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