Womanhood

04/02/2025

Another amazing article and an exciting project announcement!

Our team has been steadily and diligently working towards an exciting new project announcement and are super grateful for the awesome write-up by Sal Pizarro! 🥰

Through Womanhood, we have had the opportunity to collaborate with amazing artists in honoring women and their contributions to this region though the creation of public artworks that were translated into outdoor banners along paseos and corridors, that brought life into empty window storefronts and historic buildings, featured as mini-docs, and more. Now we're adding augmented reality up our sleeves!

For 2025, we are launching a countywide series of 20 augmented reality (AR) artwork “monuments” entitled Journey through Womanhood. The 20 AR artworks are the beginning of a 100-monument project that will be placed in locations throughout the County.

Featuring...

⭐Kathy Aoki , honoring the Women in Social Justice and Community Leadership

⭐Arlene Biala with Jayann Bella and Frances Mendoza, honoring Women in Arts and Culture

⭐Kiana Honarmand, honoring Women in Technology

⭐Pantea Karimi honoring Women in Space and Science

⭐Elba Raquel Martinez honoring Women in Sports

Buckle up, turn on your notifications, and follow along to view the behind-the-scenes with our project and artists, get updated on location unveilings, meet our community partners, and RSVP to our culminating roll-out of our monument unveilings and events.

We're going to take you on a Journey Through Womanhood!

Read Article: https://tr.ee/sW1S8c

Art Builds Community

Womanhood’s latest project uses augmented reality works to honor 20 Santa Clara County women including Iris Chang, Margaret Jenkins and Inez Jackson.

04/01/2025

Just one of many exciting projects from Womanhood! "She is More" is series of public art banners designed by local artist Ruby Morales and inspired by stories from the community to honor immigrant women to the County of Santa Clara. Some of these banners are still up along Alum Rock Avenue between Sunset and 34th St.

Read Article: https://tr.ee/J2V5ED

This project was supported by the Abierto Grant, SCC Office of Women's Policy, and the City of San Jose.

The public art and digital media project commissions artworks that recognize the historical contributions of Santa Clara County women.

02/22/2025

We have been working on some exciting new projects for 2025! Subscribe to our newsletter for more information through the link in our bio.

Santa Clara County’s women have many stories to tell; in all fields both humble and celebrated.

Until now, as Virginia Woolf said... “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”

Starting today, we are telling women’s stories to remember their impact on Womanhood.

Stories for, by, and about women across all intersectional identities.

We are anonymous no more!

03/07/2024

Did you miss us? It's been quiet here on our social media, but we've been putting in the work behind the scenes and are excited pick back up and start off 2024 with some exciting project announcements and reveals. Let's catch up!

Last year, we received an Abierto grant from the City of San Jose to create temporary public artworks to celebrate immigrant women in Santa Clara County. To help honor and tell those stories through art, Womanhood commissioned ESSJ artist-in-residence to design a series of 12 outdoor banners. Ruby and Womanhood tabled at Women's Heritage Day 2023 to gather feedback and inspiration from community members on how immigrant women should be celebrated through art in Santa Clara County. We're excited to return to Women's Heritage Day at History Park this Saturday, March 9, 2024 from Noon - 3:30PM with a pop-up gallery displaying the beautiful illustrations as well as a coloring station with coloring sheets of Ruby's artwork for guests to enjoy! Come and meet the artist, view and learn about her artwork, color with us, and grab some of our new Womanhood stickers designed by the artist!

Can't make it? Ruby's artwork is also on display as outdoor banners along Alum Rock Avenue between Sunset Ave and 34th St. a coloring activity with coloring sheets of the Ruby's artwork for guests to enjoy!

Learn more about the artwork: https://womanhoodproject.org/honored-women/

03/22/2023

New dates for Community Visioning Workshop with Ruby Morales!

Join a conversation with local artist Ruby Morales and Art Builds Community to inspire the direction of 12 banners that will celebrate the different archetypes of immigrant women in East San Jose and Santa Clara County. These installations will launch on May 1st for International Worker's Day along Alum Rock Avenue and will be on display for 6-12 months.

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:

Thursday, March 23, 2023
5:30 PM – 7 PM
Online ZOOM Meeting
Register (link in bio) https://Womanhood-CommunityVisionMTG.eventbrite.com
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Noon - 4 PM
Stop by our tabling at History Park during the "Celebrating Heritage, Community, and Herstories Event"
Can't Attend? Fill out a Survey! (Link in bio)
https://forms.gle/UabdrXePceaXnjPw8
About the Artist:
Ruby Morales ( ) is a visual artist from San José, California. Her work includes themes of fragility, growth, and duality within relationships. She currently teaches art at various elementary schools through the San Jose Museum of Art’s education department. Her artwork has celebrated vulnerability as a strength we can use for healing and building strong connections. With inspiration from space, nature, friendships, and family, her current work expands on the gentle sides we share and hide.

03/18/2023

Join the Womanhood Community Visioning Workshop led by local artist Ruby Morales and Art Builds Community to help inspire the direction of twelve outdoor banners along Alum Rock Avenue for the Womanhood Project! The banners will celebrate the many contributions of immigrant women to East San Jose and Santa Clara County.

During the workshop, participants will engage in activities that will explore the theme of the different archetypes of immigrant women and what makes them inspiring. Feedback provided in this workshop will support the artist in her design process. The unveiling of these banners will be launched on May 1, 2023, in honor of International Workers' Day and will be on display for 6-12 months.

Womanhood Community Visioning Dates:

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, from 5:30 PM – 7 PM
Thursday, March 23, 2023, from 5:30 PM – 7 PM

Location: Gallery at the School of Arts and Culture at MHP.

Space is limited to 30 participants to ensure that everybody gets an opportunity to speak and participate. Please register to reserve your seat for one of the following dates.

This temporary installation is created with the support of the ¡Si Se Puede Collective! and Abierto Program, a City of San Jose initiative that funds artistic activations of San Jose public spaces.

03/14/2023

Celebrate Women's History Month with a festive community gathering featuring a special screening of "Women of the Canneries: Anonymous No More”, a short doc produced by for and

Join History San José and Mosaic America as we honor the achievements and contributions of women throughout Santa Clara Valley's history. The festival will feature a diverse lineup of female performers, storytellers, and history makers throughout San José's History Park. Historic buildings and exhibitions will be open to the public from 12:00-4:00 pm with a range of vendors and authors hosting outdoor community booths. The festival is a family-friendly event, and there will be plenty of crafts and activities for the kids, with delicious food, drinks, and treats available for purchase. This is an event not to be missed so come to History Park and celebrate the incredible women who have shaped our world.
You can register for this free event here: https://tinyurl.com/Mosaic2023-Mar26

03/09/2023

Happy International Women's Day to ALL women!

08/17/2022

Who are the past and present women/groups across all intersectional identities making a difference for your communities in Santa Clara County?
How should we honor the stories and contributions of these women/groups through public art?
What locations or spaces within your neighborhood, city, or the greater Santa Clara County can be opportunities for temporary and permanent public art projects?
WE WANT TO KNOW! Share your feedback anonymously through text or voice message in English or your own language to one of the SMS numbers assigned to each county district. Your feedback will be reviewed and translated onto our online mapping site on courb.co/womanhood
All feedback collected will help us shape a framework for how we can honor Santa Clara County women through temporary and permanent public art in this region!

08/16/2022

Artists Honoring Women Season 2, Episode 5 is LIVE!

S02.E05 - In this episode, we share a conversation with DTSJ Artist Residents Kathy Aoki, Alexandra Luong, and Isabella King around their artistic process of...

08/15/2022

Catch another episode of Artists Honoring Women this evening! For Season 2, Ep.5 we feature artists Kathy Aoki, Alexandra Luong, and Isabella King! Learn how they use their art and craft to honor LGBTQ+ advocate and professor Wiggsy Sivertsen, rock star Phuong Tam, and LGBTQ+ advocate Adrienne Keel for the DTSJ Artist Residency.

In this episode, we also welcome special guests David Ma from Needle to the Groove, Phuong Tam, and Adrienne Keel
Give these artists a follow on their artist pages and check out their episode this evening on:

Womanhood YouTube: http://bit.ly/3KRs6cd
Womanhood website: https://womanhoodproject.org/media/
Womanhood's DTSJ Artist Residency is partially funded by the Abierto Program, City of San Jose, and San Jose Downtown Association.

08/09/2022

Calling Santa Clara County AAPI community members! We are seeking your feedback for the Womanhood project regarding women's recognition via public art for this region. Join us for an online conversation on Thursday, 8/25/22 at 6:30PM to 7:30/8PM.
We will be exploring:
Who are the women or groups who identify or have made major contributions to the AAPI community in the County of Santa Clara?
How and where should we honor them?
Space is limited, register through Eventbrite:
https://WomanhoodAAPI-FocusGroup.eventbrite.com
(link in bio)