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Featured: Issue 17.3, “Perform,” Jacque Rupp,  @jacquerupp “‘I’m always learning,’ quips Jacque Rupp, a lifelong photographer who has deepened her craft over the past several years. With a robust career as an executive in Silicon Valley, including working for Apple, photography has been her through-line to navigate life, death, grief, aging, and womanhood.” “Photography has always brought me so mu...

Mary Morse is an MFA candidate in Spatial Arts at San José State University, working in various mediums while exploring texture, color, and memory in her work. Her interdisciplinary approach enables her to create work that is unique, introspective, and innovative. She is showcasing work that combines soft materials and rigid forms in felt, incorporating painting and metalwork into her installation...

Chelsea Stewart was born in 1997 in San Mateo County, CA. She lives in San Mateo and works in Palo Alto, CA. Stewart is currently attending San José State University while working towards her MFA in Spatial Arts. Stewart completed a residency in the Cubberley Artist Studio Program in Palo Alto, CA, and currently works as the Gallery Manager at the Pamela Walsh Gallery in downtown Palo Alto. She wa...

Timna Naim is an MFA candidate in Spatial Arts whose work is playful, tactical, and socially engaging. They work primarily in clay and utilize performance, social practice, and experimental glazing techniques to make the fantastical tangible. Follow Timna’s work timnanaim.com Instagram: fireclaywater

Samantha Saldana is a lens-based interdisciplinary artist whose scholarship explores community social justice issues, identity, family relationships, and intersectionality. Saldana is a graduate of the Visual and Public Art Department at California State University, Monterey Bay, and is currently an MFA candidate in the Photography Program at San Jose State University. Saldana’s work engages acces...

Erin de Jauregui is an MFA Candidate in Photography who focuses his work on time, place, and storytelling. His work takes the viewer on a journey to see the world through an unimaginable perspective. He will be showing photographs that challenge perceptions and tell innovative stories. Follow Erin’s work: dejauregui.com Instagram: dejauregui

Andrew Marovich is an MFA in Spatial Arts whose work addresses questions of process, puzzles, and riddles. He is a skilled craftsman and mixes media, but always comes back to working with hand-done metalworking processes. Follow Andrew’s work: andrewmarovich.com Instagram: critical_meltdown

Don Hardy is an award-winning filmmaker known for his powerful documentaries that shed light on diverse societal topics. As a director, producer, and cinematographer, Hardy has worked on impactful films such as Citizen Penn , Linda Perry: Let It Die Here , and most recently, Bar . He has earned six regional Emmys and significant film festival awards. Hardy’s career has been defined by following dr...

CURA Contemporary in Morgan Hill opened in the fall of 2024 as an art gallery and community space that hosts exhibitions, workshops, and art classes. The building was the brainchild of owners and longtime South County residents Dan and Kathy McCranie, who also own Colibri Art and Framing just across the street. The McCranies worked closely with Ellie Honl-Herman, the current Gallery Director, to d...

Episode #131: Content Magazine 2024 Review This podcast is also available on Apple Podcast and YouTube . The Cultivator of Content Magazine, Daniel Garcia, and The Developer, David Valdespino Jr., reflect on 2024 and the curation of issues 16.1 through 16.4. In this conversation, David and Daniel discuss the production of issues 16.1 through 16.4, highlights from 2024, and David Valdespino Jr.’s 2...

Experience Quetsmo ’s “The Roosevelt Mural,” curated and produced by Empire Seven Studios , on the south-facing wall of the new Roosevelt Park Apartments on the corner of East Santa Clara Street and North 21st Street . Shane Martin Oseguera, also known as Quetsmo, is a muralist from Redwood City, California, currently based in San Diego. His moniker combines Quet, a reference to Quetzalcoatl, the...

Tshaka Menelik Imhotep Campbell is a former Silicon Valley Poet Laureate and has authored four books of poetry: Tarman, Muted Whispers, STUFF | I will Write More, and Tunnel Vision. He is preparing to release a fifth book with El Martillo Press, Blood at the Root. Born in London, England, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Tshaka was introduced to the words of Malcolm X and Winston Churchill at an...

Danielle Siembieda grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began letter-writing campaigns focused on environmental causes as early as 9-10 years old. She was also encouraged by her parents to create art. Danielle Siembieda’s work can often be found at the intersection of art and activism. Danielle is the Senior Program Manager for the City of San Jose’s arts industry support team. In addition to t...

Join us on Friday, November 22, for Pick-Up Party 17.1, “Discover” at The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. This magazine's in-real-life experience celebrates the creatives featured in the issue, including graffiti legends King157 & Nexus, breakdancer Vicki “La Vix” Chang, fiber artist Jaya Griscom, and more.  The party will feature over 20 pop-up murals presented in partnership with 1Culture, p...

Featured: Issue 17.1, “Discover,” Jaya Griscom, @jaya.griscom “I ended up learning how to weave when I was like five, and I fell in love with the tactile experience of working with fiber.”-Jaya GriscomLearn more about Jaya’s art:jayagris.com Save the Date: https://bit.ly/pup171discover Content Magazine Pick-up Party 17.1 “Discover”6-9p, Friday, November 22344 Tully Road, San Jose Order here: https...

Episode #127 -Miguel Kultura Miguel Kultura, a Mexican American musician, rapper, and producer, has defined his voice in the beats he produces and the stories in his rhymes. Growing up in San José, Miguel loved hip hop, funk, and soul music. His interest in music led him to work with BAMN, By Any Medium Necessary, a South Bay collective of creatives in music and film production. The experience he...

Join Tara for the opening of her solo exhibition, “Mining the Plastocene” at Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz on Friday, November 1, as part of First Friday Santa Cruz .  Tara de la Garza’s art finds beauty and meaning in discarded materials. As a sculptor and artist in residence at the Cubberley Artist Studio Program in Palo Alto, she approaches themes of environmental justice through visual sto...

Russell Brown began working at Adobe in 1985 as a graphic designer, art director, and the company’s 38th employee. Since 1985, Russell Brown has ridden the wave of technological innovation, ushering in the acquisition of Photoshop by Adobe from the Knoll brothers in 1995 and training generations of Adobe employees and industry creatives in the potential of Photoshop. Brown continues to push the li...

Danilo Parra’s first solo painting show, “In Limbo," at Empire Seven Studios.  @danilorparra We at  @contentmag  caught up with Danilo during the exhibition installation. Stay tuned for his blog, which will be available on our website next week . San Jose native, an award-winning Chilean-American Film Director based in New York.  @danilorparra  Parra will be debuting his first solo art exhibi...

Featured Artist: Kija Lucas . Full podcast at https://bit.ly/kijalucas24 Kija Lucas’ “The Enchanted Garden” installation is featured in “ GROW! ” an exhibition opening on September 21 at Palo Alto Art Center . Artist Kija Lucas’ work explores ideas of home, heritage, and inheritance. In this podcast, she discusses “The Enchanted Garden,” a Palo Alto Art Center installation. Her Palo Alto Art Cente...

Episode #122 Imara Osorno "Un Puente Sobre El Río San Juan: A Story of Borders" Join Imara at Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) on Friday, September 6, for the opening of her duo exhibition “ Un Puente Sobre El Río San Juan: A Story of Borders,”  Featuring work from her and San José-based artist Irene Carvajal—part of  South First Fridays ArtWalk SJ . Imara Osorno is...

Join us on Thursday, August 22, for Pick-Up Party 16.4, “Profiles,” at The School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza. This magazine’s in-real-life experience celebrates the creatives featured in the issue and 2024 Content Emerging Artists Elba Raquel and Esther Young. In this conversation, Daniel Garcia and David Valdespino Jr., the Cultivator and Developer of Content Magazine, trace ba...

Featured: Issue 16.4, “Profiles,” Featured: Issue 16.4, “Profiles,” Elba Raquel - Painter and Muralist and 2024 Content Emerging Artist Awardee Each 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, performanc...

Tommy Aguilar founded Universal Grammar as a collective of like-minded individuals interested in producing events that could shape culture through music, art, and community curating. Tommy prefers the title of ‘producer’ rather than ‘music promoter’ to describe his work. He treats event production as an art form. He shares, “Everything that Universal Grammar has done since day one has been very in...

Featured: Issue 16.4, “Profiles,” Liminal Space Collective. Weston Mossman, Wendy Frances, and Taylor Royan At an artist lead meetup on a Santa Cruz beach in late 2020 a small group of local creatives were gathering for the first time… Weston Mossman was there and the creativity and connection within the group sparked him. “I knew this idea could be expanded on,” says Weston. A few months later Li...