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