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Time Capsules - City of San Jose - San Jose, CA     Located on the former campus of Camden High School, the series of artwork in the new Camden Community Center honors and celebrates the people and history of the Camden area. Art students at San Jose...

Teaching Stones - X: Architecture/Art - San Jose, CA     Created by eight fine-art students at the Academy of Art University, this work was designed as a tribute to Doris Dillon, a teacher in the Almaden Community who was known for her generous spirit and ability to...

Urban Rain - City of San Jose - San Jose, CA     Artist Jackie Brookner incorporated function to develop the form of these art pieces for the Roosevelt Community Center’s north and south entries. At the north entry, a rock garden and seating area during dry weather...

Padre Sheedy's Umbrella - City of San Jose - San Jose, CA     Efforts of San Jose State University art professor, Tony May and his students in his Art in Community class, produced this piece in commemoration of Father Mateo Sheedy. Father Sheedy was known in the...

Wishing Wands - Wowhaus - San Jose, CA     Based on the universal practice of children blowing on dandelion seed heads while making a wish, the artist team created this piece inspired by simple experiences witnessed at Berryessa Creek Park. Three 12 ft. high stainless steel pipe...

Another World - Otterness Studio - San Jose, CA     In the entry plaza of Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, this piece consists of 22 bronze sculptures depicting various elements of the Park and Zoo. The individual pieces were structurally anchored into the plaza slab or on...

Cesar E. Chavez Monument - Workshop Hakomori Yantrasast/ Judith F. Baca - San Jose, CA     César Chávez, the world-renowned human rights activist lived east of the University campus in San José, the closest major city to the fields where he rose to fame as a farm...

Circle of Heroes - Stephen J. Farley - San Jose, CA     As a tribute to the past, present and future heroes of the Gardner Community, artist Stephen Farley designed 18 photographic panels encircling the Gardner Community Center Plaza. The panels consist of 10 ft. tall steel...

Orchard School Solar Carports - Salas O'Brien Engineers - San Jose, CA     In an effort to reduce energy costs and divert spending on education, the Orchard School District utilized funds to install solar photovoltaic panels which doubled as carport shade structures. The $7 million structures consisted...

Theater Renovation at Live Oak High School - MVE Institutional - Morgan Hill, CA     The 16,000 sq. ft. high school theater, originally designed by AKH and constructed in 1975, was renovated to upgrade mechanical, plumbing, electrical and theatrical aspects of the facility. A comprehensive seismic upgrade...