator’s Workshop: A Point Stretched 11.4.2022: First Friday | Opening Celebration of A Point Stretched + Sky Hopinka 2.24.2023: Gallery Talk: A Point Stretched 4.7.2023: First Friday: Ensemble for Non-Linear Time

INTERPRETATION SPACE Art Learning Lab: Marking Time SJMA invited audiences to consider how they personally mark or measure time, by using a time clock and time card to “check in,” as they consider the prompt: What will you clock in for? Visitors were encouraged to meditate and think about the future, as well as the past.

3 TO 1: RAFA ESPARZA In this video, singer San Cha, poet Yosimar Reyes and his grandmother and activist Mardonia Galeana, and SJMA registrar Anamarie Alongi offer insight into rafa esparza’s artistic practice, his work with adobe, and being a Brown queer artist living in the United States.

EVERGREEN: ART FROM THE COLLECTION

↑ Singer San Cha speaks about rafa esparza's portrait of Yosimar Reyes and his activist grandmother Mardonia Galeana on view in Evergreen.

collection and the numerous San José stories it tells. The gallery features such works as rafa esparza’s Yosi con Abuela (2021), a recently acquired portrait on adobe of the East San José poet

July 22, 2022–ongoing

and activist Yosimar Reyes with his grandmother and activist

EVERGREEN: ART FROM THE COLLECTION

Mardonia Galeana. Also on view are Resident Alien (1988) by Hung

CELEBRATES SJMA’S COLLECTION AS BOTH A GIFT

Liu, the beloved Bay Area artist and longtime friend of SJMA,

TO AND A PRODUCT OF ITS COMMUNITY.

and Louise Nevelson’s monumental Sky Cathedral (1957–58), a centerpiece of the Museum’s collection. The gallery also includes

This dedicated gallery space, which provides long-term access to the

access points to the free digital collection catalog 50X50: Stories

Museum’s collection, honors the community members who rallied

of Visionary Artists from the Collection, which highlights the stories

together to establish the Museum; the artists who trust us to care for

and impact of artists in the Museum’s collection.

their visions; the generous donors who helped to build the collection; the generations of students who have visited; the volunteers and staff who have contributed; and the breadth of community experiences that give ongoing meaning to the works.

Located in the Museum’s historic building—formerly the City’s post office and library—Evergreen highlights the Museum’s growing

Evergreen: Art from the Collection is supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with generous contributions from Toby and Barry Fernald, in memory of Hung Liu, and Farrington Historical Foundation.

RELATED PROGRAMMING 8.5.2022: First Friday | Evergreen Opening Celebration

V ISUALIZ I NG ABOLITION EXPLORING ART, PRISONS, AND JUSTICE.

LETTE RS FROM THE I NSI DE

With exhibitions collaboratively organized by the

As part of Barring Freedom (on view October 2020–April

Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) at the University

25, 2021), which featured works by artists that chal-

of California, Santa Cruz, and San José Museum of

lenged how individuals see and understand our nation's

VISUALIZING ABOLITION IS AN ONGOING INITIATIVE

Art, Visualizing Abolition highlights the creative work underway by artists, activists, and scholars to imagine alternatives to current injustices.

Working across prison borders in all aspects of the

prison industrial complex, Tim Young—who is currently incarcerated at San Quentin State prison—partnered with SJMA to give us a glimpse into his six-by-nine– foot prison cell. In handwritten letters sent to SJMA members, he described conditions under Covid-19 inside the prison and explained why art matters to him.

initiative, and in collaboration with current and formerly

In his correspondence Tim invited readers to write him

incarcerated people, as well as those without that lived

back, and many people did.

experience, the overarching goal is to change the narrative that links prisons to justice, contributing instead to

After 2020, the letter writing campaign expanded to

the unfolding collective story and alternative imagining

include April Harris, currently incarcerated at California

underway to create a future free of prisons.

Institution for Women in Chino, California, and a third participant, Kanoa Harris-Pendang joined the campaign

Visualizing Abolition is organized by UCSC Professor Gina Dent and

in late 2023. A letter-writing station onsite at SJMA

Dr. Rachel Nelson, director of IAS, with support from the Mellon Foundation.

invites visitors to participate by writing a letter or note

Music for Abolition is curated by Terri Lyne Carrington. Exhibitions for Visualizing Abolition are co-organized by UCSC Professor Gina Dent, SJMA Chief Curator Lauren Schell Dickens, and Dr. Rachel Nelson, director of IAS.

RELATED PROGRAMMING 2.17.2023: Curator’s Workshop: Visualizing Abolition

of support. They can include their addresses if they are interested in receiving a response.

This campaign is intended to provide a network of support and connection and to serve as an opportunity to actively listen to and learn from our incarcerated neighbors. ↗ As part of Visualizing Abolition, visitors can write letters to incarcerated individuals.

Visualizing Abolition

SKY HOP I N KA SE E I NG AN D SE E N November 4, 2022–July 9, 2023 SKY HOPINKA’S VISUALLY STRIKING AND LINGUISTICALLY RICH FILMS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND POETRY EXPLORE THE LAYERED NATURE OF CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS EXPERIENCE. A member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, Hopinka teases out legacies of colonial oppression and Native resistance in his artwork, illuminating continuities between past and present. His aesthetic meditations center on personal explorations of language, landscape, homeland, family, and myth and the ecstatic play between the known and unknowable.

Seeing and Seen presented a new film by the artist commissioned as part of Visualizing Abolition.

Sky Hopinka: Seeing and Seen is supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with generous contributions from the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

RELATED PROGRAMMING 11.4.2022: First Friday | Opening Celebration of A Point Stretched + Sky Hopinka

Visualizing Abolition

SADI E BARN ETTE FAM I LY B USI N ESS March 10, 2023–October 15, 2023 SADIE BARNETTE’S MULTIMEDIA PRACTICE EXPLORES HER OWN FAMILY HISTORY AS IT MIRRORS A COLLECTIVE HISTORY OF REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES. In a new multi-sited exhibition for Visualizing Abolition, Barnette proposes an alternate history of Black America, one shaped by state-sanctioned terror but also by love, celebration, and the fullness of human relationships. The exhibition at SJMA brought together a selection of photographs, drawings, and sculptures around a newly commissioned video, which consider the living room as a site of freedom.

Sadie Barnette: Family Business is supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with generous contributions from the Myra Reinhard Family Foundation, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and support from Jessica Silverman Gallery.

RELATED PROGRAMMING 3.10.2023: Opening Celebration | Sadie Barnette: Family Business 4.21.2023: Gallery Talk | Sadie Barnette: Family Business 6.9.2023: Creative Minds: Sadie Barnette

BORDE RLESS M USE U M SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART STRIVES TO BE A BORDERLESS MUSEUM—ESSENTIAL TO CREATIVE LIFE THROUGHOUT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF SAN JOSÉ AND SILICON VALLEY.

SJMA’s recently updated strategic plan and the revised mission

As part of Visualizing Abolition, Sky Hopinka: Seeing and Seen

that accompanies it builds on the ambitious overarching goal

and Sadie Barnette: Family Business at SJMA were both multi-

established in 2017–18. SJMA has grown audiences—reaching

sited exhibitions with the concurrent exhibitions Sky Hopinka

people through new digital platforms and an expanded off-site

and Sadie Barnette on view at Institute of the Arts and

presence, building deeper community partnerships, and inte-

Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz.

grating our commitment to equity as a guiding force both internally and externally. With this in mind, SJMA is focused on growing the Museum’s audience base and name recognition by providing multiple entry points onsite, offsite, and online.

↖ In the distance is Sophie Holding the World Together by El Mac in collaboration with The Propeller Group, at Discovery Meadow with Wayfinder: Clare Rojas in the foreground.

Borderless Museum

H I DDE N H E RITAG ES SAN JOSE’S V I ETNAM ESE LEGACY Offsite at San José City Hall Tower Lobby HIDDEN HERITAGES: SAN JOSÉ’S VIETNAMESE LEGACY IS A COLLABORATIVE OFF-SITE EXHIBITION THAT OPENED AT SAN JOSÉ CITY HALL ON MAY 16, 2023.

The culmination of a multi-year storytelling project conducted through a partnership between the San José Museum of Art, Chopsticks Alley Art, and the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs, Hidden Heritages showcases artworks created by San José-based Vietnamese community members in a series of creative learning workshops led by visual artists Trinh Mai, Binh Danh, and Cynthia Cao, and poets An Bui and Chinh Nguyen. The project honored the contributions of the Vietnamese community in San José, promoted creative expression as a tool for intergenerational storytelling and reflection, and lifted up the many stories of journey, migration, and identity that continue to shape the community today.

Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy is supported, in part, by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at arts.ca.gov. Operations and programs at the San José Museum of Art are made possible by generous support from the Museum’s Board of Trustees, a Cultural Affairs Grant from the City of San José, the Lipman Family Foundation, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, Yvonne and Mike Nevens, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Yellow Chair Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese, the SJMA Director’s Council and Council of 100, the San José Museum of Art Endowment Fund established by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and The William Randolph Hearst Foundation. ↖ Installation image of Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy on view at San José City Hall Tower Lobby.

Borderless Museum

WAYFI N DE R J UAN CARLOS ARAUJO July 3, 2022–June 30, 2023 WAYFINDER: JUAN CARLOS ARAUJO IS A PUBLIC ART PROJECT THAT ENCOURAGES VISITORS TO EXPLORE THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN JOSÉ.

Commissioned by SJMA, 40 streetlight banners designed

SJMA’s Wayfinder program invited Bay Area artists to

by Araujo with bright, ebullient colors and dynamic imagery

design streetlight banners for temporary display in

were installed along East Santa Clara Street between Market

downtown San José. The program offered pedestrians,

and 20th streets. Each banner features similar yet unique

commuters, residents, and Museum visitors continuous

details of Serpiente Emplumada, a large mural painted by

access to contemporary art as part of SJMA’s overarching

the artist in 2020. Araujo’s abstract and vivid patterns recall

goal to become a borderless museum, essential to creative

the dynamic underwater movements of schooling fish or the

life throughout the diverse communities of San José and

unfurled wings of a bird. Sited along the main traffic corridor

Silicon Valley. Wayfinder reimagines existing banner infra-

connecting East San José with the city’s urban core, Araujo’s

structure as a venue for public art, enlivening city streets

installation combines personal and cultural motifs to cele-

with cutting-edge art and design.

brate the energy of the area’s legendary lowrider car culture and to honor ancestral connections.

↖ Artist Juan Carlos Araujo in front of his Wayfinder banner.

FY23

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M USE U M STORE V OLU NTE E RS Zainab Adeel

Carla Rosenblum

Kat Andersen

Shu Rosenthal

Marilyn August

Mark Rotner

Connie Bantillo

Sara Selbo-Bruns

Nancy Beckman

Shelley Smith

Lawrie Brown

Kristina Taskova

Alyssa Camarillo

Norika (Nori) Takada

Pat Caporal

Sara Selbo-Bruns

Yeonhee Choi

Mitsu Wasano

Char Devich

Alisa Wetzel

Neal Folsom Manav Jain Yassaman Jalali Bill Jones Rachel Karklin Yoko Katsue Kristin Kelly Michele Kelly-Jones Theresa Lawhead Madelyn Lee Chris Mengarelli Jeannie Pedroza Gilma Pereda

FI RST FRI DAYS SJMA IS OPEN LATE WITH FREE ADMISSION ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

Art lovers enjoy open galleries with live music and performances by local artists. Partners in FY23 included San Jose Jazz, the New Ballet, Mosaic America, Francis Experience, Ensemble for Non-Linear Time, and United Lowrider Council of San Jose. ↑ Members of Dueñas Bike Club stand in front of their lowrider bikes.

FY23

COM M U N ITY DAYS

P OETRY I N V ITATIONAL

SJMA’S FREE COMMUNITY DAYS INCLUDE IN-GALLERY AND HANDS-ON

THE POETRY INVITATIONAL IS CO-PRESENTED BY SJMA AND

ART ACTIVITIES TAUGHT BY GALLERY TEACHERS AND STUDIO ARTS EDUCA-

POETRY CENTER SAN JOSÉ.

TORS AS WELL AS LIVE PERFORMANCES BY DANCE TROUPES, STORYTELLERS, MUSICIANS, AND ECLECTIC PERFORMERS.

It featured 12 Bay Area poets that were invited to create new works inspired by the art currently on view in SJMA's galleries. The evening was hosted by Tshaka

Programs are geared for family audiences, with a focus on multicultural

Campbell, 2022–23 Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County. Poets that participated

celebrations and multigenerational activities. Over 400 sugar skulls are made

were Arlene Biala, Lorez Mazon Dumuk, Minerva Kamra, Keana Aguila Labra,

by SJMA staff for visitors to decorate at the Día de los Muertos celebration.

Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour, Chris Locsin, Tongo Eisen Martin, Tureeda Mikell,

For Lunar New Year, SJMA celebrated the Year of the Rabbit and Cat with

Robert S. Pesich, Sophia Rose Rodriquez, Jen Siraganian, and Asha Sudra.

collaged bookmarks and faux marble magnets. ↗ Local poets were invited to write poetry based on artwork in current exhibitions. ↑ A volunteer leads an art-making activity at Community Day: Lunar New Year.

DOCE NT COU NCI L V OLU NTE E RS N E W ACTI V E 2023

LT Nguyen

Barbara Weiss

Daniel Camarena

Amelie Pak

Carol Whelan

Thu-An Hanley

Elizabeth Blanco Saenz

Helen Yang

Hilary Kim

Wendy W. Smith

Deniz Yildiz

Sara Mintz

Sujata Tibrewala

ACTI V E

Kim Harris

Elizabeth Seiden

Francine Craven

Tricia Hill

Zartashia Shah

Lisa Dearborn

Monica Rojano-Moguel

Jeanne Torre

Lisa Gallo

Elizabeth Ryono

ASSOCIATE

Suzette Mahr

Miho Poelman

Daniela Barone

Geraldine

Leah Read

Marleen Chan

Martinez-Magarelli

Ellen Tafeen

Peter Fargo

Lenore Maynard

Lotte Van de Walle

Betty Faultner

Astrid Mazin

Alayne Yellum

Kathy Gibson

Shauna Mika

SUSTAI N I NG

Cathleen Fortune

Ann Marie Mix

Ursula M. Anderson

Linda Foster

Peggy Yep Morrow

Michael Arellano

Salome Gut

Evelyn Neely

SJMA DOCENTS HELP THE MUSEUM FULFILL ITS MISSION TO NURTURE EMPATHY AND

Lauren Buchholz

Barbara Hansen

Susanne Offensend

Doris Burgess

Sharlyn Heron

Bob Strain

CONNECTION BY ENGAGING COMMUNITIES WITH SOCIALLY RELEVANT CONTEMPORARY ART.

Sandra Churchill

Lys House

Rick Vierhus

Clarice Dent

Karen Huitric

Dolores Fajardo

Michaela Landrok

Lorraine Fitch

Lisa Lubliner

ON LEAV E Erin Lu Pirjo Polari-Khan

DOCE NT COU NCI L

With their open, inquiring minds, and a desire to learn from others, SJMA docents engage the public imagination by encouraging new ways of seeing and thinking about art. They stimulate visitors to learn for themselves—to find something at the Museum that they may not have discovered alone. Training for new docents began January 2023 and in May, the Docent Council graduated 13 new docents who now engage our visitors in daily public tours, Thursday through Sunday. In FY23, Docent Council members volunteered for 1,929 hours and engaged over 2,700 visitors. ↗ SJMA Let's Look at Art and Docent Council volunteers lead art-making activities at First Friday.

FE E DBACK H IG H LIG HTS KE LLY AKASH I V ISITOR "The Akashi exhibition was amazing. I love love how the Museum shows works from young, emerging artists who are local to California and also diverse."

M USE U M EXP E RI E NCE RE P RESE NTATI V ES “While I was in lobby, a family came into the Museum because their son had received a Family Pass, and they were passing by on a beautiful day. The son was very excited and kept telling his parents all about the Museum as he had been here before on a field trip, even asking if the studio/gallery teacher "lived in the Museum." It was sweet and cheered me up, and at the end of their visit, while I was eating lunch outside, I overheard the son say their trip was great!”

"A guest … was very moved by the rafa esparza piece.

We talked about all the references to the artists’ culture that seemed to resonate with the guest, but we mainly focused on the image of the grandmother…they had been enjoying the other works in the gallery but

CITYDANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN JOSÉ OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AND EL CAFECITO BY MEZCAL RESTAURANT,

Live bands and professional dance instructors teach the fine points of the evening's dance style. This year featured the dance styles of Bollywood, Cumbia, K-Pop, and Country Line dancing. The event was open and free to the public from 6 to 9pm. Over 1,500 people visited the Museum as part together outside the Museum to dance with one another.

was worth it just to see this painting, and I saw them go back to Evergreen multiple times before they left to see the painting."

"A group of guests came in asking if we take EBT, and were excited when I checked them in. One

CityDance San Jose is presented by the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs,

SOCIALIZING, MUSIC, AND OPEN-AIR DANCING

the San José Museum of Art, Valley Transportation Authority,

NEXT TO SJMA.

smile....The guest said that the entire Museum visit

of this four-evening partnership/festivity, while over 1,000 dancers came

CITYDANCE SAN JOSÉ IS A FREE EVENING OF INSIDE THE CIRCLE OF PALMS PLAZA,

was then immediately drawn in by the grandmother's

and El Cafecito by Mezcal Restaurant.

↑ K-pop dancers teach CityDance attendees how to dance in their style.

woman was moved to tears, explaining that she was so happy to finally be able to see art again."

FY23

CONTRI B UTI NG TO TH E V I B RANCY OF SAN JOSÉ SJMA CONTRIBUTES TO THE VIBRANCY OF DOWNTOWN SAN JOSÉ WITH THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMMING AND EXHIBITIONS THAT FOCUS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY. The Museum leads with and centers artists’ unique perspectives and practices. By fostering creativity and human connection, SJMA has become a gathering place that nurtures empathy and connection for our diverse communities. ↗ A family makes art at SJMA’s table at Viva Calle San José.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Stephanie Barajas, City of San José Creative Ambassador

Amy Hibbs, City of San José Creative Ambassador

San Jose Woman’s Club

Bay Area Glass Institute

Institute of the Arts and Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz

San José State University

Chopsticks Alley Art

Korean Culture Center – Urisawe

School of Arts and Culture

City of San José COVID-19 Recovery Task Force

KQED

Suhita Shirodkar, City of San José Creative Ambassador

City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs

LEAD Filipino

Silicon Valley Pride

City of San José Office of Immigrant Affairs Welcoming Week Initiative

Luna Park Chalk Art Festival and Foundation

Silicon Valley Youth Harp Ensemble

Ricardo Cortez, City of San José Creative Ambassador

Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services Placemaking Program

SJ Storyboard, City of San José Creative Ambassador

CreaTV

More Más Marami Arts

TeatroVisión

El Cafecito by Mezcal Restaurant

Mosaic America

Office of Councilmember Omar Torres

Ensemble for Non-Linear Time

New Ballet

United Lowrider Council of San Jose: Dueñas Bike Club

Office of Councilmember Maya Esparza

Poetry Center San José

Valley Transportation Authority

Firebird Youth Orchestra

Rising Phoenix Lion & Dragon Dance Association

Viva Calle SJ

Folklórico Nacional Mexico

Sacred Heart Community Services

Wall of Song Project/SJSU ISSSSC

genARTS Silicon Valley

San José Downtown Association

H&A in Action, SJSU

San Jose Jazz

Yoon Chung Han, City of San José Creative Ambassador

San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild

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STRATEG IC P LAN + VALU ES FY23

OBJECTIVE 3 OF SJMA’S 2022 STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO “REDEFINE THE MUSEUM STRUCTURE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.” In 2023 with support from a major three-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, SJMA made strides in its ambition to “become borderless internally as well as externally.” As part of this work, in 2023 we added

Care:

a new set of core values for SJMA’s staff, board, and volunteers. The values serve as a corollary to the nine community pledges created in 2019 by a cross-departmental team. The four values—Collaboration, Care, Curiosity, and Inclusion were derived directly from the pledge and identified as essential behaviors for our staff, volunteers, and board to

Curiosity:

We ask questions and try new things

We care for our visitors, our communities, our collection, and each other

embody in order to best deliver on our shared work.

Inclusion:

We strive to make everyone feel welcome, respected, and supported

Collaboration: We work together as One SJMA

SJMA’s land acknowledgment was developed by a cross-institutional pilot committee of the Museum’s Equity Task Force, with input from staff and volunteers. In crafting this statement the pilot team spoke with representatives of local Indigenous communities and participated in a four-part training conducted by the Healing and Reconciliation Institute (HRI), an organization that offers consulting, education, and Indigenous governance support with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Our land acknowledgment was shaped in alignment with an institutional commitment to the core value of Inclusion and written intentionally to be encompassing of the many Indigenous peoples, whether tribally affiliated

LAN D ACKNO W LE DG E M E NT

OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS

IN FY23 SJMA EQUITY TASK FORCE PILOT TEAMS

The San José Museum of Art is on the unceded

WORKED TOGETHER TO FORMALIZE AND DEEPEN THE MUSEUM'S COMMITMENTS TO HONORING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND TO CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

ancestral land of descendants of the Ohlone nation.

The Ohlone nation is represented by numerous tribes, Indigenous organizations, and individuals with whom we strive to build relations. SJMA acknowledges and celebrates the continued presence of our region’s multiple Indigenous communities, expresses gratitude for their guidance and teachings, and pledges an ongoing commitment to listening, learning, and sharing.

or not, with history, experiences, and ongoing stakes in the lands on which we live and work.

The statement will be reviewed, assessed, and updated as new research, conversations, and relationships are discovered and created.

FY23

EQU ITY TASK FORCE FY23 M E M B E RS S. Sayre Batton Daniel Becker Lauren Schell Dickens Jessica Kwong Amy Sargeant Aquiles de la Torre Steering Committee; Manager of Equity Resource Center Ali Fitch Equity Book Club Liaison Nidhi Gandhi Open Sessions Coordinator Amanda Helton Speaker Series Coordinator Natalie Sánchez Lewin Chair; Steering Committee member

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FY23 SJMA'S EQUITY TASK FORCE CONDUCTED A CARBON AUDIT OF AN EXHIBITION AND LAUNCHED A GREEN TEAM. To ensure the ongoing integration of this values-aligned work the Museum also approved and published a statement of environmental responsibility.

We recognize the urgency of the current climate crisis and are committed to minimizing our impact on climate change. We are taking steps at both the individual and the institutional level to continually reduce the environmental

impact of our work and we recognize environmental responsibility as one of the most critically urgent issues of the present. We commit to caring for our planet as we care for our visitors, our community, and our collections and pledge to do our part to build a more sustainable future for the next generations.

SJMA is an active 2022 Member with @galleryclimatecoalition!

Khai Nguyen All Staff Meetings Communications Coordinator Jody Parry Steering Committee member Karen Rapp Steering Committee member

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LET'S LOOK AT ART DOCE NTS N E W ACTI V E 2023

Susie Nadir

Natalia Sobachevskaya

Tatiana Belomytsina

Lia Nguyen

Emily Thaeler

Malashree Bhargava

Sergei Posnov

Kim Worrall

Annaleah Krenn

Amanda Santiago

ACTI V E

Lisa Gallo

Laurel Lee

Carol Absalom

Suman Ganapathy

Laurie Malone

Elizabeth Bonnet

Lea Gottlieb

Tony Misch

Eve Brasfield

Katie Han

Barb Nelson

Svetlana Brodskaya

Karen Harrington

Mary Perry

Ivonne Calzadilla Gomez

Beth Herner

Louise Persson

Kathi Cambiano

Tricia Hill

Alka Pradhan

Bing Chen

Dave Himmelblau

Inna Razmakhova

Giada Conte

Yeojin Jang

Pamela Ryalls-Boyd

Susan Curtin

Colleen Jansen

Elizabeth Seiden

a specific set of cross curricular objectives and to

Lisa Dearborn

Linda Klein

Liz Summerhayes

represent the cultural diversity of the Bay Area.

Debbie Earl

Marcia Klein

Sherry Tsai

Every student receives a free family pass to visit

Harriet Erbes

Anar Kotadia

Lotte Van de Walle

Toby Fernald

Karen Lantz

Caty Fraser

Andrea Lee

ated 10 new volunteers to help support increasing

SUSTAI N I NG

Lorrie Fitch

Loyce Mandella

demand for the program.

Melinda Anderson

Jody Foster

Nancy Mathews

Marilyn August

Linda Gallo

Rosemarie Mirkin

Founded in 1972, LLAA serves tens of thousands

The education fund at SJMA is generously supported by the

Carol Bower

Linda Goldberg

Linda Pfeifer

of K–12 students across Santa Clara County each

California Arts Council, the Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation,

Christy Cali

Joan Gorham

Maria Quillard

the Koret Foundation, SVCreates in partnership with the County of

Kathleen Callan

Barbara Hansen

Amy Rapport

Char Devich

Julia Hartman

Carrie Ross

Connie Dimmitt

Julia Jacobson

Liana Salkihova

Nancy Dunne

Gail Kefauver

Joan Sharrock

Jean Kellett

Diana Taylor

Carole Kilik

Martha Weber

Gerri Finkelstein Lurya

Christine Zheng

LET’S LOOK AT ART THIS YEAR, LET’S LOOK AT ART (LLAA), THE VOLUNTEER SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM OF SJMA, REACHED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE

BY DELIVERING THEIR ONE MILLIONTH STUDENT EXPERIENCE.

year, with a close-knit, dedicated team of about 50 volunteer docents. Using Visual Thinking Strategies that support the Common Core State Standards, a trained docent leads a free 30–45 minute art presentation for classrooms. All art selections are carefully researched and presented to meet

the Museum, thus broadening the program’s reach beyond the classroom and reinforcing its impact by engaging whole families. In 2023 LLAA gradu-

Santa Clara, Lucia Cha, Priscilla Chou, KPMG LLP, the City of San José, the Farrington Historical Foundation, Daphne and Stuart Wells, and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. ↖ Let's Look at Art docents at their annual holiday party.

FY23

RESI DE NCI ES

FI E LD TRI PS

TEACHING ARTISTS BUILD CURRICULA AROUND THEIR OWN SPECIALTIES

IN THE PAST YEAR, FIELD TRIPS TO THE SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART

AS ARTISTS AND IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CROSS-CURRICULAR NEEDS OF

HAVE BEEN A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.

THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. These inquiry-driven tours have not only enthralled students but also nurtured During the 2022–23 school year SJMA provided Sowing Creativity curriculum to a

critical thinking skills. SJMA welcomed nearly 1,700 students, of which approxi-

record 1,752 students across 66 classrooms.

mately 700 came from low-income Title I schools—the result of our commitment to providing accessible art education, enriching the community, and expanding

Access for students of all backgrounds and abilities is a core priority of SJMA’s

horizons through the world of art.

education team. 60% of students served were based in low-income Title I schools.

Among the 66 classrooms served, one was an English Language Development class with 20 students and 9 were Special Day Classes with 61 students. ↑ Residency classroom tour of Evergreen: Art from the Collection.

↗ Students enjoy a tour in Evergreen: Art from the Collection.

FY23

KI DS SU M M E R ART CAM P

DR. J E RRY H I U RA AWARD

EACH SUMMER SJMA’S KIDS SUMMER ART CAMP OFFERS KIDS 6–14

THE DR. JERRY HIURA NEXT GEN VISUAL ARTIST AWARD HONORS

THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A WEEK OF FUN, CREATIVITY, AND

FORMER SJMA BOARD MEMBER DR. JERRY THROUGH A SCHOLARSHIP

ARTISTIC GROWTH AT THE MUSEUM.

THAT CELEBRATES YOUNG VISIONARY ARTISTS AND SUPPORTS THEIR ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND GOALS AS THEY PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.

Campers toured SJMA exhibitions and learned from SJMA teaching artists and exhibitions staff. Teen campers participated in themed weeks: FY23 themes included

This year’s theme was Building Blocks—students were invited to design a

Art and Activism, Artwear, Visual Journaling, Acrylic Painting, and Visual Storytelling.

work of art that incorporated a resource that their community needed. Over 100

Each student received an art supply kit so they could practice new techniques at

artworks were submitted. This year’s top winner was Hand in Hand by Sissie Zhou.

home. Every week-long class culminated with an exhibition of student work, which

The second-place winners were Framed in Time by Erinn Huang and United Efforts

was widely attended by parents and caregivers. Thanks to a grant from the City of San

by Hannah Liaw.

José's Safe Summer Initiatives program, SJMA was able to award 21 camp scholarships to low-income students in FY23. ↑ Art Camper shows his art to his mother and sibling at the Kids Summer Art Camp exhibition.

↗ 2023 First place winner, Hand in Hand (detail), Sissie Zhou.

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FY23

Spoon, ca. 1940 Hammered aluminum 16 × 3 × 3 inches Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2022.14.02

Belt buckle, 1940s–1950s

Title unknown, 1947

Silver

Ink on paper

3 1/4 × 2 ½ × ½ inches

6 × 8 inches

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars

Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2022.14.03

↗ Toy Horse, 1926 Iron wire and wood 7 × 29 × 4 inches Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

in Memory of Margaret Calder Hayes

Flower brooch, 1930s

and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

Brass

2022.16.08

4 ⁄8 × 4 ⁄8 inches 5

5

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in Memory of Margaret

Mobile earrings, 1940s–1950s

Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

Brass

2022.16.03

3 × 1 ½ inches, each

2022.14.04 © 2024 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

FY23 ACQU ISITIONS

HUMA BHABHA ↘ Untitled, 2010 Ink and collage on C-print 44 ½ × 64 ⁄8 inches 3

Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THOSE WHO GIFTED WORKS OF ART AS WELL AS DONORS WHO CONTRIBUTED FUNDS FOR PURCHASE, SJMA ACQUIRED 44 ARTWORKS BY A DIVERSE ROSTER OF

2022.19.01 Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94.

ANDREA BOWERS ↖ Women/Womxn, 2018 Lightbox and neon 60 ½ × 79 inches

Neckpiece, 1959 Hammered gold wire 6 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 1 inches Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in memory of Margaret Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes 2022.16.01

JG brooch, n.d.

Silver 5 1⁄8 × 2 3/4 × 1/2 inches Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in Memory of Margaret Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars

Spiral ring, 1940s–1950s

in Memory of Margaret Calder Hayes

Brass

and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

1 1/2 × 1 × 1 inches

2022.16.09a–b

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in Memory of Margaret Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

Three buttons, 1940s–1950s

2022.16.04

Brass wire 1 × 1 inches; 7⁄8 × 7⁄8 inches;

Mobile earrings with three elements,

6

1940s–1950s

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars

Silver wire

in Memory of Margaret Calder Hayes

2 ½ × 1 3/4 inches, each

and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in Memory of Margaret Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes 2022.16.05a–b

⁄8 × 1 inches

2022.16.10a–c

CRAIG COLEMAN Monumental Primitive Man

Baby rattle with bells, 1920

Totem #3, 1992

Sarah Thornton

Brass wire and bells

Acrylic on wood

2023.02

9 1/4 × 4 ½ × ½ inches

120 × 30 × 3 inches

© Andrea Bowers. Courtesy of the artist

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in Memory of Margaret

Gift of Paul Bridgewater

and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco.

Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

2022.21

the Museum’s collection by addressing current

Photo by Jeff McClane.

2022.16.06

cultural, political, and social issues.

ALEXANDER CALDER

Butterfly brooch, 1930s

Untitled (Paper Plates), 2005

The Minute Hand, 1950

Brass

Paper plates and hot glue

Painted sheet metal and rod

7 × 6 inches

36 × 65 × 38 inches

13 × 9 × 17 3/4 inches

Gift of Megan L. Hayes and Reed Zars in Memory of Mar-

Gift of Wanda Kownacki to the

Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

garet Calder Hayes and Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes

San José Museum of Art

2022.14.01

2022.16.07

2022.17

ARTISTS IN FY23.

These include many timely works that enrich

Gift of Jessica Silverman and

2022.16.02

TARA DONOVAN

BYRON RANDALL

JOAN MOMENT

FY23

“To survive is to not escape death or go on living after death, but to die alive.”

– Kas Saghafi, 2022

VIOLA FREY Untitled (Large Red Figure), 1985 Acrylic, charcoal, and pencil on paper 43 × 32 ½ inches, framed

Inkjet print with hand-scratched text

Diabolical Machine, Communist

→ Haloed Condom Relief, 1971

Manifesto, 1947

Acrylic, rubber latex, neoprene,

Linocut print on paper

gauze, and condoms

18 × 12 inches

83 ½ × 60 inches

Gift of Laura Chrisman

Gift of the artist

2023.05.01

40 × 40 inches

2023.06

Museum purchase with funds provided by

© Joan Moment. Courtesy of San José

Lipman Acquisitions Fund

Museum of Art. Photo by Glen Cheriton,

Los Maestros, 1956

2023.10

Impart Photography.

Woodcut print on paper 14 × 10 inches

Gift of Liza Dodd

CHRISTINE SUN KIM

PATRICK NAGATANI

One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018

Trinitite Tempest, late 1980s

Sound

Lithograph on paper

Seven tracks, various runtimes

10 × 13 ½ inches

Museum purchase with funds contributed

Gift of Kathryn Funk

wood, cloth booties, and old border

by the Council of 100

2022.23.01

barbed wire

2023.01

2022.15

GUILLERMO GALINDO Llantambores, 2015 PVC pipes, immigrant inner tire tubes,

35 ½ × 53 × 17 inches

Kwahu / Hopi Eagle Kachina, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1989

Koshare / Tewa Ritual Clowns,

Large format Polaroid

White Sands Missile Park,

20 × 24 inches

1984 (Orwell) #4, 2019

2023.07

New Mexico, 1989

Gift of Kathryn Funk

Green neon on wall

Large format Polaroid

2022.23.03

8 1/2 × 74 inches

20 × 24 inches

Gift of Lorna Meyer Calas and Dennis Calas

Gift of Kathryn Funk

GLADYS NILSSON

2022.18

2022.23.02

↙ Soupz On, 1992 Watercolor on paper

sewn on linen backing

YOLANDA LÓPEZ

30 × 47 inches

Tableau Vivant, 1978

Museum purchase with funds provided

Twelve color photographs

2022.20.01

by the Acquisitions Committee

14 × 9 ¼ inches, each

Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan

Museum purchase with funds provided by the

Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of

Acquisitions Committee and the

Rago/Wright/LAMA.

2023.08

CHITRA GANESH She the Question, 2012 Archival inkjet prints

43 × 29 inches, framed Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

Lipman Acquisitions Fund 2023.11a–l

Going off the Edge, 1982 Watercolor on paper

25 parts, variable dimensions

DAN MILLER

Gift of Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese

Untitled, 2019

Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

2023.04.01–.25

Acrylic and ink on paper

2022.20.02

SKY HOPINKA I held the ancestor in my arms,

95 × 61 × 2 inches, framed

11 × 7 1/2 inches

Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan

DENNIS OPPENHEIM

2022.19.02

Study for Gathering, 1993

and took them far away from here, 2022

Gift of Laura Chrisman 2023.05.06

LUCAS SAMARAS Box #7B, 1963 Box with springs, straight pins, wool yarn, and needle on painted wood base 3 1/4 × 3 × 2 ½ inches

2023.05.02

Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

Woodcut print on paper

Acquisitions Committee and Docent Council

humanitarian aid group Water Stations

32 ½ × 26 ½ inches

Gift of Laura Chrisman

Oak Tree, Sonoma, 1960s

JOSEPH KOSUTH

Acrylic on beacon flag used by

Woodcut print on paper

2022.14.05

Museum purchase with funds provided by the

Caravan Variation Flag, 2015

Snappy Patriotic Number, 1968

Pencil, colored pencil, oil wash, oil

Inkjet print with hand-scratched text

Untitled, 2016

pastel, and glitter on paper

40 × 40 inches

Acrylic and ink on paper

38 × 50 inches

Museum purchase with funds provided by the

25 3/4 × 32 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches, framed

Gift of Amy Oppenheim in honor of

Acquisitions Committee

Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan

Dennis Oppenheim

2023.09

2022.19.03

2022.22

12 × 16 inches

SARAH SZE ↓ Travelers by Streams

Gift of Laura Chrisman

and Mountains, 2021

2023.05.03

Mixed media, archival pigment prints, video projectors,

Daisys, Holly, Mellon, 1961

and pendulum

Linocut print on paper

80 × 141 × 115 inches

26 × 19 inches

Museum purchase with funds provided

Gift of Laura Chrisman

by the Lipman Family Foundation

2023.05.04

2023.03 © Sarah Sze. Photo by Paris Tavitian.

Peace is the Only, 1962 Linocut print on paper 26 × 20 ½ inches Gift of Laura Chrisman 2023.05.05

KE LLY AKASH I CATALOG The exhibition catalog—the first scholarly monograph on the artist—features essays by SJMA Chief Curator Lauren Schell Dickens, Ruba Katrib, and Dr. Jenni Sorkin and a conversation between Akashi and painter Julien Nguyen.

The book also highlights a special photography project

by Akashi, created specifically for this publication. It was published in 2023 by Inventory

ARTP ICK W I N N E R

Press and the San José Museum of Art.

EVERY YEAR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF 100 AND DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL PARTICIPATE

CHRISTINE SUN KIM

IN THE ANNUAL PURCHASE OF ART FOR THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION.

↖ One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018.

Sound, seven channels, various runtimes.

Installation view, MIT List Visual Arts Center,

This year’s ArtPick is an experimental sound work by Christine Sun Kim, One Week of Lullabies for Roux (2018). SJMA’s first work by this California-born artist consists of seven original soundtracks composed by her friends as a “sound diet” for Kim’s newborn child.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2020.

Kelly Akashi: Formations catalog available for purchase through the Museum Store.

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2022 GALA + AUCTION September 24, 2022 IN HONOR OF ARTIST MILDRED HOWARD AND PATRONS BROOK HARTZELL AND TAD FREESE

On September 24, with Tammy Kiely and Nadia

works by Shiva Ahmadi, Ambreen Butt, Maria A.

Ahmad serving as Gala co-chairs and Cheryl Kiddoo

Guzmán Capron, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, Conrad

as Auction chair, the Museum held its first in-person

Egyir, Mildred Howard, Zhu Jinshi, Hung Liu, Monica

Gala + Auction since 2019 and set a new record by

Lundy, Dharma Strasser MacColl, Katherine Tzu-Lan

raising over $1.4 million dollars in critical funds for

Mann, Yulia Pinkusevich, Liliana Porter, Clare Rojas,

the Museum’s essential operations, award-winning

Kikuo Saito, Tabitha Soren, Stephanie Syjuco, Rupy C.

exhibitions, and education programs. The Gala was

Tut, and Stella Zhang.

hosted by Doris and Alan Burgess, Toby and Barry Fernald, Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo, Beverly and Peter Lipman, Ann Marie Mix, Mary Mocas and Marv Tseu, and Yvonne and Mike Nevens. The Auction featured

↖ Tad Freese, Brook Hartzell, Mildred Howard, and then-Mayor Sam Liccardo.

M E M B E RS + SU P P ORTE RS E V E NTS SJMA’S DEDICATED MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS HELP MAKE THE MUSEUM’S PROGRAMS POSSIBLE Members enjoyed opportunities to engage more deeply with SJMA and expand their knowledge about contemporary art by hearing directly from curators and artists about the thinking and processes behind SJMA’s compelling exhibitions and through organized visits to fascinating art destinations, collections, and artist’s studios.

Lauren Schell Dickens, chief curator, delivered insights into Visualizing Abolition,

SJMA’s ongoing initiative exploring art, prisons, and justice. Nidhi Gandhi, curatorial and programs associate, gave previews of the exhibitions A Point Stretched: Views on Time; Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist; and Nuts and Who’s: A Candy Store Sampler. Juan Omar Rodriguez, assistant curator, shared ideas informing the upcoming exhibition Encode/Store/Retrieve. Artist David Huffman discussed his practice with Donor Circle members at the Council of 100 and Director's Council’s annual dinner. Donor Circle members travelled locally to Marin County in January 2023, and internationally to Italy in October 2022 and Japan in March 2023. ↑ Caroline Milowicki, Tonya Long, and Claudia Hess at the 2022 Auction Preview on September 14, 2022.

DONORS + M E M B E RS FY23

WE THANK OUR DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT July 2022–June 2023

$500,000+

$25,000 – $49,999

City of San José

Applied Materials

Lipman Family Foundation

Lucia Cha

$200,000 – $499,999

$5,000 – $9,999

Nicki and Pete Moffat

Anonymous

Gillian and Thomas Moran

Peggy and Yogen Dalal

Nadia and Faisal Ahmad

Sarah and Denny North

Melanie and Peter Cross

Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek

Jo and Barry Ariko

Susan and Jason Papier

Amy Buckner Chowdhry and Pankaj Chowdhry

Glenda and Gary Dorchak

Anneke and David Dury

Daniela Barone and Matt Reiferson

Dennis Rohan

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Toby and Barry Fernald

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Murray G. Bodine

Elizabeth and Byron Ryono

Knight Foundation

First Tech Federal Credit Union

Hosfelt Gallery

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

San José Downtown Association

Sally Lucas

François Ghebaly Gallery

Jill Jarrett and Drew Williamson

Rena Bransten Gallery

Deborah Santana

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Goldman Sachs

Diane Jonte-Pace

Susan Casentini and Kyle Milligan

Eileen Silver

Skyline Foundation

Claudia Worthington Hess

Dan Le

Vivian G. Crummey Benevolent Trust*

Jessica Silverman and Sarah Thornton

Lorri Kershner

Elena Lebedeva and Alvin W. Smith

Michelle and Gary Dillabough

SJMA Docent Council

Wanda Kownacki

Agatha and Steve Luczo

Martin Fox and John Green

Alexandra and Murphy Stein

Geraldine and Marco Magarelli

Worth and Andy Ludwick

Regina Frenkel and Rene Haas

Carmen and Larry Stone

McManis Faulkner

Dipti and Rakesh Mathur

Carolyn and Tom Friel

Elle Travers and J. Michael Bewley

Cornelia and Nathan Pendleton

Deedee McMurtry

Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation

Susan and Sanjay Vaswani

The Parker Foundation

Ann Marie Mix

Google, Inc.

Elisabeth and Thom Weatherford

Silicon Valley Creates

Mary Mocas and Marv Tseu

Cathy Grape

Lisa and Case Swenson

Evelyn and Rick Neely

Trust of Doris Groves*

$2,500 – $4,999

Marge and Ken Nissly

Susan Hartt

Association of Art Museum Directors

Gallery Wendi Norris

Andrei and Paul Hartzell

Jane Bark and Thomas Matson

Benefactor Travel

Rita and Kent Norton

Heritage Bank of Commerce

Jen and Brian Beswick

Boydston Foundation

Carol and Gerry Parker

Annie Hoang

Bryan Cooke

Leela de Souza Bransten and

Alyce and Mike Parsons

Lys and Lee House

George Crow

Jay Paul Company

Tracy and Marc Jaffe

The Jay DeFeo Foundation

Lorna Meyer Calas and Dennis Calas

Elizabeth Schweinsberg and Lucas Pereira

Martha Josephson and Jon Carter

Jackie and Sanjay Devgan

Elaine Cardinale

Hildy Shandell

D'Arcy and Jim Kirkland

Donnelley Financial Solutions

E. Rhodes and

Maja Thomas and S. Sayre Batton

Wendy and Mike Kirst

Maureen Ellenberg

Daphne and Stuart Wells

Jacqueline Whittier Kubicka and Bruce Kubicka

Stephanie and Stan Garber

Casey and Jack Carsten

Suzanne and Tom Werner

Elisa Lee and Robert Phillips

Pamela and Marc Garibaldi

Casino M8trix

Sara Wigh and Jim McManis

Kathryn and Robert S. Lindo

Carol Harell

Priya Chandrasekar and

Marsha and Jon Witkin

Suzette Mahr

Shannon and Benjamin Harell

Gayla and Walt Wood

Shauna Mika and Rick Callison

Gloria and Stanley Hoo

$100,000 – $199,999 Adobe California Arts Council Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation Kimberly and Patrick Lin Yvonne and Mike Nevens

$50,000 – $99,999 Bank of America Fellows of Contemporary Art Mr. Cole Harrell and Dr. Tai-Heng Cheng Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo Tammy and Tom Kiely Koret Foundation KPMG LLP Latham & Watkins LLP National Endowment for the Arts Myra Reinhard Family Foundation Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

$10,000 – $24,999

Peter Bransten

Leona B. Carpenter Foundation

Chandra Gnanasambandam

Pamela and David Hornik

Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill and Pavan Singh Gill

JoJo Wallace

Suzanne Kane and Keith Whitaker

Bradley Guzules

Danielle and Gary Wohl

Kim Le

Haines Gallery

Mark Young

Dixie and Ron Lopes

Rebecca and Pete Helme

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

Elizabeth Hoffman and Morrie Druzin

$300–999

Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens

Liz and Tom Hughston

Sharon Almeida

Meredith and Robert Park

Cara and Kyle Jessen

Atthowe Fine Art Services

Judith and Robert Fenerty

Ann and Kanwal Rekhi

Robert S. Kieve

Marilyn August

Anna and Steve Fieler

Republic Services

Karen Klier and James Leventhal

Roberta Burke Ault and Harry Ault

Heather and Robert Filuk

Faina and Mark Roeder

Kay Knox, PhD

Bonnie and Marvin Bamburg

Jeanne and Frank Fischer

Louis Schump and Todd Hosfelt

Rose and Greg Land

Jill Barnes and Paul Colin

Teresa and Allen Fleishman

Diane and Jack Stuppin

Cindy and Nicholas Leeper

Nancy Beckman

Linda Foster

Lisa and Keith Lubliner

Pat and Paul Belotti

Janice Fox

Jenny and Barry Ludwig

Leon Bonner and Redge Meixner

Sally and Tom Freese

Marco Arrigoni

Lenore and Denis Maynard

Lanita Burkhead

Kathryn Funk

Shelley Barry

Chris Mengarelli and Dale Elliott

Sandra and James Byrne

Kathryn Gallant

Iris Berke

Rosemarie and Barry Mirkin

Cassi Carpenter and Rich Rifredi

Lucia Albino Gilbert and John Gilbert

Debbie and Doug Bettinger

Rosemarie and Robert Muzio

Anne and Jim Cashman

Joan and Jack Gorham

Cheryl Booton

Joy and Stuart Oberman

M. Bernadette Castor and

Marisol and Michael Greco

Rebecca and Matthew Bright

Jane and John Olin

David Packard

Betty Jane and Lawrence Bryan

Ann Walls Olmsted

Summit Chaudhuri

Kim Harris and Bennet Marks

Katie and Dean Butler

Howard Partridge

Elaine Chin and Jerry Dyer

Julia and Bruce Hartman

Tameca Carr

Katie and Amnon Rodan

Catharine Clark

Linda Hatcher

Dan Christman

Agnes and Steve Roey

Carlyn Clement and

Tricia Hill

Claremont Graduate School Drucker

Jose Ruiz

$1,000 – $2,499

DONORS TO TH E P E RMAN E NT COLLECTION Acquisitions Committee Council of 100 Director's Council Laura Chrisman

School of Management Advisory Board

Christopher L. Kaufman

FY23

Jeffrey Gunn

Charles Himmelblau

Dorothy Saxe

David Collens

Michael Hochberg

Liza Dodd

Catharine Clark Gallery

Karen Schaffer and Michael Ward

Tim Collins

Karen and Roger Huitric

Kathryn Funk

Susan and Paul Curtin

Barbara Shapiro and Mark Lewis

Evelyne and Patrick Conforti

Nicole Irvin

Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese

Kathleen Demetri and David Fowler

Jessica Silverman Gallery

Jack Conner

Brendan Ittelson

Virginia Dori

Judith Sklar

Joan and Gary Cooper

Michele Kelly-Jones and Bill Jones

Jane Dunlevie

Eta and Sass Somekh

Ellen and Dave De Simone

Judy and Warren Kaplan

Susan Dyer

Avi Stachenfeld

Marilyn and Frank Dorsa

Alyce and Steve Kaplan

Francesca Eastman and Edward Goodstein

Carol Stanley

Frances Douglas

John S. Ettelson Fund

Celia and Jim Dudley

Lorna Meyer and Dennis Calas

Jeremy Stone

Jacquie and Bill Faulkner

Francesca Eastman and

Joan Moment and David M. Roth

David Stonesifer and Larry Arzie

Mary and Thomas Field

Robert Strain

Amy Oppenheim

Barbara and Martin Fishman

Sandy Swirsky and Lyle Merithew

Eugene Eldridge

Bryon Randall Art Project

Roxanne Fleming and David Soward

Judith and Allan Thompson

Sarah and Robert Erickson

Katie and Amnon Rodan

Lisa and William Gallo

Shannon Trimble

Pauline Eveillard

Wanda Waldera

Mary Falkar

Megan Hayes and Reed Zars Wanda Kownacki Kimberly and Patrick Lin Lipman Family Foundation

Robert Schoen

Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi

Edward Goodstein

CHITRA GANESH ↖ Head on Fire from She the Question, 2012 25 archival inkjet prints, variable dimensions Gift of Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese 2023.04.01–.25

Betty and James Kasson Siobhan Kenney

FY23

Samantha Smithwick and Rahul Shukla

I N-KI N D DONORS

FOU N DE RS’ SOCI ETY

Marcia Klein and Avishai Hochberg

Leila Spencer

Nanci Klein

Ruth and Alfred Sporer

Laurie Koloski and David Cornelius

Noel St. John

Carol and James Lang

Leanne Stanley

Adobe

Bequests and planned giving

Tonya Long

Daniel and Derek Tam

Altman Siegel

Anonymous

Monica Lundy

Lava Thomas and Peter Danzig

Anglim/Trimble

Doris and Alan Burgess

Phillip Machnik

Reena and Ahmad Thomas

Daniela Barone and Matt Reiferson

Ron Casentini

Anne Manley and Michael G. Arellano

Jeanne Torre

Blum & Poe

The Marion Sarah Cilker* Administrative Trust

Katherine Mason

Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann and

Catharine Clark Gallery

Rosa and Werner Cohn*

Lisa Dearborn

Caroline Crummey*

Tony May

Adam Voiland

ACQU ISITIONS COM M ITTE E

Charlie McCollum

Joanne Warden

Dolby Chadwick Gallery

Vivian C. Crummey*

Sari and Blake McConnell

Mike Wasserman

Gal in the Glen

Faith C. and Paul L. Davies*

Dan McGarrah

David Wilson

Dana and Donny Gallagher

Glenda and Gary Dorchak

Daniela Barone

Chrissy and Forrest Monroy

Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

Hosfelt Gallery

John Ettelson* in honor of Charlotte Wendel

J. Michael Bewley

Kelli Nakamura

Kim and Chris Worrall

Connie Hwang

Dixon* and Barbara Farley

Lucia Cha

Antje and Paul Newhagen

Martine Yingling and Ed Klofas

Tammy and Tom Kiely

Toby and Barry Fernald

Gina Dent

Deborah D. and Henry F. Norberg

* deceased

Geraldine and Marco Magarelli

Zelda Glaze*

Lys House

Suzette Mahr and Pete Johnson

Doris J. Groves*

Lorri Kershner

Lenore and Denis Maynard

Susan and Philip Hammer*

Astrid and Arik Mazin

Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese

Marc McDaniel

Karita and Paul Hummer*

McManis Faulkner

Michele Kelly-Jones and William Jones

Shulamit Nazarian

Beverly and Peter W. Lipman

Geraldine Magarelli

Yvonne and Mike Nevens

Suzette Mahr

Suzette Mahr

Acquisitions Committee and Docent Council,

Gallery Wendi Norris

Chris Mengarelli and Dale Elliott

Rakesh Mathur

Aileen and David Reyna

2023.07.

Susan and Jason Papier

Ruth Mirassou*

Ranu Mukherjee

Jean and Henry Richards

© 2023 Guillermo Galindo.

Qualia Contemporary Art

Evelyn and Rick Neely

Yvonne Nevens

Signia by Hilton

Yvonne and Mike Nevens

Elizabeth Ryono

Judy Rookstool and Bob Leininger

Jessica Silverman Gallery

Deborah D. and Henry F. Norberg

Nancy Ruskin

Tabitha Soren and Michael Lewis

Ena Weisskopf Passarini*

Erica Rutledge and Dennis Fischette

Stuart Rentals

Frederick and Marcella Sherman* Living Trust

Yvette and David Sacarelos

Total Wine and More

Carol Stanley*

Marianne and Carl Salas

Traywick Contemporary

Marcia* and Howard Summers

Edward Schreiner

Turner Carroll Gallery

Dr. Jan Newstrom Thompson and Paul Goldstein

Kent Owen and Bill Cooper Karla Pfeil and Peter Fargo Mary Piasecki Carol and Richard Pickard Khette and Walt Plyler Tammy Pressman Margaret Rae and Ryan Mallory Nilam Ram

Mary and Ted Robinson

Victoria Scott and Tony Misch Joanne and Lee Shombert Jennifer Sime and Eric Robinson Abigail Simons

GUILLERMO GALINDO ↗ Llantambores, 2015 PVC pipes, immigrant inner tire tubes, wood, cloth booties, and old border barbed wire 35 1/2 × 53 × 17 inches Museum purchase with funds provided by the

Courtesy the artist.

Nathalie and Gaurav Verma Larene Wambsganss* Daphne and Stuart Wells William Zoller* *deceased

Kimberly Lin, Chair

Wanda Kownacki Christina Linden Peter W. Lipman

Marsha Witkin

FY23

E XHIB I T IONS

PUBL IC P ROGR AMS

SP ECI AL P ROJECTS

E DUC AT ION

COLLECTIONS

DE V E LOP MENT

OPERATIONS

SAN JOSE M USE U M OF ART ASSOCIATION FY23 ANNUAL REPORT

Endowment Draw 8% Knight Endowment Draw 1%

No In Kind

Operating Revenue

OPERATING RELEASES FROM

TOTAL

Revenue

Restriction

Revenue

Government Corporate Foundation Individuals Membership Earned Knight Endowment Draw Endowment Draw

$1,032,834 $208,105 $14,368 $1,100,136 $165,102 $499,169

$204,089 $320,003 $534,565 $1,722,309

$0

$79,027 $490,494

$1,236,923 $528,108 $548,933 $2,822,445 $165,102 $499,169 $79,027 $490,494

Total

$3,019,714

$3,350,487

$6,370,201

FUNCTIONAL

FUNCTIONAL

TOTAL

Operating Expenses

Operating

In Kind/ Netting ADJ

Non In kind/ Netting Expenses

Program Services Fundraising Administration

$6,114,779 $1,143,360 $883,064

($1,614,167) ($119,915) ($88,337)

$4,500,612 $1,023,445 $794,727

Total

$8,141,204

($1,822,419)

$6,318,785

Operating Surplus

$51,417

Earned 8%

Government 19%

Membership 3% Corporate 8%

Individuals 44%

Foundation 9%

Administration 13% Program Services 71% Fundraising 16%

FY23

BOARD OF TRUSTE ES

STAFF Anamarie Alongi, registrar

Isaac Lewin, art installation crew member

Viridiana Alcaraz Alvarez, lead museum experience representative

Frederick Liang, marketing and communications coordinator

OFFICE RS

Shani Anderson, art installation crew member [through March 2023]

Kevin MacDonald, events manager Madison Manzo, museum experience representative

Glenda Dorchak, Co-President

Gemma Armas, manager of retail operations Kathleen Backus, senior philanthropy officer [through April 2023]

Clarissa Marrufo, museum experience representative [through May 2023]

Emilio Banuelos, senior studio educator

Jordan Medina, lead museum experience representative

Lorri Kershner, Co-Vice President

S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director

Mari Mini, lead museum experience representative [through January 2023]

Wanda Kownacki, Co-Vice President

Daniel Becker, associate exhibition designer

Isabella Montgomery, development and finance associate [through July 2022] Ruby Morales, studio art educator [as of August 2022]

Cornelia Pendleton, Secretary

Kristin Bertrand, chief philanthropy officer [through July 2022] Matilda Bliss, senior gallery teacher

Gabriela Myers-Lipton, gallery teacher

Roan Bontempo, gallery teacher [through August 2022]

Khai Nguyen, accountant

Jeff Bordona, director of education

Alisala Nunes, lead museum experience representative [through September 2022]

M E M B E RS

Emma Brand, gallery teacher [as of May 2023]

Micah Ong, lead museum experience representative [as of October 2022]

Peter Cross

Randy Bricco, facilities manager

Rory Padeken, curator and manager of publications [through October 2022] Jody Parry, human resources director [through March 2023]

Anneke Dury

Greg Brown, science curriculum consultant Mae Cariaga, museum experience representative [as of October 2022]

Karen Rapp, deputy director

Tovah Cheng, art installation crew member [as of September 2022]

Cheryl Rediger, museum store sale associate

Toby Fernald

Justin Dang, museum experience representative [as of April 2023]

David Reisine, lead museum experience representative

Tad Freese

Nathaniel Decena, museum store sale associate

Alieh Rezaei, studio art educator [as of February 2023] Jazelle Rios, museum store sale associate

Chandra Gnanasambandam

Laura DeAngelis, studio art educator [through September 2022] Aquiles de la Torre, graphic design and website manager

Ella Rochelle-Lawton, studio art educator [through August 2022]

Lauren Schell Dickens, chief curator [as of September 2022]

Nia Pommerenke, chief people and culture officer [as of February 2023]

Claudia W. Hess

Catherine Do, gallery teacher [as of May 2023]

Juan Omar Rodriguez, assistant curator [as of September 2022]

Richard A. Karp

Patricia Duany, collections manager database administrator

Abel Romero, museum experience representative [as of July 2022] Leslie Romo, museum experience representative [as of July 2022]

Daniel Le

Hilary Dunn, development and membership associate [through September 2023] Brooke Finister, art installation crew member [through November 2022]

Melanie Samay, director of marketing and communications

Ali Fitch, administrator, director’s office [through June 2023]

Natalie Sanchez, development and grants manager

Robert S. Lindo

Linda Franklin, senior gallery teacher

Jhay Santos, human resources administrator

Peter W. Lipman

Jared Gacusan, lead museum experience representative

Amy Sargeant, manager of K–12 curriculum and instructions [through June 2023] Zartashia Shah, studio art educator

Ranu Mukherjee

Cibella Gamma, lead museum experience representative Nidhi Gandhi, curatorial and programs associate

Jennifer Sime, chief philanthropy officer [as of February 2023]

Nestor Gutierrez, development and finance assistant

Kayt Smith, gallery teacher specialist and assistant interim director of Kids Summer Art Camp

Sarah North

Amanda Helton, manager of digital strategy

Jackelin Solorio, studio art educator [through July 2022]

Daniela Barone, Docent Council

Shelby Hendricks, gallery teacher [as of November 2022]

Brian Spang, chief financial officer Shannon Stearns, education program coordinator and interim director of Kids Summer Art Camp

Tony Misch, Let’s Look at Art

Daniel Jimenez, manager of museum experience Richard James Karson, director of design and operations

Jai Tanju, facilities and events assistant

Leslie Kim, senior gallery teacher

Robin Treen, manager of special projects and community partnerships

Jessica Kwong, membership manager

Lydia Marie Watson, gallery teacher

Aaron Lee, preparator

Jeri Yasukawa, art installation crew member

Sarah Lerohl-Welch, museum experience representative

Julian Zamora, studio arts education specialist

Tammy Kiely, Co-President

Hildy Shandell, Treasurer

Bill Faulkner

Cole Harrell

Kimberly Lin

Yvonne Nevens

Jeannie Pedroza, Store Guild

FY23

STAFF H IG H LIG HTS SAN JOSÉ’S HISTORIC CLOCK, MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED

BY DANISH CLOCK-MAKER NELS JOHNSON IN 1909, WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE CITY’S FIRST POST OFFICE AND LIBRARY. The Century Tower Clock was designed to last 100 years, hence the name, and instantly became an iconic marker of downtown. The clock has survived turbulent times, including the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Thanks to the

TOTAL ATTE N DANCE General Admission Onsite Public Programs Offsite Public Programs Virtual Public Programs Onsite Education Virtual Education Offsite Education

38,291 8,702 2,715 151 3,802 124 19,772

Museum’s dedicated staff, who wind it weekly and care for its maintenance, the Century Tower Clock ticks on. ↗ Randy Bricco, facilities manager, winds the clock.

General Admission 52%

Onsite Public Programs 12%

Offsite Public Programs 4% Virtual Public Programs .5% Onsite Education 5% Virtual Education .5% Offsite Education 26%

Total

73,557

OP E RATI NG SU P P ORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS AT THE SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART

ABOUT TH E U P DATE D M ISSION STATE M E NT

ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY PRINCIPAL SUPPORT FROM

The SJMA team worked together to revise

SJMA’s Board of Trustees, a Cultural Affairs Grant from the City of San José, and the Lipman Family Foundation;

the Museum's mission statement in FY23 with the goal of making it more concise, impact driven, and memorable. A committed team of staff and board worked together to create a powerful new statement aligned

BY LEAD SUPPORT FROM THE Adobe Foundation, the California Arts Council, Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese,

with the Museum's core values, senses of shared purpose, and vision for its future direction. The new mission was approved by the Board of Trustees in September 2022.

the Institute of Museums and Library Services, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, the Knight Foundation, Kimberly and Patrick Lin, Sally Lucas, Yvonne and Mike Nevens,

U P DATE D M ISSION STATE M E NT The San José Museum of Art nurtures empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art.

the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Skyline Foundation, and the SJMA Director's Council and Council of 100;

FY2023 Annual Report July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023

AND WITH SIGNIFICANT ENDOWMENT SUPPORT FROM THE William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the San José Museum of Art Endowment Fund established by the Knight Foundation at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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