Chris Eckert

Light Haiku was proposed to the City of San Jose by local artist Chris Eckert. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Eckert left his career designing and building factory automation to pursue a career in visual art. Having received his Masters degree in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University, Eckert has gained national attention as an emerging contemporary artist. His work has been shown throughout the United States, including venues in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston. The Bell Foundation for Cultural Development recently awarded Eckert an Individual Grant and describes him as an artist who "demonstrates significant potential for continued growth and accomplishment in the field of the arts".

Light Haiku is the latest in an evolving series of kinetic artworks in which Eckert seamlessly combines the conceptual issues motivating his static sculptures with the mechanisms common in his previous career as a design engineer.

More information about this artist is available at: http://www.ChrisEckert.com

pc muñoz

pc muñoz, a San Jose native, is a recording artist, producer, and poet known for collaborative, genre-defying works involving text and music. Past collaborators include rock legend Jackson Browne, longtime Prince and the Revolution keyboardist Dr. Fink, Grammy®-nominated composer Anthony Brown, National Heritage Fellowship winner/Kulintang master Danny Kalanduyan, current National Book Award finalist/graphic novelist Gene Yang, and many others. twenty haiku, pc's award-winning CD project which combined haiku, improvised music, and artwork from a wide variety of disciplines, debuted in the San Jose Museum of Art and was recommended by the Wall Street Journal and the San Jose Mercury News.

Visit http://myspace.com/pcmunoz and http://twentyhaiku.com for more information.