Hiding in Plain Sight: Disability and Art History

Date Saturday, November 14, 2026 Time 2-3 PM Location Hybrid. In person at NUMU | 106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, 95030 or virtual via Zoom. Cost Free with registration Join us at NUMU for a conversation with artist, curator, and UC Berkeley professor emerita Katherine Sherwood. In her presentation, Katherine will invite guests to explore notable figures in art history through a disability lens, highlighting details of artists’ lives that are often unaddressed in dominant art history discourse. Sherwood will also take time to discuss contemporary disability arts topics in this presentation. This event is a hybrid event. Guests can either attend in person or virtually. Stay tuned for more information. The goal of this project is to highlight the Disability Arts Community as a way to reveal how art can be created: in communities, through conversation and support, through interdependence, and within systems of care. The concept of interdependence, or mutual reliance, celebrates asking for assistance, and honors the collaboration that is often present in artistic practice. NUMU provides a venue for conversation and learning to shift perspectives and develop awareness of disability culture and artists with disabilities. NUMU strives to be an accessible organization by accommodating the needs of all our constituents. The museum's building is ADA-compliant. There is a ramp to enter the Civic Center Plaza starting at the Los Gatos Library’s parking lot. There are no inclines between the lot behind the museum and the museum’s side entrance. The museum has a publicly accessible elevator, ADA-compliant restrooms on both floors, and a wheelchair and fidget toys are available to borrow when visiting. Should you have any accessibility concerns, please email us at [email protected]. Exhibitions, programs, and operations are made possible by NUMU’s Board of Directors & Circle Members, the Michael & Alyce Parsons Art Endowment, Bequest of Beverly Ann Curtis, the Borgenicht Foundation, Ranae DeSantis, Christie's International Real Estate, The Flick Family, Jan Schwartz & Bob Baden, Lynx Properties, LLC, Carol & Rick Tinsley, The Town of Los Gatos, California Arts Council, and SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara.