Tuesday, July 28, 2015

More Than your Selfie

NUMU MuseumWednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 11am-8pm Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 11am-5pm

The selfie is an ancient medium of art that only recently has been trivialized. Rembrandt painted himself throughout his life, capturing the…

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Found/Made

San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles12pm

Guest Curated by Roderick Kiracofe Found includes vintage quilts from Roderick Kiracofe's collection as well as pieces from the collection…

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Plus One: Pop Duplications

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

In the early 1960s, American artists increasingly drew on popular imagery, commercial signage, and product design as source material and creative…

Promised Land: JACOB LAWRENCE at the Cantor. A Gift from the Kayden Family

Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am - 5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

This exhibition features an exceptional group of 56 works by the 20th-century American artist, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), and one by his spouse,…

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American Battleground: Photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865

Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

Photography was invented in France more than two decades before the Civil War erupted in America. By the 1860s, visual culture and fine art…

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Word as Image: Highlights from the Marmor Collection

Cantor Arts CenterOpen: Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

While artists throughout history have integrated words into their works, modern and contemporary artists have given them a significant position…

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Art+Process+Ideas

Mills College Art Museum11am to 7pm

Art+Process+Ideas: June 24-August 30, 2015 Opening Reception: June 24, 2015 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Mills College Art Museum The Mills College Art…

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Big Bug Bonanza

Lawrence Hall of Science12:00 noon–2:00 p.m.Free with admission

Bring out your inner entomologist and discover a world right under your feet. Meet and touch small bugs, spiky ones, and even giant ones as…

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Engineering Design Everyday

Lawrence Hall of Science10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Do Ingenuity Lab challenges every day in the Ingenuity Studio, located on the exhibit floor. Design, build and test your own inventions with…

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Summer Animal Adaptations

Lawrence Hall of Science1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

How does warmer weather change an animal's appetite, behavior or coat? Meet a friendly new animal every 30 minutes in the Animal Discovery Room…

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Summer Fun Days

Lawrence Hall of Science12:00 noon–2:00 p.m.

Make your Wednesdays "Summer Fun Days" with new, exciting events each week. Build structures with unlikely materials, witness high-flying stunts…

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28 Chinese

Asian Art Museum10am-5pm, til 9pm on Thu

The result of more than a decade’s worth of exploration, research and collecting, this new exhibition—organized by the extraordinary Rubell…

Pacific Worlds

Oakland Museum of CaliforniaWed & Thu 11 am – 5 pm, Fri 11am - 9pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 6pm

Celebrating the vibrant historic and cultural relationships, past and present, between the Pacific Islands and California, Pacific Worlds examines…

Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Wed & Sun Noon - 6 PM, Thu-Sat Noon - 8 PM, Free First Tuesday of every month from Noon - 8 PM

YBCA is thrilled to be the only West Coast venue for Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, the first comprehensive survey…

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Picturing Sound, Creating Mood

Asian Art Museum10:00am-5:00pm

Indian paintings rotation third floor (Gallery 5)

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Modern Times: O'Keeffe, Stieglitz, Toomer

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

The aesthetic and romantic relationship between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz has been widely studied, but less is known about O'Keeffe's…

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Science Fiction | Science Future

Lawrence Hall of Science10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Curiosity, innovation and imagination underpin many scientific discoveries, just as science fiction stories do. Science Fiction | Science Future…

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Animating Comics Exhibition at the Schulz Museum

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center10:00am - 5:00pm

Animating Comics May 2 through October 15, 2015 | Downstairs Changing Gallery Over 40 animated Peanuts specials have been released since 1965.…

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Animating Comics Exhibition at the Schulz Museum

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center10:00am - 5:00pm

Animating Comics May 2 through October 15, 2015 | Downstairs Changing Gallery Over 40 animated Peanuts specials have been released since 1965.…

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Exquisite Nature: 20 Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings

Asian Art Museum10:00am-5:00pm Closed on Mondays

The Asian Art Museum presents 20 masterpieces of Chinese paintings from 14th to 18th centuries, representing the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.…

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