Highlights of Recent Exhibitions
De Anza Student Art Show
May 7-June 6, 2024
Featuring ceramics, drawing, digital art, paintings, photography and sculpture by students at De Anza College
Student Award Winners
Ceramics Award
Linda Baker, Ghost Birds, 2024
"Birds are sentinels, the current threats to them from climate change are warnings of future threats to us all. In this set of wearable porcelain sculptures, each bird represents a California species that is included by Audubon on their list of climate threatened and endangered birds."
Mixed Media Award
Fernanda Loreto, Mi Ranchito, 2024
“This artwork embodies a slice of my homeland, Mexico. Having spent my formative years there until I was 16, this traditional home holds a special place in my heart symbolizing my deep affection for my country, its simple beauty, and warm atmosphere.”
Painting Award
Eunyoung Park, Upcycled, 2024
“This painting represents my experience after being shattered. I borrowed a concept from Japanese art called Kintsugi, repairing broken pottery.”
Drawing Award
Frank Yung-Fong Tang, Self-Portrait, 2023
“How Georgia O’Keeffe rendered flowers in close-up inspired me to render my self-portrait like a child looking up, a close-up image of me.”
Photography Award
Elsa X Núñez, Beautiful Strength, 2024
“Every person has at least one exceptional story to share about their lives. I love hearing stories from everyone I meet. It’s inspiring.”
Sculpture Award
Anna Novitska, Girl with the Pearl Earring, 2023
“I like making beautiful things, I am very happy that at De Anza College you can turn any idea into reality.”
Additional Works
Here are some of the other works in this exhibition
Jay Gall, On Target 1
"Each work was inspired by the desire to capture a discrete and fleeting moment in time, unique in form."
Karl Medina, Little Dragon
"My children inspire me to cultivate a sense of creativity and culture within the family."
Dan De Zordo, Coyote
"Photography has provided me an opportunity to explore and capture the beauty of Bay Area landscapes and wildlife."
Iryna Kaleniuk, St. Andrews Church
"St. Andrew’s Church is one of the most beautiful churches in Kyiv. I created this embroidery during the first couple of months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was my way of coping with the stress and sleepless nights that I had while calling my mother in Kharkiv and all my group mates."
Sacred Terrain
Jan. 31-March 23, 2024
Sacred Terrain explored the beauty and healing powers of plants and the natural world, and our need to honor and protect both.
Featured artists: Laurin Chichkanoff, Barnali Ghosh, Meesha Goldberg, Liz Hickok with Phil Spitler, Pantea Karimi, Katherine Levin-Lau, Favianna Rodriguez and May Shei.
(At right: Coast Prickly Pear by Barnali Ghosh)
This exhibition was presented in partnership with Silicon Valley Reads 2024: “A Greener Tomorrow Starts Today”
Sacred Terrain was sponsored by De Anza College Community Education Division, De Anza Student Government (DASG) and Friends of the Euphrat Museum
Additional events included:
First Thursdays
Open mic nights on Feb. 1 and March 7, 5:30-7pm
Taste of History
Cultivating the Arts and Humanities – fundraiser on Saturday, March 23, 4-7 p.m.
Pantea Karimi:
Saffron Marble Painting
Favianna Rodriguez:
Blooming Splendor
Liz Hickok: Morphological Complexity
Meesha Goldberg: Turtle Island Triptych
May Shei: Goldens and Litchi
Laurin Chichkanoff:
Succulent Seed I
Katherine Levin-Lau: Wonderpus with Finch
Facing Home
Nov. 1-Dec. 14, 2023
Facing Home explores the who, what and where that gives us a sense of home or refuge, and honors the passing of loved ones central to the concept of home.
Artists in this exhibition include Edith R. Argabrite, Tessie Barrera, Cheryl Derricotte, Nimah Gobir, Kristin Lindseth,
George Rivera, Roxana Romero-Vega and Lydia Sanchez
Special projects include a Dia de Los Muertos altar installation in collaboration with the De Anza Latinx Association (DALA), HEFAS and the Pride Center.
Sponsored by De Anza College Community Education Division, De Anza Student Government (DASG) and Friends of the Euphrat Museum
Above artwork by Nimah Gobir and Kristin Lindseth
Winter 2023: Spaces of Belonging
Jan. 26-March 25, 2023
"Spaces of Belonging" featured artwork by four local artists: Frances Paragon Arias, Ellen Bepp, Ted Fullwood and Flo Oy Wong.
Each has been instrumental in creating "spaces of belonging" and inspiring new beginnings through their community-based work and art.
Artwork on display included hand-cut paper "poems," large-scale abstract ceramics
and woven sculptures, a nature haiku installation inspired by a local school garden,
and silkscreen prints about indigenous ceremonies and social justice issues.
This exhibit was presented in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads and its theme: “Journey to New Beginnings.”
Top of page: "Reach" by Ellen Bepp
Above and right: three works by Frances Paragon Arias
Fall 2022: Hamsters, Hedgehogs and Hummingbirds
Oct. 25-Dec. 17, 2022
Business Hamster by Kristina Micotti
Primate Faces by Julie Clements
Refuge by Julie Clements
"Hamsters, Hedgehogs and Hummingbirds" explores how humans relate to, imagine and interact with animals.
This exhibition will include a large-scale, raptor-inspired sculpture made from recycled tools, paintings of wild animals in human environments, a Huichol beaded jaguar with a colored tape floor installation, beloved pet portraits, and ceramic and found-object works that reflect on how we view and impact the animal world.
Artists include Kalpana Adesara, Shriharsha Annadore, Aniceto Bautista Sotero, Saikat Choudury, Julie Clements, Carolyn Crampton, Divya Eby, Force of Nature, Tom Franco, Maytal Gotesman, Fatima Kazi, Marlene Larson, Kristina Micotti, Shubha Prithvi Raj, Anandhi Pugazanthi, Joseph Rodriguez, Piyali Samanta, Lydia Sanchez, Asha Saraogee, Vishakha Shah, Sarabjit Singh, Mythili Kattupalli, and Monica Van Den Dool.
Special projects include collaboration with West Valley Elementary and De Anza College Academy art students.
Museum Hours
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Open Saturdays on Nov. 19, Dec. 3 and Dec. 17: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Open to tour groups by appointment; call 408.864.5464
Wrenching Raptor by Burning Man artist 'Force of Nature'
Spring 2022: Unframed – Spring Student Art Show
April 27 – May 31, 2022
The 2022 spring show was a special project of the Euphrat Museum of Art with the Fine Arts League of Cupertino
The Euphrat Museum of Art is presenting a special exhibition of student art in a variety of media – from paintings and drawings to photography, digital art and sculpture.
The works include reflections on the pandemic, the healing powers of nature, and finding resilience.
Sponsors
City of Cupertino
Community Education Division, De Anza College
De Anza Student Government
Friends of the Euphrat Museum of Art
Artist Credits:
Top row – Bethany Forman, Janki Chokshi
Middle – Norman Aragones
Lower right and below – Charles Haiwen
Fall 2021: common ground
Nov. 1, 2021 – Feb. 17, 2022
Featured artists: Thomas Kiefer, Hector Dionicio Mendoza, Nye' Lyn Tho and Fortune Sitole.
This exhibition examines constructed and unseen borders and boundaries, which speak to our shared needs for respect and dignity, kindness and resilience.
Tom Kiefer
Tom Kiefer's series, "El Sueño Americano/The American Dream," is a photographic documentation of personal belongings carried by migrants and those seeking asylum that were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at a processing facility near the U.S./Mexico border.
Kiefer's intent is to explore the humanity of those who risk their lives crossing the desert into the United States and to inspire compassion and empathy for those who seek a better life.
Young Love
Blanket Assembly
Duct Tape Bottle
Hector Dionicio Mendoza
In his "White Wilderness/Maleza Blanca" series, Hector Dionicio Mendoza explores the complex relationship between nature and migration, immigration and class. Maleza are weeds or undergrowth, a plant that takes root where it's not wanted. His larger-than-life figurative sculptures and drawings emphasize the vulnerability and strength of those crossing through the wilderness and contested spaces and our deep connection to nature.
Pulling/Jalando
Hercules/El Mundo
Pushing/Holding/Leaning
Nye' Lyn Tho
Thought Seed
Nye' Lyn Tho's "Natural Heir" series is a visual pun of natural hair and the embracing of it by people of the African Diaspora.
As recently as 2019, California passed the Crown Act to prohibit discrimination against workers and students based on natural hair.
"Having to mask one's identity to avoid racial injustices of course has huge psychological effects," Nye' says.
The series "is a celebration and support to people who decide to embrace their own natural state of being."
When They Say
Kokobar
Winter 2020: Women Pathmakers
Reception: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. with artists and author Julian Guthrie
- Open Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. during exhibitions
- Silicon Valley Reads 2020 “Women Making it Happen” kick-off event Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., Visual & Performing Arts Center, museum open at 7 p.m. and during book signing
- Screening of "Autumn Gem" with Director Rae Chang Wednesday March 4, 3 p.m.
- "First Thursday" open mic night: March 5, 5 p.m .- 7 p.m. Hosted by award winning
spoken word poet McTate Stroman II
- Open Saturday March 7, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., with a Community Art Station art activity
inspired by Women Pathmakers
- Open to tour groups by appointment
- Closed Monday February 17 for President’s Day
Women Pathmakers honors women whose courage and creativity helped change the world.
Those featured include pioneer mathematicians, the first computer programmer, Nobel Prize winning scientists, civil rights activists, artists and musicians.
Other artworks are inspired by the movement for women's voting rights, displaced immigrant populations and the impacts on women and girls, and the invisible labor of women of color.
Disrupt by Jessica Sabogal, 2018
Tiger Tea by Susan Else, 2013
Boundary by Susan Else, 2005
Artists include Rae Chang, Guy Diehl, Susan Else, Julia Feld, Johanna Foster, Sophie Foster-Palmer, Donna Gatson, Mel Kadel, Pantea Karimi, Keerat Kaur, Kristin Lindseth-Rivera, Hung Liu, Jennifer Mondfrans, Jen Myhre, Fariba Nejat, Favianna Rodriguez, Jessica Sabogal, Shanna Strauss, Rupy C. Tut, and Wanxin Zhang.
This is presented in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads 2020 and their theme, "Women Making it Happen." In recognition of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., Silicon Valley Reads 2020 will celebrate the achievements of women – from the tenacious individuals who worked so hard to get women the right to vote in the early 1900s to the women and girls in the 21st century who are breaking gender barriers to excel in all areas of life.
What a Fantasy World by Wanxin Zhang, 2015
Tomorrow Will Be Fine II by Wanxin Zhang, 2017
Fall 2019: Space and Place
October 23 - December 5, 2019
Reception: Wednesday, November 6, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. with artists, live music, and refreshments
- Open Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. during exhibitions
- Taste of History fundraiser event with international media artist Tamiko Thiel, Saturday October 26,
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- "First Thursday" open mic nights: November 7 and December 5, 5 p.m .- 7 p.m. Hosted
by award winning spoken word poet McTate Stroman II
- Visiting Artist Presentations tba
- Open Saturday November 2, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., with a Community Art Station art activity inspired by Space and Place
- De Anza Space Night, Saturday November 9, museum open 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. with showings of Constellations and Cultures at the Planetarium
- Open to tour groups by appointment
All events are free-of-charge and everyone is welcome!
Space and Place will explore multicultural interpretations of space, hidden layers of culture and history in public spaces, and issues around space and equity.
Participating artists include Binh Danh, John Dorrance, Catie Cadge-Moore, Larry Cazes, Pantea Karimi, Sophie Nangala Rice, Carlos Rodriguez, Tamiko Thiel with Midori Kono Thiel, Rex Winston Walford, Shannon Wright, and more. Special projects by De Anza Academy middle and high school summer art students and De Anza MeCha students.
Enhanced NASA image of Space Infinity Symbol, 2011 Holding Pattern by Shannon Wright, 2017
Milky Way Dreaming by Rex Winston Walford, 2019 Water Dreaming by Sophie Nangala Rice, 2019
Moongraphs, detail, by Pantea Karimi, 2018 Moongraphs by Pantea Karimi, 2018
Spring 2019: Student Art Show
May 6 - June 6, 2019
Reception and Award Ceremony: Wednesday, May 15, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. with artists, live music, and refreshments
- Open Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. during exhibitions
- First Thursday open mic nights: May 2 and June 6, 5 p.m . - 7 p.m.
- Writing Out Loud with National Slam Poet Champion Matt Sedillo, Flo Oy Wong, and guests, May 21, 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Conference Rooms A/B
- Open Saturday June 2, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., with a Community Art Station drop-in hands-on art activity
- Closed Memorial Day May 27
- Open to tour groups by appointment
All events are free-of-charge and everyone is welcome!
This exhibition features a variety of media from paintings and photographs to furniture and ceramics. Artworks include a set of kinetic sculptures made from transformed electric pencil sharpeners, a 6' x 10' painting about a journey towards empowerment, and an interactive installation about consumer culture.
Congratulations to this year's Juror's Choice Award winners!
Painting - Marie Belliard-Serda, The Blue Bird Ceramics - Veronica Felix, Mamá y Hijos
Photography - Matt Crick, My Street Photographic Installation - Matthew Fernandez, Trash Business
Drawing - Severus Jo'iinn, Those Summer Nights Sculpture - Jennifer Lay, Family Dinner
Graphic Design - Gisell Melo, Hands to Yourself and Touch
The jurors were both San Jose State University professors; Binh Danh, Photography and Shannon Wright, Sculpture.
Yin and Yang by Lok Cheang, 2019, Photoshop
Family Dinner by Jennifer Lay, 2018, papier mache, mixed-media
Flying T-Rex by John Dorrance, 2019, electric pencil sharpener, mixed-media
Winter 2019: Ancestral Journeys
February 4 - March 21, 2019
Reception: Wednesday, February 13, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. with artists, live music, and refreshments.
- Open Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. during exhibitions
- Open @ 6:30 p.m. before the Silicon Valley Reads Kickoff Event, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m, and afterwards as well, VPAC Theater
- "First Thursday" open mic nights: February 7 and March 7, 5:30 p.m .- 7:30 p.m.
- Visiting Artist Presentations with Cheryl Derricotte and Trinh Mai, February 13, 10:30 - 12:20 p.m. in MLC112 and 1:30 - 3:20 p.m. in MLC270
- Open Saturday March 7, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., with a Community Art Station ongoing drop-in art activity - "Ancestral Trading Cards"
- Open to tour groups by appointment
All events are free-of-charge and everyone is welcome!
Ancestral Journeys explores identity and ancestral migration, immigration, and diasporas. The artists draw from family stories, history, and ancestral memory and imagination. Artworks include a wearable glass kimono infused with family portraits, a 15' kinetic boat sculpture, drawings with stitchery and tea bags, large scale bronze and marble sculptures, a Yoruban Olojufoforo Headdress and more. Presented in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads 2019, "Finding Identity in Family History."
Artists: Cheryl Derricotte, Rodney Ewing, Reiko Fujii, Hiroyo Kaneko, Marlene Larson, Kija Lucas, Trinh Mai, David Middlebrook, Eric Powell, Gayle Tanaka, Flo Oy Wong, and Cynthia Zhou. Special projects with Lincoln High School, Columbia Middle School, and De Anza College MEChA students.
- Read about the exhibit in the Mercury News
Inside Behind: Grandfather Tanaka/Me, Gayle Tanaka, Photoshop, 2017
American Slave Ship Martha, Cheryl Derricotte, etched glass, 2018
Collision Course, David Middlebrook, cast bronze and mixed media, 2017
Sáng, Sóng, Sang Sông, Sang, Trinh Mai, mixed media, 2013
Fall 2018: Faculty Art Show
October 15 - December 6, 2018
Reception: Wednesday, November 7, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. with artists, live music, and refreshments.
- Open Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. during exhibitions
- Open @ 6 p.m. before the 1500 Stories Silicon Valley Dreams & Doubts Community Forum Part 2, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m, VPAC Theater
- Taste of History fundraiser event, October 27, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Book Launch, "The Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader" by Anthony Santa Ana and Melissa Nievera-Lozano, October 30, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
- "First Thursday" open mic nights: November 1 and December 6, 5:30 p.m .- 7:30 p.m.
- Book Launch, “Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos” by Flo Oy Wong, November 17, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Open to tour groups by appointment
- Open Saturday December 1, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., with a Community Art Station
All events are free-of-charge and everyone is welcome!
The De Anza and Foothill Art Faculty/Staff Show highlights the diverse yet interconnected work of art faculty and staff from De Anza College in Cupertino and Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. Painting, drawing, prints, installation, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and ceramics will be on display.
Artists: Diana Argabrite, Sholeh Asgary, Sita Bhattacharji, Christian Bonner, Sal Breiter, Prakash Chandras, Kimberly Cook, Cheryl Coon, Mark Engel, Julia Feld, Hilary Gomes, Meiru Huang, Julie Hughes, Patricia Jauch, Hiroyo Kaneko, Keith Lee, Rocky Lewycky, Lesley Louden, William Mattick, Masako Miki, Jen Myhre, Moto Ohtake, Diane Pierce, Tressa Pack, Eugene Rodriguez, Andy Ruble, Lisa Teng, Alyssa Van Zandt, and Chia Wen
Bryce Canyon Sunrise, Chia Wen, panoramic photograph, 2018
Untitled, Cheryl Coon, mixed media, 2018
Regeneration Through Violence, Eugene Rodriguez, oil on canvas, 2018
Nocturne (detail), Julie Hughes, acrylic pours on mylar installation, 2018
Sung (conflict), Mark Engel, oil, acrylic, spray paint and glitter on cut wood, 2017
End of Play, Julia Feld, porcelain plate, china paint, 2018
From the mountainESS series, Leslie Louden, C-prints, 2014 - 2018
Harvest #22, from the New Memories series, Hiroyo Kaneko, C-print, 2009
Untitled, William Mattick, C-print, 2015
Rose, Hilary Gomes, water mixable oil paint on oil primed linen, 2018
Sponsors include the De Anza Associated Student Body, Friends of the Euphrat Museum of Art, the De Anza Creative Arts Division and the City of Cupertino
Spring 2018: Student Art Show
May 7-June 8, 2018
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, May 15, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
- Open Monday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. during exhibitions
- Open Saturday, June 2: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., with a Community Art Station
- "First Thursday" open mic nights: May 3 and June 7, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
- Closed Memorial Day on May 28
- Open to tour groups by appointment
Art and design by Benjamin Flores
This exhibition features animations, paintings, drawings, mixed-media works, photography, graphic design, furniture, sculpture and ceramics created by students at De Anza College. The artworks reflect expertise in diverse media and varied interests and points of view.
Jurors for this year’s exhibition are:
- Lauren A. Toomer, Professor, Drawing and the Division of Clinical Anatomy, Stanford University
- Brett Cook, Professional Artist and Muralist, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and Harvard University
- Takeshi Moro, Professor, Photography, Santa Clara University
Sponsors include the De Anza Associated Student Body, Friends of the Euphrat Museum of Art, the De Anza Creative Arts Division and the City of Cupertino
Winter 2018: Showing Up with Care
Feb. 1 - March 22, 2018
Reception with the artists on Wednesday, Feb, 21, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. with music and refreshments
- Open Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., during exhibitions
- Open Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. with drop-in workshop, "Radical Self Care Mandalas"
- Open to tour groups by appointment
- Closed Monday Feb. 19 for Presidents Day
- 1st Thursday open mic nights: Feb. 1 and March 1, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
- Some Divine Commotion – book launch for Dave Denny: Friday Feb. 9, 7-8 p.m.
- Activate! – presented by Flash Forum Fiction and Play on Words: Wednesday Feb. 28, 5-8 p.m.
"Showing Up with Care" explores caregiving, healing and the power of expression. The artists draw from personal experience, advocate for caregiver rights and look at ways that art can be a vehicle for healing and transformation.
Artists include Norm Aragones, Chris Bunz, Annabel Clark, Brett Cook, Marion Coleman,
Kate DeCiccio, Marisa Morán Jahn, Pantea Karimi, Kristin Lindseth-Rivera, Diwa Malaya,
Mark Messenger, Jennifer Myhre, Adan Perez, George Rivera, Cynthia Siegel and Antoinette
"Toni" Stroman.
"Showing Up with Care" is offered in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads 2018, the annual community reading and conversation program, which is focused this year on the theme of caregiving. This year's reading program, entitled "No Matter What: Caring, Coping, Compassion," features the novel "Goodbye Vitamin," by Rachel Khong, and "My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward," a memoir by Mark Lukach.
Read the Mercury News review of "Showing Up with Care."
Read Sal Pizarro's column in the Mercury News about "Showing Up with Care."
Fall 2017: Kindness as Resistance
October 30 - December 8, 2017
Acts of Kindness, a special project for the 50th Anniversary of De Anza College, with Teatro Visión and Intercultural Studies students and faculty. This includes a performance, directed by Rodrigo Garcia, and a vegetarian tamale lunch: Wednesday November 29, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m, in the Euphrat museum and lobby.
See the article in the Mercury News: "Euphrat Museum’s fall exhibit explores kindness and hope."
Cupertino Poet Laureate event, with Celebrate Creativity Awards: Thursday November
9,
7 - 9 p.m.
- Open Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., during exhibitions
- Open Saturday, December 2, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Open to tour groups by appointment
- First Thursday open mic nights November 2, December 7, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Painitng of artist Lenore Chinn standing in front of large artwork
Kindness as Resistance will explore kindness and hope as acts of resistance and positive
counter-narratives. Artworks will include grace-filled portraits of diverse people
and communities, installations about cultural healing traditions, explorations of
faith and hope, and opportunities for connection and communication.
Artists: Elsa Aguirre, Rosanna Alvarez, Tessie Barrera-Scharaga, Branley Cadet, Lenore Chinn, Kate DeCiccio, Lewis deSoto, Shepard Fairey, Yolanda Guerra, Omar Hernández, Elias Kamal, Pantea Karimi, Ruth Morgan, Bmike Odums, Esther Traugot, and Adon Valenziano.
Student projects include Reclaiming Culture with Juan Gamboa's Chicanx Studies classes and Connecting with Rocky Lewycky, Sal Breiter, and Jen Myhre's classes.