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The good news keeps coming! Public demand for our exhibits and programs is growing.

• The tweens and teens who'd been translating for their Spanish-speaking mothers participating in "Quilts as Women's Shelter" at Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence asked if they could learn to make quilts of their own!
• More aspiring artists wanted to take the crazy quilt and fiber art-making workshops offered this past year than we could accommodate.
• The Arab American National Museum, Washington State University, and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center have signed on to showcase Hawaii’s Alfred Shaheen: Fabric to Fashion after it premieres in San Jose.

Can we continue do all that it takes to plan, produce, market and manage these expanded on- and off-site exhibits and programs? Not without your help. While we anticipate that a traveling exhibits program and more fee-based workshop offerings will—over time—increase earned revenue that will enable these programs to pay for themselves, the Museum’s budget currently supports just one 30 hour per week curatorial position to undertake and oversee all this work. We cannot take advantage of opportunities to expand our reach without additional staff.

Thanks to your past support, we were able to create a meaningful visitor experience for many different groups in our community, even as the economic downturn forced us to cut staff and staff salaries. When other nonprofits were closing their doors, your donation ensured that our programming was there to inspire reverence, hope and awe.

Your gift will ensure that the Museum remains a place where all kinds of people can count on experiencing the sense of community that quilts and textiles can conjure. Please, give generously today; your tax-deductible gift can truly make a difference.

Make your gift online or by mail to:

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Annual Fund Drive
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Or make a gift by phone: 408.971.0323 x14