artist Lara Schnitger and a work commissioned by the museum from Philippine artist Lordy Rodriguez. The Art Newspaper reported that the San Jose Museum of Art framed 2019 as "the year of visionary women artists” that featured shows by Jay DeFeo and Catherine Wagner, along with major exhibitions by artists Rina Banerjee and Pae White. Awards In 2007 the San Jose Museum of Art received the prestigious MUSE award from the Media & Technology Committee of the American Alliance of Museums, for its Artist of the Week podcast, in the category Extended Experience. In 2009, the museum received another MUSE award, in Public Relations and Development, for its video, Road Trip, informally known as the "Giant Artichoke video". The work features a platform-shod traveler on a road trip to Castroville, California, who visits a quirky landmark and sends a postcard to SJMA. Created for the exhibition of the same name and inspired by the common experience of a summer road trip, this project aimed to promote the exhibition, sow the seeds for a participatory experience both outside and inside the museum, and build connections between the museum's online audience and on-site visitors. In 2017, the museum received the Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Museum Education for the Sowing Creativity education program from the California Association of Museums. The same year, the museum received the first prize in the Exhibition Collateral Materials category of the American Alliance of Museum’s Museum Publications Design Competition for Tabaimo: Her Room by Connie Hwang. In 2018, SJMA received the Vietnamese American Cultural Center Award for work in the community. The same year, it received a Cornerstone of the Arts Award from the City of San Jose for the mural Sophie Holding the World Together by El Mac in collaboration with The Propeller Group. The mural, which depicts youth immigration activist Sophie Cruz, was commissioned by the San Jose Museum of Art in partnership with Empire 7 Studios and the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose. See also The Tech Museum of Innovation Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) References External links California Historical Landmarks Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums Art museums established in 1969 Art museums and galleries in California Museums in San Jose, California Clock towers in California 1969 establishments in California Art in the San