Foodies, rejoice! Tickets are now on sale for Silicon Valley's premier culinary event, The Art of Food & Wine on Sunday, September 10 from 4:30–7:30pm.  

This annual gourmet experience benefiting Montalvo is a unique opportunity to sample some of the best wine that Northern California and a range of foods from top restaurants in the Bay Area—including some Michelin-starred gems...and you'll experience it all in one of the most elegant settings in the Bay Area! 

You'll have a chance to bid on exclusive auction packages—everything from fine wines to one-of-a-kind experiences—and you'll be able to meet and mingle with fellow food & wine enthusiasts in the beautiful setting of Montalvo's historic Villa. Space is limited, so reserve your tickets soon. We hope to see you there!

We are thrilled to announce that Montalvo has been approved for an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of our upcoming project, A Path Forward.

In partnership with the Santa Clara County Parks Department and West Valley College Department of Land Management, and in collaboration with the Confederation of Ohlone People, we will be creating a dynamic new living land acknowledgement on our 175-acre grounds. A Path Forward will be a permanent work that leads visitors through the park, providing augmented reality (AR) experiences that engage them with artistic, cultural, and scientific content specific to our grounds and forest. 

This living monument, a prototype for the county parks, will elevate local Ohlone voices, honor indigenous knowledge, and enlighten visitors about forest stewardship, land management, and environmental conservation in the natural ecosystems of Santa Clara County.

Anchored by a hummingbird, a key figure in the Ohlone creation story which will serve as the avatar and design inspiration for the project’s wayfinding, the work will unfold as an embedded journey throughout the grounds and trails, incorporating a series of AR experiences. For example, a circle of Redwoods may provide not only an AR experience of Ohlone gathered and singing, but it may then take viewers below the earth’s surface to understand the networked root systems of the trees communicating in real time. Stories, songs and dances will be shared for park visitors to experience the vibrant traditions that continue today.

We are extremely excited about this work and the partnerships that will make it happen, and we are honored to have been given the support of the NEA. To learn more about the Our Town program, visit the link below.

Our Lucas Artists Residency Program is hosting the third of our Warhol coLAB groups this month—a series of artist gatherings in our studios who are tasked with artistic and intellectual explorations of critical topics.

The current group of collaborators is Abundant Intelligences, a project of the Indigenous Futures Research Centre in Canada. These artists are looking at creative responses to the challenge of designing AI systems that support North American Indigenous people.

As part of the exploration, artists from Abundant Intelligences will be hosting an Open Access conversation on Thursday, June 8 from 7–9pm, where they will share takeaways from their time in the residency.

If the topic of AI is of interest to you, this is a vital conversation to be part of. Audience members will have an opportunity to meet the artists and share their own perspectives on some of these very same questions. Tickets are just $12 (including fees), or FREE for Montalvo donors—join us! .