San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Informations

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is a nonprofit art center and gallery founded in 1980, and located in downtown San Jose, California. The San Jose ICA is a member and community supported. The space offers free admission, education programs, and host various community events.

Established in 1980, San Jose ICA calls home to downtown San Jose. In the year 2000, the San Jose ICA came under the leadership of executive director Cathy Kimball, the former curator at the San Jose Museum of Art. Kimball helped the San Jose ICA to become a better known cultural institution in the Bay Area by presenting the works of renowned artists from the United States and around the world. After working for years toward their long term goal of acquiring a permanent home, in 2006 the San Jose ICA purchased a 7,500-square-foot building in the SoFA District (South First Area) of downtown San Jose. 3,700-square-feet of gallery space within were divided into three different interchangeable gallery spaces that are in cohesive relation to one another. With the increase of gallery space, it allowed for a more continuous and long term exhibition space for site specific, solo, and group installations, a first in the San Jose ICA’s history. As of 2011, the art space attracted 20,000 visitors a year.

Coordinates: 37°19′40″N 121°53′02″W / 37.3277°N 121.8840°W / 37.3277; -121.8840

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