Jessica Ceballos

She regularly curates interdisciplinary programming at Avenue 50 Studio, where she founded the Bluebird Reading series, and where she has participated in the curation of Poesia Para La Gente, a program that brings poetry to non-traditional spaces throughout Los ngeles. It's also at Avenue 50 Studio where the northeast L.A. chapter of the Los Angele... s Tenants Union (LTU) meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. LTU is a tenant-centered movement fighting for the human right to housing for all. Between 2014 and 2017 she was a partner at Writ Large Press (WLP), an indie press founded in 2007 to publish overlooked Los Angeles writers. While she's no longer a partner at WLP, she continues to admire and advocate for the ways they experiment with the idea of publishing and explore the role of the book. Between 2013 to 2017 Jessica was a member of Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council, where she worked to support policy that considers community equitability & sustainability over disproportionate monetary advantage. She also sat as chair of their Arts Committee and was a member of their Outreach Committee. She remains a Homelessness Liaison and a Film Liaison through the City of L.. In addition to those roles, she has also facilitated workshops, worked in theatre for 10 years, spent a year or so in music promotion at American Records, and also worked in the literary department for the entirety of Michael Ovitz's infamous experiment known as Artist Management Group. Before embarking on the path that led her to her current journey, Jessica was founding principal of a design firm whose mission was to create beautiful and ecologically responsible interiors and furnishings that were accessible to everyone. In 2015 she was awarded a Western States Arts Federation Emerging Leader of Color fellowship. She's been recognized by the State of Alaska, the California State Assembly, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and Los Angeles Council Districts 1, 14 & 13 for her community work and arts advocacy. Together ...Read More