People say we should be the change we want to see in the world, but rarely do those people take any kind of action themselves. Erin Salazar is San Jose’s artistic fulfillment of that sentiment. The artist, muralist, and seamstress is on a quest, advocating for large, public artworks in San Jose, with a particular emphasis on the rights of artists to be paid professional wages for their work…

A neighbor’s hot pink door in Santa Fe, New Mexico, studded with tin milagros, was one of the first thresholds that shaped Brooke Einbender’s path…