Rise Up! Social Justice in Art from the Collection

San Jose Museum of Art

This exhibition highlights the generous 2016 donation to SJMA's collection by J. Michael Bewley, as well as works from Bewley's personal collection. Bewley, a retired employment lawyer in San José, was committed to combatting social injustices in the workplace. Spanning nearly a hundred years of artistic production and encompassing various mediums including painting, sculpture, collage, photography, and textile, these works are united by a strong social and political motivation.