Community project with Nanette Wylde: collaborative sewing circle—honor a local champion for the arts Jan Rindfleisch.

Jan Rindfleisch was an artist, educator, writer, curator and cultural worker. She was the executive director of the Euphrat Museum at De Anza College in Cupertino for 32 years. During that time Rindfleisch laid the groundwork for an engaged and inclusive museum environment by continuously tapping the diverse local voices of Silicon Valley. Rindfleisch had a BA in Physics from Purdue University and an MFA from San José State University. She was the recipent of numerous regional awards which recognize her significant contributions to the arts in the greater Bay Area. For her 2024 exhibition at Artik in San Jose, Rindfleisch invited the arts community to collaborate on many of her own early artworks. This scroll is one of these. You are now invited to contribute by sewing in collaboration with Jan’s drawing. Please sign your name in the log book when you completed your contribution.

The Community Sewing Circle has moved to Works/San Jose for the exhibition Re-deconstruction: Jan Rindfleisch and the Building Together collaborations, June 7 to June 28, 2025