New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU)

Date Saturday &amp; Sunday, August 15-16, 2026 Time 11 AM-1 PM Location NUMU | 106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, 95030 Cost $75 General, $65 NUMU Members. Tax or additional service fees may apply. Membership starts at $40. <a href="https://www.numulosgatos.org/membership" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Become a member today!</a> Pre-registration is required. Beginner and family-friendly. All materials provided. Age 13 and under must be accompanied by a ticketed adult.Build, paint, and assemble your own hanging fish sculpture with Jess Gilliam in this two-day, creatively open-ended paper maché workshop at NUMU!.
On day one, you will be guided through the structure, shaping, and assembly of your paper maché sculpture. Your piece will dry overnight at NUMU.
On day two, you will paint and walk away with a finished piece that feels both sculptural and playful.
Beginner and family-friendly! All materials provided. Age 13 and under must be accompanied by a ticketed adult.
Questions? Email workshops@numulosgatos.org or call 408-354-2646 during our open hours.

Local Event: Fish Forms: A Paper Maché Sculpture Workshop

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Fish Forms: A Paper Maché Sculpture Workshop

Date Saturday & Sunday, August 15-16, 2026 Time 11 AM-1 PM Location NUMU | 106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, 95030 Cost $75...

Celebrate our nation’s 250th Sesquicentennial by participating in our Handwriting the&nbsp;Constitution community art project. Participants will transcribe portions of the U.S. Constitution&nbsp;on large&nbsp;foamcore&nbsp;whiteboards using black felt-tip markers. 
Participants at all levels of artistic skill are welcome. The transcriptions will be assembled into a single large-scale collective artwork-the entire U.S. Constitution written by diverse hands-and will be installed for the public in Los Gatos.
Participating in the handwriting sessions can be meditative, thought-provoking, and reflective. We hope that participants will have a renewed sense of the importance of, and appreciation for, our Constitution. We will collect comments, impressions and observations from participants about their experience.
Constitution handwriting sessions will be offered at NUMU:&nbsp;
7/16/26 - 12:15-1:15 PM 7/25/26 - 12:15-1:15 PM 8/20/26 - 12:15-1:15 PM
This program is made in partnership with the Town of Los Gatos. More information&nbsp;can be found at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.handwritetheconstitution.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.handwritetheconstitution.com</a>

Local Event: Handwriting the Constitution (8/20)

Handwriting the Constitution (8/20)

Celebrate our nation’s 250th Sesquicentennial by participating in our Handwriting the Constitution community art project....

Join us for a talk by eminent Los Gatos Physician and art collector, Dr. Josel Cabaccan.
Dr. Cabaccan serves on the acquisitions committee of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Pieces from his own collection have been featured in the Venice Biennale 2022 and 2024, Louisiana Museum 2018-2019 and 2023, Musee d' Art Moderne de Paris 2023 - 2024, Centre d'Art La Malmaison de Cannes 2020, and published in Yayoi Kusama "Everyday I Pray for Love" and the upcoming "Anthology of drawings by Luc Tuymans" 2026. He frequently travels to art fairs such as Art Basel and Frieze and international and local art exhibitions, which he highlights on his Instagram @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/an_art_throb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">an_art_throb</a>.
Limited seats available, first-come, first-served. We ask that seating be surrendered to those with accessibility needs.

Local Event: How to Begin/Build a Personal Art Collection

How to Begin/Build a Personal Art Collection

Join us for a talk by eminent Los Gatos Physician and art collector, Dr. Josel Cabaccan.
Dr. Cabaccan serves on the...

Interested in trying figure drawing for the first time or brushing up on your skills? Join us at NUMU for our monthly, self-guided figure drawing sessions!&nbsp;Each session will take place in our Flick Drawing Studio with a live model, easels, newsprint paper, and pencils.&nbsp;You are welcome to bring additional materials.&nbsp;
We will begin each two-hour session warming up with two and five-minute poses, followed by ten and twenty-minute poses.&nbsp;There will be a scheduled break midway through the session. All experience levels are welcome, but please note this is an uninstructed session. This is an opportunity to draw a live model and to connect with peers. A NUMU staff member will be present to facilitate the timing of the model’s poses.
Questions? Email workshops@numulosgatos.org or call 408-354-2646 during our open hours.
Details
<ul><li>Advanced registration is required. Sales will close the day prior to the event.</li><li>Workshops start on time; please allow 30 minutes for <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54665323e4b07e4acef324f6/t/63ffa489af3f955a66ec9883/1677698187030/NUMUParkingMap.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">parking</a>.</li><li>All workshops have a minimum sign-up requirement. If the participant minimum is not met, the workshop is subject to cancellation, and NUMU will reach out to you directly with next steps.</li><li>Tickets are nonrefundable.</li></ul>

Local Event: Live Figure Drawing

Live Figure Drawing

Interested in trying figure drawing for the first time or brushing up on your skills? Join us at NUMU for our monthly,...

Girl Scouts will explore art and design through hands-on activities including painting, printmaking, and building. Brownies will tour NUMU’s galleries with a museum professional, experiment with line-making, printmaking techniques, and create their own painted portraits. Each Girl Scout will also design and build a custom frame to display their artwork. This engaging program is a fun experience you won’t want to miss!<h3></h3>

Local Event: Girl Scouts Brownie Art and Design Badge

Girl Scouts Brownie Art and Design Badge

Girl Scouts will explore art and design through hands-on activities including painting, printmaking, and building. Brownies...

When Thurs-Sun, Sep 3-27, 2026 | 10 AM-4 PM, during <a href="https://www.numulosgatos.org/visit" style="color: #a6ce36; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">open hours</a> Location NUMU | 106 E. Main Street Cost Free with admission This program is self-led and drop-in. No registration is required.
Hoo’s ready for September’s monthly craft? Visitors can use upcycled cardboard, paper, and more to make their own horned owl, a popular sight to see as Los Gatos enters fall. If you need more inspiration, you can check out our collection of taxidermy owls on display in the Los Gatos History Project and Collections Lab. It's a hoot!
The Monthly Craft is a drop-in, self-led artmaking activity that complements NUMU’s current exhibitions or seasonal themes. Activities are designed for a wide range of participants. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Please leave the space as you found it for others to enjoy.

Local Event: Monthly Craft: Paper Owls

Monthly Craft: Paper Owls

When Thurs-Sun, Sep 3-27, 2026 | 10 AM-4 PM, during open hours Location NUMU | 106 E....

Enjoy free general admission 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 free guided art tour 11:30 AM-12 PM, and a free guided history tour from 2-2:30 PM.

Local Event: Free First Sunday (September 2026)

Free First Sunday (September 2026)

Enjoy free general admission on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4...

Join local artist John Paul Amaral for gourd art making and its tradition in the Pueblos of the American Southwest. John Paul will teach attendants the elements of designing their own patterns on gourds. Then, he will teach them how to use wood-burning techniques and traditional plant-based water coloring to decorate them. The workshop will include a discussion on the long history of gourd art and pottery in Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan peoples. Visitors are invited to bring patterns from their own cultures and inspiration from their lives to design their gourds.
The instructor will be providing:
<ul><li>Hand-sized gourds</li><li>#2 pencils</li><li>Rulers</li><li>Wood burning tools</li><li>Watercolor paints</li><li>Paint brushes</li></ul>
Students are invited to bring (if you have materials already):
<ul><li>Digital or physical prints of patterns they will like to use as reference materials</li></ul>

Local Event: Traditional Gourd Art with John Paul Amaral

Traditional Gourd Art with John Paul Amaral

Join local artist John Paul Amaral for gourd art making and its tradition in the Pueblos of the American Southwest. John Paul...

Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about violinist and composer Yehudi Menuhin. We will be joined by musician Robert Huguenor.

Local Event: Talk of the Town: Yehudi Menuhin

Talk of the Town: Yehudi Menuhin

Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about violinist and composer Yehudi Menuhin. We will be...

Date Sunday, September 20, 2026 Time 12-3 PM Location NUMU | 106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, 95030 Cost $100 General, $90 NUMU Members. Tax or additional service fees may apply. Membership starts at $40. <a href="https://www.numulosgatos.org/membership" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Become a member today!</a> Pre-registration is required. All materials provided. Ages 16+
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Learn how to capture the magical light of the Central Coast in oils with local landscape painter, Victoria Galitzine. This class will cover the basics of solvent-free oil painting utilizing the expressive “alla prima” (wet-on-wet) technique. Victoria will guide you step-by-step on how to layer oils using quick, intuitive brushwork. All ability levels are welcome. You will leave with your very own impressionist-style oil seascape. All materials provided.
Questions? Email workshops@numulosgatos.org or call 408-354-2646 during our open hours.
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Local Event: Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting Workshop

Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting Workshop

Date Sunday, September 20, 2026 Time 12-3 PM Location NUMU | 106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, 95030 Cost $100 General, $90...

NUMU is pleased to present New Additions 2026, on view for a limited time and highlighting more than five years of donations of artwork and historical artifacts to our institution. Through the generosity of our community of regional and exhibiting artists, collectors, and keepers of history, we carefully and thoughtfully build our permanent art and history collections to preserve and maintain them for generations to come.&nbsp;

Local Event: Exhibition Closing: New Additions 2026

Exhibition Closing: New Additions 2026

NUMU is pleased to present New Additions 2026, on view for a limited time and highlighting more than five years of donations of...

Local Event: Free First Sunday (October 2026)

Free First Sunday (October 2026)

In this program, Girl Scout Juniors will earn their Art and Design Badge by creating a Tiny Art Show. We will explore NUMU’s galleries looking for art and design, paint a tiny canvas, experiment with color saturation, sculpt tiny pottery from clay, and design our own tiny art show with pedestals and frames. This tiny art and design experience will be big fun!

Local Event: Girl Scouts Junior Art and Design Badge

Girl Scouts Junior Art and Design Badge

In this program, Girl Scout Juniors will earn their Art and Design Badge by creating a Tiny Art Show. We will explore NUMU’s...

Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about the agriculture and canneries of the South Bay.

Local Event: Talk of the Town: Canneries & Agriculture

Talk of the Town: Canneries & Agriculture

Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about the agriculture and canneries of the South Bay.

The goal of this project is to highlight the Disability Arts Community as a way to reveal how art can be created: in communities, through conversation and support, through interdependence, and within systems of care. The concept of interdependence, or mutual reliance, celebrates asking for assistance, and honors the collaboration that is often present in artistic practice. NUMU provides a venue for conversation and learning to shift perspectives and develop awareness of disability culture and artists with disabilities.&nbsp;
“The concept of interdependence–that all people have needs, that none of us can get through the world solely on our own, and that having needs is not weak or bad or shameful–[is] an exciting and revolutionary part of the work; a break from, and add-on to the disability rights movement’s ideas of independence.”&nbsp; - The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Museums often construct a false separation between art created by artists with disabilities (disabled artists) and artists who do not expressly identify with disability. This exhibition disrupts that expectation by acknowledging that identity is intersectional and that creativity is informed by an artist’s lived experience. NUMU presents art that is made by, for and in collaboration with artists in the Disability Arts Community, celebrating the richness and diversity of the collective.&nbsp;
This project was developed with the support of an advisory group including individuals who identify as disabled, as well as allies who work to support and bring visibility to disability culture.

Local Event: Exhibition Opens: Community Ignition

Exhibition Opens: Community Ignition

The goal of this project is to highlight the Disability Arts Community as a way to reveal how art can be created: in...

Local Event: Free First Sunday (November 2026)

Free First Sunday (November 2026)

<h3>Girl Scouts will explore art and design through hands-on activities including painting, printmaking, and building. Brownies will tour NUMU’s galleries with a museum professional, experiment with line-making, printmaking techniques, and create their own painted portraits. Each Girl Scout will also design and build a custom frame to display their artwork. This engaging program is a fun experience you won’t want to miss!</h3>

Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about Neal Cassady, a local author, and the Beat Generation. We will be joined by publisher Dan Pulcano.

Local Event: Talk of the Town: Neal Cassady & the Beats

Talk of the Town: Neal Cassady & the Beats

Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about Neal Cassady, a local author, and the Beat...

This exhibition focuses on the Muwekma Ohlone’s cultural and practical efforts in land stewardship, including cultural burns and the cultivation of native plants that provide resources for regalia making, food, and traditional healing. They are reawakening their Chochenyo language as well as dance, music, song, and ceremonies. This exhibition sheds light on the Tribe’s ongoing cultural revival after a century of erasure following the loss of, and the fight to regain, federal recognition.
Two companion exhibitions developed in partnership with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, San José State University Dept. of Anthropology, and New Museum Los Gatos highlight Muwekma Ohlone cultural practices, land stewardship, and their ongoing efforts to restore their federal recognition.&nbsp;
Muwekma Ohlone Culture and Connection in Pursuit of Recognition will be on view in the Mike &amp; Alyce Parsons Reception Gallery from June 12, 2026, through January 3, 2026, and Reciprocity of Land, Sea, and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe will be in the Spotlight Gallery from July 10 through November 29, 2026.

Local Event: Exhibition Closes: Reawakening: Reciprocity of Land, Sea, and the Muwekma

Exhibition Closes: Reawakening: Reciprocity of...

This exhibition focuses on the Muwekma Ohlone’s cultural and practical efforts in land stewardship, including cultural burns...

Exhibition Closes: Reawakening: Reciprocity of Land, Sea, and the Muwekma

Join us for a festive night at the museum with additional open hours &amp; free admission! As a featured stop along the Los Gatos Chamber's Holiday Trolley route, we'll be staying open late to spread some holiday cheer. This is a fun family tradition with light refreshments, holiday-themed crafts, music, and lots of local art and history!
Drink tickets will be available with a $5 suggested donation. NUMU Members will receive a free drink ticket. <a href="https://www.numulosgatos.org/membership" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Become a member today!</a>Looking for a festive way to get to the museum? The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce’s Magical Memories Trolley will be stopping right outside! The free trolley will follow a scenic hop on/hop off loop through our beautifully decorated downtown. Details TBD.

Local Event: Festive Night at the Museum

Festive Night at the Museum

Join us for a festive night at the museum with additional open hours & free admission! As a featured stop along the Los Gatos...

John Paul Amaral

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Campbell

Saratoga

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Scotts Valley

Cupertino

Capitola-Soquel

Santa Cruz

Los Altos

Mountain View

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Palo Alto

Plaza De Cesar Chavez

Join the Association of Indo Americans (AIA) and Bolly 92.3 FM for one of the Bay Area's largest multinational India Day parades, featuring Honorable Guest and Grand Marshal Taapsee Pannu.
This FREE community celebration includes a spectacular India Day Parade with 75+ cultural floats and marching groups, a Day &amp; Night Mela, live cultural performances, Vijay Bharat – Dances of India, a Food Festival, Shopping &amp; Exhibition, Fashion Show, Kids Zone, and the Historic Flag Walk &amp; Tiranga Walk.
Bring your family, wear your tricolor, and join thousands of community members as we celebrate India's 80th Independence Day and America's 250th anniversary in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026 
Parade: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 
Mela: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM 
Location: Plaza de César Chávez, Downtown San Jose 
Admission: FREE (Register for your free Mela ticket at AIAEvents.org)

Local Event: Taapsee Pannu Leads AIA SWADES 2026 | Historic India Day Parade | Aug 15 | San Jose

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Taapsee Pannu Leads AIA SWADES 2026 | Historic...

Join the Association of Indo Americans (AIA) and Bolly 92.3 FM for one of the Bay Area's largest multinational India Day...

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