Sign Our Artists' Statement: Take the people without homes and put them in the homes without people.
Learn more about the statement and add your name to those of 282 signators from 88 cities. ... see all signers
End homelessness, don't manage it. Here's how.
1. Stop talking about shelters as housing
2. Overcome the poverty pimps by bringing the voices of the unhoused to the front...Read the 14 steps to end homelessness
We have had 248 artists appear on our Zoom shows
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Kim Estes
actor
Katie Ruiz
artist
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
David A. Romero
poet
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Sean Hill
poet
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Propaganda
poet
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Sijia Chen
artist
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
April Banks
Artist
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Rizz Javier
photographer
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Glynis Phillips
poet
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Peter J. Harris
writer
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Matt Sedillo
poet
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Cati Porter
poet
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Dani Dodge
artist
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Brenda Vaca
poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Aideed Medina
poet
Erin Yoshi
painter
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Rachel AO
Singer
Ra Avis
writer
Riston Diggs
rapper
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Oscar Martinez
artist
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Jessica Gallion
poet
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Iris DeAnda
poet
Agente
hip hop artist
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Molly Trochez
artist
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Vincent Cooper
poet
Erica Torres
musician
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Anthony Parker
poet
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Sal Rosales
rapper
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Kevin Jones
singer
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Steph Cha
author
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Rusty
singer
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
April Jones
filmmaker
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Yenny Bernal
artist
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Alixen Pham
Poet
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Nic Reiner
Poet
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Crystal Salas
Poet
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Eye Matter
arts program
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Amos Adelone
musician
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Sara Harris
Poet
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Audrey Castellon
poet
Megan Greenough
singer
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Neil Shigley
artist
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Grant White
filmmaker
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Charles
poet
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Nyarae Francis
poet
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Kimberly Duran
painter
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Jessica Kim
Poet
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Christian Lozada
poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Ivan Salinas
poet
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Artists United to End Homelessness is a trailblazer blazing a path of interconnection and lessons of humanity! -- Sean Hill (Actor/Poet/Speaker from Los Angeles)
