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MakerSpace: Rainbow Scratch Art
Apr
10
to Jul 13

MakerSpace: Rainbow Scratch Art

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Join us at NUMU during the ArtNow 2025: Dreamscapes exhibition to create a dreamscape of your own! Visitors will explore the theme our exhibiting artists dove into. Use a stylus to directly engrave a coated card to uncover the colors inside! Will you wander into dreams gone by or let your imagination run wild?

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Creating New Artifacts with Cynthia Brannvall
Feb
27
5:30 PM17:30

Creating New Artifacts with Cynthia Brannvall

Join us for an artist talk with Made of Memory artist Cynthia Brannvall and art historian Dr. Elizabeth Carroll (SJSU and Foothill College). In this conversation, Brannvall reflects on the personal and historical significance of her artistic practice - both as an outlet for catharsis and as a tool for preserving materials, perspectives, and narratives that would otherwise be overlooked by dominant political and institutional forces.

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Beaded Ornament Making
Dec
19
to Dec 22

Beaded Ornament Making

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Get into the holiday spirit at NUMU’s MakerSpace! Join us for a fun-filled session of festive creativity as we create charming, one-of-a-kind ornaments and keychains using wooden beads, perfect for decorating your tree or gifting to someone special.

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MakerSpace: Spooky Origami
Oct
25
to Oct 27

MakerSpace: Spooky Origami

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“Something wicked this way comes” to NUMU this Halloween season! Celebrate with us by making spooky origami. Through the art of origami, paper changes into new shapes, familiar and frightening! You can make a bat, a cat, or a pumpkin!

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MakerSpace: Tessellations
Aug
22
to Aug 25

MakerSpace: Tessellations

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Visit our MakerSpace during museum open hours, Thurs-Sun, August 22-25, to create your own tessellation pattern and the boundaries it forms! Artists of all levels are welcome to join. Materials will be provided, free with admission.

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Artwork Reveal & Reception
Jun
20
6:00 PM18:00

Artwork Reveal & Reception

Join us for a night of firsts! We’ll spend this special evening celebrating two of our latest projects featuring two dynamic Bay Area Artists. We’ll be celebrating the completion of our first mural and revealing the 2024 Director’s Circle artwork commission - our first ever sculpture. We’ll also be joined by our Director Circle Alumni artist network.

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Starting Point Sketches
May
23
to May 26

Starting Point Sketches

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Art always starts somewhere, a line, a shape, a figure, or landscape. Starting Point Sketches in NUMU’s MakerSpace will have visitors creating new drawings from simple shapes, over and over again! Choose a paper with a shape, sketch over it on parchment paper, and see what a difference it makes.

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Mural Public Painting Day (February)
Feb
23
10:00 AM10:00

Mural Public Painting Day (February)

In partnership with Local Color, we’ve invited muralist Tomas ‘Wisper’ Talamantes into the museum for a dynamic look into his creative process. Wisper will create an original mural at the museum, exploring the untold stories, people, events, and variety of cultures that have contributed to Los Gatos and its surrounding areas. During three live sessions, visitors will enjoy the special opportunity to see Wisper in action and learn about his creative process and philosophy. Wisper will start his mural in this first live session.

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Terra Firma: Artist & Curator Tour
Mar
12
1:00 PM13:00

Terra Firma: Artist & Curator Tour

Deepen your understanding of the land beneath your feet by joining us for an artist and curator tour of Terra Firma, a group art exhibition in which artists explore our relationship with the land and present unique interpretations of meaning and connection. Hear from four of our Terra Firma artists, Judith Belzer, Natalya Burd, Binh Danh, and Linda Simmel, as well as guest curator Marianne K. McGrath.

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Final Frontiers: Discussions of Land & Sky
Mar
2
5:00 PM17:00

Final Frontiers: Discussions of Land & Sky

From natural to man-made frontiers, join us as we explore connections between land and art, from the backroads of Silicon Valley to the stars above. We will begin with an artist talk with Russell Crotty in our main gallery, followed by a panel discussion with Tracy Fish, Dr. Kerry Rohrmeier + Dr. Jan English-Lueck examining the reach of Silicon Valley into the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, and ending with a chance to mingle and observe the full moon through telescopes on our patio.

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