Art in Our Libraries
Public art installations can be found at all of our locations.
The King Library features "Recolecciones", 33 sculptures by Mel Chin integrated throughout the building.
Public Artwork, by Location
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You can find more information about each public artwork at the City of San José's Office of Cultural Affairs:
- A,E,I,O,U, and Sometimes Why?
- Almaden Sphere
- Alum Rock Garden
- Alviso Bench and Mandalas
- Blossom Hill Vine and Wonder Gate
- Beeline
- Discoveries
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection
- Edmonia Lewis Sculptures
- Enchanted Forest and Almaden Valley
- Grains of Thought
- Groundwork and Shadow Frieze
- La Vida en Dichos
- Lightlines and Wall of Birds in Flight
- Los Viajeros a San Jose
- Metamorphosis
- My Rabbits, Stories in Clay
- Nature/Knowledge
- Ohlone Woman
- Olé
- Orchard of Knowledge
- Pat Dando Monument
- Potential
- Recolecciones: The Art of Mel Chin
- Seats, Secrets, Stories, and Searches
- The Singing Stone
- Solar Illumination
- Stratigraphy
- Teaching Stones
- Two Clouds
- Web of Native Botanicals
- Where the Tree is Born
- Wind in the Willows
- Window Boxes and Children's Wing Mural