The Artists
Christina Liang
A R T I S T NO. 1
WRITER/ACTRESS
Christina Liang is an actress and writer based in New York. Her theater credits include "Pride and Prejudice" (Triad Stage),"Three Musketeers 1941" (Project Y Theatre), "Quack" (Alley Theatre), "Issei, He Say" (NJ Rep), "A Christmas Carol" (ACT), "Ah, Wilderness" (ACT), "Love and Information" (ACT). She is also featured in Grand Theft Auto Online. MFA in acting from A.C.T. and BA in Individualized Studies from N.Y.U.
C.BAIN
A R T I S T N O. 2
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
C. Bain is a gender liminal multidisciplinary artist. His book of poetry, Debridement, was a finalist for the Publishing Triangle awards. His writing appears in BOAAT, Bedfellows Magazine, PANK, them., Muzzle Magazine, the Everyman’s Library book Villanelles, the Rumpus .net and elsewhere. He has a long history in performance poetry, and his plays and performance art works have been presented at Dixon Place, The Tank, The Kraine, The Living Gallery, and the LGBT Center in NYC. He has been an apprentice at Ugly Duckling Presse and a Lambda Literary fellow. He is currently an Art MFA candidate at CalArts and teaches poetry on the internet.
WEBSITE: tiresiasprojekt.com
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tiresiasprojekt
ASHLEY GROMBOL
A R T I S T N O. 3 : BAKER/STOPMOTION/ACTRESS
Ashley Grombol is an actor/creator based in New York City. She is the creator of the baking blog Domestic B(i)atch and has twice appeared on The Chew. Ashley has worked with a variety of NYC companies that focus on new work, including Amios and Randomly Specific Theatre. She has also worked regionally at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Ashley can be seen in the award-winning web series On the Line. BFA: SMU Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, TX.
Websites:
ashleygrombol.com
domesticbatch.com
https://onthelinewebseries.com/
NAEEMAH MADDOX
A R T I S T N O. 4
SINGER-SONGWRITER/COMPOSER/MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
Naeemah Z. Maddox is a self produced singer-songwriter, composer, and multi- instrumentalist. Naeemah’s hybridized style draws from many elements including classical arrangement, R&B vocals, lush jazz harmonies and rock edge and rhythms.
Her most recent full length album, “Vile Tyrant and the MiddleMen”, is a conceptual album that takes an interpersonal view of the effect of mankind’s daily personal and political struggles. It is a fusion of chamber pop, progressive rock and soul, blended into a unique and original style. Naeemah composed ,produced, and recorded nearly all of the instruments: all guitars, flutes, violins, keyboards, vocals, drum programming and bass on two of the nine tracks.
Naeemah also collaborates with artists in varied genres. She is a featured vocalist on Mark Morton’s (Lamb of God guitarist) 2019 solo album “Anesthetic” released March 1, 2019, and on the June 2020 single “The Burnt Offerings”. Most recently, Naeemah released a chamber pop single entitled “Just like Flying”, along with a music video.
Naeemah is gearing up for a new album release in the Spring of this year. She’ll be releasing a single everyone month leading up to the release.
WEBSITE: www.NaeemahMaddox.com
MUSIC: https://naeemahmaddox.bandcamp.com
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/CxlYUo7Pv_g
SOCIAL: /Naeembot
Gwendolyn Bennett
POET/ARTIST/WRITER/TEACHER
Gwendolyn Bennett, a teacher, artist, and writer, was born in Giddings, Texas in 1902. She never published her collected work, but her poems, short stories, and nonfiction columns appeared in literary journals, among them Opportunity, Fire!! and Palms. Bennett was connected to the Harlem Renaissance and a dedicated supporter of African American writers and artists through support groups, community centers, and schools. She died in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1981.
Bennett, the daughter of teachers, grew up on a Nevada Indian reservation and in Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended Columbia University and Pratt Institute, then studied art in Paris (1925–26). She wrote articles and created covers for The Crisis and Opportunity magazines. Her close friendships with fellow Harlem-based writers resulted in her becoming an Opportunity editor and writing its popular literary news column (1926–28). Twice widowed, Bennett taught and lived away from New York for long periods. She was suspended from directing the Harlem Community Art Center in 1941 because of suspected communist associations. *
Most of Bennett’s published work, including two short stories, appeared in 1923–28, and though it is often anthologized, her work has not been collected. Her ballads, odes, sonnets, and protest poetry are notable for their visual imagery; her best-known poem is the sensual “To a Dark Girl.”*
Read her Poems