Episode #100 Andrew Espino, Owner of 1Culture Art Gallery

At SubZERO Festival 2023, Content had the opportunity to spotlight the festival through the artists in attendance.

Porky, @_p.locz_ is a musician and miniaturist who creates dioramas of iconic San Jose locations to draw viewers' sense of familiarity, nostalgia, and hometown pride. Inspired by car shows, Porky continues pushing his craft by making exact replicas of places and cars you might see around San Jose.

Art Walk San Jose returns from summer break, August 4th, featuring their STREET MRKT urban arts faire happening the first Friday of each month through October. In preparation, Content continues to recap @subzerofestival, which takes place on the first Friday and Saturday of June, organized by @artwalksj.

We hope this artist mini-profile from SubZERO Festival 2023 gets you fired up for the return of @artwalksj & STREET MRKT urban arts faire.Thank you to @subzerofestival 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.

Episode #99 - Athenna Crosby, TV Host/Journalist, Actress, and Model

Athenna Crosby devotes her time to inspiring young women and positively impacting the world through modeling, acting, and entertainment journalism. Her San Jose roots keep her grounded in her mission. She recalls, “[San Jose] is just a bunch of hard-working people who go to their nine to five and put food on the table for their families.”Pageantry called to Crosby after she discovered the significance of pageant competitions in her mother’s native Venezuelan culture. Venezuelan women often utilize pageants to guide their families out of poverty. Crosby began participating in pageants at 14 and later won Miss California Teen, Miss Teen San Jose, and Miss Congeniality. Her experience in pageantry enabled her to create long-lasting friendships and connections.

Currently, Crosby is the spokesperson for San Jose’s Cinequest Film Festival. Her initial encounter with Cinequest was through a summer camp in high school hosted by the company, which resulted in one of her proudest successes. As Cinequest spokesperson, she spreads the word about the festival and the importance of film.Get your tickets and passes on cinequest.org and enjoy food, drinks, and entertainment at Cinequest’s summertime film festival.

@athennacrosby

TV Host/Journalist @hotinhollywoodtv @cinequestorg @heartstringsstories

Actress @kitinternationaltalent

Model @therossagencyincHappening

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.

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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. 

Featured: Issue 15.3, Leslie Lewis Sigler, @leslielewissigler_artist

Featured: Issue 15.3, Onna Keller, @onna.keller

Onna Keller moved to California from Thailand after finishing her PhD in demography from Chulalongkorn University. In fall of 2020, she enrolled in landscape architecture courses at West Valley College.

Onna has taken classes in other fields also and continues to do so, since she believes that inspiring ideas are all around us. She will be graduating this spring and plans to apply for internships and a master of architecture program. 

Join us TONIGHT at West Valley College for a pick-up party 15.3 and The Cilker School of Art & Design’s annual graduation EXPO.https://bit.ly/pickupparty153 (Link in Bio)

Thank you, Partners!@westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime

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Photography by Daniel Garcia, @thecultivator

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Featured: Issue 15.3, Iris Zimmerman, @zimmersnapsIris

Zimmerman has always been drawn to the creative and is a returning student working on her psychology and studio arts degree. She hopes to pair her portraits with her psychology background to teach people how vital it is to love themselves and how challenging it can be.

Join us May 19th, at West Valley College for pick-up party 15.3 and The Cilker School of Art & Design’s annual graduation EXPO.

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

Thank you, Partners!@westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime

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Featured: Issue 15.3, Rubén Darío Villa / Mr. Fúchila, @mr.fuchila

Artist Rubén Darío Villa can see his hometown of Gilroy clear as day. Through his art, he speaks of his culture, his home, and the history he lives with. His art tells the story of growing up in the Bay Area as a first-generation Chicano.

Fúchila, slang for “smelly” in Spanish, takes the novelty car air freshener and instills it with a collective history, the nostalgia found in the Latinx community. Villa opened shop on Fúchila Fresheners in 2015 with six original designs: Frida Kahlo, Pancho Villa, Blue Demon, Cantinflas, Selena Quintanilla, and a sugar skull. Villa named this pool of inspiration “Chicanostalgia,” the experience of Western pop culture as lived by the Chicano community. 

Join Content & Mr. Fúchila Friday, May 19th, at West Valley College for pick-up party 15.3 and The Cilker School of Art & Design’s annual graduation EXPO. Mr. Fúchila will be popping up to sell new work along with other featured artists displaying theirs. 

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 15.3https://bit.ly/pickupparty153 (Link in Bio)

Thank you, Partners!@westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime 

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Written by Chris Jalufka @cpjalufka & @eviltender_

Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator

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