Works/San Jose

Who you meet at Works can make a visit to an art gallery even better. Visit us at our new location: 38 So. 2nd Street, workssanjose.org and instagram.com/workssanjose.

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Who you meet at Works can make a visit to an art gallery even better. Visit us at our new location: 38 So. 2nd Street, workssanjose.org and instagram.com/workssanjose.

Or here: instagram.com/workssanjose/

Not much to say on Twitter. A lot to say here: workssanjose.org

First Friday FEB. 3rd @artwalksj 5-9pm at @WorksSanJose 38 S. 3rd St. Opening reception: Community Art Auction! We celebrate our new & expanded art and performance gallery w/ more than 100 works of art from the area’s most collected artists to relative newcomers on the scene.

Free passes to Art Market SF this week! Works offers FREE 1-Day Passes to Art Market San Francisco-April 21-24 at Fort Mason Center. Get your passes at: artmarketsf.com/tickets/WORKSS… entry to the fair for one day during public fair hours. To learn more, visit artmarketsf.com

Our friends @MACLAarte are looking to support ten Bay Area-based Latinx artists who are actively working to advance a more just and equitable society through their artmaking practices. ✨ Apply before March 1st: maclaarte.org

We are so grateful to everyone that came out to meet Matty and Houyee and help them celebrate the opening of their feature exhibits! We are open Saturday from 12-5pm (Matty will be here from 3-5pm if you’d like a personal tour of his show. ) 320 S. 1st St. @SoFAdistrict

Arts education equips students with tools for processing their stress & emotions. The arts are proven to increase students' mental & physical wellbeing. They MUST be part of any and all SEL conversations. The importance of arts education is non-negotiable. #ArtsEdRebuilds

📷 Sesnon Speak Up: “Chicanx” Visual Aesthetics  recording is now available on the Sesnon YouTube channel. About Video: Amy Diaz-Infante and Angelica Muro present their with through lively conversation about the struggle for racial and... tmblr.co/ZjkktxZmnvC1Sm…

Works' (in)famous (anti) valentine show returns online for 2021! Submit up to 2 pieces for the exhibit opening Valentine's Day. Send files with: name, title, media, size to gallery@workssanjose.org Deadline is late night on 2/7.

Works (anti) valentine show returns online for 2021. You're invited: 2 pieces: 1 valentine-ish work & 1 anti-valentine-ish work for exhibit opening Valentine's Day. Images max 2MB each. Video/sound files also. Send by 2/7: name, title, media, size to: gallery@workssanjose.org

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Please see our call for art "For Mr. Floyd, Ms. Taylor..." workssanjose.org/calls-for-art/

Did you know that when Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked by clubs and TV because she was black, Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let Ella sing? That’s how you use your privilege for good.

Real change requires protest to highlight a problem, and politics to implement practical solutions and laws. As I mentioned yesterday in our @MBK_Alliance town hall, there are several steps our mayors and elected officials can take right now:

We need more Black leaders in the Senate and the House. Pass it on.

Today my museum hero Dr. @johnnettabcole quoted me on @AAMers Virtual Annual Meeting on the Racism, Unrest & the Role of the Museum Field panel. Full circle since I’ve leaned on her guidance & leadership over the years. Here we are at AAM last year in New Orleans #AAMvirtual

Santa Clara County Public Defenders have filed a Habeas for the release of ppl with Zero Bail offenses who are being held for extra hours, strip searched, even transported. Should've been let go right after booking, but instead r being subjected to a COVID-19 contamination tour.