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Susan Sayre Batton has held a number of art museum positions, including deputy director at Honolulu Academy of Arts, collections consultant at Norton Simon Museum, and her current position as Oshman Executive Director at San Jose Museum of Art. With the intent of creating a borderless museum through onsite and offsite projects and seamless integration with the communities they serve, Sayre and her team have undergone a number of collaborations with other organizations.

In our conversation, Sayre shares about the adjustments the museum has made during COVID-19 and some of the plans for the museum moving into 2021.

sjmusart.org 

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San Jose Museum of Art 

110 S Market Street San Jose, CA 95113

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#40 Joe Miller - Graphic Designer, Educator, and Arts Administrator 

As owner and principal designer of the graphic design firm, Joe Miller's Company, he specializes in "identity and brand development through graphic, typographic, and environmental design." Miller has worked with companies like Atari, HP, The New York Times, and several local organizations. As Lecturer in Graphic Design at San Jose State University, he shares his love of graphic design and typography with students three times a week. Miller is also the president of the Board of Directors for Works/ San José, an art and performance center located in downtown San Jose. If all that wasn't enough on his plate, Miller is also a spoken word performer and poet.

In our conversation, Joe shares about a design lesson "nugget" as well as talk about the roll of graphic design for cultural equity and inclusion. Joe also shares the vision and future of Works San Jose and the change they have had to make during COVID-19.

To find out more about Joe, go to his website www.joemillersco.com and on Instagram at @joecompany

For the Works/San Jose, go to and follow on Instagram at @workssanjose https://workssanjose.org/

Music for this episode is "Time Alone" by Mild Monk 

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Karen Kienzle is director of the Palo Alto Art Center and oversees this vital community organization's vision, budget, marketing efforts, and staffing. Karen brings more than 15 years of experience in arts administration to the Art Center and is also a lecturer for the San Francisco State University Museum Studies Program.

In the past, Karen has served as assistant director for exhibitions, education, and community outreach at the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, and assistant curator at the San Jose Museum of Art.

In our conversation, Karen tells the story of how she got into the arts, her own art experiences, and the adjustments the PAAC has made due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Find out more about the Palo Alto Art Center on the City of Palo Alto's website.

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#38 - Michael Ogilvie - City of San Jose's Director fo Public Art

Michael Ogilvie, formerly overseeing public art programs in Las Vegas and Clark County, as San Jose's public art director, seeks to deepen San Jose inhabitants' appreciation of their home and leads the city's public art program by stewarding over 250 works of art, research, and plans and evaluates public art projects.

Michael has worked as a cartoon illustrator and continues to dabble in his illustrative narratives of historical characters as time permits.

In our conversation, Michael talks about his work with the city, the role public art plays in our community, and his drawings and process.

To find out more about the City of San Jose's Public Art Program, go to https://bit.ly/SJCPublicArt

See Michael's artwork and read our 2018 interview on the Content Magazine website https://content-magazine.com

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Janice Lobo Sapigao 

Lately, two topics seem to be on the mind of Santa Clara County's latest poet laureate, Janice Lobo Sapigao: death and childhood. Though "beginning" and "end" might seem polar opposites, they're closer than we often give them credit for.

"I just want people to know that there's still meaning in all of it, so I hope my work captures that." _ Janice Lobo Sapigao

In our conversation, Janice shares how her writing moved to from her diary to the stage, her inspiration, and the road to becoming a poet laureate.

One of the projects that she is working on during her term is to create a Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate Program with at Kick-off Facebook live stream Friday, December 4, 5p-7p, https://facebook.com/SCCLD/

Written by Johanna Hickle @Johanna_Hickle

Photography by Daniel Garcia @theCultivator

Featured in Issue 13.1 "Discover" https://bit.ly/Discover131

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36 - Steve Borkenhagen - Urban Confluence Silicon Valley

Steve Borkenhagen has been an entrepreneur and business owner in Silicon Valley since 1975. He opened Camera One Theater, the first repertory cinema in San Jose, and partners in 1975. Since then, Steve had founded and operated multiple bars and restaurants in the South Bay Area, including Eulipia Restaurant from 1977 to 2012 when they transitioned to be Cafe Stritch.

In our conversation, Steve talks about his years as a business owner, arts supporting, and his current role with Urban Confluence Silicon Valley, looking to bring an iconic landmark to San Jose. With three finalists selected from hundreds of international submissions, they are now in the next design and feasibility assessment phase.

Learn more about Urban confluence. Please join us at an informational webinar on Tuesday, December 1, from 10:00a to 11:00a. They will be reviewing the significant progress during the last three years and explaining their exciting plans for the next six months—including choosing the competition winner.

IG: @urbanconfluence (https://www.instagram.com/urbanconfluence)

 Urban Confluence Silicon Valley (https://www.urbanconfluencesiliconvalley.org)

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Cain Ramirez - Paper Moon Coffee Company

Cain co-founded Cowgirl Bike Courier, a San Jose-based bike messenger service, with Amanda Muehlbauer in 2014. After running the business for a few years in the South Bay, better business opportunities led him to San Francisco; but after an injury and changes in the messenger industry, Cain retired from that business. Soon after, the contacts he had made as a messenger led him to his next gig with Paper Moon Coffee Company.

In our conversation, Cain share is a journey as an entrepreneur, lessons from running a business, and his goals as vice president of Paper Moon.

Follow Cain on Instagram at @marvinhellagaye 

And Find Paper Moon at @papermooncoffeeco and papermoon.cafe (https://papermoon.cafe)

Read 2015 interview from issue 7.0 "Reveal" (http://bit.ly/cbcourier)

Written by Flora Moreno de Thompson  (https://instagram.com/floramoreno)

Photography by Gregory Cortez (https://instagram.com/cortezmediagroup)

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Omar Rodriguez founded Kooltura Marketing to provide creative communications agency that works  through the paradigm of multicultural marketing, a form of marketing that bases its strategy and methods on the people, culture, language, and history of the community it hopes to target. Kooltura has targeted San Jose’s Mayfair community and downtown San Jose. 

In December 2019, Omar cofounded Eastside Magazine to further provide his clients and the community a vehicle to reach locals. In our conversation, we talk about Omar's work with Kooltura and the vision for launching ,em>Eastside. 

Find out more about Omar's work at kooltura.com https://www.kooltura.com/ 

And get Eastside magazine's current, fourth issue, Nahui at https://www.kooltura.com/issue-2020nahui https://www.instagram.com/koolturamarketing/ 

Read our full interview with Omar in issue 6.4 http://bit.ly/Kooltura64 

Written by Anna Bagirov https://www.artillerymag.com/byline/anna-bagirov/ 

Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator 

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Ren Geisick isn't a typical jazz or country singer. As a matter of fact, she categorizes herself as an Americana singer-songwriter. Growing up with country and jazz icons playing through the stereo in her San Jose home, she is equally influenced by Bob Dylan and Nina Simone; she flows seamlessly, from the soulful delivery of a jazz ballad to the carefree lilt of an American folk song. Ren is a solo artist and co-leads new funk and soul band The Anachronistics with William Bohrer.

In our conversation, we explore Ren's musical influences, her growth as a sing-songwriter,  and what led her to write her first political-themed piece, "Enemy of the People." Which she and produced with William Bohrer and The Anachronistics, which will be release Oct 23rd, as she says, "Just in time for the elections. Make it your voting anthem."

Follow Ren at rensings.com

Find "Enemy of the People" at http://bit.ly/TheAnachronistics

https://www.theanachronistics.com - https://www.instagram.com/theanachronistics/

Ren's weekly Sunday jam sessions  at https://www.facebook.com/RenGeisick/live_videos/

Read our 2017 interview with Ren in issue 9.4 http://bit.ly/RenG94

Written by Nick Panoutsos (https://instagram.com/vegbass)

#32 - Demone Carter - Rapper, Creative Catalyst, and Nonprofit Professional

Demone Carter's original plan was to be a "famous" rapper but found himself in the arts nonprofit world after starting after school youth hip-hop dance program. He continues to Rap and make music, but that transition led his path to become an influential voice in the South Bay creative scene. From overseeing MALI and the School of Arts and Culture programs to co-hosting a Rap culture podcast with Needle to the Groove team members, Dave Ma and Nate Leblanc, which has recently been pick-up by Stony Island Podcast Network.

In 2021, Demone will serve as a Creative License Ambassador for the City of San Jose.

In our conversation, Demone, p.k.a., DEM ONE, we talk about his involvement in the arts, his podcasts "Dad Bod Rap Pod," and some of his experiences as a color person in San Jose.

Follow Demone on his Instagram @lifeafterhiphop

Listen to his podcast Dad Bod Rap Pod https://dadbodrappod.com/

Featured in Issue 9.4 "Profiles" http://bit.ly/DemoneCarter95

Written by David Perez @dperezer https://www.instagram.com/dperezer/

Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator https://www.instagram.com/thecultivator/

Music for this episode is "Lighters"-Da Hermit feat DEM ONE and Bambu

Listen to the complete track at http://bit.ly/LightersTrack