New work, street market highlight South First Fridays
It’s been two months since the last art walk through downtown San Jose’s South First Area, aka SoFA, took place in June. And there’s a whole bunch of new work on display at SoFA’s galleries and other venues, plus the return of the summer street market.
Anno Domini will host an opening reception for a new exhibition featuring the politically charged work of the ASARO collective from Oaxaca, Mexico, with Sonido Clash providing the entertainment. MACLA, meanwhile, will feature a performance by Corazón Salvaje in the Castellano Playhouse Theater, as well as “Shelter/ Refugio,” a multiartist gallery exhibition that examines spaces and shelter — along with the political ramifications of housing, sanctuary cities and refugee communities.
And while TechShop’s new downtown location is on Second Street, it’s also a South First Fridays participant. The DIY maker space christens its new home with a show by Ryan Carrington, who teaches sculpture at Santa Clara University and just completed a three-month artist-in-residency at TechShop. His exhibition, “Blue Collar Leisure,” revolves around the shift in public perspective about blue collar and white collar workers in this country.
Meanwhile, Phantom Galleries will be showcasing the work of photographer Michael Singer at the Pierce apartments and an exhibition of photographs by Marisol Picazo and Robbie Lopez, curated by Robertino Ragazza, at Pho 69. Works/San Jose also will have its 40th anniversary member exhibtion, “Taking Liberties,” on display.
Then there’s the more than four dozen artists, musicians, dancers, vendors and food trucks that’ll be out on South First Street for the street market. It all starts officially at 7 p.m., and you can get more detailed information and print your own walking map at www.southfirstfridays.com.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION »
Rose Scudero Jones celebrated her 100th birthday Wednesday with a real family affair at Mariani’s Inn in Santa Clara. Her adult kids, 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren traveled from Virginia, Colorado, Washington, Connecticut and Southern California to be part of the festivities.
Scudero Jones, along with her sisters Florence Barker and Amelia Nardi-Travis, were very involved in San Jose community activities for decades. In her youth, she picked prunes, cut cots and worked in the canneries. She met James Moran Jones after she graduated from high school and he was at Santa Clara University. They raised six kids in a house in Willow Glen, where Rose still lives with her daughter, Mary Ellen.
He husband died in 1991, the year after their 50th wedding anniversary, but Rose stayed busy. She volunteered at O’Connor Hospital for over 30 years, well into her 80s, and was honored with awards for her service.
“Her mind is so sharp, she remembers things us kids forget, and she reminds us that we have this or that,” said her daughter, Maureen JonesStandifer. While her vision and hearing is not as good as it was, she played a round of bocce at Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos during a granddaughter’s wedding rehearsal dinner just a few years back. “We have pictures to prove it,” her daughter said.