Collective Directory
Alexander Catanzarite is a California based multidisciplinary artist that explores intimacy, sensuality, and connection through their poetry, illustrations, music, and embodied expression. The Afro-futuristic worlds they create are home to people and creatures that capture the diversity and ever-expanding nature of human culture, bodies, and spirit.
Alexander Catanzarite is a California based multidisciplinary artist that explores intimacy, sensuality, and connection through their poetry, illustrations, music, and embodied expression. The Afro-futuristic worlds they create are home to people and creatures that capture the diversity and ever-expanding nature of human culture, bodies, and spirit.
I am a director and producer who tells stories about women – especially Black women – and complex spirituality.
I am a director and producer who tells stories about women – especially Black women – and complex spirituality.
I am an un-disciplinary artist and neurodivergent educator who thinks through sculpture, talking, writing, performance and experimental exhibitions. A friend called me 'Pathologically Curious’, which is the most tender way I’ve ever heard my ADHD (aka Time-Blindness, aka Intention Deficit Disorder, aka Interest-Based Neurotype) described back to me. Born in Detroit, residing in LA, with an art teaching certification from Michigan State University and MFA From the Glasgow School of Art.
I am an un-disciplinary artist and neurodivergent educator who thinks through sculpture, talking, writing, performance and experimental exhibitions. A friend called me 'Pathologically Curious’, which is the most tender way I’ve ever heard my ADHD (aka Time-Blindness, aka Intention Deficit Disorder, aka Interest-Based Neurotype) described back to me. Born in Detroit, residing in LA, with an art teaching certification from Michigan State University and MFA From the Glasgow School of Art.
Rraine Hanson is a Jamaican transdisciplinary artist who designs worlds through mixed media to tell stories centering the imaginations of queer and trans people of colour. His visual style is heavily informed by surrealism and the aesthetics of his Caribbean upbringing and is always seeking to answer the question: what can be found in the crevice between our dreams and our memories? He was awarded the 2020 Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant for his short film Mooncake, which premiered at e-flux and has since been acquired by UCLA Film & Television's queer moving image archive. When they’re not experimenting with their own storytelling, they work on other productions helping art departments build a myriad of different worlds. The hands-on crafting experience informs the methodology behind all their personal creative endeavors, both written and visual. He has also curated for publications, exhibits and assisted film festival programming teams as a means to champion other unique and underrepresented makers and thinkers.
Rraine Hanson is a Jamaican transdisciplinary artist who designs worlds through mixed media to tell stories centering the imaginations of queer and trans people of colour. His visual style is heavily informed by surrealism and the aesthetics of his Caribbean upbringing and is always seeking to answer the question: what can be found in the crevice between our dreams and our memories? He was awarded the 2020 Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant for his short film Mooncake, which premiered at e-flux and has since been acquired by UCLA Film & Television's queer moving image archive. When they’re not experimenting with their own storytelling, they work on other productions helping art departments build a myriad of different worlds. The hands-on crafting experience informs the methodology behind all their personal creative endeavors, both written and visual. He has also curated for publications, exhibits and assisted film festival programming teams as a means to champion other unique and underrepresented makers and thinkers.
Bianca Nozaki-Nasser is a Japanese-Lebanese-Syrian interdisciplinary artist. They work with visual and interactive media to understand, critique, and reimagine the future. She invites collective wrecking and reckoning, exploring the tension between building new worlds and redecorating old ones.
Bianca Nozaki-Nasser is a Japanese-Lebanese-Syrian interdisciplinary artist. They work with visual and interactive media to understand, critique, and reimagine the future. She invites collective wrecking and reckoning, exploring the tension between building new worlds and redecorating old ones.
Amber Nicole is a Vibe Curator, Narrative Photographer, Expressive Arts Counselor and Creative Wellness Coach located in Los Angeles, CA. As a freelance creative, her work mainly involves documenting and/or curating the lives and creative processes of diverse artists in her community. She specializes in documentary-style work, abstract expressionism and gritty realism, showcasing a blend of bold colors, dark shadows, abstractions of light, reflections and double exposures. Major themes revolve around identity, community, grief and transitional spaces.
Amber Nicole is a Vibe Curator, Narrative Photographer, Expressive Arts Counselor and Creative Wellness Coach located in Los Angeles, CA. As a freelance creative, her work mainly involves documenting and/or curating the lives and creative processes of diverse artists in her community. She specializes in documentary-style work, abstract expressionism and gritty realism, showcasing a blend of bold colors, dark shadows, abstractions of light, reflections and double exposures. Major themes revolve around identity, community, grief and transitional spaces.
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ryereuel is a multidisciplinary artist and designer who focuses on creating immersive experiences and telling stories by bridging the gap between conceptual art and commercial design.
ryereuel is a multidisciplinary artist and designer who focuses on creating immersive experiences and telling stories by bridging the gap between conceptual art and commercial design.
Kang holds a BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong (2016), and an MFA in Photo and Media from California Institute of the Arts (2018). Kang's works have been showcased internationally in Vienna, Leipzig, Budapest, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and in Los Angeles at Launch LA, The Box, Last Projects, MAK center, Nomad Pavilion, and Spring/Break Art Show. Kang was an artist in residence at Pilotenkueche and Eastside International in 2019, and at Level Ground in 2020.
Kang holds a BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong (2016), and an MFA in Photo and Media from California Institute of the Arts (2018). Kang's works have been showcased internationally in Vienna, Leipzig, Budapest, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and in Los Angeles at Launch LA, The Box, Last Projects, MAK center, Nomad Pavilion, and Spring/Break Art Show. Kang was an artist in residence at Pilotenkueche and Eastside International in 2019, and at Level Ground in 2020.
Sarika Sanyal (she/her) is an arts & culture and philanthropic strategist dedicated to empowering communities through the power of cultural impact. She has spent the last 12+ years stewarding arts organizations in education, artist management, and fundraising operations. Currently serving as Senior Director at CCS Fundraising, Sarika partners with nonprofits to drive transformational change and foster sustainable practices that create lasting value.
Sarika Sanyal (she/her) is an arts & culture and philanthropic strategist dedicated to empowering communities through the power of cultural impact. She has spent the last 12+ years stewarding arts organizations in education, artist management, and fundraising operations. Currently serving as Senior Director at CCS Fundraising, Sarika partners with nonprofits to drive transformational change and foster sustainable practices that create lasting value.
Myles Markham, (he/him or they/them) is a queer and transgender Native Hawaiian/Japanese American born and raised in the Deep South. Myles has worked in LGBTQ+ advocacy across religious, non-profit, business, and education sectors for the last decade and currently works in documentary film as an impact producer and in nonprofit management as the Director of Development for Trans Lifeline.
Myles Markham, (he/him or they/them) is a queer and transgender Native Hawaiian/Japanese American born and raised in the Deep South. Myles has worked in LGBTQ+ advocacy across religious, non-profit, business, and education sectors for the last decade and currently works in documentary film as an impact producer and in nonprofit management as the Director of Development for Trans Lifeline.
Sonia Guiñansaca is an international award-winning queer migrant Indigenous Kichwa-Kañari poet, cultural organizer, and social justice activist. Sonia has over 17 years of movement and cultural organizing experience that began when they were among the first waves of young people to publicly come out as undocumented.
Sonia Guiñansaca is an international award-winning queer migrant Indigenous Kichwa-Kañari poet, cultural organizer, and social justice activist. Sonia has over 17 years of movement and cultural organizing experience that began when they were among the first waves of young people to publicly come out as undocumented.
Actor/singer-songwriter turned plant medicine advocate, Charlene seeks to creatively enlighten audiences about the possibilities of healing with plants, particularly cannabis, through storytelling and song. She was honored to receive a nomination for a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Best Narration for her work on the award-winning film Riotsville, USA.
Actor/singer-songwriter turned plant medicine advocate, Charlene seeks to creatively enlighten audiences about the possibilities of healing with plants, particularly cannabis, through storytelling and song. She was honored to receive a nomination for a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Best Narration for her work on the award-winning film Riotsville, USA.
Salima Allen is a multimedia artist and founder of LA based photo studio, Acid Smiles Studios. Her personal practice revolves around photography, color, and obsession. Find her styling sets & wardrobe in front of the camera, and amplifying underrepresented stories behind the camera.
Salima Allen is a multimedia artist and founder of LA based photo studio, Acid Smiles Studios. Her personal practice revolves around photography, color, and obsession. Find her styling sets & wardrobe in front of the camera, and amplifying underrepresented stories behind the camera.
Faith ‘Aya’ Umoh (she/her), a Nigerian-American digital artist, data scientist, and CEO of Creative Aya, a global co-creative art and media software company producing AI-driven immersive experiences. Her work has been showcased across the world, including Austria, Dubai, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States with Artsy, VellumLA, and W1 Curates. With over 12 years of experience and a master's in Biostatistics and Public Health from Boston University, Aya has developed over a dozen AI-driven software products.
Faith ‘Aya’ Umoh (she/her), a Nigerian-American digital artist, data scientist, and CEO of Creative Aya, a global co-creative art and media software company producing AI-driven immersive experiences. Her work has been showcased across the world, including Austria, Dubai, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States with Artsy, VellumLA, and W1 Curates. With over 12 years of experience and a master's in Biostatistics and Public Health from Boston University, Aya has developed over a dozen AI-driven software products.
Kyla Carter (they/them) is a Liberian-American, Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist (occupied Tongva land) mainly working with textiles, video, and performance to create bridges between reality and memory, allowing new modes of myth-making to take place. In a world where Black bodies are relentlessly exploited, policed, and violated in ways that deny autonomy and leave Black people perpetually navigating pain and trauma, their work aims to liberate Black bodies by honoring their autonomy and creating a space in which communion with the ancestors can take place. Their lens as a Black, queer, trans nonbinary being informs their work, which is rooted in the exploration of Black liberation through kink and the centering of consent, shapeshifting, the healing of trauma in the body, self love, and death.
Kyla Carter (they/them) is a Liberian-American, Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist (occupied Tongva land) mainly working with textiles, video, and performance to create bridges between reality and memory, allowing new modes of myth-making to take place. In a world where Black bodies are relentlessly exploited, policed, and violated in ways that deny autonomy and leave Black people perpetually navigating pain and trauma, their work aims to liberate Black bodies by honoring their autonomy and creating a space in which communion with the ancestors can take place. Their lens as a Black, queer, trans nonbinary being informs their work, which is rooted in the exploration of Black liberation through kink and the centering of consent, shapeshifting, the healing of trauma in the body, self love, and death.
Tamisha A. Tyler, Ph.D., is a Theopoet, scholar, liturgist, and artist. Her work explores the ways creativity helps us articulate sensibilities about the divine. She has served in numerous capacities, including Executive Director of ARC: Art, Religion, and Culture, and currently serves as Theologian-In-Residence at The Center of Restorative Justice.
Tamisha A. Tyler, Ph.D., is a Theopoet, scholar, liturgist, and artist. Her work explores the ways creativity helps us articulate sensibilities about the divine. She has served in numerous capacities, including Executive Director of ARC: Art, Religion, and Culture, and currently serves as Theologian-In-Residence at The Center of Restorative Justice.
Chance Sion-Raize Calloway is an award-winning filmmaker, musician, and author, best known as the creator and showrunner of the LGBTQIA+ series "Pretty Dudes." With a storytelling style that brings vibrant, heartfelt, and fun narratives about queer characters of color to life, Calloway's career choices focus on impacting change over erecting a shrine of legacy.
Chance Sion-Raize Calloway is an award-winning filmmaker, musician, and author, best known as the creator and showrunner of the LGBTQIA+ series "Pretty Dudes." With a storytelling style that brings vibrant, heartfelt, and fun narratives about queer characters of color to life, Calloway's career choices focus on impacting change over erecting a shrine of legacy.
yétúndé ọlágbajú is a research-based artist, creative producer, and cultural strategist living on Ohlone and Tataviam lands (Bay Area & Los Angeles, CA). Their work roots in a single question: What must we reckon with as we build a future, together? With no set answers or expectations, ọlágbajú unravels intricate connections as a means of highlighting our interdependence. They are interested in how our familial, platonic, romantic, and ecological bonds are affected by what we confront in the reckoning.
yétúndé ọlágbajú is a research-based artist, creative producer, and cultural strategist living on Ohlone and Tataviam lands (Bay Area & Los Angeles, CA). Their work roots in a single question: What must we reckon with as we build a future, together? With no set answers or expectations, ọlágbajú unravels intricate connections as a means of highlighting our interdependence. They are interested in how our familial, platonic, romantic, and ecological bonds are affected by what we confront in the reckoning.
Shontel Horne is a writer, artist and entrepreneur dedicated to telling stories about historically excluded communities and pioneers. She is based in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Shontel Horne is a writer, artist and entrepreneur dedicated to telling stories about historically excluded communities and pioneers. She is based in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Jaden Fields is an LA-based poet, cultural worker, and cannabis enthusiast whose work centers on the healing possibilities of marginalized communities. He self-published his first poetry chapbook, Intentional Musings on Staying Alive When I Want To Die (2019), an honest depiction of navigating mental health and systemic oppression.
Jaden Fields is an LA-based poet, cultural worker, and cannabis enthusiast whose work centers on the healing possibilities of marginalized communities. He self-published his first poetry chapbook, Intentional Musings on Staying Alive When I Want To Die (2019), an honest depiction of navigating mental health and systemic oppression.
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Labkhand Olfatmanesh, born in Tehran, Iran, is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist and curator examining themes of feminism, race, isolation, and borders in underrepresented communities. She blends fictionalized narratives with documentary techniques, portraiture, and social practice to explore intimacy, humor, psychology, and transitory states that bridge one identity with another and how these forces take shape in the United States and her birthplace of Iran.
Labkhand Olfatmanesh, born in Tehran, Iran, is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist and curator examining themes of feminism, race, isolation, and borders in underrepresented communities. She blends fictionalized narratives with documentary techniques, portraiture, and social practice to explore intimacy, humor, psychology, and transitory states that bridge one identity with another and how these forces take shape in the United States and her birthplace of Iran.
Samantha Curley is an award-winning documentary film producer and creative entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. She is the Co-Founder of Level Ground, which is both a 501(c)3 nonprofit artist collective and a collaboratively run production company. In the twelve years since she founded Level Ground, she’s produced hundreds of films, gallery shows, and multimedia projects while bolstering collaboration, experimentation, and community with underrepresented artists.
Samantha Curley is an award-winning documentary film producer and creative entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. She is the Co-Founder of Level Ground, which is both a 501(c)3 nonprofit artist collective and a collaboratively run production company. In the twelve years since she founded Level Ground, she’s produced hundreds of films, gallery shows, and multimedia projects while bolstering collaboration, experimentation, and community with underrepresented artists.