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Tuesday through Sunday 10am – 5pm
First Friday of every month 8 – 11pm |
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June 1, 2008, Sunday, 2-3pm
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.
Free for kids; accompanying adults pay museum admission. Reservations required, 408.971.0323 x14.
This month’s theme: Secrets of Spinning: Spinning yarn the African way -– with a modern twist
See the complete Kids Create calendar. |
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June 6, Friday open from 10am – 5pm and again from 8 – 11pm
Free Museum admission all day
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 on June 6 beginning at 8pm: Artists in Awareables: Conscious Clothing will demonstrate their creations in an informal and interactive conversation. Come to see Daniela K. Rosner demonstrate her amazing dress made of knitted videotape that itself tells the story of the knitter’s journey that it has itself recorded! Barbara Layne will be demonstrating Jacket Antics, her remarkable electronic jackets that react by spelling words with LEDs when their wearers touch.
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June 7, Saturday, 2-4pm
Learn how the artists in Awareables: Conscious Clothing came to bring their wearables to life with the imaginative application of technology. Speakers include: Barbara Layne, the maker of garments with flexible LED arrays that present text that react when their wearers touch.
Space is limited and reservations are required.
Call 408-971-0323 x14 for reservations or purchase tickets online.
Tickets are $15. Members get a $5 rebate at the door with Membership Card.
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June 8, Sunday, 2-4pm
Join this illustrated discussion with artist Lisa Lee Peterson that traces the
history of the Jacquard loom to the computer and back to the loom again.
Space is limited and reservations are required.
Call 408-971-0323 x14 for reservations or purchase tickets online.
Tickets are $15. Members get a $5 rebate at the door with Membership Card.
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June 21, Saturday, 1-4:30pm
Expand your vision of knitting. This class in 3D knitting will help participants develop a personal language of forms through exploring and using knitting fundamentals to create shapes while taking advantage of knits natural tendencies. By manipulating stitches and experimenting with unconventional materials, participants will problem solve using a variety of organic forms. We will talk about different ways to create shape and stability. Techniques such as short rowing and I cords will be introduced. A slide show of artists who use-knitting techniques as a means of creative expression will be shown for inspiration. This is a process rather than product oriented workshop. Participants must know basic knitting techniques.
Student Supply list: Bring knitting needles in several different sizes, including double pointed needles, crochet hooks, scissors, tapestry needle, a notebook. Students should bring unusual linear elements for experimental knitting (which could include raffia, twine, fabric strips, plastic or flexible wire). Students should also bring several skeins of a yarn to work with on a specific in-class project.
We are sorry, this workshop is sold out. Sign up for the lecture on June 22 just before the opening reception (see below) while there is still room.
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June 22, Sunday, 1-2pm
Learn about the exciting, burgeoning field of art knitting with a slide presentation surveying the genre by exhibit co-curator and art knitter Adrienne Sloane.
Space is limited and reservations are required.
Call 408-971-0323 x14 for reservations or purchase tickets online.
Tickets are $15. Members get a $5 rebate at the door with Membership Card.
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June 22, Sunday, 2-4pm
Reception free with Museum admission
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