Youth ages 8-12, meet us at the museum and join educators to tour the Made of Memory exhibit, in which you will learn about five women artists who explore concepts of memory as it pertains to generational and cultural experience, immigration, and migration. Participate in a fun collage art activity after the exhibition tour in the Museum's MakerSpace.

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, explore Los Gatos history while you sketch objects from NUMU's extensive collection of objects and artifacts. Artists of all levels are welcome to join this informal session and materials will be provided.

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, explore Los Gatos history while you sketch objects from NUMU's extensive collection of objects and artifacts. Artists of all levels are welcome to join this informal session and materials will be provided.

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, explore Los Gatos history while you sketch objects from NUMU's extensive collection of objects and artifacts. Artists of all levels are welcome to join this informal session and materials will be provided.

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, explore Los Gatos history while you sketch objects from NUMU's extensive collection of objects and artifacts. Artists of all levels are welcome to join this informal session and materials will be provided.

Join Richard D. Mohr, ceramics historian and author of several books on LGBTQ+ social and political issues, for part two of a lecture series on local artists Frank Ingerson and George Dennison, who are the subjects of his recent book The Splendid Disarray of Beauty: The Boys, the Tiles, the Joy of Cathedral Oaks - A Study in the Arts and Crafts Community. In this presentation, Mohr will discuss the social importance and impact of Ingerson and Dennison’s well-known romantic relationship, and how The Boys contributed to queer history as arguably America’s first transparently common-law-married gay couple.

Join us and Richard D. Mohr, ceramics historian, author, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois - Urbana, for part one of a lecture series on local artists Frank Ingerson and George Dennison. The Boys, as they were affectionately known, are the subjects of his recently published book The Splendid Disarray of Beauty: The Boys, the Tiles, the Joy of Cathedral Oaks - A Study in the Arts and Crafts Community. In this presentation, Mohr will discuss Ingerson and Dennison’s prolific art careers and their many contributions to the Arts & Crafts movement, as well as the California art scene at large.   

Join educators at the New Museum Los Gatos to tour the Terra Firma exhibit and learn more about our relationship to land. Participate in a fun art activity after the exhibition tour in the Museum's MakerSpace. 

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, explore Los Gatos history while you sketch objects from NUMU's extensive collection of objects and artifacts. Artists of all levels are welcome to join this informal session and materials will be provided.

Did you know Los Gatos has an Art Museum? Learn about the Muwekma Ohlone and other exhibits with our friends over at NUMU. They will bring over some of the hidden museum items that aren't on display. This event will conclude over at the Museum for those who want to join in on a tour.

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, join NUMU educators at the New Museum of Los Gatos to tour the exhibition Reclamation: Art and Culture of the Muwekma Ohlone and learn more about our region's First People. Participate in a fun activity after the exhibition tour!

LGS Recreation and New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) are partnering to bring you a fun day filled with arts, crafts, and immersive activities inspired by National Diversity Day. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to celebrate your family’s diversity through art and history activities led by community partners from Los Gatos and the wider Bay Area. Day-of registration will be accepted at the door as space permits. All children must be accompanied by a registered adult.

Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, join NUMU educators as they walk us through artist Marie Cameron’s show, “Critical Masses, A Very Low Tide,” which presents views of human impact on our delicate ecosystem. After the gallery viewing, we will create artworks of our own in the Museum’s Makerspace based on the theme of protecting our oceans and our planet.

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Get to know both the New Museum of Los Gatos and the Los Gatos Library in this fun event. We will discover the art of college together by admiring picture book illustrations that employ the use of collage, by touring the Museum's art exhibitions, and finally, making our own collage art in the Museum's lounge.

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