CLARA Exterior Building Image

Process Over Perfection 

Ginny Ruffner What Happens When You Squeeze a Goldfish 2025.20.1

Bright Bloom in Mint and Salmon Pink 2024.85.1 - Hot Takes

Tiffany Paperweight Vase 2025.133.5 - Hot Takes

New Acquisitions in Glass

Hot Takes

Image: Caption: Gladys Nilsson (American, born 1940). Spark, 2023. 

Nilsson Waterplay resize 2

Gladys Ladies Dance

A Gladys Nilsson Retrospective

Gleefully Askew

Image: Suzanne Adan (American, born 1946), Flying Saucers, 1993. Oil on canvas, 67 1/4 x 61 1/4 in. Crocker Art Museum purchase with funds from the 1993 Paint-A-Plate Fundraiser, 1994.5. 

Susan Adan, Even Steven, 1987. Oil on canvas, 11 3/4 X 13 3/4 in. Collection of Michael Stevens.

Suzanne Adan, Giddyup: In Memory of Nils Tahti, 2006. Oil on canvas and wood, 77 x 66 1/8 in. Collection of Mark and Marjorie Friedman.

I'm No Spring Chicken

Suzanne Adan

Marie Zieu Chino (Acoma, 1907–1982), Vessel, n.d. Earthenware, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2015.71.76; Carrie Chino Charlie (Acoma, 1925–2012), Olla, n.d. Earthenware, 8 x 8 3/4 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Phyllis and Alvin Rutner, 2014.134.1; JoAnn Chino Garcia (Acoma, born 1961), Vessel, 1991. Earthenware, 9 1/2 x 11 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum purchase, with funds provided by the Martha G. and Robert G. West Fund, 2015.116.

Artwork: Pueblo Pottery Marie Zieu Chino

Nathan Youngblood (Santa Clara, born 1954), Carved Black Egg, 1998. Earthenware, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. Crocker Art Museum purchase, with funds provided by the Martha G. and Robert G. West Fund; Aj Watson; Janet Mohle-Boetani, M.D., and Mark Manasse; and the F. M. Rowles Fund, 2016.105.

Artwork: Pueblo Pottery Youngblood Carved Egg

Native American Pottery and Sculpture 

Pueblo Pottery

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Student + Community Exhibition

Kingsley Inspiration and Merit

Image: Ricardo Favela (American, 1944–2007), El Centro de Artistas Chicanos, 1975. Screenprint, 22 1⁄4 x 16 in. RCAFavela Collection. © Estate of Ricardo Favela.

Garcia, Eva Dia de las Madresresize RCAF

Cuellar Lowrider Carrucha Show RESIZE RCAF

Royal Chicano Air Force Art and Activism, 1970–1990 

Rebels with La Causa

Frederic, Lord Leighton (England, 1830–1896), Flaming June, 1895. Oil on canvas, 46 7/8 × 467/8 in. Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.

Ponce Flaming June

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900), "Morning in the Tropics," 1872. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 × 46 1/2 in. Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.  - Sense of Beauty

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640), "Head of the Oldest of the Three Kings," circa 1620. Oil on panel, 26 5/16 × 20 5/8 in. Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. 

Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce

The Sense of Beauty

BauerThe 3 Musketeers of China Town 2025 copy

Street Photography: Catching the Moment 

Self-Portrait with Loose Hair, Frida Kahlo

Maya Fuji " Okaeri - Tadaima"

A Collection of Feminisms

Making Moves

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Youth Art Month Image

Youth Art Month

Barnes, ErnestJr. - Saturday Night Durham NC - The Johnson Collection - 2013.05.01 TIF

Varnette Honeywood (American, 1950 – 2010), Sabbath , 1977. Fabric, paper, and found objects, 20 x 47 in. The John and Susan Horseman Collection, Courtesy of the Horseman Foundation. © 2025 Varnette P. Honeywood Estate.

Image: Black Artists in America Dindga McCannon

From the Bicentennial to September 11

Black Artists in America

Anonymous Antandroy artist (Madagascar), Spoon, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 8 3/8 x 3 ½ x 2 1/4 in. Collection of Richard Ulevitch. 

Baule Spoon, Taste of Beauty

Anonymous Guro artist (Côte d'Ivoire), Spoon, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 9 x 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. Collection of Richard Ulevitch. 

Spoons of Africa from the Collection of Richard Ulevitch

A Taste of Beauty

Gonzalez Chavajay Erupcion de Pacaya 2025.74.2 Gerard photo JPG

Contemporary Maya Paintings from Guatemala 

Between Earth and Sky

Ito Tozan I (Japanese, 1846–1920), Sweets Bowl with Maple Leaves and Cherry Blossoms, 1917–1920. Stoneware with clear glaze, iron, polychrome enamels, and gilding, 4 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Darrell Corti, 2026.1.85.a-.b. 

The Japanese Art of Dining (Selections from the Corti Collection) 

A Fine Feast

Nimaitachidō gusoku armor detail

Armor from the Collection of Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller

Samurai

Cathy Lu Passages

A Body Across Time 

Cathy Lu

Image: Guy Rose

Impressionist

Guy Rose

Image: Water Born of Earth and Fire: Ceramics of Kondō Takahiro and the Kondō Family 

Ceramics of Kondō Takahiro and the Kondō Family

Water Born of Earth and Fire

Image: Caption: Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860–1939), Summer, 1896. Color lithograph, 41 1/2 × 22 in. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Image courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Photograph by Edward Pollard. 

Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art 

The Triumph of Nature

Image: Caption: Mike Henderson (American, born 1943), Crazy Dreams, 1967. Oil on canvas, 71 x 108 in. Crocker Art Museum purchase with funds provided by Simon K. Chiu, 2023.11.1 

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