Leigh Weimers Award

The Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards are a program of the Rotary Club of San Jose to recognize local artists in various disciplines. The awards honor the late Leigh Weimers, a Rotary Club member and Mercury News columnist who championed the arts.

We are thrilled to announce that applications are open for this year's Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards. We will be giving $5,000 unrestricted grants to artists living in Santa Clara County who have not yet been widely recognized in their field. Since 2013, we've honored musicians, muralists, filmmakers, fashion designers, dancers, rappers and more. Will you be next? Apply by June 30!

For more information, you can visit the website at www.weimersawards.com. You can also contact the Committee Chair Stephanie Bielanski-Fehr. To apply click here.

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

Maggi Scura
The Stories Behind the Stories: Maggi Scura’s on Her 30 Years at KNTV
Aug 19th 2026 12:15 pm
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Andrea Mackenzie, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Nature: The Hidden Infrastructure Keeping Silicon Valley Sustainable
Aug 26th 2026 12:15 pm
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Rose Gottemoeller, William J. Perry Lecturer, Freeman Spogli Institute for Inter
Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and US-Russia Relations after the Cold War
Sep 2nd 2026 12:15 pm
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John Doll, Author, St. James Park
St. James Park, a novel about a crime committed in 1933 in San Jose. Based on true events, the novel presents a vivid portrait of San Jose's labor unrest, government corruption, and anti-immigrant racism
Sep 9th 2026 12:15 pm
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The Rotary Club of San Jose

Administrative Office
Gordon House
1690 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112

Contact us

Office: 408-297-6100
Office Hours
M-TH: 7:30 - 4:30
Friday: 7 - 1

Weekly meeting address

Rotary Summit Center
88 S. 4th St.
7th Floor
San Jose, CA
Lunch $30 (order lunch by Monday at noon)

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