Past

Californiana is a site-specific contemporary installation focused on the period of missionization (1769 – 1833) in present-day California, exploring the enduring impact of this history, which continues to exert its influence on the people, land, and culture of California.

Flat Files of Curiosity: Shifting Relationships with Land, invites visitors to touch objects and open flat file drawers to explore aspects of the changing relationship between people and land within what is today the extended Bay Area.

Our Islands 11°16’58.4” N 123°45’07.0”E, Martha Atienza’s acclaimed video work, takes the form of a dreamlike underwater rendition of a parade originating from the artist’s native Philippines.

The Plague Archives is a site-specific installation comprising videos, a dense collection of archival material, and interactive components that present a multi-layered transhistorical and intercultural discourse on the shifting attitudes and definitions of disease.

The Tax Collectors: 500 years and counting ….   is organized by students in the Winter 2025 ArtH 196: Senior Art History Capstone Seminar (Professor Blake de Maria)

The Infinite Library presents the multidimensional work of Los Angeles-based artist Julia Haft-Candell, comprising large-scale ceramic sculptures, drawings, paintings, and animations.

Thrice Layered  traces, blurs and layers the historical and contemporary colonial power of the U.S. nuclear industry's impact upon land in the Southwestern United States. 

The Reclamation exhibitions aim to promote deeper understanding of local Indigenous culture, history, sites of significance, and contemporary issues in the greater Bay Area.

June Wayne: Artist, Feminist, Social Entrepreneur showcases 27 of Wayne's prints created throughout her career.

A physical and virtual exhibition curated by SCU students for their Art History capstone project, advised by Associate Professor Andrea Pappas and de Saisset Museum staff. The exhibitions showcase works from the de Saisset Museum's permanent collection by artist June Wayne.