Category: Exhibits
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Meet our Community Curators: Tamiko Rast
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of the some local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. Today, we are highlighting Tamiko Rast. Tamiko has painted and been involved with art since childhood, taking oil painting classes at…
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Meet our Community Curators: Jazz Fuller
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of the some local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. Today, we are featuring local tattoo artist Jazz Fuller. Jazz has always enjoyed drawing and art, and was drawn to tattooing…
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Meet our Community Curators: Shana Javier-Carrasco
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of the some local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. To get things started, we talked with Shana Javier-Carrasco, a tattoo artist who has been working in San Jose for over…
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New exhibit Coming to History Park – Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History
Do you think of tattooed women and female tattoo artists as a recent trend? If so, you’ll be surprised to discover the fascinating and largely unknown history of the the foremothers of modern tattooing prior to WWII. The exhibit explores Native American women proudly displaying tattoos as an important rite of passage; the wealthy elite…
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New exhibit Coming to History Park – Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History
Do you think of tattooed women and female tattoo artists as a recent trend? If so, you’ll be surprised to discover the fascinating and largely unknown history of the the foremothers of modern tattooing prior to WWII. The exhibit explores Native American women proudly displaying tattoos as an important rite of passage; the wealthy elite…
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Black History Month exhibit in honor of Tuskegee Airman Samuel L. Washington
To celebrate Black History Month, a pop-up exhibit featuring Tuskegee Airman Samuel L. Washington is on view in the Pacific Hotel lobby. Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. In 1941, thanks to pressure from the Civil Rights movement and the Black Press, an all African American pursuit squadron was…
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A.D.M. Cooper at the Cantor
History San José has loaned several paintings from our collection to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University for the exhibit Astley D. M. Cooper and Mrs. Stanford’s Jewels, on display through November 16th. Curator Annie Ronan, recently awarded her PhD from Stanford’s Department of Art & Art History,…
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Bear in Mind: The Story of the California Grizzly
San José, CA – May 7, 2013 — Does a bear walk through the woods? We don’t know, but the California Grizzly will be touring through History San José beginning in May. Opening to the public on Sunday, May 25 at the Leonard & David McKay Gallery at the Pasetta House in History Park, the…
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Tuskegee Airman Samuel L. Washington
In spite of adversity and limited opportunities, African Americans played a significant role in U.S. military history over the past 300 years. They were denied military leadership roles and skilled training because of societal ignorance and prejudice. Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil rights organizations and the Black…
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Welcome Key to San Jose
Submitted by Ken Middlebrook, Collections Manager at History San Jose As curator of History San José’s exhibit at Diridon Station The Way to San Jose: Rotary Celebrates 100 Years of Transportation, I was challenged with how to present the breadth of material in the available space. We decided to have each individual display case cover…
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