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
Recolecciones: The Art of Mel Chin - at King Library
Almaden Sphere - at Almaden Branch
Enchanted Forest & Almaden Valley - at Almaden Branch
Ohlone Woman - at Almaden Branch
Pat Dando Tribute Sculpture - at Almaden Branch
Teaching Stones - at Almaden Branch
Alum Rocks - at Alum Rock Branch
Bench & Mandalas - at Alviso Branch
Stratigraphy - at Bascom Branch
Window Boxes & Children's Wing Mural - at Berryessa Branch
La Vida en Los Dichos - at Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch
The Singing Stone - at Calabazas Branch
Beeline - at Cambrian Branch
Lightlines & Wall of Birds in Flight - at East San José Carnegie Branch
A,E,I,O,U, and Sometimes Why? - at Edenvale Branch
Web of Native Botanicals - at Edenvale Branch
Nature/Knowledge - at Educational Park Branch
Discoveries - at Evergreen Branch
Groundwork - at Hillview Branch
Metamorphosis - at Joyce Ellington Branch
Where the Tree is Born - at Joyce Ellington Branch
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection - at King Library
Edmonia Lewis Sculptures - at King Library
Solar Illumination - at Pearl Avenue Branch
Olé - at Rose Garden Branch
Orchard of Knowledge - at Santa Teresa Branch
Potential - at Seven Trees Branch
Two Clouds - at Tully Community Branch
Grains of Thought - at Village Square Branch
Vine - at Vineland Branch
Seats, Secrets, Stories, and Searches - at West Valley Branch
Wind in the Willows - at Willow Glen Branch
My Rabbits, Stories in Clay - at Willow Glen Branch
Learn More
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
