Robin Rodricks served as San Mateo County Arts Commissioner for over a decade prior to being named the first Executive Director of the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture, a division in the County Executive’s Office that was created in 2022. A seasoned arts administrator, Robin oversaw the implementation of the County’s StrategicContinue reading “Robin Rodricks”
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Are you the next San Mateo County PL?
On April 23, 2013, The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of the post of San Mateo County Poet Laureate to elevate poetry into the consciousness of San Mateo County residents and to help celebrate the literary arts. The Poet Laureate will be a two-year position which includes a $5000 yearly stipend.Continue reading “Are you the next San Mateo County PL?”
Burlingame Youth Poet-in-Residence
Congratulations to Eva Chen who was recognized on September 20, 2022 by the Burlingame Library Board of Trustees as the city’s Youth Poet-in-Residence! Eva is also San Mateo County’s 2022 Young Woman of Excellence honoree and was the first youth poet to be inducted into San Mateo County’s Women’s Hall of Fame. A mentee of SanContinue reading “Burlingame Youth Poet-in-Residence”
Countywide arts celebration
The San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture is hosting the Countywide Celebration of the Arts Day on August 27th from 12:00-3:00pm at San Mateo’s Central Park Outdoor Stage, featuring 134 performers ages 2-91, including youth poets Chloe Chou, Jescent Marcelino, Hanna Pham, and Lauren Lin. For more info, please visit the OAC website.
New teen-run poetry mag
Daly City Youth Poet Laureate (and concurrently, South San Francisco Youth Poet-in-Residence) Chloe Chou has launched Cloudy Magazine with the goal of uniting youth voices in Daly City and beyond, along with highlighting artistic and literary talent. The editors are now accepting submissions for their debut issue on the theme of Beginnings. The deadline toContinue reading “New teen-run poetry mag”
Wordslam 3
The Wordslam 3 Youth Poetry Contest launched by East Palo Alto Poet Laureate Kalamu Chache is now accepting submissions of original poems by middle school and high school students who live in East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven community of Menlo Park. Click here for more info.
Chloe Chou
Chloe Chou is the 2022-23 Daly City Youth Poet Laureate and the 2022-23 South San Francisco Youth Poet-in-Residence. A South City resident, she is currently a freshman at Westmoor High School in Daly City. Her passions are coding and writing. In her free time, she likes to make mixtapes! In 2020, she published a book calledContinue reading “Chloe Chou”
Neal Tayco
Neal Tayco is a second-year MFA in Writing grad student at the University of San Francisco, where he is the associate poetry editor for the program’s student-run literary journal, Invisible City. Originally from Subic Bay, he is currently based in the Bay Area where he also works as a Filipino translator/proofreader for the County of San Mateo.Continue reading “Neal Tayco”
Jane Kuo
Jane Kuo is a Chinese and Taiwanese American writer who grew up in Los Angeles. She is an author, a nurse, and a nurse practitioner. Jane graduated with a degree in English Literature from UC Berkeley, where she studied under Bharati Mukherjee, Ishmael Reed, and Robert Hass. Also, she once borrowed a pencil from MaxineContinue reading “Jane Kuo”
Ayodele Nzinga
Ayodele Nzinga is the founding producing director of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc., Oakland’s oldest North American Theater Company. Nzinga is a multi-disciplined creative force; a brilliant actress, producing director, playwright, poet, dramaturg, performance consultant, educator, and community advocate. She is the founder of Lower Bottom Playaz Summer Theater Day Camp, established in 2007, aContinue reading “Ayodele Nzinga”
Speak Poetry in San Mateo County 