ArtNow is an annual juried Santa Clara County high school art exhibition and educational program, presented by New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU). The ArtNow Exhibition and supporting programs offer opportunities for high school student artists, from Palo Alto to Gilroy, to gain real-world experience in participating in a juried museum exhibition.

Each year, a new theme is chosen for the exhibition and students are asked to submit works based on that theme. $10,000 in scholarships and awards are given to participating students. Students have the opportunity to win awards in 8 artistic categories as well as an overall Best in Show award and a People’s Choice award. The categories are Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, Digital Art & Video/Animation. The awards in each category and the Best in Show award are determined by a panel of guest judges, who are local university faculty and established practicing artists. NUMU intentionally recruits a diverse array of jurors from different cultural and artistic backgrounds who can all speak to specific medium categories in ArtNow, depending on their own professional art practices. Our judges for the 12th annual ArtNow Exhibition Unarmed Truth are Kathy Aoki, Binh Danh, Mitra Fabian, James Morgan, and Rupy C. Tut.