FY 23 ANNUAL REPORT
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
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
EXH I B ITIONS
PUBL IC P ROGR AMS
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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
E XHIB I T IONS
P U B LIC P ROG RAMS
SP ECI AL P ROJECTS
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DE V E LOP MENT
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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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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.
Image Credits
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART
110 South Market Street, San José, CA 95113 SanJoseMuseumofArt.org