San José Museum of Art FY21 Annual Report

FY21

ANNUAL REPORT

E XHIB I T IONS

PUBL IC P ROGR AMS

SP ECI AL P ROJECTS

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COLLECTIONS

DE V E LOP MENT

OP E RATIONS

AT A GLANCE Established a partnership with Second Harvest Silicon Valley to encourage SJMA’s members to donate and support this local food bank.

$870K

Raised at the first-ever virtual Gala + Auction, with the highest net in SJMA history.

SJMA served 47,784 people—41,104 of them virtually—while the Museum was closed.

Created 56 hands-on art video tutorials for families to use at home, viewed 29,263 times.

Increase of 33% in Instagram followers.

6422 K-12 students in Title 1 schools served with virtual arts education.

FY21

Provided free admission and virtual programs to 19,356 K–12 students, college students, and kids under 18.

10%

Auction proceeds went to the Black Lives Matter Global Network.

ACQUIRED BY

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New Trustees were welcomed to the Board.

audiences in how art and astrology interconnect

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through the artists of SJMA’s permanent collection.

Our education teams also created new resources

DIRECTOR’S LETTER

and tools to provide schools with remote learning in virtual classrooms. SJMA’s Let’s Look at Art volunteers served more than 16,000 students digitally, while the Docent Council provided regular virtual tours and talks.

IN JULY 2020, THE FISCAL YEAR BEGAN WITH THE MUSEUM CLOSED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Despite being closed, SJMA worked with community partners to creatively deliver programs, including the first

The murder of George Floyd launched a national racial

Artist Videos at the Drive-In at the only drive-in movie

reckoning. SJMA was challenged to find new ways to

theater in the Bay Area. At this program co-organized

serve its loyal community, with our doors closed:

with the Exploratorium, KADIST, and ICA San José, visi-

by delivering art and education remotely; strengthening

tors enjoyed unpredictable and transportive short videos

the Museum’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclu-

by international artists from the COVID-safe comfort of

sion; and highlighting social issues.

their cars. galleries featuring Gina Dent and Angela Davis preserves

Cross-departmental collaboration was key to the staff’s

Back in the Museum, South East North West highlighted

successful pivot to digital forms of program development

the ambitious and increasingly inclusive permanent

and delivery—all produced remotely. Our resolute, indus-

collection acquisitions over the last five years, and a

SJMA re-opened again in March 2021. Throughout

trious staff produced innovative education programs, while

major new commission by LA-based artist Pae White was

these tumultuous, uncertain times, staff worked long

the major digital publication 50X50: Stories of Visionary

revealed at our first virtual Gala + Auction in September,

hours, onsite and off, to keep SJMA in the minds of our

Artists in the Collection (available free to all)—symbolized

as well as through an award-winning video series.

members, students, donors, and public. During a world-

our investment in open scholarship and equity, furthering

SJMA forged ahead installing Barring Freedom, an exhi-

wide pandemic, we kept all full-time staff and education

our mission to become a borderless museum.

bition on prisons and justice co-created with the Institute

positions on staff and, thanks to strict protocols, did not

of the Arts and Sciences at the University of California,

transmit one case of COVID-19. We are grateful to our

Our innovation continued with major support from the

Santa Cruz. In October 2020, the Museum was allowed

members and donors who allowed us to think creatively,

Knight Foundation for digital curatorial projects and the

to open this strong exhibition, only to close again three

support innovation, and serve our community.

Museum’s first digital commission, Sofía Cordóva's

weeks later due to COVID-19 spikes. Our audiences still

SOBRE/ON. Another digital activity, Cosmic Connections:

enjoyed the weekly streaming series Visualizing Abolition,

Art + Astrology, was beta-tested on the Facebook campus

which became known as “Abolition TV” to its many

and at co-working spaces. The project engaged new

fans locally and around the country. A film made in the

this dialogue on SJMA’s YouTube channel.

S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director

FY21

EXH I B ITIONS

PUBL IC P ROGR AMS

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VISUALIZING ABOLITION FY21 Presented in conjunction Barring Freedom, Visualizing Abolition was a series of virtual talks and events between

BARRING FREEDOM

October 2020 and May 2021. Coordinated by the IAS in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz’s Gina Dent, the Visualizing Abolition program engaged more than 11,000

October 30, 2020–April 25, 2021

people in the rich task of envisioning a world without pris-

Co-organized with the Institute of the Arts and

ons, giving us an outlet to dwell on hope and purpose in

Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz (IAS),

working towards justice during the disorienting pandemic

and guest curated by Rachel Nelson, director of IAS, and

time. Speakers included:

Alexandra Moore, 2018–2020 IAS curatorial fellow Dread Scott, jackie sumell, Hank Willis Thomas, Patrice

American Artist

Herman Gray

Joanne Barker

Sora Han

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Kelly Lytle Hernández

Sanford Biggers

Isaac Julien

BARRING FREEDOM FEATURED WORKS BY TWENTY

Renee Washington, and Levester Williams. In addition to the

US-BASED ARTISTS THAT CHALLENGE HOW INDIVID-

series Visualizing Abolition, public programming included

UALS SEE AND UNDERSTAND OUR NATION’S PRISON

an introductory Third Thursday conversation with UC Santa

adrienne maree brown

Robin D.G. Kelley

INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX—A NEXUS OF POLICING,

Cruz’s Gina Dent and a reading list from San José Public

Simone Browne

Erica Meiners

SURVEILLANCE, DETENTION, AND IMPRISONMENT.

Library’s Racial Equity Team. SJMA’s members received

Sonya Clark

Nicholas Mirzoeff

letters from incarcerated individual Tim Young about his

Angela Y. Davis

Leigh Raiford

experiences with Covid-19 in San Quentin State Prison..

Gina Dent

Beth Richie

Nicole Fleetwood

Dread Scott

Maria Gaspar

Savannah Shange

Erin Gray

Bryan Stevenson

The events of 2020—first COVID-19 and then the nationwide protests of police killings of Black people—brought into sharp relief the horrific consequences of mass incar-

Barring Freedom initiated a wonderful partnership with

ceration in the United States. At a time when more than

UC Santa Cruz that will continue to grow. It turned out

two million individuals, a majority Black or brown, are

to be incredibly timely, coinciding with the unrest caused

incarcerated, Barring Freedom underscored the urgency

by George Floyd's murder, and allowed SJMA to play a

and importance of artists in envisioning a world beyond

substantive role in amplifying the work around prisons

racist policing, biased courts, and overflowing prisons.

and justice that Angela Davis, Gina Dent, and other activit-

Freedom website, along with digital tools and study guides

ists have been doing for decades.

to further explore issues of art and justice.

Barring Freedom was supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with contribu-

Photos by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.

Featured artists included: American Artist, Sadie Barnette, Sanford Biggers, Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, Sonya Clark, Sharon Daniel, Maria Gaspar, Ashley Hunt, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Titus Kaphar and Reginald Dwayne Betts, Deana Lawson, Sherrill Roland,

tions from Glenda and Gary Dorchak and Rita and Kent Norton. The exhibition was made possible with generous support from the Nion McEvoy Family Fund, Ford Foundation, Future Justice Fund, UC Santa Cruz Foundation, Wanda Kownacki, Peter Coha, James L. Gunderson, Rowland and Pat Rebele, UC Santa Cruz Porter College, and annual donors to the Institute of the Arts and Sciences.

The series also included screenings of the films Documenting Justice and Lessons of the Hour. The archive of Visualizing Abolition programs is available on the Barring

FY21

BREAK + BLEED June 4, 2021–April 3, 2022

The exhibition offered the opportunity to acquire a major

of a November online Lunchtime Lecture by

multi-panel, shaped canvas painting from 1975 by artist

Rachel Middleman of California State University, Chico),

Leo Valledor, whose work had been previously excluded from

Amy Kaufman, Patsy Krebs, Richard Lodwig,

histories of geometric abstraction.

Helen Lundeberg, Brice Marden, John McLaughlin, John M. Miller, Winston Roeth, David Simpson,

BREAK + BLEED HIGHLIGHTED A PREVIOUSLY UNEXPLORED ASPECT OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION:

Like the break of a line or page and the bleed of various

Frederick Spratt, Ted Stamm, Frank Stella,

HARD-EDGE PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER.

elements beyond the edge or boundary of a certain area,

Amy Trachtenberg, Don Voisine, Patrick Wilson,

the artworks in Break + Bleed oscillated between ideas of

and Robert Yasuda. Also included were key loans by

The exhibition featured works by historically significant artists

linearity and geometry and overlapping planes of color

Nicole Phungrasamee Fein and Eamon Ore-Giron.

who exemplify the spirit of post-painterly abstraction through

and form. The exhibition included works from the collec-

an expansive range of styles including hard-edge abstrac-

tion by Josef Albers, Joachim Bandau, Karl Benjamin,

tion, Color Field painting, Op art, Minimalism, and soft-edge

Linda Besemer, Ilya Bolotowsky, Naomi Boretz,

abstraction. Artworks featured biomorphic and geometric

Guy John Cavalli, Mary Corse, Tony DeLap, Sam Francis,

shapes, angular and wavy lines, and lively planes of color.

Stephen French, Sonia Gechtoff (who was the subject

Break + Bleed was supported by the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, with generous contributions from Mr. Cole Harrell and Dr. Tai-Heng Cheng, Dr. Jan Newstrom Thompson and Paul Goldstein, and Tad J. Freese and Brook Hartzell.

Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.

FY21

SOFÍA CORDÓVA: SOBRE/ON Performed on Zoom in three parts, February 4, 11, and 18, 2021 This project was made possible with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

2020 HAS BEEN CALLED THE YEAR OF THE ROUGH DRAFT.

Experimental by design and necessity, Córdova’s performances were presented live using Zoom, the video conferencing soft-

Tumultuous political elections, uprisings, long-overdue

ware that became ubiquitous during the pandemic.

racial reckonings, wildfires, and a raging pandemic upended the way we saw and interacted with the world. Shelter-in-

Cordova's project really looked at how virtual platforms of pres-

place orders challenged artists to work differently—on a more

entation impacted an artist's conceptual process of artmaking.

domestic scale, without unmasked collaborators, with accessi-

The result here was highly experimental, and turned out to

ble materials, and in new digital formats.

be very personal, as the artist re-examined various aspects of her life—motherhood, ecological consciousness, race and

In response to this moment, SJMA enlisted Sofía Córdova

identity—from the new virtual vantage point. Unpolished and

for its first digital artist commission. In a three-part perfor-

raw, SOBRE/ON was a complicated and intimate document of

mance, Córdova explored the artistic process as a constantly

artmaking during the depths of 2020.

shifting form of inquiry, never final and perpetually rough.

DOCENT COUNCIL FY21

SJMA’s Docent Council adapted to the challenges of the pandemic by providing online programming related to SJMA exhibitions. Their video series Art Talks featured docent-to-docent conversations about works in South East North West. Docents also provided art-lovers with their “fix” with a series of twenty livestreaming Art-Fix Wednesdays featuring work from this exhibition as well as Barring Freedom.

ACTI V E

Susanne Offensend

SUSTAI N I NG

Michael Arellano

Maryana Petrenko

Ursula M. Anderson

Daniela Barone

Miho Poelman

Doris Burgess

Kathi Cambiano

Pirjo Polari-Khan

Sandra Churchill

Jamie Chambliss

Leah Read

Fran Dordick

Marleen Chan

Monica Rojano-Moguel

Dolores Fajardo

Francine Craven

Elizabeth Ryono

Lorraine Fitch

Lisa Dearborn

Elizabeth Seiden

Cathleen Fortune

Clarice Dent

Zartashia Shah

Diana Loew

Peter Fargo

Jeanne Torre

Lisa Lubliner

Linda Foster

Lotte Van De Walle

Martha

Kenna French

Nathalie Verma

Kathy Gibson

Rick Vierhus

Salome Gut

McKee-Hayden Ann Marie Mix

SOUTH EAST NORTH WEST: NEW WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION

Evelyn Neely

Kim Harris

ASSOCIATE

Joyce Oyama

October 30, 2020–October 3, 2021

those working in California and the Bay Area, as well

Tricia Hill

Lauren Buchholz

Hal Turk

Kate Khalisova

Betty Faultner

THIS EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATED THE

as emerging artists garnering critical recognition.

Michaela Landrok

Barbara Hansen

ON LEAV E

INCREDIBLE GROWTH OF THE COLLECTION

Adopting the title of a monumental work by

Erin Lu

Sharlyn Heron

Martina Glenn

FROM 2014 TO 2019 AND SHOWCASED ARTISTS

Diana Al-Hadid, South East North West testified to

Lucy Lu

Lys House

Ellen Tafeen

WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND PRACTICES

SJMA’s adventurousness and ambition of becoming

Geraldine

Karen Huitric

WORKING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

a borderless museum for the future.

Presented in celebration of SJMA’s 50th anniversary,

South East North West was dedicated to the memory of Theres Rohan and her unwavering support for artists and the artistic process. This project was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the SJMA Exhibitions Fund, including generous contributions from the Lipman Family Foundation, Doris and Alan Burgess, Glenda and Gary Dorchak, Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo, and Diane Jonte-Pace and David Pace.

Martinez-Magarelli

Suzette Mahr

Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography

Lenore Maynard

Shauna Mika

Astrid Mazin

Ursula Shultz

the dynamic presentation of paintings, sculptures,

Peggy Yep Morrow

Bob Strain

photographs, works on paper, and new media high-

Tammy Nickel

Alayne Yellum

lighted internationally acclaimed artists, including

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HIDDEN HERITAGES SAN JOSÉ’S VIETNAMESE LEGACY This two-year partnership among SJMA, Chopsticks Alley, and the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs brings Vietnamese artists and community members together to share, amplify, and artistically present stories that reveal the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to San José.

Five public programs included virtual workshops on preserving memory with artists Binh Danh and Trinh Mai (October 10, 2020) and ca dao, traditional Vietnamese poetry song, with poets An Bui and Chinh Nguyen of Văn Thơ Lạc Việt (February 12, 2021).

The project is supported, in part, by a Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council, a state agency.

THIRD THURSDAY

FIRST FRIDAYS

THE AFTER-HOURS PROGRAMS OFFERED ON THE

WHILE THE MUSEUM WAS CLOSED DUE TO THE

THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH OFFER UNIQUE

ONGOING PANDEMIC, SJMA BROUGHT ITS FREE

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY,

FIRST FRIDAYS INTO HOMES WITH ONLINE EVENTS.

EXPLORE CULTURE, AND ENGAGE WITH ART. Themes included a Pride celebration featuring Although the pandemic of 2020 necessitated the

San Cha, exhibition openings with curator tours,

shift into virtual environments, it also presented

an educator night, a Halloween event hosted by

new possibilities to work equitably with partners and

drag queens, a reopening celebration showcasing

artists. Popular annual favorites Soundscaping SJMA

local performers and partners, and a cozy night in

and the Poetry Invitational returned, as did

presented by SJMA's education team. SJMA offered

Mosaic Silicon Valley with multicultural music and

new experiences of the Museum to more than 3,200

spoken word. Other themes included celebrations of

households that could not visit in person.

intersectional LGBTQIA+ creators, women and girls in sport, and dance music from around the world.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS FY21 THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO MADE SJMA’S PUBLIC PROGRAMS POSSIBLE: Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center

Play on Words

College of Adaptive Arts

Playboyz, Inc.

Children's Discovery Museum

Poetry Center San José

Chopsticks Alley Art

Red Ladder Theatre Company

Commonwealth Club

San Jose Jazz

Consulado General de México

San José State University's San José Public Library

Facebook Analog

School of Arts and Culture at Silicon Valley Pride

genArts Silicon Valley

Synoptic Office

Korean Cultural Center

Teatro Familia Aztlán

San José State University Institute

Teatro Visión

and Social Change

PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES, AND WITH LARGE GATHERINGS IMPOSSIBLE,

San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild

THE MUSEUM STILL BROUGHT THE EXPERIENCE INTO FAMILIES’ HOMES.

Montalvo Arts Center

streamed editions of Día de los Muertos (October 24, 2020), Lunar New Year (February 13, 2021), and Maker Day (June 5, 2021). More than 4,700 people enjoyed multicultural performances and demonstrations online, as well as video tutorials of hands-on artmaking using common materials found at home. Highlights included papel picado making; tutorials on Vietnamese Tết sticky rice cakes and Korean dance; and a ZunZun performance using musical instruments made from common objects around the world.

the Mexican Heritage Plaza

Federation of Ohlone Peoples

for the Study of Sport, Society

SJMA partnered with more than 30 artists and community organizations to create live-

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

CreaTV Research Laboratory

SJMA’S COMMUNITY DAYS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR HANDS-ON AND

New Ballet

The Come Up

en San José

COMMUNITY DAY

Mosaic Silicon Valley

UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences Winchester Mystery House

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Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Lipman Family Foundation, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo, Yvonne and Mike Nevens, Peggy and Yogen Dalal, Evelyn and Rick Neely, Rita and Kent Norton, Elizabeth and Byron Ryono, Marge and Ken Nissly, Elaine Cardinale, George Crow in honor of Susan Crow, Toby and Barry Fernald, Tad Freese and Brook Hartzell, Elena Lebedeva and Alvin Smith, Roselyne C. Swig, Marsha and Jon Witkin, and the SJMA Docent Council Alumni.

This publication was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS grant #MA-10-16-0002-16).

50X50 IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY,

50X50 shows the Museum’s support of artists as

and supports SJMA’s strategic primary mission to

THE SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART LAUNCHED

visionary thinkers and helps transform SJMA into a

become a borderless museum.

50X50: STORIES OF VISIONARY ARTISTS FROM

museum for the twenty-first century.

THE COLLECTION, A DIGITAL PUBLICATION THAT

SJMA partnered with Getty on 50X50 by utilizing

HIGHLIGHTS FIFTY ARTISTS WHOSE WORK

50X50 provides free worldwide access to a selection

Quire, Getty's publishing platform in development.

ENTERED THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

of multimedia materials that describe the lifelong

As participants in the beta testing phase of this new

IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.

work of SJMA’s modern and contemporary artists.

software, SJMA continues to work closely with Getty

Documentation of artworks, exhibitions, and studios

to help improve the platform for other users and

engage readers in artists’ professional lives as well

build in-house expertise to deliver digital engage-

as their everyday lives, their ideas, and their crea-

ment experiences online.

tive processes. Digital publishing presented a unique opportunity to share rich multimedia materials.

Approximately 40,000 people have accessed the

This digital publication is intelligent, inspiring, and

publication, which has been well received by the

original in the way it opens the Museum to the world

public, educators, and students.

FY21

MUSEUM FROM HOME

COSMIC CONNECTIONS

WITH THE MUSEUM BUILDING CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, SJMA

COSMIC CONNECTIONS: ART + ASTROLOGY IS AN EXPERIMENTAL

SWIFTLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING ON-DEMAND CONTENT FOR

WAYFINDING PROJECT FOR THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.

PEOPLE TO ENJOY AT HOME, VIA THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. Each week a story arc explored a different facet of an exhibition, artist, or subject. For example, social media explored the permanent collection through music subcultures such as punk, emo, mod, etc.

The home for this rich new content was a new section of the website, Museum from Home. With a space for curators to write about their interests and inspirations, artmaking videos, and more, Museum from Home provided a deeper look at SJMA’s offerings. An added bonus was cross-pollination among staff from various departments who ordinarily hadn’t worked together on programs.

The Museum Store also went virtual, allowing people to shop from home. In addition to the great selection of jewelry, home décor, and toys, the new online Store showcased a new range of boutique items created with artists from the collection, including many designed in honor of the annual Gala.

SJMA is grateful to the numerous funders that provided emergency support and/or allowed for the

Most museum websites are often organized in a way that is helpful to arts scholars who know what they are looking for, but many visitors

ambition to become a borderless museum.

M E M B E RS Marilyn August Connie Bantillo Nancy Beckman Lawrie Brown

online are not familiar with SJMA’s collection. SJMA wanted to

Pat Caporal

experiment with new ways to provide more playful exploration of the

Char Devich

collection to facilitate personal connection and joy.

Bill Jones Rachel Karklin

After several rounds of testing and iteration, this project took on astrology as the lens through which collections are presented.

Launched in June 2021, the site helps visitors to connect more personally with the collection. Both art and astrology can be rich in meaning, aesthetically pleasing, and emotionally powerful. Artists ask questions about current societal issues and explore timeless subject

Michele Kelly-Jones Madelyn Lee Chris Mengarelli Jeannie Pedroza Anita Phagan Carla Rosenblum Shu Rosenthal

matter, while astrology proposes answers through personal connection,

Sara Selbo-Bruns

symbolism, and understanding. Visitors to the Cosmic Connections site

Norika (Nori) Takada

can explore works of art that relate to their Zodiac sign.

Mitsu Wasano Alisa Wetzel

The project, currently in a beta phase, will be a tool for further iteration of experiences that engage online users in the collection.

flexible use of funds during the extended closure in FY21. Support enabled the Museum to retain all full-time staff and part-time educators and to serve its audiences in new ways, consistent with its

MUSEUM STORE GUILD VOLUNTEERS

Created in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and BCG|Plantinion.

Nancy Wylde

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, + INCLUSION FY21 IN FY21, SJMA FORMALLY ESTABLISHED ITS

commitment to building a collaborative and

EQUITY TASK FORCE (ETF) AS A PERMANENT,

empathic internal culture that radiates outward.

INTERNAL WORKING GROUP DEDICATED TO ACCELERATING AND INCUBATING EQUITY

Beyond the Equity Task Force, SJMA has encour-

WORK ACROSS THE INSTITUTION.

aged and supported a conscious dialogue and greater understanding around the issue of

A cross-section of SJMA’s staff, joined by a

systemic racism in the wake of the police kill-

Board representative, came together to put

ing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter

equity at the center of the Museum’s strategic

demonstrations that ensued in the summer of

commitment to “rewrite the conventions of how

2020. Staff participated in a “Building Racial

museums operate.”

Equity” training led by Race Forward consult-

THE DR. JERRY HIURA NEXT GEN VISUAL ARTIST AWARD

ants in December 2020. The full Board also

ON JUNE 5, 2021, SJMA AWARDED

ETF member Natalie Sánchez was appointed

participated in a training led by Jeff Chang and

THE INAUGURAL DR. JERRY HIURA

chair of the Task Force in February 2021. In

Nayantara Sen in June 2021.

NEXT GEN VISUAL ARTIST AWARD.

ant Nayantara Sen and other ETF members,

The Equity Task Force will continue to design,

This new scholarship award for high school students honors

Sánchez helped shape the relaunch and expan-

advise, and support the integration of equity

sion of the Task Force in the summer of 2021.

as a core value within the Museum’s everyday

The ETF introduced “equity pilots” and the Equity

processes and practices. With the expressed goal

Resource Center as tools for staff to contribute

of generating concrete integrated actions and

to the task force's work. Open to all members of

results for equity, the ETF will ensure that SJMA’s

staff and volunteers, equity pilots are concrete,

ideals are actively pursued through a continual

specific, bite-sized ideas that improve condi-

process that seeks to root out implicit biases,

tions for equity, access, diversity, and inclusion at

eliminate inequitable practices, and to foster a

SJMA. The Equity Resource Center is an online

collaborative work environment rooted in the

communications site that is informative and a

values of humility, dignity, and respect for all.

collaboration with Race Forward equity consult-

place for submitting ideas and feedback to the ETF. This approach has strengthened SJMA’s

the legacy of the late Dr. Jerry Hiura, a trustee of SJMA and an avid supporter of the arts in San José. It celebrates young visionary artists and supports their artistic practice and goals as they pursue higher education. Gabriella Elise Olivarria won first place for her photograph Together in Isolation (pictured).

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LET'S LOOK AT ART DOCENTS FY21 ACTI V E

LET'S LOOK AT ART WITH IN-PERSON VISITS TO THE CLASSROOM OUT OF THE QUESTION, SJMA’S TIRELESS LET’S LOOK AT ART VOLUNTEERS WORKED HARD AND SWIFTLY UPDATED THEIR PROGRAM TO GET INTO THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM.

Carol Absalom

Karen Harrington

Tony Misch

Julie Anderson

Beth Herner

Linda Mitchell

Melinda Anderson

Tricia Hill

Lydia Moret

Kathi Cambiano

Lorraine Hoff

Barb Nelson

Bing Chen

Julia Jacobsen

Linda Notario

Giada Conte

Tatiana Kalinina

Mary Perry

Susan Curtin

Teja Karra

Louise Persson

Nushelle de Silva

Gail Kefauver

Maria Quillard

Lisa Dearborn

Jean Kellett

Amy Rapport

Susan Desjardin

Linda Klein

Pamela Ryalls-Boyd

Debbie Earl

Marica Klein

Liana Salikhova

Harriet Erbes

Anar Kotadia

Elizabeth Seiden

Toby Fernald

Karen Lantz

Liz Summerhayes

Jody Foster

Andrea Lee

Sherry Tsai

Cathy Fraser

Laurel Lee

Lotte Van de Walle

Kiran Gaind

Gerri Finelstein Lurya

Martha Weber

Lisa Gallo

Laurie Malone

Suman Ganapathy

Susan McGowan

SUSTAI N I NG Marilyn August

Robin Feinman-Marino

Loyce Mandella

Mary Ann Barr

Lorrie Fitch

Nancy Mathews

Carol Bower

Linda Gallo

Ellen McInnis

Christy Cali

Linda Goldberg

Rosemarie Mirkin

Kathleen Callan

Joan Gorham

Linda Pfeiffer

Free virtual presentations to K–5 students were provided thanks to the

Char Devich

Barbara Hansen

Carrie Ross

generosity of four contributors to the 2020 Gala Fund-a-Need appeal.

Nancy Dunne

Julia Hartman

Joan Sharrock

Normal Faulkner

Dave Himmelblau

Diana Taylor

Carole Kilik

Nancy Wylde

Loretta Lopez

Jai Zhang

Chuck Lucchesi

Christine Zheng

More than 15,000 students, from kindergarten to grade 12, enjoyed online art presentations during the 2020–21 school year as the group approaches one million student experiences since its founding in 1971.

FY21

RESIDENCIES

KIDS’ SUMMER ART CAMP

WITH AREA SCHOOLS JUGGLING REMOTE

Thanks to a pro-bono residency and

SUMMER ART CAMP IS AN ENRICHING

Thanks to generous in-kind donations

LEARNING AND CHANGING SCHEDULES

assistance from Adobe, SJMA created a

EXPERIENCE—AND AN IMPORTANT

from University Art, SJMA was able to

FOR REOPENING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC,

number of new outreach tools, including

CHILDCARE OPTION FOR BUSY FAMILIES.

provide free art supply kits to participants

SJMA’S EDUCATION TEAM CONTINUED

Sketchbook, a new monthly eNewslet-

TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND

ter delivered directly to educators; a new

More than 60 children and teens joined

EDUCATORS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY

Teacher and Family Resources section of

SJMA’s new virtual camp over five

AND BEYOND BY PROVIDING ONLINE

the website; and dedicated education chan-

weeks. The online format provided a new

PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THROUGH-

nels on Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest.

opportunity for campers to work with guest

OUT THE PANDEMIC.

SJMA’s artist-in-residency STEAM-based programs were

of the first-ever virtual Kids Summer

artists such as Diana Al-Hadid, Kathy Aoki,

converted to virtual offerings with thanks to generous

Kathryn Otoshi, and Hayal Pozanti (who

The Museum launched virtual school

funding from Lucia Cha, Priscilla Chou, the Leo M. Shortino

created a “book of smiles” from campers'

tours and online residency programs with

Family Foundation, the Koret Foundation, California Arts

work), and Imin Yeh. At the end of the

teaching artists that served more than 750 students. The Museum also hosted its first virtual Teacher Appreciation Night on September 4, 2020.

Council, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Swenson Foundation, KPMG LLP, the Walter and Karla

summer, an enhanced virtual student

Goldschmidt Foundation, and SVCreates, in partnership with

exhibition celebrated campers’ work.

the County of Santa Clara.

Art Camp. ↗ Guest artist Hayal Pozanti asked art campers "What color do you think of when you think of a smile?" This campers' answer: "Yellow!"

↖ To help overtaxed classroom teachers unable to manage a scheduled live program, SJMA created Postcards From Here, a free new video series using lessons from SJMA’s award-winning Sowing Creativity program.

More than 2,000 students were served through this series.

FY21

E XHIB I T IONS

PUBL IC P ROGR AMS

SP ECI AL P ROJECTS

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COLLECTIONS

DE V E LOP MENT

OP E RATIONS

FY21

PAE WHITE Noisy Blushes, 2020 Ink, cable, and electroplated and polished stainless steel 12,000 disks and 504 strands of cable: 167 × 166 × 132 inches overall Commissioned by the San José Museum of Art, in honor of its 50th anniversary, and acquired with funds provided by the Lipman Family Foundation, the Acquisitions Committee, Diane Jonte-Pace and David Pace, the Council of 100, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, and Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese, with additional support provided by the Docent Council, Toby and Barry Fernald, Evelyn and Rick Neely, Yvonne and Mike Nevens, C. Christine Nichols, Dorene Masterman, and Shauna Mika and Richard Callison.

2020.03

PAE WHITE: NOISY BLUSHES SUSPENDED WITHIN THE SOARING THIRTY-FOOT HIGH

celebration of SJMA’s fiftieth anniversary received support

ATRIUM, PAE WHITE’S NOISY BLUSHES IS SJMA'S MOST

from many dedicated and longtime patrons of the Museum who

AMBITIOUS COMMISSION AND ACQUISITION TO DATE.

embrace ideas of experimentation and innovation by an artist whose expansive practice embodies the imaginative ethos of

Composed of over 12,000 silkscreened, electroplated

Silicon Valley.

stainless-steel hexagonal disks and suspended from over 500 cables, Noisy Blushes floats behind a towering glass façade,

The installation was accompanied by a trio of videos, which was

scattering millions of reflections throughout the Museum’s

honored by the 2021 Telly Awards with a Silver in the category

spacious lobby and skybridge. White’s bold commission in

Online Series: Education and Discovery.

ACQUISITIONS FY21 PROPELLED BY THE GENEROSITY OF ARTISTS, GALLERISTS, COLLECTORS,

LAURA AGUILAR

RUSSELL CROTTY

Five photographs from Stillness and Motions series, 1999

Worksheet (Green), 1992

Gelatin silver prints on paper

Ballpoint pen and pencil on paper

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisitions Committee

46 × 36 ½ inches, framed

Stillness #15

Motion #56

13 × 18 inches

11 × 14 inches

COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL OF 100, SJMA ACQUIRED 86 WORKS BY A

2020.10.01

2020.10.04

DIVERSE ROSTER OF 27 ARTISTS IN FY 2021.

↙ Stillness #24

MUSEUM PATRONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE MUSEUM’S ACQUISITIONS

9 × 12 inches

These additions demonstrate SJMA’s collecting strategy in action by focusing on gender parity, cultural diversity, and artistic innovation; many are by women artists, artists of color, or artists with connections to the Bay Area. These influential artists reflect the innovative spirit of Silicon Valley and represent the cultural heritages and lived experiences of the community and beyond. These important and timely works will enrich the community for generations to come by creating new opportunities for scholarship and discovery.

Motion #59 14 ¼ × 18 ¾ inches 2020.10.05

2020.10.02

Motion #46 18 ¼ × 13 ¼ inches 2020.10.03

SADIE BARNETTE

Gift of Eileen Harris Norton 2020.12.02

KIM DINGLE Maps of the US Drawn from Memory

by Las Vegas Teenagers, 1990 Oil on panel 48 × 72 inches Gift of Eileen Harris Norton 2020.12.03

TONY FEHER Untitled, 1998 57 glass bottles and 57 color marbles

FBI Drawings: For Her Defense, 2021

Gift of Eileen Harris Norton

Powdered graphite on paper

2020.12.01

60 × 48 inches Museum purchase with funds provided by Glenda and Gary Dorchak

VANESSA GERMAN

(in memory of Kenny Moir), Toby and Barry Fernald, Tammy and Tom Kiely,

American, 2019

Marge and Ken Nissly, Kimberly and Patrick Lin, and Marsha and Jon Witkin

mixed media on tennis racket

2021.03

42 × 10 ½ × 3 ½ inches

UTA BARTH

Gift of David Hoberman 2020.13.02

Untitled #1, Configuration #1, 1988–89 Photographs and acrylic on masonite

RAMIRO GOMEZ

60 × 120 inches

Clara Cleaning (after Jeff Koons New Hoover

Gift of Eileen Harris Norton

Convertibles, new Shelton Wet/Dry 5 Gallon,

2020.12.06a–d

JUDY CHICAGO Through the Flower, 1991 Serigraph 31 × 30 inches Edition 64 of 100 Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2020.09.01

JEAN CONNER UNTITLED, 1962 Graphite on paper 12 × 8 7⁄8 inches Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2021.04.02

Double Decker), 2015 Archival pigment print on DisplayTrans backlight Media in lightbox 11 5⁄8 × 9 5⁄8 inches Edition 5/5 Gift of David Hoberman 2020.13.03

TIM HAWKINSON Untitled, 2020 India ink on Yupo paper 84 × 56 inches Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2020.09.02

KENYATTA A.C. HINKLE

SONYA RAPOPORT

CARRIE MAE WEEMS

Seven works from the “Uninvited” series, 2008—ongoing

She Sells, 1976

People of a Darker Hue, 2016

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisitions Committee

Pencil, colored pencil, ink stamp, and thread on

Video with sound

continuous-feed computer printout paper

Running time: 14 minutes, 58 seconds

45 ½ × 77 inches

Edition 3 of 5, plus 2 artist proofs

Gift of the Sonya Rapoport Legacy Trust

Museum purchase with funds provided by

2020.04

the Council of 100

The Web, 2013 White-out correction fluid, photograph printed on polyfilm 32 × 20 inches

2021.02

LORDY RODRIGUEZ

2020.05.01

Salt March, 2020

The Dreamer, 2014

Ink on paper

Collage and India ink on polyfilm

78 × 34 inches

11 × 8 ½ inches 2020.05.02

The Gift, 2014

Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

STEFFANI JEMISON Similitude, 2019

2020.08.01

ARLENE SHECHET

Acrylic, India ink, and collage on paper

HD video with sound

4 ½ × 3 inches

Running time: 35 minutes, 42 seconds

2020.05.03

Museum purchase with funds provided by

Glazed ceramic and powder coated steel

the Acquisitions Committee

Overall: 59 ½ × 20 ½ × 19 inches

2020.06

Ceramic: 17 × 15 × 12 inches

The Watcher, 2014 5 ½ × 3 ½ inches Mixed media 2020.05.04

The Load, 2014 Collage on polyfilm 11 × 8 ½ inches Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Acquisitions Committee 2020.05.05

The Metropolis, 2014 Mixed media 11 × 8 ½ inches

HAYV KAHRAMAN HyperInvisible 1, 2019 Watercolor and ink on paper Sheet: 36 × 150 inches

Base: 43 × 19 × 19 inches Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation 2021.04.01

STEPHANIE SYJUCO

Frame: 45 ½ × 160 × 3 inches

↖ Chromakey Aftermath 1 (Flags, Sticks, and Barriers), 2017

Museum purchase with funds provided by

Chromakey Aftermath 2 (Flags, Sticks, and Barriers), 2017

the Lipman Acquisitions Fund

Pigmented inkjet prints

2020.07

24 × 36 inches each

MAIA CRUZ PALILEO Wind, Water, Stone, 2020 Oil on canvas

Museum purchase with funds provided by Wanda Kownacki and Yvonne Nevens 2020.11.01–.02

JIRO TAKAMATSU

Gift of Brook Hartzell and Tad J. Freese,

Overlapping, 1983

The Mask, 2014

The Lipman Family Foundation, and Yvonne and Mike Nevens,

Pencil, bodycolor, and watercolor on paper

Collage and acrylic on polyfilm

in honor of Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo

29 ¾ × 21 5⁄8 inches, framed

11 × 8 ½ inches 2020.05.07

2021.01

JORGE PARDO

BRETT WESTON 50 gelatin silver prints Various dates, 1937 (printed later)–1976 (two images printed in 1981) Various dimensions, 8 × 10 inches–11 × 14 inches Gift from the Christian Keesee Collection 2020.14.01–.50

Together: Pacific Time: 5 a.m., 2020

50 × 120 inches

2020.05.06

FY21

Gift of David Hoberman 2020.13.01

Ladder, 1989

LEO VALLEDOR

Fir, bobinga, redwood, veneered particle board,

LUST, 1975 ↗

creosote, bolts, Danish oil

Acrylic on canvas

45 ¼ × 18 × 32 inches

108 × 120 inches

Gift of Eileen Harris Norton

Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation

2020.12.04

2020.08.02

BRUCE AND NORMAN YONEMOTO Golden, 1993 Goldleaf on projection screen 59 × 42 ½ × 24 inches Gift of Eileen Harris Norton 2020.12.05

FY21

ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE Kimberly Lin, chair J. Michael Bewley Elaine Cardinale Lys House Lorri Kershner Wanda Kownacki Christina Linden Peter Lipman Suzette Mahr Carrie Mae Weems, People of a Darker Hue, 2016.

Ann Marie Mix

Video with sound; 14 minutes, 58 seconds.

Ranu Mukherjee Yvonne Nevens Elizabeth Ryono Marsha Witkin

Edition 4 of 5, plus 2APs. Sadie Barnette, FBI Drawings: For Her Defense, 2021.

Powdered graphite on paper; sheet: 60 × 48 inches; Framed: 61 1⁄ 8 × 41 1⁄ 8 inches.

ARTPICK Every year, members of the Council of 100 and Director’s Council

2016—SJMA's first work by Weems and a timely piece that examines the

participate in the annual purchase of art for the Museum’s perma-

history of power and creates new narratives around Blackness, working

nent collection at the C100 ArtPick. On April 28, 2021, C100 and DC

class communities, and women.

members voted to acquire Carrie Mae Weems’ People of a Darker Hue,

FY21

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SP ECI AL P ROJECTS

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COLLECTIONS

DE VE LOPMENT

OP E RATIONS

FY21

GALA + AUCTION

MEMBERS + SUPPORTERS

HELD IN HONOR OF PATRONS CHERYL AND BRUCE KIDDOO

SUPPORT FROM LOYAL MEMBERS AND

AND ARTIST PAE WHITE, SJMA’S FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL GALA

INDIVIDUAL DONORS WAS CRUCIAL TO SJMA

ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2020, WAS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

AS IT FACED THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED

BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Robert S. Lindo and Yvonne Nevens co-chaired the event, and Tad Freese chaired the auction, which raised over $870,000 in critical funds for the

Members remained active and participated in a new series of online

Museum’s essential operations, exhibitions, and education programs.

curator’s workshops. Curators Lauren Schell Dickens, Rory Padeken,

Ten percent of auction proceeds were contributed to the Black Lives Matter

and Kathryn Wade engaged members with inside looks at exhibitions,

Global Network. The Gala program was hosted by Doris and Alan Burgess,

their recent research, hot topics in the art world, and more.

Toby and Barry Fernald, Beverly and Peter Lipman, Ann Marie Mix, and

The Council of 100 and Director’s Council enjoyed a virtual day trip

Yvonne and Mike Nevens and produced in partnership with CreaTV San José.

to the studios of artists Kelly Akashi and Eamon Ore-Giron in

Live and silent auctions included works by Judy Chicago, Glenn Kaino,

Los Angeles in February, and donors hosted virtual salons.

Hung Liu, Yoshitomo Nara, and Pae White.

DONORS + MEMBERS

FY21

$25,000 – $49,999

Mary Mocas and Marv Tseu

Wendy and Mike Kirst

Adobe

National Endowment for the Arts

Robin Rosa Laub

WE THANK OUR

Doris and Alan Burgess

Evelyn and Rick Neely

Geraldine and Marco Magarelli

DONORS FOR THEIR

California State Legislature

Marge and Ken Nissly

Suzette Mahr

Francesca Eastman and Edward Goodstein

Lucia Cha

Rita and Kent Norton

Chris Mengarelli and Dale Elliott

John S. Ettelson Fund

Carol and Gerry Parker

Shauna Mika and Rick Callison

Alyce and Mike Parsons

Gillian and Thomas Moran

Jacquie and Bill Faulkner

Cornelia and Nathan Pendleton

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

Barbara and Martin Fishman

Ian Reinhard

Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens

Kathryn Gallant

Rachel and Simon Segars

Netflix Matching Gifts

Bradley Guzules

Timi and John M. Sobrato

C. Christine Nichols

Andrei and Paul Hartzell

Leela de Souza and Peter Bransten

Sarah and Denny North

Rebecca and Pete Helme

Swenson Foundation

Dennis Rohan

Dorothy Hiura

Dr. Jan N. Thompson and Paul Goldstein

Brian Ruder

Elizabeth Hoffman and Morrie Druzin

Susan and Sanjay Vaswani

Elizabeth and Byron Ryono

Gloria and Stanley Hoo

Sara Wigh and Jim McManis

Eileen Silver

Marie and John Huber

Gayla and Walt Wood

Jessica Silverman

Carolyn and Joe Hyatt

David Stonesifer and Larry Arzie

Michele Kelly-Jones and Bill Jones

Linda and William Sullivan

Mia Jung and Alan Rath *

Elle Travers and J. Michael Bewley

Robert S. Kieve

Anonymous

Barbara and Gary Vandeweghe

Kay Knox PhD

Applied Materials, Inc.

Wells Fargo Foundation

Leslie Barton Littlejohn and Will Littlejohn

Jo and Barry Ariko

Frederica Wolfe

Hung Liu* and Jeff Kelley

Nola and Harvey Armstrong

Kathryn Womer and Robert S. Lindo

Lenore and Denis Maynard

GENEROUS SUPPORT

Priscilla Chou Glenda and Gary Dorchak

July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021

Toby and Barry Fernald Mr. Cole Harrell and Dr. Tai-Heng Cheng Claudia Worthington Hess

$500,000+

Tammy and Tom Kiely

City of San José

KPMG LLP Kimberly and Patrick Lin

$200,000 – $499,999 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Lipman Family Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

McManis Faulkner Diane Jonte-Pace and David Pace * Technology Credit Union Marsha and Jon Witkin

U.S. Small Business Administration

$10,000 – $24,999 $100,000 – $199,999 Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation Yvonne and Mike Nevens

Elaine Cardinale Amy Buckner Chowdhry and Pankaj Chowdhry Melanie and Peter Cross Peggy and Yogen Dalal

$2,500 – $9,999

in honor of Charlotte Wendel

Jane Bark and Thomas Matson

Rosemarie and Barry Mirkin

Deloitte

Boydston Foundation

Diana Morabito and Keith Ball

Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek

Casey and Jack Carsten

$1,000 – $2,499

Rosemarie and Robert Muzio

Anneke and David Dury

Susan Casentini and Kyle Milligan

Anonymous

Jane Olin

$50,000 – $99,999

FABIcash

Vivian G. Crummey *

Trish Bransten

Heather McKenna Pardo and Yaron Pardo

Applied Materials Foundation

Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation

Gary Dillabough and Jeff Arrillaga

Lauri and David Carey

Dorothy Saxe

Bank of America

Google

eBay

Tonya Turner Carroll and Michael Carroll

Eta and Sass Somekh

California Arts Council

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Maureen Ellenberg

Chizen Family Foundation

Robert Strain

Fellows of Contemporary Art

Elena Lebedeva and Alvin W. Smith

Cathy Grape

George and Susan Crow

SVCreates

Tad J. Freese and Brook Hartzell

Worth and Andy Ludwick

Susan Hartt

Susan and Paul Curtin

Robert Underhill

Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo

Deedee McMurtry

Heritage Bank of Commerce

Kathleen Demetri and David Fowler

Wanda Waldera

Wanda Kownacki

Lorna Meyer and Dennis Calas

Lys and Lee House

Lale and Tunc Doluca

Claudia and Sven Weber

Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation

Ann Marie Mix

Lorri Kershner

Celia and Jim Dudley

* deceased

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation The Yellow Chair Foundation

FY21

DONORS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION Acquisitions Committee The Brett Weston Archive Council of 100 Director's Council Glenda and Gary Dorchak in memory of Kenny Moir Toby and Barry Fernald Tad J. Freese and Brook Hartzell David Hoberman Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation Tammy and Tom Kiely Wanda Kownacki Kimberly and Patrick Lin Lipman Family Foundation Dorene Masterman Shauna Mika and Richard Callison Evelyn and Rick Neely Yvonne and Mike Nevens C. Christine Nichols Marge and Ken Nissly Eileen Harris Norton Diane Jonte-Pace and David Pace* SJMA Docent Council Sonya Rapoport Legacy Trust Marsha and Jon Witkin

IN-KIND DONORS

FOUNDERS' SOCIETY

Adobe

Bequests and planned giving

Blum & Poe

IN MEMORIUM David Pace, 1951–2020 DAVID PACE WAS A PILLAR

The Bott Collection

Doris and Alan Burgess

OF THE BAY AREA ARTS COMMUNITY. HIS STEADFAST

Casemore Kirkeby

Ron Casentini

SUPPORT OF SJMA GREATLY ENRICHED THE SILICON VALLEY

Catharine Clark Gallery

The Marion Sarah Cilker * Administrative Trust

Conner Family Trust

Rosa and Werner Cohn *

ARTS ECOSYSTEM.

Dolby Chadwick Gallery

Caroline Crummey *

Toby and Barry Fernald

Vivian Crummey *

A renowned photographer, Pace gifted his photograph

Gagosian Gallery

Faith C. and Paul L. Davies *

Egg Beaters (1998) to SJMA’s permanent collection after the piece

Haines Gallery

Glenda and Gary Dorchak

was included in the Museum's Domestic Odyssey exhibition in 2004.

David Hoberman

John Ettelson * in honor of Charlotte Wendel

David served on SJMA’s Acquisitions Committee from 2015 to 2020,

Hosfelt Gallery

Dixon * and Barbara Farley

during which time the Committee acquired works by artists including

House Family Vineyards

Toby and Barry Fernald

James Cohan Gallery

Tad J. Freese

Jessica Silverman Gallery

Zelda Glaze *

Glenn Kaino

Michele Kelly-Jones and William Jones

Christian Keesee

Suzette Mahr

Museum’s atrium. David and his wife, Diane Jonte-Pace, first joined SJMA

Hung Liu*

Chris Mengarelli and Dale Elliott

as members in 1990. They not only supported SJMA’s day-to-day operations

Marianne Boesky Gallery

Ruth Mirassou *

as members of the Council of 100, but they also sponsored the exhibition

Chris Mengarelli and Dale Elliott

Yvonne and Mike Nevens

of South East North West and graciously hosted events to build community

Yvonne and Mike Nevens

Deborah D. and Henry F. Norberg

amongst SJMA’s supporters.

Eileen H. Norton

Ena Weisskopf Passarini *

Nox Cookie Bar

Frederick and Marcella Sherman * Living Trust

Rena Bransten Gallery

Marcia and Howard Summers *

Shulamit Nazarian

Dr. Jan Newstrom Thompson and Paul Goldstein

SJMA Apprentice Docents 2020

Larene Wambsganss *

SKA Studios

Daphne and Stuart Wells

Emma Strebel

William Zoller *

Total Wine & More, the official wine sponsor of SJMA Turner Carroll Gallery University Art Vielmetter Los Angeles Pae White

* deceased

Rina Banerjee, Tiffany Chung, Jay DeFeo, Yojiro Imasaka, Richard Misrach, and The Propeller Group. He lead the fundraising effort for the historic commission and acquisition of Pae White’s Noisy Blushes (2020) for the

David Pace and Diane Jonte-Pace, photo by Sharon Kenney.

FY21

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PUBL IC P ROGR AMS

SP ECI AL P ROJECTS

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DE V E LOP MENT

OPERATIONS

FY21

STAFF HIGHLIGHTS GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS FORGIVENESS OF A PPP LOAN BY US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, HELPED SJMA MAINTAIN ALL FULL-TIME STAFF AND PART-TIME EDUCATION POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHILE THE MUSEUM WAS CLOSED. Working from home and in new ways, staff from all departments—exhibitions, education, facilities, development, executive, and communications—worked together on digital strategy. Previously unknown skills and talents came to the forefront as staff pivoted to new projects outside their usual jobs.

In Fall 2020, the Museum reopened, but the ever-changing conditions of the pandemic brought reclosings, reopenings, and reduced hours.

During those times of uncertainties, the frontline team of Museum Experience Representatives helped SJMA increase accessibility for the visually impaired

TOTAL ATTENDANCE

Virtual Education 34%

by adding alternate text to images on the website and closed-captioning text on the Museum’s videos.

That effort is just one example of the flexibility and dedication that ensured that SJMA’s community had essential access to the arts and arts education, in-person or virtually, throughout the challenging year.

Virtual Programs Virtual Education General Admission Offsite Programs Onsite Education

23,407 18,012 6,848 270 101

General Admission 14% Offsite Programs 1% Onsite Education <1% Virtual Programs 48%

Total

48,638

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

STAFF FY21 Viridiana Alcarez Alvarez, lead museum experience representative (as of October 2020)

Kevin MacDonald, development event manager (as of May 2021)

Saoirse Alesandro, gallery teacher (as of April 2021)

Stuart Mahoney, senior studio artist educator (through October 2020)

Anamarie Alongi, registrar

Jordan Medina, lead museum experience representative (as of June 2021)

Shani Anderson, art installation crew

Mari Minjoe, lead museum experience representative (as of June 2021)

Allora Armstrong, education program coordinator (through August 2020)

Isabella Montgomery, development and finance assistant

Kathryn Austin, lead museum experience representative (as of October 2020)

Khai Nguyen, staff accountant

Emilio Banuelos, senior studio artist educator

Ricardo Osegurera, art installation crew member

S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director

Rory Padeken, curator

Hildy Shandell, treasurer

Daniel Becker, associate exhibition designer

Bbora Park Nguyen, development events manager

Kristin Bertrand, director of development

Jody Parry, human resource director

M E M B E RS

Alana Bohni, lead museum experience representative, as of June 2021

Amanda Pascual, lead museum experience representative

Roan Bontempo, gallery teacher

Carol Pfahl, gallery teacher, through August 2020

Jeff Bordona, director of education

Karen Rapp, assistant director, strategic initiatives

Susan Curtin

Randy Bricco, facilities manager

Cheryl Rediger, museum store sales associate, through October 2020

Anneke Dury

Greg Brown, science curriculum consultant

Melanie Samay, director of marketing and communications

Loren Cermak, gallery teacher (through March 2021)

Natalie Sanchez, development officer

Margaret Curtin, gallery teacher

Sonicah Sanon, gallery teacher (through June 2021)

Aquiles de la Torre, digital content and graphic design specialist

Amy Sargeant, manager of K–12 curriculum and instruction

Chandra Gnanasambandam

Nathaniel Decena, museum store sales associate (as of June 2021)

Kelby Sellers, lead museum experience representative (as of June 2021)

Cole Harrell

Daphne Deitchman, marketing and membership coordinator

Zartashia Shah, studio artist educator (as of September 2021)

Lauren Shell Dickens, senior curator

Frances Holly Shen, deputy director (through October 2020)

Gabriel Domingo, lead museum experience representative (through October 2020)

Brian Spang, director of finance

Pat Downward, director of retail operations

Shannon Stearns, senior studio artist educator

Richard A. Karp

Kyle Farbin, art installation crew member

Jack Stinson, art installation crew member

Cheryl Kiddoo

Brooke Finister, art installation crew member

Radhika Tandon, education program coordinator

Ali Fitch, gallery teacher (as of September 2020)

Jai Tanju, facilities and events assistant

Franchesca Flores, art installation crew member (through July 2020)

Robin Treen, community partnership coordinator

Maria Fox, gallery teacher (through August 2020)

Nathalie Verma, gallery teacher (through December 2020)

Robert S. Lindo

Linda Franklin, gallery teacher

Paulina Vu, manager of museum experience

Peter W. Lipman

Amanda Helton, manager of digital strategy

Kathryn Wade, assistant curator

Julie Hughes, lead museum experience representative

Victoria Yao, lead museum experience representative (as of June 2021)

Samantha Hull, executive assistant and board liaison

Jeri Yasukawa, art installation crew member

Daniel Jimenez, lead museum experience representative (as of June 2021)

Julian Zamora, gallery teacher (as of April 2021)

OFFICE RS Glenda Dorchak, president Bill Faulkner, co-vice president Cornelia Pendleton, co-vice president and secretary

Peter Cross

Eileen Fernandes Tad J. Freese

Claudia W. Hess Jeannine Jacobsen

Tammy Kiely Kimberly Lin

Hung Liu Sarah North Jeannie Pedroza

Richard James Karson, director of design and operations

Leah Read

Andalusia Kheefe, studio artist educator (through August 2020)

Marsha Witkin

Jessica Kwong, development and membership associate Aaron Lee, preparator Hannah Lehman, gallery teacher (through June 2021) Isaac Lewin, art installation crew member Frederick Liang, social media and communications associate

FY21

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION FY21 ANNUAL REPORT

Endowment Draw

No In Kind

OPERATING

RELEASES FROM

TOTAL

Revenue

Restriction

Revenue

Government Corporate Foundation Individuals Membership Earned Knight Endowment Draw Endowment Draw

$594,428 $147,575 $100,016 $1,047,669 $148,895 $143,635

$633,773 $245,356 $310,406 $592,526

$1,228,201 $392,931 $410,422 $1,640,196 $148,895 $143,635 $72,290 $453,307

Total

$2,182,218

$2,307,659

$4,489,877

FUNCTIONAL

FUNCTIONAL

TOTAL

Operating Expenses

Operating

In Kind/ Netting ADJ

Non In kind/ Netting Expenses

Program Services Fundraising Administration

$4,877,794 $612,605 $885,895

($1,804,239) ($474) ($123,113)

$3,073,555 $612,131 $762,782

Total

$6,376,294

($1,927,826)

$4,448,468

Operating Surplus

$41,409

Operating Revenue

$0

10% Knight Endowment Draw 2% Earned 3% Membership 3%

Government 27%

Corporate

Individuals

9%

37% Foundation 9%

Administration 17%

Fundraising 14%

Program Services 69%

OPERATING SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS AT THE SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM US Small Business Administration SJMA’s Board of Trustees A Cultural Affairs Grant from the City of San José The Lipman Family Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation Yvonne and Mike Nevens The David and Lucile Packard Foundation The Yellow Chair Foundation The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The SJMA Director’s Council The SJMA Council of 100 The San José Museum of Art Endowment Fund established by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation FY21 Annual Report July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021 Image Captions

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