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2024-2025 Academic Year

• Toni Spellacy, The Santa Clara: Maya Gurantz reveals new display: The Plague Archives. February 3, 2025.
• Melisa Yuriar, Metro Silicon Valley: Frame Work: de Saisset director Ciara Ennis embraces the future of museums. January 22-28, 2024.
• Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED online: “Art to See at the Start of 2025.” January 6, 2025.
• Tony Bravo, SF Chronicle Datebook: Reimagining museums with the “Infinite Library.” November 23, 2024.

2023-2024 Academic Year

• Santa Clara Magazine, Mission Matters: Art: An Inspired First. Article on first capstone class project in conjunction with de Saisset permanent collection. Spring 2024.
• California.com: “Stop by the de Saisset Museum that’s next to the mission. The California History Exhibit is notable for its showcase of Mission-era artifacts”. November 15, 2023.

2022-2023 Academic Year

• Samantha Drumm, The Santa Clara: A Pause for Art and Empathy “The de Saisset showcases artist Bryan Ida’s con.Text show, exhibiting a powerful message of connectedness under political strife”. February 10, 2023.
• Samantha Drumm, The Santa Clara: Student Curation at the de Saisset: Cultural, Community, and Identity(review of We Are All Sacred ) “De Saisset’s newest exhibit shows undeniable artistic skill and profound messages, and is bolstered by its unique story of curation.” October 14, 2022.
• Ann Rei L. Conte, Travel Lens: “ Sitting right in the heart of Santa Clara University, the de Saisset Museum is one of the few South Bay Museums to hold accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums.” December 20, 2022.

2021-2022 Academic Year

• Matthew Lallas, The Santa Clara: Kara Maria’s Abstract World of Endangered Animals. Kara Maria, a San Francisco-based artist, has just begun a five-month stay at Santa Clara’s de Saisset Museum with her collection, “Precious and Precarious…”. February 4, 2022.
• Jamie Baron, Square Cylinder: Review of Kara Maria’s exhibition at the de Saisset Museum. April 16, 2022.
• Grace Stetson, Metroactive: Kara Maria at de Saisset Museum “Great art can be found all over the South Bay, including on campus at Santa Clara University this Friday…de Saisset Museum opens its Kara Maria exhibition”. January 26- February 1, 2022.

2020-2021 Academic Year

• Juliana Garcia, Redlined: Article about JoAnne Northrup; “She has worked at nine museums in the US and Europe, and was the curator of exhibits and collections at the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University in California”. July 12, 2021.
• Deanna Howes, Medium, Jesuit Educated; “AJCU’s #JesuitMuseums series is back for the summer. Today’s post on Desert Fire #77 comes from the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara Museum. June 4, 2021.

2019-2020 Academic Year

• Sabrina Moyes, The Santa Clara: Campus Gets “InTouch” at de Saisset Exhibit: Adventurous artist brings interactive coziness to campus”. January 30, 2020.
• Emma Pollans, The Santa Clara: Retelling California Stories: de Saisset museum presents updated permanent exhibit.  January 16, 2020.
• Emma Pollans, The Santa Clara: SCU Honors Native American History. “Members of the de Saisset Staff who are working on a permanent exhibition in the lower floor of the museum..the new exhibit…”. November 14, 2019.
• Gary Singh, Metro Silicon Valley “De Saisset opens revamped ‘California’ exhibit, gets hands on with Metz” January 15-21, 2020.
• Jeffrey Edalatpour, Metro Silicon Valley, Winter Arts Issue: de Saisset Museum: Stephanie Metz: In Touch. January 22-28, 2020.
• Sal Pizarro, San Jose Mercury News: Santa Clara University art show is a hands-on experience: Go ahead and touch the art at Stephanie Metz’s new exhibition. January 17, 2020.

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