SRJC Museum in the Media

Enfys Craft showcasing Santa Rosa Junior College’s Multicultural Museum’s latest exhibit, “Diaspora In Beads,” Feb. 2.

‘Diaspora In Beads’: A look into SRJC Multicultural Museum’s newest exhibit

Student curators shared their love for African history and culture during a reception Feb. 2 for Santa Rosa Junior College’s Multicultural Museum’s latest exhibit, “Diaspora In Beainue reading ‘Diaspora In Beads’...

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Preserving world cultures: An inside look at SRJC’s Multicultural Museum's annual fundraiser

Preserving world cultures: An inside look at SRJC’s Multicultural Museum’s annual fundraiser

The Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum opens its doors for its annual “Take Me Home!” fundraiser, transforming the gallery into a vibrant marketplace filled with multicultural art, jewelry, baskets, textiles, and other handmade crafts...

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Dr. Eric Atkinson shares his collection of comic books featuring people of color and their representation across modern history at the SRJC Multicultural Museum.

SRJC Multicultural Museum features Black comic book character history exhibit

For Santa Rosa Junior College’s Black History Month, drawn Black characters leap from the pages of over 100 years of comic books in the exhibit, “Stereotyped to the Margins” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 3 through March 14 at the SRJC Multicultural Museum...

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SRJC student Jonny Brouillard observes clay figurines and other Native American artwork on display at the SRJC Multicultural Museum on March 28, 2024. Some of his favorite museum artifacts are located in the Southwest pottery collection.

Everyone agrees the NAGPRA updates are good, but without institutional support repatriations will take a while

Brenda Flyswithhawks, Santa Rosa Junior College professor of psychology, is pleased with the recent NAGPRA updates, even if her first thought was, “Well, here we go again.”...

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"Breaking Traditions, Saving Traditions" at the multicultural museum at santa rosa junior college

By Tavi Lorelle Carpenter

I think about culture quite a bit, such as the way it shifts in response to different factors. Or the way cultural suppression is utilized as a tool of oppression. Or how cultural revitalization ties back to traditional knowledge but is being navigated by those of us living in a modern world. 

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The New York Met Visits the Jesse Peter Museum

In early January 2020, the SRJC Multicultural Museum opened our archives to two visitors from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art...

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New SRJC art exhibit breaks stereotypes one piece at a time


Sam McMinimy, Staff Writer • October 13, 2019
 

An exhibit at Santa Rosa Junior College, “Beyond Stereotypes: Native Americans Restyle the Comic Book Universe,” opens Oct. 15 at the Jesse Peter Multicultural Museum and will display a compilation of comic books portraying Native American lifestyles.

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