May 2, 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: Mother’s Day bouquet: Lace flowers for Mom
See the complete Kids Create Calendar

May 7, 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: May Day Market – The 2nd Annual Benefit Sale of all kinds of wonderful finds from vintage clothing to fabric for your projects to finished quilts both contemporary and historical. See details below.

May 7-9

May Day Market

Friday May 7; 10am-5pm and also that night 8-11pm
Saturday May 8, 10am-5pm
Sunday May 9, 10am-3pm

Don't miss the second annual May Day Market! This benefit sale offers all kinds of fabulous one-of-a-kind finds donated by our members and friends. Come for everything from ethnic textiles, stylish vintage clothing, and amazing quilts - both new creations and historical - and fabric and notions for your projects.

May 23, Sunday, 1pm – 2pm

Immediately before the Opening Reception

Lecture Event: East Meets West: Cultural Influence in Shaheen’s Textile Designs with Dr. Linda Arthur

Join Linda Arthur as she discusses the fascinating context out of which Alfred Shaheen’s fusion-fashion designs were created and a new iconic design idiom was born.

Situated between Asia and the US mainland, Hawaii is in the right place to facilitate cultural interaction between the East and the West.  Through textile art designed for clothing used in both Hawaii and the mainland U.S., Alfred Shaheen brought the art of Asia to the West.  As Hawaii became an American state in 1959, it is not surprising that people in Hawaii focused on becoming mainstream Americans.  While he focused on clothing the people of Hawaii and the U.S. as well, Shaheen used Western-styled garments with ethnic textile designs that celebrated the multi-ethnic cultures of Hawaii.

$15 general public, $10 members and students. Tickets available at https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=14efea or call 408.971.0323 x14.

May 23, Sunday, 2pm – 4pm

Opening Reception and Gallery Walkthrough for
Hawaii’s Alfred Shaheen: Fabric to Fashion
Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt: Contemporary Kapa
Grand Appliqué: Hawaiian Quilts

Aloha attire Encouraged for the opening reception for three exhibitions celebrating Hawaiian textile traditions. Gallery walkthrough with Hawaii’s Alfred Shaheen: Fabric to Fashion co-curator, Dr. Linda Arthur, at 2:30. No reservation required. Reception and gallery walkthrough are free with Museum admission.