The crest incorporates elements of Maya Pipil heritage, such as the half sun rising from the bottom and the pyramid trail pattern inside the shark’s form. Above the shark, the Salvadoran folk art draws from the Palmeño style of renowned artist Fernando Llort. This fusion of ancient Maya symbols and modern Salvadoran art represents the dual identity of Salvadoran people, blending their mestizo and indigenous roots.
Amanda Valenzuela is a San Jose native and illustrator with a fifteen-year passion for capturing the city's essence. Her work is deeply rooted in the Bay Area community, infused with personal experiences and love for her hometown.
The jersey features the artwork of Jordan Dabney (@notafan_jo), an active member of Black Girl Hockey Club and Washington D.C. native who uses art and hockey to connect to the community. Dabney has also designed jerseys for the Erie Otters as well as the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation.
Grew up in East Side San Jose, been drawing as long as I can remember, dipped into design art, logo art, tattoo artist over 20 years, auto custom paint 11 years, Crash Fire Rescue Firefigher USMC 4 years, full time Firefighter 28 years and am currently Captain at POM Fire in Monterey. You can see what I'm currently doing on Instagram @surfsk8gnar.
Melissa Marzan, founder of The Letter Mermaid, is a hand lettering & illustration artist with a focus on murals. She sees her work as a starting point to conversations about emotional vulnerability, cultivating community, ocean conservation, and her experience as a Queer/Bisexual Filipino-American woman. Heavily inspired by her upbringing on the central coast, she primarily works with a blue color palette which symbolizes honesty and radiates friendly and calming energies. Her goals are to help empathetic & passionate creatives become their bravest selves through creativity and encourage everyone to live life authentically.
Quetzalli Jimenez is an Indigenous artist based in San Jose, CA. Growing up in the South Bay, Quetzalli grew up around the Aztec dance community, learning and connecting with her rich cultural heritage. She attended California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and received her Bachelor’s in Illustration in 2020. There she connected with indigenous communities and was active in murals, art galleries, and tattoo events. She is currently working as a freelance graphic designer and tattoo artist at Humble Beginnings Tattoo located in San Jose.
Alyssarhaye Graciano is fiber artist and painter born and raised in San José. Once in the tech industry as a linguistic specialist, she left her day job to pursue a creative career. Through traditional textile techniques and painting, Alyssarhaye explores ideas around her Mexican and Filipino background. Today she also works as the Visual Arts Curator at MACLA in Downtown San Jose while continuing her own arts practice through exhibitions, pattern design, and workshops.
Berni is an artist who was born in Chile and grew up in San Jose, California. Inspired by her love for the outdoors and wildlife, she incorporates plants and animals into most of her pieces, capturing their vibrant colors and intricate patterns. Her creative outlets include drawing, graphic design and clay work.
Corbrae Smith is an Oakland-based artist, muralist and teach for whom San Jose holds a very special place. Speaking of his very first art instructor position Rocketship Academy and where he painted his first mural, “San Jose has many life-changing firsts for me and will always be near and dear to my heart.”
Luis Guardado a San Jose-based graphic designer, self-taught illustrator, mixed media artist and musician finds inspiration for his work through his lived experiences. As the son of immigrant parents, growing up around gangs, his active involvement in the local punk/hardcore/metal scene as both a musician and artist, sparked his general love of and curiosity for music and art, and pondering from the human experience.
Julie Dang is a mild-mannered professional by day, and friendly neighborhood artist by night. A self-taught artist born and raised in San Jose, she strives to use art as a habitat for herself and others to be authentic, curious, and connected. By tinkering with quirky, surreal imagery that draws from influences of her Vietnamese heritage and the experiences that shaped her worldview, she aspires to add her voice in support of Southeast Asian equity and inclusion in the arts and advocacy for POC representation in the mental health space. When she’s not pondering and doodling, Julie keeps herself busy traveling, learning new recipes, enjoying the luxury recliner movie experience, and watching competitive cooking shows.
Arely Cardenas is a first-generation Mexican American woman born and raised in San Jose. As a young child, Arely loved getting stickers from the 50 cent machines throughout the different stores in on San Jose’s East Side and would keep notebook paper around the house to practice sketching those animated Chicano images. As Arely was starting her small business in 2019, she embarked on a journey to find out more about her ancestral roots in Mexico. She became inspired to paint portraits that embodied her idols: female Mexican elders and social leaders in our San Jose communities. Today, Areily is painting with a heavy focus around empowering women and continues to be an active participant of the SV Pride Committee by serving as their Art Curator and hosting live painting events where queer and queer ally artists from all over the Bay Area come together to paint live for our LGBTQAI+ families and friends.
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