Art in Our Libraries

Public art installations can be found at all of our locations.

The King Library features "Recolecciones", 33 sculptures by Mel Chin integrated throughout the building.

Public Artwork, by Location

Almaden Sphere

Almaden Sphere

at Almaden Branch
Enchanted Forest
Ohlone Woman

Ohlone Woman

at Almaden Branch
Pat Dando Monument

Pat Dando Monument

at Almaden Branch
Teaching Stones

Teaching Stones

at Almaden Branch

Alum Rocks

at Alum Rock Branch
Bench and Mandalas

Bench & Mandalas

at Alviso Branch
Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy

at Bascom Branch
Window Boxes & Children's Wing Mural
La Vida en Dichos

La Vida en Los Dichos

at Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch
The Singing Stone

The Singing Stone

at Calabazas Branch
Beeline

Beeline

at Cambrian Branch
Wall of Birds in Flight

Lightlines & Wall of Birds in Flight

at East San José Carnegie Branch
A,E,I,O,U, and Sometimes Why?

A,E,I,O,U, and Sometimes Why?

at Edenvale Branch

Web of Native Botanicals

at Edenvale Branch
Nature/Knowledge

Nature/Knowledge

at Educational Park Branch
Discoveries

Discoveries

at Evergreen Branch
Groundwork

Groundwork

at Hillview Branch
Metamormophosis

Metamorphosis

at Joyce Ellington Branch
Where the Tree is Born

Where the Tree is Born

at Joyce Ellington Branch
butterflies from Mel Chin's 'Migration'
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Matthew Ahmann, in a crowd at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington.
Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis Sculptures

at King Library
Solar Illumination

Solar Illumination

at Pearl Avenue Branch
Olé art piece at Rose Garden Branch.

Olé

at Rose Garden Branch
Orchard of Knowledge

Orchard of Knowledge

at Santa Teresa Branch
Potential

Potential

at Seven Trees Branch
Two Clouds

Two Clouds

at Tully Community Branch
Grains of Thought

Grains of Thought

at Village Square Branch
Wall of Wonder & Blossom Hill Vine

Vine

Vineland Branch
Seats, Secrets, Stories, and Searches
My Rabbits, Stories in Clay

My Rabbits, Stories in Clay

at Willow Glen Branch
Wind in the Willows

Wind in the Willows

at Willow Glen Branch
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