Triton Museum of Art

Hello All, your friendly Executive Director Preston here, enjoying a relaxing Father’s Day and catching up on a little reading which reminds me the Triton M...useum of Art’s year-long monthly book club, The Stories of Art begins on July 7, 2021, 9:00-10:00 a.m. We invite you to read selected novels about art or famous artists before we meet, and then join us on the first Wednesday morning of each month, for an art history presentation about that month’s novel, the portrayed artist, and related art, as presented by your friendly Executive Director me. Learn how the novels do or don’t comport to the actual history of its subject, and hear more about the artwork and the artists’ times in which they were created. Our first book club art history presentation will be about My Name Is Red by Turkish writer, Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel revolves around miniaturist artists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591. Admission to the monthly book club art history lectures is free for Triton Members ($5 donation requested for non-members), and all are welcome, WHETHER YOU HAVE ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK OR NOT. Coffee and pastries will be served, so please order your first book(s) of the series, get your read on, and you will be set for our first gathering on July 7. We are excited to read with you! For a complete list of the books we will read over the next 12 months, go to our website.

The Triton Museum of Art was awarded an Audience Engagement grant by SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara, to collaborate with local teens on an exhibition curated by teens, to give us a better view of the teenage lens. Click the link below to see an online zine we have created for this exhibition :)

Hello All, your friendly Executive Director Preston here, and I am already looking forward to next weekend, June 26 and 27, when the Triton Museum of Art will h...ost its first outdoor Chalk Art Festival. After a year of sheltering in place and experiencing the museum through social media, we can now once more enjoy a safe, social-distancing conducive, event to celebrate art. Please join us in the Triton Sculpture Garden directly behind the museum to watch 16 artists create some amazing works in chalk. Stroll the park, enjoy a cold drink, and re-connect with the Triton family. Kids (and adults) can try their hand at their own chalk art on supplies provided at our art activity station. And don't forget to visit inside the museum, where, in addition to the wonderful exhibitions, the participating chalk artists will have works displayed which are for sale to benefit the Triton Museum of Art's exhibition and education programs. I hope to see you there!

REMINDER: We would love for you to be able to enjoy this stunning show before it leaves. You are invited to visit the museum on June 6, from noon to 3:00 p.m. for a celebration viewing of Chun-Hui Yu’s exhibition. Hope to see you there - #TritonMuseum #TritonMuseumOfArt #TritonArtMuseum #art #artmuseum #museum #MuseumFromHome #contemporaryart

Reminder: Art History Lecture spots are going quick! Make sure to register soon. Don’t hesitate to sign up for these in-person classes where our Executive Director, Preston Metcalf, will take us on a journey to explore the art that reveals who and what we are: as we saw ourselves in millennia past and up to the present day. Please join us Thursday evenings, June 3 - 24, 2021, from 7:00-8:30 p.m., at the Triton Museum of Art. Social distancing and the wearing of masks will c...ontinue to be observed. Go to our website to register or for more details. Link in bio. - #TritonMuseum #TritonMuseumOfArt #TritonArtMuseum #art #artmuseum #museum #MuseumFromHome #contemporaryart

Sanjay Heera’s exhibition, The Room a Thousand Year’s Wide, opens today, Saturday, May 29, 2021. The show will be on display until August 29, 2021. You don’t want to miss this! Hope to see you soon :) - #TritonMuseum #TritonMuseumOfArt #TritonArtMuseum #art #artmuseum #museum #MuseumFromHome #contemporaryart

Hello all, your frendly Executive DirectorPreston here. If you are out and about tomorrow (Saturday, October 24), please stop by the Triton Museum of Art where something special will be taking place: a pop-up art happening with artists Cuong Nguyen and Vanessa Callanta creating outdoor chalk drawings behind the museum. The best time come will be between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m., when the artists will be well into and near completion of their works. Please stop by and say hi to the artists, and while you are there be sure to visit the excellent exhibitions on view, including our newest exhibition of Chinese brush paintings by Chun-Hui Yu. I hope to see you there!

Hello All, your friendly Executive Director Preston here with news of a pop-up art happening at the Triton Museum of Art on Saturday, October 24, when Cuong Nguyen and Vanessa Callanta will be creating chalk art masterworks at the Triton Museum of Art. Please stop by between 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. to see the works in progress. Remember to wear your masks and social distance. Then check out the exhibitions in the museum. I hope to see you there!

Friendly reminder: we're hosting an artist talk with Renee Billingslea on Sunday, October 18 at 2pm! We hope to see you on our talk on Sunday! Join Our Meeting on Sunday at 2pm... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88021571875 Meeting ID: 880 2157 1875 Passcode: 811459

Triton Online: Artist Talk with Renee Billingslea Sunday, October 18, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Free to the public... Tune in online with artist Renee Billingslea as she shares her distinct creative process for creating the works in her exhibition, Ten Japanese-American Concentration Camps, and how she came to tell this important historical story and why it needs to be told. The artist talk is hosted on Zoom, so please download and click the link below on the day and time of the event to attend. We hope to see you online on October 18! Join Our Zoom Meeting on Sunday, October 18 at 2:00PM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88021571875 Meeting ID: 880 2157 1875 Passcode: 811459

Hello all, your friendly Executive Director Preston here. The Triton Museum of Art was founded in 1965 by attorney, rancher, and philanthropist Robert Morgan, Sr. Now, nearly 55 years later, his grandson Cory Morgan serves on the Triton Board of Trustees. And as if that isn't cool enough, Cory was just promoted to the rank of Lieutenant at the Santa Clara Police Department. Congratulations Lt. Morgan! Today my lovely bride Kay and I delivered a cake she baked to him and his fellow officers. In this time of much -- often justified -- attention on those who are sworn to protect us, the officers of SCPD represent all that is right about the police. We are so grateful to them and all they do to keep our community safe!!!

The Triton Museum is proud to present our Teen Art Zine! Our online publication is a platform for young artists to create art and express their personal experience and visions for the future under the theme of community. Check it out here: https://issuu.com/tritonmuse//community_teen_art_call_zine Thank you to all those who participated! There were so many amazing entries, but we were unable to include them all. We hope to continue these efforts in the future! ... [Image credits: Vy Nguyen, when we die, where do we go; Maia Kumar, Ma mère est ma communauté, (French for my mother is my community); Rachel J. Stav, light in the storm; Urmila Vudali, Beloved; Omid Izadi, Crises on our Planet. Is It a New Future?]

Explorations in Drawing with Jeff Bramschreiber returns! Learn to draw wildlife with us online in this 5 week session! :) Triton Online: Creatures Great & Small Fridays, October 23 - November 20, 2020 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PST... $120 TMA member, $140 general Week One (10/23) - Sharks (Graphite) Week Two (10/30) -Koala Bears (Charcoal) Week Three (11/6) - Hummingbirds (Pen and Ink) Week Four (11/13) - Deer (Colored Pencil) Week Five (11/20) - Elephants (Felt Pen and Pastel Pencil) For more info and a materials list, click the link! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triton-online-creatures-great-

Any plans for the weekend? Add some new art to it! The Triton Museum is reopen for business~ Check out our new exhibition, "Pop, Funk and Just Plain Fun" and have some fun with us! . . [Image: Kelly Detweiler, "Faculty Meeting," painting, 2008] @kdetweilerart .... . #theTriton #TritonMuseum #painting #art #contemporaryart #museum #siliconvalleyart See more

And it has a great museum too!

Jeff Alan West's Artist Talk is now postponed to October 7. See the details below and we hope to see you then! Triton Online: Pursuing the "What If?": A Hybrid Creative Process of Paintbrush and Pixel Wednesday, October 7, 2020... 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Free to the public Tune in online with artist Jeff Alan West as he shares his distinct creative process for creating the works in his exhibition, Spellings of Gravitas. Pursuing a "What If?" creative attitude, he will demonstrate the fluid movement between both traditional and digital media. The artist talk is hosted on Zoom, so please download and click the link below on the day and time of the event to attend. We hope to see you on October 7! Join Zoom Meeting on October 7! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83338525691 Meeting ID: 833 3852 5691 Passcode: 436824

Thank you Santa Clara ... a city that cares!

Hello all, your friendly Executive Director Preston here, with great news about the Triton Museum of Art ... our long hibernation is OVER!!! With recent changes in the City's re-opening status as designated by the State and County, we are thrilled to be able to once again open our doors to you. It has been more than six months since we began our stay-at-home status, but now we can once more share with you some amazing art and a quiet place to stroll, contemplate, learn, and most importantly ... just get out of the house. Starting tomorrow, September 19, at 11:00 a.m. our doors will re-open. We do ask that all visitors wear masks that cover both mouth and nose at all times, and that everyone maintain proper social distancing. I hope to see you there.