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Featured Mini-Profile: @subzerofestival 2023, Cynthia Gonzalez, @cyanhit

@artwalksj is back this Friday, March 1st, and as the days get longer we are looking back on some mini-features from @subzerofestival 2023

Artist, crafter, painter, and sculptor, Cynthia Gonzalez, @cyanhit, uses colorful and psychedelic imagery to express themself and navigate the wonder, whimsy, and nightmares of various mental states, mental illness, an abuse.

Content will continue to recap @subzerofestival 2023, which took place on the first Friday and Saturday of June, organized by @artwalksj each month until its valiant return this summer.

At @subzerofestival 2023, Content had the opportunity to spotlight the festival through the artists in attendance.

We hope this artist mini-profile from SubZERO Festival 2023 inspires you to attend @artwalksj

March 1st, First Friday @artwalksj will be an inspired evening of arts, culture, and community at the FIRST FRIDAY ArtWalk SJ in SoFA District (& beyond!).   

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 in the lead up to summer.

Learn more about South First Fridays @artwalksj & @subzerofestival:
southfirstfridays.com/
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Videography by: Destiny Quesada, @desitnyy

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

RSVP Here:⁠https://bit.ly/pup162⁠ 

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.

Order Here:⁠https://bit.ly/162SNS⁠ 

THANK YOU, Partners⁠Creekside Socials ⁠⁠Asiel Design⁠ ⁠Filco Events⁠⁠Barya Kitchen⁠

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

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:

https://bit.ly/162SNS 

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 

Asiel Design 

Filco Events

Barya Kitchen

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

Episode #109 Trevor Jones, Minnow Arts

Watch on Spotify | YouTube | Vimeo | Listen on Apple Podcast

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 #108 - Content Year Review

The Cultivator and Developer of Content Magazine review a year of publications. Daniel Garcia founded Content Magazine in 2012 and has cultivated the longest-running South Bay Arts magazine ever. David Valdespino Jr. Joined the Content team full-time in January 2023 as a production manager and writer.

In this conversation, we discuss highlights from the year, some magazine design and layout details, hidden aspects of the production process, and contributions from some writers, editors, and photographers that make Content possible.

Episode #108 is the first time our team has offered a behind-the-scenes look at producing Content Magazine. 

THANK YOU to the writers, photographers, editors, partners, and creatives that make Content Magazine possible. 

Issue 15.2 Featuring:

Tattoo Artist - Danny Fernandez | M.A.N.O.S., Jimmy Castañeda | Visual Artist - Trinh Mai | Painter - Angela Johal | Photographer - John Todd | San Jos Photo Walk - Julie Chon, Diana Mae, 35mmallie, Yvonne Yeh, Sheldon Chang | Stylist - Kelly Peters | Gathering Artisans Collective - James, Clarice, & Jafar Green | K-Cafe - Kayla Dinh | Mama Kin - Andrew Saman | Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus | Flautist/Teacher - Azeem Ward | Raue - Paige Kalenian & Jax Huckle | Album Picks - Needle to the Groove

Issue 15.3 Featuring:

Dancer - Alyssa 'Ms. Mambo' Aguilar | Chancellor of the West Valley-Mission Community College District - Bradley Davis | Designer - Carlos Pérez | Photographer educator - Dan Fenstermacher | Actor and rapper - Davied Morales, AKA Activepoet | Singer/Rapper - Ervin Wilson | Scholar and dance ethnologist - Farima Berenji | Hip Hop Record Label - F.R.V.R. Records, Aldin Metovic, Brevin Rowand, Vanessa Vindell | Aspiring Photographer - Iris Zimmerman | Writer/Poet - Keana Aguila Labra | Painter - Leslie Lewis Sigler | Musician - Mike Huguenor | Artist Educator - Mitra Fabian | Artist Rubén Darío Villa - Mr. Fuchila | Album Picks - Needle To The Groove | San Jose Earthquake - Niko Tsakiris | Emerging Fashion Designer - Nyr Acuavera | Graduating Architecture/Landscape Architecture - Onna Keller | Painter - Renée Hamilton-McNealy | Tattoo Artist - Sefa Samatua | ShaKa Brewing

Issue 15.4 Featuring:

Tattoo Artist - Abraham Ortega | San Jose Storyboard - Bertrand Patron Paule | Nonprofit organization - B.L.A.C.K. Outreach San Jose | Poet - Elodia Esperanza Benitez | Painter - James Mertke | Filmmaker - May Yam | Developer - Michael Messinger | Multidisciplinary Artist - Pantea Karimi | Muralist - Paul J. Gonzalez | San Jose Museum of Art Curators - Senior Curator: Lauren Schell Dickens, Assistant Curator: Juan Omar Rodriguez, Curatorial and Programs associate: Nidhi Gandhi | Artist & Illustrator - Suhita Shirodkar | Together We Create | Elba Raquel, Mesngr, Wisper, Roberto Romo | Meraki by Yaya Fashion Design - Yaya Bautista | Data Artist & Professor -Yoon Chung Han | Poet & Storyteller - Yosimar Reyes | D.J. - Weezmatic, Aaron Aquino

Issue 16.1 Featuring:

EPA Center, Nadine Rambeau | Tai Zhan Bakery, Wendy Chan | Gallerist, Pamela Walsh | Artist, Ignacio “Nacho” Moya | Musician and Painter, Ben Henderson | Artist, Miguel Machuca | Arts Los Altos, Maddy McBirney & Karen Zucker | Clothing Brand: Exhilo, Curtis Ying | Ensamble Folclórico Colibrí, Arturo Magaña | DJs, Soulmat3s | Musician, Will Sprott

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

Episode #106 Marcus Lyon - Human Atlas, The De.Coded Project

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

Episode #105 Rosé – Hip Hop Artist, Rapper, & Singer.

Rooted in the Bay Area and based in San José,  Rosé began pursuing music at 19 to bring a new era and sound to the scene. As an emerging rapper and hip-hop artist, Rosé is working hard to establish himself by performing, releasing new projects, and building a local and international fanbase.

Inspired by artists such as Drake, Future, Torey Lanez, and Bugatti, Rosé works to express himself across vocal mediums, blending styles of rap and singing to express himself authentically. Influenced by his family’s love for 90s hip hop while growing up, he aims to cultivate his versatile style like those early rap pioneers did.

Rosé plans to release a trilogy of ‘Bay Born’ mixtapes that showcase the sounds he is cultivating from the Bay and capture the sound of his career at different stages. He is also working on a project called “Last Week” that will represent different days of the week based on a difficult period he went through while doing his last project.

Rosé is focused on constantly releasing new singles and videos and performing live shows to continue growing his fanbase and career.

His new project, “5” with Cam G, is an EP available on all streaming platforms, and you can also find all his other music on all streaming platforms.

Follow him on Instagram @sjro28 for updates on his music and live show dates.

In Troy’s conversation with Rosé, they discuss his journey as an artist, his new project with Cam G “5”, and the state of the San Jose rap scene.

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.