Nestled on the corner of South First and San Carlos, at the edge of San Jose’s SoFA arts district, is a fairly ordinary office building that transforms when the clock strikes five. Entering the office on weekdays, you will see the staples of a nonprofit workplace: overhead fluorescent lighting, cubicles, filing cabinets, and a water […]

Roman emperor and philosopher Cicero said, “Of all the occupations by which gain is secured, none is better than agriculture, none more profitable, none more delightful, none more becoming to a free man.” Ceramics sculptor Abiam Alvarez echoes this sentiment in a career spent replicating agricultural tools and equipment, every piece a hand-molded love letter […]