Get your holiday photos taken with the stunning backdrop of Montalvo's historic Villa and beautiful front lawn! Reserve a time slot on either Saturday, November 21 or Sunday, November 22 for couples or family photos taken by the professionals at Angela Sue Photography.
Time slots are available in 30 minute increments. Arrive prior to your reserved time and you'll line up for a five minute sitting with the photographer. Bring your own props or decorations to make your shoot even more festive! You'll receive at least five photos for use — perfect for holiday cards, framed photos, and profile pictures.
While you're at Montalvo, be sure to explore the grounds or visit our Sewing Boutique to shop for wonderful handcrafted holiday gifts! It's a great way to kick off the holiday season in an unforgettable way.
This fall marks the 10th anniversary of OneBeat, a series of revolutionary international musical collaborations led by Found Sound Nation. OneBeat uses music to build bridges across geographies, nationalities, and cultures, giving meaningful opportunities to musicians from a wide spectrum of disciplines and traditions.
Montalvo has hosted two groups of OneBeat artists — in 2014 and 2015 — and we were scheduled to be a host again this year until the pandemic hit. We look forward to their return in the future, but meanwhile, in honor of this 10-year anniversary, we are excited to showcase new groundbreaking work online in a free live streaming marathon concert on Sunday, November 15 from 9am-4pm.
Learn about this year's OneBeat performers here and bookmark the link below to tune in and watch!
We are excited to announce a new partnership with Mosaic Silicon Valley as we join in the conversation series Making the Mosaic. As part of the series, we are co-presenting Hummingbird Circle: Ohlone Voices in partnership with the Confederation of Ohlone People and the San Jose Museum of Art.
Making the Mosaic is a thought-provoking series of free virtual events that explores American diversity by engaging with community members to share what being an American means to them.
The first of event focusing on the Ohlone community will be this coming Thursday, November 12 at 6pm. Moderators Charlene Eigen-Vasquez and Priya Das will talk with Ohlone community members, and will be joined by photographer Ruth Morgan and writer-historian Janet Clinger, who documented the efforts of three generations of Native Americans in California committed to keeping their culture alive and thriving.
For 14,000 years, the ancestors of contemporary Ohlone people served as caretakers of this region. This is a unique opportunity to meet some of the culture-bearers who today continue to carefully maintain and propagate the Ohlone traditions and practices.
Don't miss a special episode of Scratch Space: Virtual Conversations on the Role of the Radical Imaginary as we present a live performance by experimental audio/video artists The DILATE Ensemble this coming Thursday, November 12 from 12-1pm.
The DILATE Ensemble is an audio visual collective featuring Carole Kim, Gloria Damijan, Scott L. Miller, Luisa Muhr, Jon Raskin, and featuring special guest Paul Chavez. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kim began developing a new intimate venue for visual artwork underneath her own kitchen table. This space became a site for micro video installations animated by musicians and performers who create improvised soundscapes from afar.
This remarkable live performance will be followed by a discussion about the importance of creating shared imaginative and collaborative spaces, how memories can interweave within a collective dreamspace, and what we will remember about living through 2020.
RSVP below to receive a Zoom link via email, or watch live on Facebook.
