In the News

stop motion screen shot with pink animal

Expanded "Best of...." Awards Announced May 2024

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 AEPG Best of... Awardees! In this second year, we recognized two Artistic Excellence Programming Grant projects that represent community engagement and interdisciplinarity. We also had so many incredible projects that we expanded this year into people's choice, innovation, and visionary awards!

Read about these projects

ruth asawa japanese american internment memorial with group listening to background

Stories of Engagement

Check out behind-the-scenes stories about all of the wonderful activities, events, and programming that engages our students, community members, and faculty with important topics and experiences

Read more Stories of Engagement

black and white lettering for aepg

Congratulations to 2024-2025 Grant Awardees!

Read about all the wonderful Artistic Excellence Programming Grant projects for 2023-2024 (April 2023)

Read about faculty awardees

smiling woman on mural

Public Art Tour Returns with Support from City of San Jose for Spring 2024

The Public Art as Resistance Walking Tour received another grant, funded by the City of San Jose, to offer more walking tours free to the public during Spring 2024.

Join us on a tour!

aepg logo

Inaugural "Best of.." Awards Announced May 2023

Join us in congratulating Reiko Kataoka and J. Michael Martinez for receiving the Best of Community Engagement and Best of Interdisciplinary Engagement for AEPG Projects in 2022-2023

Read about these 2 projects

aepg logo

Congratulations to 2023-2024 Grant Awardees!

Read about all the wonderful Artistic Excellence Programming Grant projects for 2023-2024 (April 2023)

Read about faculty awardees

mural with 2 people talking

Public Art Tour is Back with an Abierto Grant!

The Public Art as Resistance Walking Tour received another grant, funded by the City of San Jose, to offer more walking tours free to the public during Spring 2023.

Join us on a tour!

public humanities report with blue background

Public Art Walking Tour Gets Noticed as Exemplary Project

Excited to have the Public Art as Resistance project featured in this new Humanities for All report "Approaches to Training in the Public Humanities" 

Read on

black background with writing about mla presentation

Public Art & "Speed of Trust"

Join us on Sunday, January 8, 2023, for a roundtable discussion, "Public Art as Resistance: A Model for Working at the 'Speed of Trust,'" at the Annual Modern Language Association Convention in San Francisco

Join us

various murals and artwork

Public Art as Resistance Walking Tour published in Humanities for All

Read more about the Public Art as Resistance in San José walking tour project and its community engagement (Sept 2022)

Celebrate with us

line image of aepg logo.

Congratulations to 2022-2023 Grant Awardees!

Read about all the wonderful Artistic Excellence Programming Grant projects for 2022-2023 (Mar 2022)

Celebrate with us

bold background california state outline announcement.

H&A in Action Receives Grant Award from Cal Humanities

H&A in Action-Geography of the Arts received a generous $5,000 grant from Cal Humanities to support a public art walking tour, Instagram hashtag competition, exhibit, and panel on public art as resistance (Feb 2022)

Celebrate with us

abierto word with orange outline

H&A in Action awarded Abierto Grant

H&A in Action received a generous $30,000 grant from the Abierto Placemaking Program, City of San Jose to support art pop-ups, nature walks, and culinary delights (Oct 2021)

Celebrate with us

green background with words sustainable futures

Faculty Awards for Outstanding Assignments

Join us in congratulating five faculty for their award-winning, robust, and engaging assignments, submitted for the Fall 2021 Sustainable Futures Curricular Community initiative (Jan 2022)

Read about faculty awardees