Jessica Bio:
Jessica M. Wilson Cárdenas is a Chicana Poet born in East Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jessica is a 3rd generation Beatnik… a Beat Poet from the lines of Jack Spicer to Paul Vangelisti, and the heartbeat of the visual Muse and Master Poet, Maurya Simon. She completed her BA in Creative Writing and Art History from UC Riverside in Riverside, CA, and obtained her Master of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA.
In 2009 she founded the Los Angeles Poet Society and began a string of literary events and open mics such as: Writers’ Row: The DTLA Artwalk’s Showcase of the Written Art, SoapBox Poets Open Mic, Salon @ NoHo, Gallery 19, LAPS Presents on Full Spectrum, and Writer Wednesday. She teaches poetry with California Poets in the Schools, the oldest non-profit dedicated to the empowerment of our youth in CA, and also teaches Poetry and Expression with the non-profit group, New Earth Organization, with a mission to provide a safe space for youth empowerment and transformation to end the recidivism of youth incarceration in LA county. Her books of poetry include: What Breathes, Raw Kit, Marie Morrison, and most recently, Serious Longing, published by Swan World Press in Paris, France. Jessica is an International Poet.
LA Poet Society Bio:
Los Angeles Poet Society, (LAPS), began in 2009 by East Los Angeles Poet, Jessica M. Wilson, with a goal of uniting literary Los Angeles! It has created writing showcases to serve the many creative communities of Los Angeles county.
LAPS runs 2 yearly poetry contests, conducts outreach to youth –teaching and sharing creative art and poetry in partnership with California Poets in the Schools, and most recently has partnered with the “Young Oldie” Norman Molesko and has established a Senior Advocacy branch of LAPS to promote Creative Aging to our senior population.
Our Mission
…is to create a bridge, fusing the communities of Los Angeles and Southern California Poets, poetry organizations, Writer groups, booksellers, publishers, literary enthusiasts and supporters into a unified social and literary network. LAPS’ focal point is to publicize the events and achievements of its members. LAPS also organizes and promotes events, pulling from within its own community, to create and sustain Los Angeles’ literary anchor.
Instagram: @losangelespoetsociety
Born in Coromandel, Brazil, DCastro began to express his talent as a child with drawings, paintings, and sculptures. As a teenager, he showed his work in galleries and cultural spaces in Uberlandia, Brazil. Later he innovated the use of metal on canvas to create his “Metal” series. In 2010, he started to create paintings guided by a new artistic philosophy consisting of 7 major elements: Modernity, Contemporaneity, Innocence, Simplicity, Spirituality, Happiness, and Poetry. The result of the seven elements combining with his unique style makes his work not just painting but also dance, music, moving, and poetry on canvases. In the same year, he starts to develop a new art technique which using just natural light he has two different images on the same canvas. His work has given him the opportunity to exhibit his art in various popular television shows as “Californication”, House of Lies, CSI Cyber, Ray Donavan and others, as well as his work appearing in a New York Times article about artist influence in Venice Beach. After exhibiting his work in many Los Angeles art galleries he now has his own space in Venice, CA where he shows his paintings.
Instagram: @dcastroarts
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