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MELIDA RODAS revisits an elephant from her childhood, Mocosita, in her latest multimedia body of work: ELEFANTE, which confronts the plight of elephants and paradox of their situation. Melida is a teacher, writer and multimedia artist whose work has appeared in anthologies from publishers such as Oxford University Press, Pearson, and the Feminist Press. In 2013 she was chosen by Mayor Steve Fulop, as Jersey City's first inaugural poet. She is a grant recipient from PROARTS for her eco-friendly work, “Illuminations ∼ Words for Change,” promoting unity, poetry and art by projecting images and words onto the urban landscape.

XIELO LUNA CORA currently attends All Saints Academy in Bayonne, NJ where she recently received an award for her psychological experiment “Color Connections.” It explores the relationship between colors, the emotions they evoke and how they can assist in the process of memorization. One of her short animated films was showcased at the Newark Museum. Her artwork has been exhibited at Bayonne Public Library. On a regular day, Xielo cuts out words from magazines: dance, all you need is…, love, peace, photography, believe, girls vs. boys, happy, togetherness, pastes them among her photos and cutout images from periodicals, takes an iphone photo, and posts it on Instagram. Xielo is 13 years old.