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