San Jose Museum of Art
Awards
Awards
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In 2007 the San Jose Museum of Art received the prestigious MUSE award from the Media \& Technology Committee of the [American Alliance of Museums](/wiki/American_Alliance_of_Museums "American Alliance of Museums"), for its Artist of the Week podcast, in the category Extended Experience.

In 2009, the museum received another MUSE award, in Public Relations and Development, for its video, *Road Trip*, informally known as the "Giant Artichoke video". The work features a platform\-shod traveler on a road trip to Castroville, California, who visits a quirky landmark and sends a postcard to SJMA. Created for the exhibition of the same name and inspired by the common experience of a summer road trip, this project aimed to promote the exhibition, sow the seeds for a participatory experience both outside and inside the museum, and build connections between the museum's online audience and on\-site visitors.

In 2017, the museum received the Superintendent's Award for Excellence in Museum Education for the Sowing Creativity education program from the California Association of Museums.

The same year, the museum received the first prize in the Exhibition Collateral Materials category of the American Alliance of Museum’s Museum Publications Design Competition for *[Tabaimo](/wiki/Tabaimo "Tabaimo"): Her Room* by Connie Hwang.

In 2018, SJMA received the Vietnamese American Cultural Center Award for work in the community. The same year, it received a Cornerstone of the Arts Award from the City of San Jose for the mural *Sophie Holding the World Together* by El Mac in collaboration with [The Propeller Group](/wiki/The_Propeller_Group "The Propeller Group"). The mural, which depicts youth immigration activist [Sophie Cruz](/wiki/Sophie_Cruz "Sophie Cruz"), was commissioned by the San Jose Museum of Art in partnership with Empire 7 Studios and the [Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose](/wiki/Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose "Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose").


What is the plot of the video *Road Trip*?