By Taylor Reinhold (https://www.taylorreinhold.com).
Public Art as Resistance Tour
You can sign up to go on a great free walking tour with a guide from San Jose State University (https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-public-art-tour/) or you can download the map and take yourself on the tour. The walk through San Jose’s downtown takes you to several public art works in the theme of Resistance through art. I enjoyed the in person tour, learning about the art, and appreciating the art on a nice walk. This made for a good adventure.
A list of the featured art works on the tour and information about them can be seen here: https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-public-art-tour/public-art/index.php .
Here are some of the photos I took on the tour. Some of these photos have art not part of the official tour though I still learned about them from the tour guide in passing and while I do not have photographs here of all of the works actually on the tour, they were all interesting and thought provoking. I learned a lot and have more to think about when I go by each of the art works we saw on the walk.
ICA Museum Mural
Oldest House in San Jose
This is the Gonzales/Peralta Adobe house. It is the oldest house in San Jose still standing and was built by José Manuel Gonzeles in 1797.
East William Street Mural
More on Santa Clara and 4th Street
Theater Mural on East William Street
Flor Del Barrio Mural
By artist Desi Mundo (https://www.desimundo.com). Beautiful mural with much to take in. There is more info here: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/3194/1396?npage=3
Planter Murals on First Street
Santa Clara and 4th Street
This wall at the gas station has had a mural on it for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, and through my childhood, there was a Jesus mural here. The mural changed to what is pictured on the upper part of the wall here years ago and features local heroes Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The lower portion has changed a bit more. Several months ago, the murals looked as you see in the above photos. More recently it looked as you see in the following photos which is more similar to when this theme of the mural originally went up.
