Art Alert: Cultivating Collaborations

Art Alert: Cultivating Collaborations

Having trouble reading this email? Click here to view it in your browser.   Cultivating Collaborations     Saturday, November 9, 2 p.m. (networking reception to follow) Art Center Studios   FREE   Join us for a lively panel about the value of partnerships in museums. Karen Kienzle, Director of the Palo Alto Art Center and Sharon Bliss, Associate Curator of the Fine Arts Gallery at San Francisco State University, will discuss the collaboration between their organizations that resulted in the Bibliophilia and The Illuminated Library exhibitions. Susan Leask, Acting Senior Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art, will discuss the Around the Table collaboration. Mario Diaz, Vice President at Wells Fargo Foundation, will present a funder’s perspective on collaborations between institutions.   Co-sponsored by the Museum Studies Program at San Francisco State University and the Museum Studies Special Interest Group.   Where should I park? With the renovation of the Main Library, parking at the Art Center has been temporarily reduced. Please use the parking lot at the eastern side of the building (near the Auditorium and/or Temporary Main Library). To access this lot, use the Embarcadero Road entrance, or from Newell Road, drive to the back of the building.    For more information contact the Art Center at 650.329.2366 or artcenter@cityofpaloalto.org San Francisco jeweler Summer Powell combines art and 3-D printing technology in her creative process. She designs her jewelry and then has her designs fabricated in ​nylon on a 3-D printer. See her ground-breaking work at The Gallery Shop at the Art Center!    The Palo Alto Art Center is your place to discover art. See, make, and be inspired because everyone is an artist. The Palo Alto Art Center, Division of Arts and Sciences, City of Palo Alto, is supported by the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation and the Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council. Visit the Art Center.                  Learn. Create. Be Inspired.            Discover the artist in you!   Become a member of the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation which supports Palo Alto Art Center programs.