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Kim Meuli Brown is an artist and graphic designer whose journey began with a Bachelor of Science in Textile Design from UC Davis. Inspired by nature, Kim's creations blend traditional textile techniques with contemporary innovation. Her canvas, often cotton, silk, or wool, becomes a testament to the beauty of local flora, adorned with natural dyes and botanical prints. Her current focus on fiber arts celebrates sustainability, weaving a narrative of harmony between humanity and the environment. Learn more about Silicon Valley Open Studios. 

Silicon Valley Open Studios 2024 will take place the first three weekends of May and showcase the studios of over 200 Silicon Valley Artists. Weekend two, May 11-12, will be held in the Mid-Peninsula region, and Weekend three, May 18-19, will be hosted in the South Bay. Thirty-three artists at The Alameda Artworks in San José, including textile artist Kim Meuli Brown, will open their studios to guests on May 18 and 19.

Follow Kim at:

https://www.instagram.com/kimmeulibrown/

https://www.kimmeulibrown.com/

https://www.thealamedaartworks.org/kimbrown

In our conversation, we discuss Mirabelli-Lopez and Vaughn’s journeys toward higher education, their thoughts on how teachers impact students’ lives and academic success, and the music they are listening to. RSVP Here.

Joel Hangai (@jthangai) is one of three graduating West Valley College Cilker School of Art and Design @wvccilkersoad students featured in issue 16.3, “Perform.”

A student and tutor in West Valley College’s Music Department, Joel Hangai hopes to one day become a music professor. No matter what, he will always find a way to keep music a part of his life.

Join us on May 17 at West Valley College 2024 Grad EXPO and celebrate the release of Content Magazine Issue 16.3 alongside the @westvalleycollege STEAMD Fest.

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Content Pick-Up Party, 16.3, 6:30p - 9:30p, Friday, May 17,

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Issue 16.3 Featuring:

Creative Studio - The Coterie Den - Lucas Millan, Isandro Biaco, Danny Cardona, Wyatt Perkins, Angel Cabebe, and Bryan Reed | Professional Arts Supporter - Pamela Hornik | Professor of Interior Design - Diane Hurd | West Valley College Student Profiles - Joel Hangai - Joshua Cruz - Shraddha Karalkar | Visual Artist - RC | Visual Artist - Xiaoze Xie | Music Venue - SJZ Break Room, Scott Fulton | Actor/Educator - Aldo Billingslea | Youth Poet and Activist - Thy Hope Luong | Theatre Company - Palo Alto Players, Elizabeth Santana | Performing Artist - Carolina Pérez | Community Space - Red Rock Coffee Open Mic Night, Ashley Markowicz & Henri Boulanger

Published by SVCreates

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Photo and video by Daniel Garcia

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Read more about Steven'sjourney on the Content Blog.

(https://content-magazine.com/article/episode-111-steven-huynh)

You can follow Jonathan Borca’s on Instagram @francis_experience (https://www.instagram.com/francis_experience)

Featured: ⁠Issue 16.2, “Sight and Sound,”⁠ ⁠Julie Meridian ⁠

⁠Content Magazine’s⁠ 12th Anniversary Issue #66The wide array of ⁠Julie Meridian’s⁠ art projects reflects her inquisitive nature; they explore the tools we create and the comforts we cling to… Between gallery exhibitions and blogs on the tools in question, she paints murals that harmonize their surroundings and political cartoons that challenge them.

“Art, I decide when it’s done. Design, someone else is the judge of whether it’s successful or not.” -Julie Meridian

Experience Julie’s work at the @kaleidgallery Exhibition, “Terraforming the Uncanny Valley,” a series of paintings from a collaboration between painter Julie Meridian (San Jose) and tech artist @lucidbeaming (Berlin). 

Opening reception: Friday, February 2nd 5 p – 9p

part of the First Fridays ArtWalk SJ.

Save the Date: Content’s 12th Anniversary Pick-Up Party, 16.26p - 10p, Thursday, February 22nd at the ⁠Creekside⁠ Warehouse

20 Barack Obama Blvd, San Jose, CA 95110

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Celebrate the release of Content Magazine with an in-real-life magazine experience.

Become a member or pre-order your copy to receive a limited issue exclusive ⁠Needle to the Groove Records⁠ flexi disc vinyl record in the magazine.

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Issue 16.2 Featuring:

Musician - Amara 林 | Videographer - Victor Aquino | Photographer - Britt Bradley | Rapper - Chow Mane | RecordLabel - Discos Resaca Collective | Dancer - Srividya Eashwar | Artist - Girafa | Rap Crew - Kid Lords | Photographer - Josie Lepe | Artist - Julie Meridian | Record Shop and Label - Needle to the Groove Records | Illustrator - Shaka Shaw | 2024 San José Creative Ambassadors - Dancer - Alice Hur - Artist - Pantea Karimi - Artist - Deborah Kennedy - Artist - Rayos Magos - Storyteller - Yosimar Reyes

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Written by: ⁠Esther Young⁠

Photography by: ⁠Daniel Garcia⁠ 

Video editing by: ⁠Nirvan Vijaykar⁠

Featured: Issue 16.2, “Sight and Sound,” Britt Bradley

Content Magazine’s 12th Anniversary Issue #66

Brittany R. Bradley, Britt for short, is an award-winning alternative process photographer. She uses the collodion wet plate process to memorialize her participants on a tin or metal plate, portraying them such that they feel powerful and authentic to themselves.

“The truth exists somewhere between your experience and someone else’s.” -Britt Bradley

Become a member or pre-order your copy before January 31st for free shipping and a limited issue exclusive Needle to the Groove Records flexi disc vinyl record in the magazine.

Pre-Order Here:

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Save the Date: Content’s 12th Anniversary Pick-Up Party, 16.2

6p - 10p, Thursday, February 22nd at the Creekside Warehouse

20 Barack Obama Blvd, San Jose, CA 95110

Celebrate the release of Content Magazine with an in-real-life magazine experience.

RSVP Here:

https://bit.ly/pup162 

THANK YOU, Partners

Creekside Socials 

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Issue 16.2 Featuring:

Musician - Amara 林 | Videographer - Victor Aquino | Photographer - Britt Bradley | Rapper - Chow Mane | RecordLabel - Discos Resaca Collective | Dancer - Srividya Eashwar | Artist - Girafa | Rap Crew - Kid Lords | Photographer - Josie Lepe | Artist - Julie Meridian | Record Shop and Label - Needle to the Groove Records | Illustrator - Shaka Shaw | 2024 San José Creative Ambassadors - Dancer - Alice Hur - Artist - Pantea Karimi - Artist - Deborah Kennedy - Artist - Rayos Magos - Storyteller - Yosimar Reyes

Published by SVCreates

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Written by: Alyssarhaye Graciano

Photography & Videography by: Daniel Garcia

Video editing by: Nirvan Vijaykar

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Trevor Jones is a family man, building designer, and co-owner of Minnow Arts Gallery in Santa Cruz, California. Trevor was born and raised in Cupertino before studying economics and international studies during his undergrad and earning a master’s in architecture from the University of Oregon. Trevor describes the 15 years he lived in Portland, Oregon, as the “cauldron of his life as a creative person.” Inspired by Portland’s DIY art, design, music, and skateboarding scene, he imbued collaborative and process-oriented principles into SpaceCamp Studio, his design-build practice where he works as principal designer and general contractor. 

Trevor moved to Santa Cruz in the early 2010s to continue his work at SpaceCamp, raise his family, and, as a surfer, live a coastal lifestyle. He met Minnow Arts Co-Owner Christie Jarvis through a mutual friend and artist, Jeremy Borgeson. Christie, a landscape architect, ceramicist, and filmmaker, was looking for office space, and Trevor had an office in the barrel aging warehouse of Humble Sea Brewing. It didn’t work out for them there, but it led Trevor and Christie to look for an office together. They eventually found and leased the space that became the Minnow Arts Gallery.

Trevor and Christie began hosting exhibitions that featured work from friends and artists they were connected with. Since then, Minnow Arts has been working to create an inclusive and supportive gallery focused on supporting the local art scene in Santa Cruz and giving opportunities to local and regional artists. Rather than having a strict mission statement, Minnow Arts stays true to its DIY roots and takes a more flexible approach to exploring what the space can be through different shows and events. They also aim to make exhibiting art more approachable and demystified for artists. Trevor sees his role as a “companion” to artists.

In our conversation, Trevor shares his approach to building design, reflections on the journey that led him to co-owning a gallery, and advice for anyone hoping to ‘do it themselves.’

Join Christie and Trevor at Minnow Arts Gallery on Friday, January 5th, for First Friday Santa Cruz as they open a retrospective exhibition featuring artwork from Good Knife Studio Creative Director Juan Llorens, a Buenos Aires-based artist who designs and illustrates work for Humble Sea Brewing’s cans, bottles, and marketing materials. Frank Scott Krueger from Humble Sea Brewing is collaborating with Juan to curate the show.

https://www.minnowarts.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/minnow.arts/

Check out First Friday Santa Cruz for their entire lineup of participating galleries. https://firstfridaysantacruz.com/

Episode #107 Pamela Walsh - Pamela Walsh Gallery

Pamela Walsh is an artist of a different sort. As a gallerist, her work lives in the margin between artwork and art buyer. A gallerist’s art is not just curation but creating a space that brings people to artwork and telling those stories-becoming a conduit between artistic expression and the community that is engaging with it.

Pamela Walsh Gallery is a contemporary art space in Palo Alto’s Ramona Street architectural district. The historic building housing the gallery was designed by Stanford architect Birge Clark in 1929.

Having opened in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Pamela was able to weather the turbulence of unprecedented times and is set to celebrate the gallery’s 4th anniversary with a group exhibition opening in December 2024.

The gallery’s focus on contemporary art is on creating a platform for diverse creative expression or establishing emerging artists. Having spent 20 years before opening her gallery, Pamela sold works from historical artists. Still, she decided to move forward with contemporary art as a fun and inspiring way to work with artists who are currently practicing. Small local galleries like Pamela’s are crucial to the arts ecosystem by encouraging artists, providing opportunities, and fostering a culture of art.

In our conversation, Pamela shares what it means to be a gallerist, her background in art and working in galleries, her journey toward becoming a gallery owner, and the role her space plays in the broader arts ecosystem. 

Join Pamela Walsh this Saturday, December 16th, at Pamela Walsh Gallery for the opening of their 4th Anniversary group exhibition. 

Follow Pamela Walsh Gallery at @pamelawalshgallery

In this follow-up to Podcast #81, we reconnect with Marcus Lyon, artist, photographer, and founder of A Human Atlas, after completing his Silicon Valley project entitled De.Coded, which launched in October 2023.

In our conversation with Marcus, we talk about what he learned from his time with Silicon Valley change makers, how this project differed from previous experiences, the philosophy and design elements of the physical book, and what is on the horizon for A Human Atlas.

De.Coded is available to ⁠⁠⁠order⁠⁠⁠, and a companion app is available by searching De.Coded in ⁠⁠⁠Google Play⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠iTunes App Store⁠⁠⁠.

Some key takeaways from his time spent with the 101 Silicon Valley change-makers featured in De.Coded are the importance of Latino/Chicano culture and history in shaping the region, the rich diversity of cultures that have come together among various waves of immigration and migrations, themes of belonging, and a constant emphasis on refining the process behind A Human Atlas with a focus on context, equity, and authenticity.

Having completed A Human Atlas of Brazil, Germany, Detroit, and now Silicon Valley, Marcus Lyon is still grounded in what inspired his first project. As an Englishman married to a Brazilian with “Brazinglish” children, his initial concept, Somos Brasil (2016), which told the story of 104 extraordinary individuals creating social change across Brazil, was intended to develop a deep cultural immersion for his family. Originally intended as a one-off endeavor, Marcus began receiving requests for similar projects after its publication and recognition.

Currently, Marcus and his crew, including Joe Briggs-Price & Camila Pastorelli, are working on a new A Human Atlas project based in Los Angeles, entitled Alta / a Human Atlas of Los Angeles. 

Keep up with A Human Atlas and their team on Instagram and at their website:A Human Atlas: @ahumanatlasMarcus Lyon: @marcus_lyon  Joe Briggs-Price: @joebriggsprice Camila Pastorelli: camila_pastorelli 

Funding for De.Coded was provided by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation.

Nomination & fiscal support was provided by the American Leadership Forum (ALF).

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Human Atlas projects are research-based, interdisciplinary explorations of the people of a specified geography. They are built on extensive nomination processes. A carefully curated group nominates individuals who are championing and driving social impact in all its forms: from public servants to entrepreneurs, from non-profit leaders and activists to artists and scientists. The projects then map these remarkable humans through photographic portraits, app-based oral histories, info-graphic mapping, and ancestral DNA. Human Atlas projects take on many digital forms but always begin as a published limited edition book and an interactive exhibition.

Check out Episode #81 on our ⁠blog⁠ or ⁠Spotify⁠ for full background on Marcus and his Career.

IKUKA pastry and dessert shop at State Street Market in Los Altos takes its name from the first syllables of the Japanese words imo (sweet potato), kuri (chestnut), and kabocha (pumpkin). The goal of its creator and general manager, Miyuki Ozawa, is to bring the namesake flavors popular in Japanese baking to the South Bay.

Miyuki created the idea of IKUKA alongside her mother, Kuniko Ozawa, a prolific Bay Area restauranteur. In addition to Kuniko’s five other South Bay Japanese American restaurants, including Orenchi Ramen (also at State Street Market), Sumika Grill, & Ogiku Kaiseki, Miyuki is putting her stamp on Japanese cuisine in the Bay. IKUKA offers the deliciously starchy and subtle sweetness of imo, kuri, and kabocha as well as other favorite deserts from Japan such as the beloved Mont Blanc, burnt basque cheesecake, mini croissants, and mochi bread in hopes that patrons can experience delicate texture and sweetness of authentic Japanese pastries that bring out the natural flavors of the ingredients.

For more info, visit https://www.imokurikabocha.com/

Try IKUKA at Pick-Up Party 16.1 This Thursday, November 30th, 6p-9p at State Street Market. Content members will receive a complimentary taste as a toast to their support of South Bay Creatives.

Check out this other video featuring The Good Salad.

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Video by Nirvan Vijaykar @whosnirvan

Founder and CEO of The Good Salad, Sanad Al Souz, is on a mission to shake up mealtime by offering healthy and delicious signature chef-crafted salads.

Coming from high-tech engineering, Sanad noticed his colleagues’ interest in nutritious lunches in a corporate cafeteria setting and got to work on an online salad offering that allowed the public to order custom salads.

Since scaling to 3 brick and mortar locations in Santa Clara, Los Altos, and Palo Alto, Sanad has formed a team that reflects the values of making good food for good people so that they can feel good. But they don’t stop there; they make it taste good, too.

Try The Good Salad at Pick-Up Party 16.1 on Thursday, November 30th, 6p-9p.

Content members will receive a complimentary taste as a toast to their support of South Bay Creatives.

Look out for our next video mini-profile on Imo Kuri Kabocha, IKUKA for short, a Japanese-inspired pastry and dessert shop, which will drop next week.

Video by Nirvan Vijaykar

Follow Rosé at @sjro28

Listen to the Rosé on Spotify.

Host Troy Ewers is a journalist and personality from Southside San Jose, CA, and has a background in music, film, and sports. Troy aims to highlight art and culture through music, fashion, film, and sports.

Check out Troy Ewers on the Content Magazine Podcast, Instagram @trizzyebaby.

Episode #104 Noriyuki “Ken” Okada @jazzr777 - Jazz bassist, composer, and arranger.

As a jazz bassist, composer, and arranger, Ken Okada has spent his life finding the groove. Unlike in other genres of music, in jazz, bass is the glue responsible for holding the group together. When composing music, Ken is less concerned with being credited with a beautiful melody and more so leaving room for other musicians to join and create. 

Over the years, Ken has composed music as part of the Ken Okada Group and performed in jazz combos and big bands featuring artists such as John Worley, Leon Joyce, Yankee Taylor, Destiny Muhammad, Eric Colvin, and Rick Vandivier and numerous jazz clubs and festivals around the world.

Most recently, Ken has recorded and performed with a percussion phenom, Yoyoka Soma, a 13-year-old Japanese musician living in America who went viral in 2018 for renditions of Led Zeppelin. Together, the group has released the album “Square One,” now available on Spotify and Apple Music.

In our conversation, we discuss Ken’s approach to jazz, his upbringing as a Japanese musician, the influences of jazz in San Jose, and his most recent project featuring Yoyoka. 

Join Ken this Friday, 11/10, at 8 pm at the San Jose Jazz Break Room as the Ken Okada Group Featuring YOYOKA engages audiences with stunning rhythm, high-flying melodies, and original arrangements by Ken Okada.

Episode #103 Carman Gaines, Associate Director of Local Color

When asked to describe the San José art scene, Carman Gaines uses words like ‘passionate, diverse, obsessive, and community oriented.’ One could argue that those words also best describe Carman’s life view and journey to the present. Born and raised in San José, Carman tries to squeeze the most out of life for herself and in honor of her ancestors. Carman has an intentional approach to spending her time and the opportunities she pursues but balances those things by focusing only on what she can control.

Carman studied art history and photography in college, learning its potential to impact lives and document history. However, she accepted early on that photography was not how she wanted to survive in a capitalist world, opting to use it as a form of catharsis and personal growth. That realization did not stop her from popping into different art spaces, dropping off resumes, taking unpaid internships, and commuting to a gallery job in San Francisco for a few years before tenaciously pursuing a position at Local Color that would bring her career in arts administration closer to home. 

In the years since Carman began working for Local Color, she has taken on the role of associate director. Although her work often requires trips to what she calls ‘Grantland,’ a destination of administrative paperwork and potential funding, she relishes the opportunity to provide artists and organizations a platform to impact the community through art.

While Carman supports the art community through her career, she is also working towards a future that involves a farm, airstream, dismantling capitalism, and mutual aid. In her new podcast, ‘Plan and Story,’ Carman sits down with folks in the community to discuss their visions for the future and the sometimes unforeseen road that will take them there.

In our conversation, we discuss Carman’s journey to working for Local Color, her experiences as an artist and arts administrator, and her inspiration and approach to life.

Join Carman this Friday, October 27th, for Local Color’s annual 31 Skulls fundraiser. This fundraiser supports local artists and helps fund this woman-powered organization, fostering connections between artists, people, and places.

Episode #102 Connie Martinez, C.E.O. of SVCreates.

It is a bittersweet moment for SVCreates as we celebrate the legacy and retirement of our fearless leader, Connie Martinez.

Connie Martinez has courageously led SVCreates for the ten years since its formation when 1stACT San Jose & Arts Council Silicon Valley merged.

Before then, she had held several leadership positions in various industries. While her introduction and education in business came out of necessity in providing for her children as a young single mother, her development as a leader has been an intentional process of learning and letting go. 

Connie believes excellent leadership comes from providing the right people with a framework and resources for success. As CEO of SVCreates, she has provided resources and direction to countless arts organizations, working as a culture capitalist, investing in the potential of a multicultural Silicon Valley that can work in harmony with big tech. 

As Connie moves on from SVCreates to spend more time with friends and family, we honor her legacy and impact on Silicon Valley's creative culture. In our conversation, Connie shares the experiences that led her to SVCreates, her thoughts on leadership, advice for budding entrepreneurs and cultural influencers, the fundamental intentions she lives by, and even touches on the foundation and business of arts and culture in Silicon Valley.

Connie Martinez has been named the recipient of this year’s Cornerstone of the Arts Award. 

The award will be presented at the Cornerstone of the Arts Award event at the Hammer Theatre Center on October 19, 2023, at 6 p.m.

Connie was previously featured in episode #64 of the Content Magazine Podcast discussing The Business of Arts and Culture.

Episode #101  Brandon Quintanilla - Cultural Night Market
@CultureNightMarket | @feastmodesj

Brandon “BQ” Quintanilla is a San Jose-born entrepreneur of Nicaraguan descent who founded media company EMLN (Early Morning Late Nights) to produce projects such as Any Given Bars YouTube Channel, San José’s Culture Night Market, and FeastMode. BQ has created a business and brand around his vision for San José.

In this conversation, BQ and introducing Content guest host Troy Ewers, @trizzyebaby, discuss BQ's rise as an entrepreneur, the development of EMLN, organizing events, and personal growth. Listeners gain insight into what it takes to start and scale a business, difficulties with organizing events, and how to hustle through adversity.

Follow BQ, @bqallin, and EMLN, @emlnexclusive , on Instagram to keep up to date with what he has cooking for Silicon Valley. 

Look for Culture Night Market, Feat Mode, render application, and other events at linktr.ee/culturenightmarket

Coming Feast Mode events - 10/13/23, 10/26/23, 11/04/23

Featured in issue 14.2 (SOLD OUT)

Episode #100 Andrew Espino, Owner of 1Culture Art Gallery @1culture_ Growing up in Eastside San José, Andrew Espino loved both Hip-Hop and oldies, graffiti and lowrider culture, and football. He carried all of these inspirations through college as a St. Mary’s football linebacker and into his post-college career in real estate. Andrew frequented art galleries during business travels but found the art that spoke to him was in galleries off Main Street and on back streets. He started buying art representing the streets that told stories about an urban environment. Andrew, a businessman by nature, realized that the mainstream market for the artwork he appreciated was limited and considered assisting artists he met at street markets to sell their work. He began a journey as a traveling art vendor, popping up and selling work he curated on commission. He quickly realized that he needed a brick-and-mortar gallery to elevate the experience of purchasing art that represented his experience as a Chicano kid from the city. Andrew opened 1culture Art Gallery & Collective in May of 2022. The gallery rotates shows every six to eight weeks. Andrew is working more with guest curators to increase his impact on the scene. This year, he coordinates trips for San Jose Artists to display at the Bedstuy Walls Mural Festival and Art Basel Week in Miami. Rooted in originality, creativity, and unity, 1culture hopes to provide a platform for artists and add to San Jose’s artistic culture, making it a destination for experiencing art. 1culturegallery.com 136 & 144 E. Santa Clara St San Jose, Ca 95113 Andrew Espino was also featured in Issue 15.1 of Content Magazine https://www.content-magazine.com/articles/15-1-1shopculture/

The Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival August 15-30

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Episode #98 Rhonda Holberton @rhondaholberton - Interdisciplinary artist and Professor of Digital Media @cadre_sjsu @SJSU

Oakland-based artist and SJSU digital media professor Rhonda Holberton grew up in the Dulles Corridor, referred to as “The Silicon Valley of The East.” Holberton saw technology’s impact on society at an early age. She recalls, “I watched farmlands get steamrolled over, and subdivisions pop up.” Holberton’s work investigates technology, history, and modernity through research-based digital media and interdisciplinary art.

In a piece entitled ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ currently on display at The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Rhonda created 3D scans of her body practicing yoga framed by a digitized desert. The piece contrasts peaceful yoga practice with 3D technology developed by the military while presenting the human form in a cyborgian context to expose a world where humans and technology are fundamentally intertwined.

In our conversation, Holberton talks about her interest in engineering and its influence on her work, what it means to be a steward of creation and the digital world, and her moral obligation to "leave this place better than it was when she arrived."

Catch Holberton’s show at ICA San Jose until August 13th, and prepare to ponder the modern world and your role in it.

@icasanjose

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Featured: Issue 10.4, Kung Fu Vampire, @kungfuvampire

Kung Fu Vampire is a genre-bending rapper and performer born and raised in San Jose, California. He has spent the last 20 years curating a sound and image that has gained international interest among fandoms, including horror and hip-hop. His interests in Gothic style, music, and rap converged around a film concept conceived in conversation with friends. This concept has since led him on a career path that includes national tours, high-profile performances, and, most recently, a feature at the 2023 Gathering of the Juggalos in Thornville, Ohio, where he performed for a crowd of 8,000.In our conversation, Kung Fu Vampire shares his origin story, the development of his image, and his relationship with San Jose.

Check out the Content Magazine Podcast and read more about Kung Fu Vampire: https://www.content-magazine.com/articles/podcast-kung-fu-vampire/

Catch Kung Fu Vampire Live at the Ritz on July 14th, as he returns to his hometown for the first time in four years to perform with @chowmane @cole.wav & @Yo.Izz

We are looking back at the annual SubZERO Festival that takes place on the first Friday and Saturday of June. South First Friday Art Walk SJ organizes SubZERO Festival. This year Content had the opportunity to spotlight this festival through the artists in attendance.Augie WK is a 3rd generation Mexican-American painter and muralist. His work draws inspiration from the religious art of the high Renaissance. He uses imagery such as stained glass to spray paint visions representing and paying homage to the Chicano experience. Augie WK and Jessica Carmen partner to form The Jams Brand, working to brighten neighborhoods through community-oriented designs and artistic freedom.We hope this artist mini-profile from SubZERO Festival 2023 can keep you inspired through July and prepare you for the return of Art Walk SJ.There is no First Friday Art Walk SJ in July. Art Walk SJ returns First Friday, August 4th, with Art Walk SJ & STREET MRKT urban arts faire that will happen each first Friday through October. Thank you to SubZERO Festival and Artwalksj for bringing together the arts community and allowing us to spotlight these artists' work. Stay tuned for the release of more SubZERO Festival artist mini-profiles over the next couple of months. 

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The evening will feature an exposition showcasing the work of students graduating in art, architecture, design, and performing arts, including the Cilker Art & Design annual fashion show and work from other local artists featured in issue 15.3 https://bit.ly/pickupparty153

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Featured: Issue 15.3, Dan Fenstermacher, @danfenstermacher Every year, @SVCREATES recognizes the region’s finest early-career artists through the Content Emerging Artist Award. These artists are committed to developing their art forms and enriching the greater Santa Clara County region with exhibitions, performances, presentations, and service. Featured in upcoming Issue 15.3, “Perform,” photographer and photography professor Dan Fenstermacher is one of three 2023 Content Emerging Artists receiving $5,000 to continue the development of his art form in addition to being recognized for his unique artistic vibrancy. Originally from Seattle, Washington, Dan obtained a bachelor’s degree in advertising from the University of Idaho before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in marketing. While there, he realized that advertising has less to do with creative ad concepts and more with market research, data analysis, and spreadsheets. Dan recalls, “I started taking photography classes through a local community college while doing those advertising jobs.” Dan went on to use his community college photo credits to teach fine art in China, aided by student translators. Later, he enrolled in a graduate photography program at San Jose State University. Dan’s photography is rooted in detail and captures reality at the core of often misunderstood situations. “I have always been an observer,” he says. “I tend to notice things that most people wouldn’t consider. I like to combine street photography with journalistic documentary themes.” The 2023 SVCREATES Content Emerging Artist Award winners will be celebrated at the Content Magazine Pick-Up Party on Friday, May 19, in conjunction with West Valley College’s Cilker Art + Design Expo. https://bit.ly/pickupparty153 Pre-order issue 15.3 “Perform” Summer 2023 Out 63rd issue! https://bit.ly/153perform Thank you, Partners! @westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime ________________ Written by David E. Valdespino Jr. @thedaveed Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator @redladdertheatre @svcreates #Contentmag #Content #Magazine #Contentemergingartist #contentemergingartistaward #photo #photography #imagery #education #arts #siliconvalley

Every year, @SVCREATES recognizes the region’s finest early-career artists through the Content Emerging Artist Award. These artists are committed to developing their art forms and enriching the greater Santa Clara County region with exhibitions, performances, presentations, and service.  Featured in upcoming Issue 15.3, “Perform,” rapper and actor Davied Morales, AKA Activepoet, is one of three 2023 Content Emerging Artists, receiving $5,000 to continue the development of his art form in addition to being recognized for his unique artistic vibrancy. 

San José-born Davied Morales has worked for numerous Bay Area theater companies, appeared on television and film, and amassed a large social media following. He hopes to be an example and pillar of support for Bay Area creatives by manifesting genuine positivity through his craft. Davied also works as an improv facilitator for San Jose’s Red Ladder Theatre Company, leading workshops for men and women experiencing incarceration.“I want to inspire people who look like me and let people know that they can do it too.” -Davied Morales.

The 2023 SVCREATES Content Emerging Artist Award winners will be celebrated at the Content Magazine Pick-Up Party on Friday, May 19, in conjunction with West Valley College’s Cilker Art + Design Expo. Learn more.https://bit.ly/pickupparty153

Pre-order issue 15.3 “Perform” Summer 2023

@contentmag

63rd issue.

https://bit.ly/153perform

Thank you, Partners!

@westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime

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Written by David E. Valdespino Jr. @thedaveed 

Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator

@redladdertheatre #Contentmag #Content #Magazine #actor #Theatre #rapper #Hiphop #voiceacting #Contentemergingartist #contentemergingartistaward

Featured: Issue 15.3, Keana Aguila Labra @keanalabra

Every year, @SVCREATES recognizes the region’s finest early-career artists through the Content Emerging Artist Award. These artists are committed to developing their art forms and enriching the greater Santa Clara County region with exhibitions, performances, presentations, and service.  

Featured in upcoming Issue 15.3, “Perform,” Cebuano Tagalog Pilipinx poet, editor, and writer Keana Aguila Labra is one of three 2023 Content Emerging Artists, receiving $5,000 to continue development of her art form in addition to being recognized for her unique artistic vibrancy. 

Keana’s poetry typically begins with a thought or emotion that crystallizes in a moment and is jotted down as a note for later interrogation. “I try to sit with myself in meditation, write down snippets, and continue returning to them. I think of them as my children,” she explains. “I don’t rush a piece if it is about very intimate emotions. I like to keep the original snippets to see how I refined them over time, thinking about craft, intention, negative space, and the flow of the line.” 

The 2023 SVCREATES Content Emerging Artist Award winners will be celebrated at the Content Magazine Pick-Up Party on Friday, May 19, in conjunction with West Valley College’s Cilker Art + Design Expo. Learn more.

Pre-order issue 15.3 “Perform” Summer 2023, 63rd issue. (https://bit.ly/153perform)

Thank you, Partners!

@westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime

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Written by David E. Valdespino Jr. @thedaveed 

Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator

@Sampaguitapress 

@mariasatsampaguitas

@sccyouthpoetlaureate 

#Contentmag #Content #Magazine #poet #poetry #writing #editor #creativewriting #filam #Cebuano #filipinx 

James Grain Warehouse & Asiel Design

IG: thejamesgrainwarehouse | asieldesign

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic (https://instagram.com/jackpavlinamusic)

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

danielgarciaphotography.com

IG: TheCultivator & Contentmag

This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

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MACLAarte.org

Instagram: macla_sanjose

Alyssarhaye's

Instagram: alyssarhaye & blacksheepmade 

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic (https://instagram.com/jackpavlinamusic)

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

Follow Bree's artwork at breekarpavage.com and @bree.karpavage

Be sure to mark your calendars for the First Friday Santa Cruz and subscribe to The Santa Cruz Mountains Makers Market Newsletter.

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic (https://instagram.com/jackpavlinamusic)

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

Listen to full interview on the Content Podcast on our website.

Or, follow us on Spotify

San José Day (⁠https://linktr.ee/sanjoseday⁠⁠)

IG: sanjoseday (⁠https://www.instagram.com/sanjoseday/⁠)

Haley was featured in issue 10.2. (https://www.content-magazine.com/articles/10-2-haley-cardamon)

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic (https://instagram.com/jackpavlinamusic)

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

Learn more about Santa Cruz County's Open Studio and the other programs and grant opportunities at https://artscouncilsc.org/

IG: @artscouncilsc 

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic (https://instagram.com/jackpavlinamusic)

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

Fellow creative community members, please meet David Valdespiono, Jr.   (https://www.instagram.com/thedaveed)

Photography by Paul Gallo  (https://www.instagram.com/paulgallostyle)

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic (https://instagram.com/jackpavlinamusic)

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

Pick-Up Party Dec 7th at San Pedro Social. @sanpedrosocialsj

https://bit.ly/pup151

Next Exhibit

Bay Area Only Exhibition | Dec. 17th 2022 - Jan. 20th 2023

shop1culture.com

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Written by @alyssarhaye

Photography by @thecultivator

www.evaro.it (https://www.evaro.it/)

IG: evaroitalia  (https://instagram.com/evaroitalia )

The highly anticipated Evaro Italia Spring/Summer 2023 collection will be fully revealed on November 13th at the El Prado Fashion Showcase in Palo Alto, California.

Created by Eva Rorandelli, the new collection is titled "Rosa di Cristallo" and features boldly colored reflective, multifaceted textiles and sparkling crystals that clash with architectural and glamorous natural shapes. The atmosphere merges modern sophistication with the brand’s timeless international taste. Reserve your tickets today to join us at the exclusive launch of the new collection. Tickets. (https://bit.ly/evarospring23)

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This episode's music is "408" by Jack Pavlina. Read more about Jack in Issue 14.1 Winter 2022 — release date: Dec. 9, 2021: https://bit.ly/Discover141

Follow Jack at @jackpavlinamusic

Spotify: https://bit.ly/jackpavlina

Mosaic America  (https://mosaicamerica.org)

IG: @mosaicamerica (https://www.instagram.com/mosaicamerica)
   @priyadasmosaic (https://www.instagram.com/priyadasmosaic)

Podcast and interview with cofounder Usha Srinivasan

https://www.content-magazine.com/articles/podcast-usha-sangam-arts/