Immigration/Diversity:

Parade of Floats is a procession of 16 sculptural “floats” recalling parades that exist in cultures throughout the world, and which are an expression of a community coming together in celebration. In Santa Clara Valley, parades traditionally involved community groups, clubs, fraternities, businesses and civic bodies in decorating floats for these processions. Keeping with this tradition, the community was asked to contribute to the identity, vitality, and diversity of the project by submitting descriptions of float ideas. A panel of local artists, historians, and community leaders selected the 16 final themes from over 250 submitted ideas.The themes represent a vision of San José's historic and contemporary identity, as well as community priorities and values. Inside the facility, in the Wing and the second floor walkway, History San Jose has mounted a series of exhibitions that celebrate the people, creativity and growth of San José. The exhibits include panoramic photos, historic artifacts, maps and paintings that help tell the story of San José’s evolution from the Valley of Heart's Delight to the Capitol of Silicon Valley.

Immigration/Diversity: The tile pattern of multicolored hands represents the diverse, but unified, nature of this community. A globe crowns the column with the seven continents represented by the seven colored bands. An example of this great diversity is found in the school system where 130 languages/dialects are spoken. I choose to post sculpture because it is similar to my art proposal and I strongly believe in diversity. I like this sculpture because it is embracing unity, no matter the background. We all have something in common, we're all unique individuals, who just happened to have similar views and aspects of life and our well-being. So why not come together to entwine the aspects of our world?