Sponsors, Patrons & Supporters

I owe a huge thanks to the many individuals and organizations that have allowed me to pursue my creative dreams through grants, donations, sponsorships, scholarships, and other forms of investment in my vision and future. Check out my Patreon and c​ontact me if you would like to find out more about sponsoring my work, including the work I do through Quail Bell Magazine and Quail Bell Press & Productions.

​Here are some of the folks who have helped me shine (in alphabetical order):
• Aaron Gold
​• Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference
• Anchorage Museum
​• AngelHouse Press
• Another New Calligraphy
​• Annapolis Fringe Festival
​• Annmarie Sculpture Garden
​• AnkhLave Arts Alliance
​• AOS R&R
​• ArtBridge
​• Art Works
​• Beach64Retreat
• Bed-Stuy STooPS
• Bell 8/Deirdre Towers
​• Benedictine Institute
​• Big Words, Etc.
​• BinderCon
• Blanche Mason Starkweather
• BRIC
​• Brooklyn Arts Council
​• Brooklyn Poets
• Brooklyn Public Library
​• Brooklyn Museum
​• Cold Coffee Gallery
• CLASH Books
• Chop Suey Books
​• Creatrix Magazine
​• Dr. Christopher Lyon
​• Dancing Girl Press
• Danielle & Larry Nyman
​• Del Ray Artisans
• Dennis Sobin
• El Sótano Art Space
​• Finishing Line Press
​• FiveMyles Gallery
• Flatbush Nostrand-Junction BID
​• For Creative Girls
​• Fulton Theatre
​• Freshkills Park Alliance
• Helen & Sydney Jacoff
• Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion
• Hispanic College Fund
• Hoot 'n' Waddle
​• International Cinematographers Guild
• International Consciousness
Research Laboratories​
• Invisible College
​• Jeff South​
​• John Vitale
​• Joyce Miller
• George & Kathy Miles​
• Lehman College Art Gallery
​• Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
• Mark & Cristina Stoddard
• Maverick Duck Press
• Moonchild Magazine
​• Ms. Magazine
​• New York City Poetry Festival
• New York Transit Museum
​• Pierre Hauser
​• Poe Museum of Virginia
• Poems-For-All
• Poetic Theater Productions
• Poetry Foundation
• Queens Botanical Garden
​• Queens Council on the Arts
• Radio Free Brooklyn
• Dr. Robert Ginsburg
​• Ruth Washington
• Semiperfect Press
• Shanti Arts
• Shenandoah Valley Art Center
• Smithsonian Latino Center
• Spuyten Duyvil Publishing
​• Style Weekly
• Sundress Academy for the Arts
• Support Creativity
• Table Work Press
• Teen Ink
​• TERSE Journal
• Textile Arts Center
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• The City College of New York DIAP MFA
​• The City College of New York Cohen Library Archives Gallery
• The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center - CUNY 
• The Cyberpunk Apocalypse
• The Elisabet Ney Museum
​• The Inner Loop
• The Library of Virginia
• The Living Gallery
• The Merry Beggars
• The Puffin Foundation​
• The Taft Foundation
• The Tiny Cupboard
• The Washington Post
• Therese McCabe Ralston Connor
​• Third Estate Art
• Toronto International Film Festival
• Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House
• Woodstock Artists Association & Museum
​• WriterHouse
​• Writopia Lab
​• Underground Voices
• University of Maryland's Stamp Gallery
​• University of Richmond - UR Downtown
​• UrbanGlass
​• Valet Gallery​
• VCUarts Anderson Gallery
​• VCU ICA
• VCUarts Undergraduate Research and Innovation Grant
• Virginia Caucus of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives
​• Visible Poetry Project
• 1708 Gallery

Collaborators

I have been blessed to collaborate with many phenomenal folks in my home state of Virginia and my adopted state of New York. I cannot name them all, especially from creative projects involving larger teams, but I do want to highlight some of my favorites:
• Alex Carrigan
​• Amanda Andrews
​• Art Jones
• Ben Nardolilli
• Beverly Bonner
​• Brian Parker
​• Catherine Kyle
​• Christopher Sloce
​• Erynn Porter
​• Dario Mohr
​• Darkin Brown
​• David Fuchs
• Deniz Zeynep
• Disnie Sebastien
​• Donna Morales
​• Dmitriy Kosoy
• Elwin Cotman
• Ghia Vitale
​• Gretchen Gales
​• Heeseo Choi
•Jacob Maximillian Baron
• Jade Miller
• Jana Astanov
​• Jess Appel
• Jessica Reidy
• Julie DiNisio
​• John Cappello
​• John Davis
​• Kaylin Kaupish
• Kristen Rebelo
​• Lana C. Marilyn
​• Lashelle Johnson​
• Leza & Christoph Cantoral
• Mari Pack
• Marsha-Ann Hay
​• Meagan J. Meehan
• Melanie Maria Goodreaux
• Nadia Gerassimenko
​• Nina Stoddard
• Ren Martinez
• Sha Huang
• Valentín Sánchez-Stoddard
​• Zach Bowman

Notable Mentors/Educators

I also want to acknowledge some of my mentors and educators since 2003. Some have a limited web presence; others have retired from public life or passed away. They include: Mary Beth Reed, Sylvia Netzer, Colin Chase, Mark Addison Smith, Monica Stroik, Denise Phalan, Marilyn Barrueta, Jeff South, Tyler Coburn, Elvia Wilk, Becca Albee, Daniel Bauer, Patricia Michelsen-King, Sydney Van Nort, Anthony Graves, Carla Herrera-Prats, Amy Lemaire, Lydia Diemer, Deborah Yasinsky, Gina Kovarsky, Susann Cokal, Becca Albee, Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez, Erin Brown, Kenneth Kahn, Tim Ashworth, Cynthia Connolly, Dana Giampiccolo, Jenny Parks, Erica Love, João Enxuto, Hajoe Moderegger, Robert Tregenza, and Kirk Kjeldsen.