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San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

The mission of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles is to promote the art, craft and history of quilts and other textiles. Recognized as the oldest quilt museum in the United States, it was founded in 1977 by the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association. In 2005, it was noted as one of the top ten attractions in San Jose.

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  San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

  520 S. 1st Street
  San Jose, CA 95113

  Phone: 408-971-0323

  Fax: 408-971-7226

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  Metered street parking in front of museum; parking lots at Market and San Salvador.

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• Upcoming Events

  03/21/10	Gallery Time with Joan Schulze
  04/02/10	South First Fridays - San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
  04/08/10	Gallery Time with Joan Schulze
  04/11/10	Kite Magic - Kids Create
  04/29/10	Gallery Time with Joan Schulze

• Past Events

  11/17/09- 02/07/10	Still Crazy
  11/17/09- 02/07/10	Reincarnation - The Crazy Collage Aesthetic of India and Japan
  11/03/09- 11/08/09	High Fiber Under Five
  10/17/09	Art of Collecting 2009
  09/22/09	Bed Turning at the World According to Joyce Gross
  08/08/09	Quilt Appraisal by Julie Silber
  08/04/09- 10/25/09	The World According to Joyce Gross -- Quilts from the Dolph Briscoe Center
  08/04/09- 10/25/09	Fabric Tattoos... The Spirit of the Mola
  05/10/09	Collectors, Collaborations & Commissions
  05/03/09	Kids Create
  05/01/09- 05/02/09	May Day Market
  04/05/09	A Look at Contemporary Chinese Art: with Britta Erickson
  02/22/09	Chinese Folk Art Tradition, Transition and Influence
  02/03/09- 04/26/09	Changing Landscapes: Contemporary Chinese Fiber Art
  02/01/09	Kids Create
  01/04/09	Kids Create
  12/07/08	Kids Create
  11/22/08	Threads of Wisdom: The Artful Approach of Four Fiber Artists
  11/21/08	Breakthrough: Strategies for Artistic Growth
  11/18/08- 01/25/09	Four Contemporary Fiber Art Masters
  11/18/08- 01/25/09	Shifting Focus: Ikat Textiles from the Collection
  11/07/08	High Fiber Under Five
  11/02/08	Kids Create
  10/11/08	2nd Annual Art of Collecting Symposium
  10/05/08	Kids Create
  09/07/08	The History of Art Quilts with Robert Shaw
  09/06/08	A Conversation with Robert Shaw: Radka Donnell in Context
  09/02/08- 11/02/08	Charged Sites: Radka Donnell's Art Quilts
  09/02/08- 11/02/08	‘Til Death Do Us Part: Wedding Quilts from the Collection
  08/23/08	Sha Sha Higby in Transition
  07/27/08	Batik: A Collection of Beauty and Heritage
  06/22/08	The New World of Knitting: A Slide Lecture
  06/21/08	Artful Knit: A Sculptural Approach to Knitting
  06/17/08- 08/24/08	In Javanese Moonlight: Sha Sha Higby
  06/17/08- 08/24/08	Beyond Knitting: Uncharted Stitches
  06/17/08- 08/24/08	Pun Intended: The Appliqued Wit of Dorothy Vance
  06/17/08- 08/24/08	Crocheted Reef and Anemone Garden
  06/08/08	A Mao a Minute: Real Computers as Virtual Weavers
  06/07/08	Creating Conscious Clothing
  04/05/08	Hand and Art
  04/01/08- 06/08/08	Pixels & Pieces
  04/01/08- 06/08/08	Core Memory/Peripheral Vision
  04/01/08- 06/08/08	Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen
  04/01/08- 06/08/08	Awareables: Conscious Clothing
  02/10/08	Artist Lecture: Shoescapes and other Stitches
  01/20/08	Gallery Walkthrough Event - About Clayden: A Curator's Perspective
  01/15/08- 03/23/08	Marian Clayden - The Dyer's Hand
  12/07/07	Fashionable Friday
  11/17/07	The Art of Collecting & Becoming Collectible: A Conversation on Making, Appraising & Collecting Textile Art
  10/21/07	30th Birthday Party and Opening Reception
  10/16/07- 01/06/08	Saturn Returns: Back to the Future of Fiber Art
  09/23/07	Can Art Build Peace? What About Textiles?
  09/11/07	FREE Admission September 11, 2007
  08/19/07	Old Threads/New Ground
  08/18/07	Afghan War Rugs: A Talk and Walk
  07/22/07	In Search of the Whole Truth: Afghan War Rugs
  07/17/07- 09/23/07	Woven Witness: Afghan War Rugs
  07/17/07- 09/23/07	Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory
  07/17/07- 09/23/07	Patriot Art
  05/20/07	Silk, Snacks and Sushi Grass: The Mixed Media Sculptures of Corinne Okada
  05/19/07	Focus on Tapestry: Three Bay Area Artists
  05/04/07	4 Generations of Zapotec Weaving: A Demonstration
  05/03/07	4 Generations of Zapotec Weaving: Tradition & Transition
  04/28/07	American Tapestry Association Silver Anniversary Celebration
  04/27/07	Tapestry in America
  04/24/07	A New Tapestry: Weaving in the Digital Age
  03/18/07	Susan Else: Process & Works Slide Lecture
  02/11/07	Point of View: Reflections & Observations
  02/02/07	The Attack Band
  01/30/07- 04/29/07	Fiber Sculpture by Susan Else
  01/21/07	Opening Reception for Winter '07 Exhibitions
  01/16/07- 04/08/07	The Etiquette of Form: Fiber Art by Fran Skiles
  01/16/07- 04/08/07	Between the Curtains: Bob Freimark's Czech Romance, 1970 - 1995
  01/16/07- 04/08/07	Outside the Box: Quilts with Character
  12/10/06	Costume and Character in Safavid, Persia
  11/12/06	Fast Forward: State of the Art Quilt
  11/03/06	Permanent Madness
  10/25/06- 11/12/06	Dia de los Muertos
  10/10/06- 01/07/07	Quilt National '05 Exhibition
  10/06/06	Poetry & Short Story Readings: Silence and the Feminine Ideal in Iran
  10/01/06- 08/05/07	Kids Create
  09/21/06	A Presentation and Conversation w/ Katherine Westerhout
  07/18/06- 10/01/06	Art About Art: The Weavings of Virginia Davis
  07/18/06- 10/01/06	Katherine Westerhout: After/Image
  04/18/06- 07/09/06	Ao Dai: A Modern Design Coming of Age
  03/19/06	Art Quilts and America During the 1960s &1970s
  03/09/06	Quilt Politics – A Slide Lecture w/Dr. Bernard Herman
  01/17/06- 04/09/06	Jean Ray Laury: A Life by Design
  12/15/05	Primer on Collecting Textile Art
  12/11/05- 01/08/06	Second Sundays Story Hour
  10/23/05- 11/02/05	Dia de los Muertos at Museum of Quilts & Textiles
  09/17/05	Grand Opening Celebration
  09/17/05- 01/08/06	Traditions in Transition
  07/18/05- 10/01/06	Insecurity: An Installation by Julie John Upshaw