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