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Dane Baylis

Literature: Poetry; Music: Instrumental, Vocal; Theatre: Acting, Technical; Visual Arts: Painting, Photography, Printmaking

DANE FRANCIS BAYLIS was born in South Boston, Massachusetts in 1952. He has traveled extensively through North and Central America, Europe, the Near and Far East while in and out of the military. His first published work appeared in the STONE SOUP ANTHOLOGY, published by Stone Soup Press, Boston, in 1975. He has since appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, most notably, TEN CALIFORNIA POETS, ARTLIFE, RIVERTALK, THE ARCADE POETRY PROJECT, PANGOLIN, VERVE, THE DANCE OF THE IGUANA, ASKEW POETRY JOURNAL, LUMMOX PRESS, THE MEN’S HEARTBREAK ANTHOLOGY, and POETRY IN MOTION PUBLICATIONS. He also served on the editorial committees of RIVERTALK and THE POULTER’S MEASURE. Dane is presently a member of the Ventura Artist’s Union and Editor-In-Chief of DANE BAYLIS PUBLICATIONS where he brings to bear a multi-faceted background in art, photography, music, and prose in the production of his distinctly urban style of poetry. His Irish heritage informs his love of the poetic form and his uncompromising belief that everything tells a story creates a unique voice full of wry compassion and unbending artistry.

Aliza Bejarano

Literature: Poetry; Visual Arts: Painting

My work is born from the idea that Adults are the children they came into the world as; now beings filled with insecurities and temperaments of their past. The Inner Child buried beneath a façade of what the adult believes to be socially acceptable. Like the fate of that child, I may influence the work that I create, but the result of my Mock Resin method is sometimes unpredictable and out of my hands. I build and improvise until the piece seems to make evident that there could be another world away from this one. One in which the Inner Child knows well but the Adult can only see.

Joe Cardella

Literature: Poetry; Media: Other; Visual Arts: Illustration, Other, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

Founder, Publisher & Editor of ARTLIFE LIMITED EDITIONS, 1981-2006. Distributed 276 consecutive monthly editions of Original Artworks & Poetry throughout the U.S., Europe & Japan. Personally handled 2.5 MILLION pages throughout every step of this process including personal editions each month. "Monthly from 1981-2006, ARTLIFE is the Longest Continually Published Artists' Periodical of the Twentieth Century." www.art-life.com, ARTLIFE MUSEUM on FB, MrArtlife1 on UTube for many videos & interviews re History, Personal Collection, Archive, Studio Tour & Events. Degree in Design, Experimental Studios & Advertising from Syracuse University. Graduate of U.S. Naval Communications School, Great Lakes, Illinois. Global Communications Specialist 1967. Design, Graphics, Sculpture, Multi-Media, Research & Product Development, Performance & Conceptual Art. Extensive Museum Exhibition experience from coast to coast. Publisher Emeritus, ARTLIFE LIMITED EDITIONS

Marsha de la O

Literature: Poetry

Marsha de la O recently won the Isabella Gardner Award from BOA Editions for her manuscript, Antidote for Night. The book will come out in Fall 2015. She previously won the New Issues Poetry Prize for her book, Black Hope, from the University of Western Michigan and an Editor‘s Choice Award. Her work is forthcoming in the anthology Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond (Pacific Coast Poetry Series), and has been anthologized in Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals (Ballantine), Saying What Needs to Be Said (Solo Press), Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems and Poetics from California (Greenhouse Review Press), and the poetry workshop handbook One for the Money: The Sentence as Poetic Form (Lynx House Press). A multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, she has published in journals such as Barrow Street, Passages North, Solo, and Third Coast. She is the winner of the 2014 Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Prize, the dA Poetry Prize, the Ventura Poetry Prize, and has received two cultural arts grants from the City of Ventura, as well as a Tumblewords Poetry Residency. With her husband, poet Phil Taggart, she publishes the poetry journal Askew.

John Golson

Literature: Poetry; Media: Video; Visual Arts: Other, Photography

The creative endeavors of John K. Golson are to foster a deeper connection to Oneself, to Others and to the Environment. John K. Golson is currently working in digital art and photography. Abstracts, Landscapes, Portraiture and Photo Documentary. John works with natural and ambient light sources patiently extracting the essence of the critical moment. Manual mode and RAW digital recording provide freedom to interpret and creatively express in the darkroom and resulting print. John has created photographs and digital works for Ventura Charter School, County Behavioral Health, Buenaventura Gardens and the Grant Park Conservancy. An author, John has published two books: a short story accompanied by images from the series "Emerge From The Earth" titled "Mandarava's Journey," and "Towards Oneness" a collection of photographs and poetry. The writings and imagery are informed by Ancient Wisdom literature and Buddhist Practices in the Mahayana Traditions. He is currently working on a book about the sculpture studios of Art City and a book discussing social transformation which will feature Green Art People as an example of current trends in the influence of small community. John K. Golson is actively engaged in education and community work with the objective of nurturing and supporting others in the pursuit of well being and sustainable living practices.

Katrina Maksimuk

Literature: Poetry; Media: Film; Theatre; Visual Arts: Photography

Katrina Maksimuk uses photography, film and performance to explore what shapes others and herself by peering through the overlooked power and entertainment lens of daily life. She captures images that tell stories of political movements, community events, life challenges and most importantly, hope. Katrina moved to the city of Ventura in 2007, bringing with her a drive to make a difference in her community.

Michelle Nosco

Media: Film; Music: Instrumental; Visual Arts: Painting, Sculpture

I’m an artist, Michelle Nosco, in residence at the WAV of Ventura, California. I’ve shown my artwork (paintings, sculpture, weavings and murals) from childhood. Here’s a 3D Virtual WAV Gallery Exhibit of my charcoal figure drawings: http://www.panomatics360.com/virtualtour/michellenosco/ At five I studied art in the Detroit Museum of Art, high school took me to Wayne State University and the Cranbrook School of Art. In college as an undergrad I got a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) at the University of Michigan and later a Masters in Directing Theatre, Television and Film at CalARTs (California Institute of the Arts). Entering the work world as an art director, producer and film director for many years I transitioned to become a professional artist — painting over 100 murals throughout Southern California. In 2007 I founded the Arts For Earth Foundation in California and since then have painted expressionistic and impressionistic works including California landscapes and native wildlife for environmental purposes. In addition, I’ve been commissioned to paint pet portraits for fundraising to benefit wildlife sanctuaries and wilderness reclamation projects.

Lis Schwitters

Crafts: Ceramics, Jewelry, Other; Literature: Poetry; Media: Video; Visual Arts: Illustration, Other, Photography, Printmaking

BIOGRAPHY Born in Los Angeles, California, Photographic Artist & Printmaker, Lis J. Schwitters began her interest in photography in 1976 and continued as a Staff Photographer for her high school, college, and local community newspapers having published over 2,000 photographs. In 1985, she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Photocomunications from California State University at Fullerton where she studied under Professor of Photography Emeritus Darryl Curran and visiting Professor John Szarkowski. While enjoying both photographing (the capture of an image), and printing (the creation of an image), she directed her career towards laboratory work. Schwitters has worked as a Photographic Lab Technician (Printmaker) for such notable institutions as California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) in Pasadena, Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, and Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California. As a photographic artist her prints have been featured in hundreds of exhibitions, including in the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, and the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel. Her photographic images are in the permanent collection of many museums, including in The Getty Research Institute (GRI), The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, and The California Museum of Photography, as well as in private collections across the Country. Encompassing all types of photographic mediums from traditional to digital, Schwitters enjoys exploring a wide variety of themes ranging from psychological topics to the beauty of her surroundings. Contact: info@LisJSchwitters.com Resume: http://www.lisjschwitters.com/resume-schwitters.html

Phil Taggart

Literature: Poetry; Media: Video; Visual Arts: Photography

Phil Taggart is poetry curator at the Artists Union Gallery in Ventura and from 1991 through the present, started and ran several poetry readings in Ventura, Santa Barbara and Camarillo, including: Ventura: The Insomniac, Nicholby’s, Cafe Voltaire, The Daily Grind, The Art Gulag at the Plaza Players Theater, Art City 2 and co-directed The Ventura Poetry Festival. Santa Barbara:The Green Dragon, The Perch Gallery and the Santa Barbara Poetry Series at the Contemporary Arts Forum. He’s producing and compiling poets reading on video through the ASKEW video/poetry project and was editor of ARTLIFE from 1996 to 2005. Publishing credits include: SOLO, Brick, rivertalk, Sirens Silence, ZamBomba, sicviceverse, San Gabriel Valley Quarterly, F.T.S., Lummox Journal, Voce Piena, So Luminous the Wildflowers and on a t-shirt for Café Voltaire. His book of poetry, Opium Wars, was published by Mille Grazie Press.

Yessíca Torres

Literature: Poetry; Visual Arts: Other, Painting

Yessíca Torres is a Southern California-based gunmonkey with an affinity for pop art and firearms. Widely considered the first guerrilla girl, she has shaped modern society with her high-profile paintings and culturally significant kills. Her life as an assassin began at the age of nine when she dropped out of parochial classes and picked up a revolver. The lucrative kill contracts she carried out allowed her to follow her true passions, painting and poetry …. And so, gunmonkey art was born. www.gunmonkeyart.com

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