Get into the holiday spirit at NUMU’s MakerSpace! Join us for a fun-filled session of festive creativity as we create charming, one-of-a-kind ornaments and keychains using wooden beads, perfect for decorating your tree or gifting to someone special.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
We need your help! We are seeking up to 2 volunteers, ages 16+, to walk around downtown Los Gatos to distribute posters for an upcoming museum event. Volunteers will stop by the museum front desk to pick up a bag with posters, materials, & instructions.
Join us for your last opportunity to see Holly Lane's incredible body of work in the exhibition, Not Enough Time to Love the World. Holly's intricately carved frames and delicately created paintings have transformed the NUMU gallery. This will be a special afternoon to learn more about Holly Lane's artwork and practice directly from the artist and curator, Helaine Glick.
Join us to celebrate our new exhibition with remarks, refreshments, & a really good time.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Submissions for ArtNow 2025 are open through Sunday, February 2 at 11:59 PM. Accepted artists will be listed on the website numulosgatos.org/artnow on Friday, February 28. All students who submitted will receive an email notification shortly after the website announcement.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join us for additional open hours & free admission. Make an ornament or holiday card, enjoy drinks, and fantastic art & history exhibitions for you to explore.
Cynthia Brannvall's work explores themes of identity, geographical origins, and migrations. This Identity Mapping Collage Workshop invites you to share your origins and the places that have shaped who you are today by making your personal identity continent collage. Cut out the states, countries, or continents, snap and print a picture from your phone, and let your creativity be your guide.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join representatives from the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad at the museum for an engaging presentation and Q&A session about the history of the Wildcat Railroad, supplemented by artifacts from NUMU's permanent collection.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join us to celebrate our new exhibition, Made of Memory, with refreshments & mingling!
NUMU Members, join us for an exclusive Curator Tour from 5-6 PM! Become a member today. Afterward, everyone is invited to celebrate our new exhibition, Made of Memory, with refreshments & mingling at a free, public reception.
“Something wicked this way comes” to NUMU this Halloween season! Celebrate with us by making spooky origami. Through the art of origami, paper changes into new shapes, familiar and frightening! You can make a bat, a cat, or a pumpkin!
We need your help! We are seeking up to 2 volunteers, ages 16+, to walk around downtown Los Gatos to distribute posters for an upcoming museum event. Volunteers will stop by the museum front desk to pick up a bag with posters, materials, & instructions.
Join us for a free guided art tour 11 AM-12:30 PM, led by Ally Kraus (genARTS) & Constance Button (NUMU & genARTS) featuring select artists of Boundaries! Get a deeper dive into their work and artistic processes and a chance to ask your burning questions.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
KCAT TV and Radio is hosting its 3rd annual Oktoberfest right here in Los Gatos! Enjoy a day of festivities all supporting KCAT programs & services.
NUMU staff will be tabling from 12:30-3:45 PM PM, so stop by to chat with us and participate in a collaborative art activity for all ages where we'll be making paper puppets!
In this exclusive event for NUMU Members, artist Holly Lane and curator Helaine Glick will give a private tour of Holly's solo shows at the museum: Not Enough Time to Love the World and In the Artist's Studio.
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.
Each year, NUMU offers a series of studio visits where we will be able to appreciate art together exclusively for Circle Members. We’re thrilled to welcome our circle members to the studio of artist Kiana Honarmand, one of the artists from NUMU’s 2023 exhibition (Un)familiar. This event will include our annual Director’s Circle artwork distribution!
Enjoy free general admission on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Or in this case... the second! Since we had an unexpected closure on Sunday, September 1, we will be offering free admission this month on Sunday, September 8.
In this exclusive event for NUMU Members and supporters of Boundaries, exhibition curators Allison Railo (NUMU) and Margaret Luo (genARTS) will discuss how a juried exhibition comes to fruition and the work on view.
Join us to celebrate two new exhibitions featuring artist Holly Lane, Not Enough Time to Love the World and In the Artist’s Studio. We’ll enjoy refreshments, words from the artist, and each other’s company!
Visit our MakerSpace during museum open hours, Thurs-Sun, August 22-25, to create your own tessellation pattern and the boundaries it forms! Artists of all levels are welcome to join. Materials will be provided, free with admission.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join us for a lively summer evening in the museum galleries showcasing the emerging artistic talent featured in the 4th Annual Experimental Exhibition. In partnership with genARTS, we asked artists throughout Santa Clara County to submit an original work of art in response to the theme Boundaries.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Don’t miss out on this unique youth art mural project! Learn art techniques, interact with New Museum Los Gatos art exhibitions and historic collections, and visit local Los Gatos cultural landmarks. By the end of the week students will have completed a one-of-kind painting reflecting the theme “Capturing Life in Los Gatos” that will be digitally photographed, printed, and installed by the Town of Los Gatos on the Forbes Mill footbridge.
Join us for a night of firsts! We’ll spend this special evening celebrating two of our latest projects featuring two dynamic Bay Area Artists. We’ll be celebrating the completion of our first mural and revealing the 2024 Director’s Circle artwork commission - our first ever sculpture. We’ll also be joined by our Director Circle Alumni artist network.
Don’t miss out on this unique youth art mural project! Learn art techniques, interact with New Museum Los Gatos art exhibitions and historic collections, and visit local Los Gatos cultural landmarks. By the end of the week students will have completed a one-of-kind painting reflecting the theme “Capturing Life in Los Gatos” that will be digitally photographed, printed, and installed by the Town of Los Gatos on the Forbes Mill footbridge.
Don’t miss out on this unique youth art mural project! Learn art techniques, interact with New Museum Los Gatos art exhibitions and historic collections, and visit local Los Gatos cultural landmarks. By the end of the week students will have completed a one-of-kind painting reflecting the theme “Capturing Life in Los Gatos” that will be digitally photographed, printed, and installed by the Town of Los Gatos on the Forbes Mill footbridge.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Art always starts somewhere, a line, a shape, a figure, or landscape. Starting Point Sketches in NUMU’s MakerSpace will have visitors creating new drawings from simple shapes, over and over again! Choose a paper with a shape, sketch over it on parchment paper, and see what a difference it makes.
Have a casual chat with NUMU Curator Allison Railo about the museum’s collection and share your stories about Los Gatos history. Allison will highlight some of her favorite newly cataloged objects for discussion.
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