I have wanted to do a primer on graffiti writing for years, and I am excited to see it finally become a reality in this issue. I wanted a primer because, though I don’t know much about graffiti, I wanted to honor the long tradition of street art in the South Bay and appreciate graffiti […]

Thirteen years ago, when we launched CONTENT, we hoped to be a blessing to the creative community and our region by providing a quality print magazine showcasing the talent in the South Bay. We set out to provide a platform for local photographers, writers, and designers to grow and gain practical experience in a published […]

I have been looking forward to this issue, 16.3, Summer 2024, partly because it has been a rainy winter and spring but mostly because it is our annual issue that features some aspects of West Valley College’s Cilker School of Art and Design. I look forward to the students we feature who demonstrate the hard […]

A few of the audio and vision creatives of the South Bay. VINYL SOLD OUTOnly available at Needle To the Grove(While supplies last)424 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113 As I write this, it is still winter—even raining at our headquarters in Downtown San Jose—and it is hard to wrap my head around […]

Content Magazine issue 16.1, Discover Winter 2023 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

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 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 | DJ - Weezmatic, Aaron Aquino

This annual “Perform” issue allows us to move beyond our beloved visual arts to the performing arts, with profiles of dancer Alyssa Aguilar and founder and artistic director of Simorgh Dance Collective, Farima Berenji. Also, as a football (soccer) fan, I am happy to highlight a creative player of the beautiful game, seventeen-year-old rising San Jose Earthquake, Niko Tsakiris. Whether we are aspiring actors, painters, dancers, or footballers, we all perform creative activities that express who we are.

In our 61st issue we look the South Bays Audio and Visual Creatives. Celebrating 11 years sharing the stories of Silicon Valley's creatives,

This diversity in our region makes me celebrate and enjoy living here. You may not be a fan of every genre, but the commitment and passion for each individual’s craft are inspirational and admirable.

This diversity in our region makes me celebrate and enjoy living here. You may not be a fan of every genre, but the commitment and passion for each individual’s craft are inspirational and admirable.

There are many aspects that I enjoy about doing Content Magazine—meeting new artists, working with talented creatives to produce the stories, and helping bring visibility and voice to the South Bay’s artists. This issue continues in that tradition (I think I can call our production a “tradition” after a decade!). In the last several years, Content and SVCreates have awarded grants to regional artists who have applied to a juried selection for the Content Emerging Artist Award.

Visual and Audio Creatives of the South Bay. This issue is our 58th edition and the first issue in our 10th year of publishing.

In this 57th issue, the last of our ninth year, I am excited to have commissioned a featured artist to paint a portrait of another featured artist for the cover. We had Gabriel Coke draw SVCreates Laureates in the 2020 issue 12.3, which was great, but not for the cover. I thought that Cuong Nguyen’s portraiture style, which has a classical old-school feel, would be an excellent juxtaposition with budding 17-year-old musician Jack Pavlina—and a great way to showcase both of these artists. In addition to Cuong and Jack, we present Ryan Carrington, Krista Fay, Dox Black, and Derrick Sanderlin—each with unique styles worth exploring.

Featuring: Low Conspiracy | Warren Chang | San Jose Foos | Annmariz | Au La La Design | West valley Fashion | Kylee Dougherty | Barely Funktional | HeadHunter Crew | FlipSide Lovers | Google Downtown West | Needle to the Groove Album Picks

Summer 2021 issue featuring artists, especially those who perform in one way or another.

I keep waiting to arrive at some point in my life where I feel like I’ve “made it,” or where I can settle. But in reality there is nowhere to settle: life moves in one long movement through its various stages: high school to college, college to career, even onward to retirement.  When I was a kid and my sister or I would act up, she’d roll with the emotions and say, “It’s just a phase.” I guess it’s not that we “arrive” at something, we merely leave one phase and enter the next. I believe that this is the healthiest way to look at our journey of life—we are just passing through. 

As we enter our ninth year, we embark with our traditional focus of discovering some new or unfamiliar aspect of our region: like the recently opened specialty ice company that is providing clear cubes for craft cocktails or the newly developed program from the City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs which has commissioned four local artists as ambassadors to spark creativity and reach out to the community through some special art projects.

Issue 13.2 “Sight and Sound - our annual issue specifically focused on the audio and visual arts of the South Bay. Issue featuring: Artist: Mesengr Video Production and Studio Rental: Stage One Creative Photographer: Allan Barnes Band: Chilindrina Artist: Sammy Koh, colorstory sammy Music Producer: Controller 7 Cultural Art Project: Hidden Histories Japantown Artist: House of Boys Design Artist: Laurel Picklum Musician: Malcom Musician and Label: Chris Emond of Orange Label Comedians: Ruben Escabedo and Bio, “Pick you Poison Comedy Show” SouthBay Designer: Artin Album Pick 13.2: Curated Music from Needle to the Groove

As you read these stories, we hope you will find the themes in their discovery process that will refine your life journey as you marry contemplation with curiosity. We do desire to expose you to new artists, new works, and new experiences, not merely for entrainment but also for your enrichment. We want you to discover a way to connect, engage, and to support your journey and the journey of those presented. Here’s to the curious, to the adventurous, to the seeker—may you discover.

    SOLD OUT   For Content Magazine’s print launch, we start with what is most unique to San Jose–TECH. Our recent history is filled with stories of the journey from garages to gadgets. But technology is more than computers. It is about tools and craftsmanship. The root of the Greek word speaks of this: […]