Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

Curated by Bridget R. Cooks, Ph.D. Repossessions is a group exhibition inspired by the concept of reparations: the effort to repair the economic and psychol...

This exhibition honors the deep legacy of ceramic art in Santa Cruz County and the broader Northern California, while celebrating the new community of…

Exhibition on view September 4, 2026 – February 8, 2027.

MACLA is an inclusive contemporary arts space in San Jose, CA grounded in the Chicano/Latino experience that incubates new visual, literary, and performance art in order to engage people in civic dialogue and community t…

Todd Hido (American, born 1968), “#11176-7589,” 2014

“I think of my paintings as portals, as layers of space. I have always found my times of identity transition—when I was a teenager and now becoming a mom—to be really inspiring. I think it is because I’m getting to know…

Name any Jean-Luc Godard film, from his early or late period, and you will find a work that opens the eyes to a new way of thinking about cinema through its inspired use of elliptical structure, jump cuts, close-ups, Bre…

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Exhibition on view September 5, 2026–May 16, 2027.

Exhibition on view September 5, 2026 – January 17, 2027.

Exhibition on view Sep 05, 2026 - Aug 22, 2027.