Two Sessions in June:
June 3, 17, 24 (Thursdays) 10:00am – 1:00pm and
June 8, 22, 29 (Tuesdays) 6:30 – 9:30pm

Offered by Eddie’s Quilting Bee:
Secrets of the Aloha Shirt

Make your own Hawaiian shirt while learning efficient sewing techniques that you can apply to other garments. Class includes serger techniques and other custom touches. Students must have taken Eddie’s Machine Basics and Beginning Sewing before taking this class or have equivalent experience with basic sewing and garment-making skill and be able to read a pattern.
Choose which of these four sessions works best for you:
Jun 3, 17, 24 (Thu) 10:00 – 1:00
Jun 8, 22, 29 (Tue) 6:30 – 9:30
Jul 1, 8, 15 (Thu) 6:30 – 9:30

Class Fee: $60.00; register by calling 408.830.9505 or stopping by Eddie’s Quilting Bee at 480 S. Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. More details

June 4, Friday open from 10am – 5pm and again from 6 – 11pm
Museum admission free all day

South First Fridays
Special SubZERO South First Fridays Street Party

SubZERO is a yearly street festival, held during the June South First Fridays artwalk, celebrating the creative spirit and all things do-it-yourself and digital. SubZERO expands the concept of South First Fridays by adding outdoor stages of entertainment more than 100 artists, performers and musicians into the mix. And the galleries in the SoFA District will be showing exhibitions that complement the event.

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 Events This Month:

• Get involved in fusionwear sv by wearing garb that represents Silicon Valley to you (is it techie? ethnic? both? neither?) or by bringing objects that represent the Valley to you. Artist Corinne Okada Takara will be on hand all evening to photograph you and your objects to add to the visual vocabulary of the region that we are creating. Add your own images anytime.
• Get creative with a Free Textile Design Lab with artist Corinne Okada Takara. Have you ever wanted to design your own fabrics? For one evening, come play, be inspired and experiment in a digital textile design lab. Using computers and traditional tools create your own vision of Silicon Valley in patterns. With the generous loan of computers from the Krause Center for Innovation and two digital LCD projectors the public will be able participate and observe other visitors designing in process. Handouts for pencil and paper pattern design activities will also be part of the evening.

Inspired by the visual vocabulary you help create, artist Corinne Okada Takara will create textile designs that capture our experience, just as the Hawaiian print captures the spirit and cultural iconography of Hawaii. The resulting designs will be printed on fabric and used as part of an artwear installation to be on view at the Museum during the 2010 01 SJ Biennial beginning September 16 and will be on view through October 31.

June 13, 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.
Program fee: $7.50. Must pay program 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: Japanese Origami: Happy Hawaiian shirts
See the complete Kids Create Calendar