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March 5, Friday open from 10am – 5pm and again from 8-11pm
Museum admission free all day

South First Fridays

South First Fridays are an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA arts district, centered on South First Street. Held on the first Friday of every month, the arts venues on South First Street are all open from 8 until 11pm and offer free admission and a wide variety of live entertainment. It’s a lively scene attended by arts-lovers of all ages.

Special Event This Month: Reading of original poems by Joan Schulze in the main galleries, 8-9pm.

 

March 7, Sunday
2 sessions: 11am – 12:30pm and 2 – 3:30pm

Kids Create

Get ready to explore the many cultures in our community with this popular program. Join us each month as we celebrate a different tradition through story and a hands-on art project. Kids Create is a multicultural arts program for children aged 5-10.
Materials fee: $7.50. Must pay materials fee in advance to confirm reservation. Fee may be paid online or at 408.971.0323 x14. Walk-ins accepted only if there is room at the session.
This month's theme: Kite Magic: Chinese wish kites
See the complete Kids Create Calendar

 

March 13 – 14, Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm each day

Creativity in the Material World: a workshop with Joan Schulze

• reinvent the way you find inspiration
• expand the possibilities for contemporary and personal expression

Join this inspiring creativity workshop and explore uncommon ways to think about designing quilts and other fiber art. The instructor [Schulze] will introduce photocopy processes and direct printing onto fabric. In combination with transfer drawing using oil pigment pastels and other layering ideas, ideas bloom. Come with an experimental and playful spirit.

Student Materials List

Sorry -- the workshop is completely filled. Registration is closed.

 

March 21, Sunday, 10am – 5pm

Gallery Time with Joan Schulze

Joan Schulze will be in the galleries to talk to visitors about her work and to provide informal exhibition walkthroughs. Free with Museum admission. No reservation necessary.

 

SWAN Day Events at the Museum (SWAN Day is Support Women Artists Now Day)

March 27, Saturday, 10am – 5pm

The Crossroads Poetry Experience with Joan Schulze

Joan Schulze will talk about her beginnings as a poet, when and how she gained her public voice, her approach to the written word, and how it all relates to her works on the wall. She will show some private deconstructed poems in the form of books, and will also guide participants through a physical tour of her current exhibit in the main gallery of the Museum--always referencing the challenges she faced along the way to the widespread acceptance that recognizes both her mastery of the quilting format and her parallel excursions in the realm of poetry. More about Joan Schulze and her work.

$5 Special Museum admission charge for workshop attendees (one admission charge is good for both workshops to be held on March 27). To reserve your space, call (408) 371-1419 or email swandayworkshop@yahoo.com. Details at http://www.womenarts.org/swan/
Space is limited, advance registration is advised.

 

 

March 27, Saturday, 1pm – 5pm

Julie Forbes—Dreamer, Realist, Critic: Moving from Vision to Fruition

 $5 Special Museum admission charge for workshop attendees (one admission charge is good for both workshops to be held on March 27). To reserve your space, call (408) 371-1419 or email swandayworkshop@yahoo.com. Details at http://www.womenarts.org/swan/
Space is limited, advance registration is advised.

 

 

March 28, Sunday, 11am – 2pm

Deborah Kennedy—Art Within: Learning to Bring Art to Life

Workshop free with $8 Museum admission charge. To reserve your space, call (408) 371-1419 or email swandayworkshop@yahoo.com. Details at http://www.womenarts.org/swan/
Space is limited, advance registration is advised.