Nic Reiner
Poet
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Matt Sedillo
poet
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Sean Hill
poet
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Rizz Javier
photographer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Riston Diggs
rapper
Rachel AO
Singer
Sal Rosales
rapper
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Crystal Salas
Poet
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Grant White
filmmaker
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Audrey Castellon
poet
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Katie Ruiz
artist
Christian Lozada
poet
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Neil Shigley
artist
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Steph Cha
author
Dani Dodge
artist
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Aideed Medina
poet
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Vincent Cooper
poet
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Cati Porter
poet
Erica Torres
musician
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Nyarae Francis
poet
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Propaganda
poet
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Oscar Martinez
artist
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
April Jones
filmmaker
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Yenny Bernal
artist
Kimberly Duran
painter
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Jessica Gallion
poet
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Rusty
singer
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Eye Matter
arts program
Peter J. Harris
writer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Agente
hip hop artist
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Erin Yoshi
painter
Glynis Phillips
poet
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Sara Harris
Poet
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Kevin Jones
singer
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Ra Avis
writer
Amos Adelone
musician
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Kim Estes
actor
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
David A. Romero
poet
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Anthony Parker
poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
April Banks
Artist
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Jessica Kim
Poet
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Alixen Pham
Poet
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Charles
poet
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Molly Trochez
artist
Brenda Vaca
poet
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Ivan Salinas
poet
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Megan Greenough
singer
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Sijia Chen
artist
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet