Tag: mckay gallery
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Tattooed & Tenacious in the News
Our latest exhibit Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, is in the news again. KQED recently put together a short video highlighting one of the show’s featured local artists, Sarah Grossman. Thanks so much to Kelly Whalen and KQED Arts for putting this fabulous video together. Check out the exhibit for yourself! Tattooed…
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Tattooed & Tenacious in the News
Our latest exhibit Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, is in the news again. KQED recently put together a short video highlighting one of the show’s featured local artists, Sarah Grossman. Thanks so much to Kelly Whalen and KQED Arts for putting this fabulous video together. Check out the exhibit for yourself! Tattooed…
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Meet our Community Curators: Crystel Vasquez
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. For today’s exhibit opening, we are highlighting local tattoo artist Crystel Vasquez. Crystel has been tattooing for about 12 years. Today she works…
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Meet our Community Curators: Sam Rusk
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. Today, we are highlighting Sam Rusk. Like many of our other artists, Sam has always been drawn to art. As a kid she…
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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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Shirlie Montgomery: Picturing San José Since 1938
McKay Gallery at the Pasetta House April 14 – December 14, 2014 The online version of this exhibit has been created in conjunction with Google Cultural Institute. Click to view. Shirlie Montgomery led a colorful life. Her love of photography, sports, and journalistic photography lent her a unique eye on history. Born on Chapman Street…
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