Artists Alyssa Wigant, far left, Erin Salazar, second from left, and Elba Raquel, far right, speak with Gensler’s Haley Cardamon during a Spark Collective panel for Women’s History Month at Gensler’s San Jose office on Thursday March 30, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)
Gensler, the architecture and design firm, hosted a panel for Women’s History Month on Thursday at its downtown San Jose office with three female artists who shared their perspectives about the city’s creative landscape.
“I remember walking around downtown and there was nothing there, art-wise,” said artist Alyssa Wigant, who grew up in San Jose and has a day