Current Projects
Of Color Artist Collective: an art collective using all mediums to inspire young artists of color in the Phoenix area by providing equitable and accessible spaces to build community.
Poetry and Adjunctive Therapy: a partnership with Aurora Behavioral Health in Tempe, AZ where adolescents participate in a workshop environment to learn and utilize the art of spoken word poetry to mediate their struggles with mental illness.
Past Projects
Water Sprouts Collective, Arokiya Sponsorship Programming, Criss-Cross Poetry, GlobeMed at ASU
Features and Performances
Poetry Night, ALS Association Arizona Chapter – Phoenix, AZ. June 2018.
Multicultural Arts Camp, Free Arts of Arizona – Phoeniz, AZ. June 2018.
Poets vs Particle Physicists, Phoenix ComicFest – Phoenix, AZ. May 2018.
STEAM Zine Workshop, Phoenix ComicFest – Phoenix, AZ. May 2018.
Alone Together, Movement Source Dance Company – Tempe, AZ. April 2018.
Poetry Month at Melrose Curve, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture – Phoenix, AZ. April 2018.
Poetry for and by the People, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture – Phoenix, AZ. April 2018.
Shining the Light on Recreation Therapy Conference, Arizona State Therapeutic Recreation Association – Phoenix, AZ. April 2018. (Presenter, The Most Human We Can Be: Poetry as a Recreational Therapy Healing Intervention)
VOICES LGBTQ+ Open Mic, Phoenix Public Libraries – Phoenix, AZ. March & April 2018.
Xaiver College Preperatory Dance Classes and Recital – Phoenix, AZ. March & April 2018.
Leadership Camp, Free Arts of Arizona – Tempe, AZ. March 2018.
First Friday Poetry, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture (Poet Laureate) – Phoenix, AZ. March 2018.
Turn Up for STEAM, Arizona Science and Technology – Phoenix, AZ. Febraury 2018.
Wordplay Cafe, Mesa Arts Center – Mesa, AZ. February 2018.
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival – Flagstaff, AZ. February 2018.
Straight Outta Poetry, National Alliance on Mental Illness – Mesa, AZ. February 2018.
All-Arizona Slam Championship – Maricopa, AZ. January 2018.
Undergraduate Writer Showcase, Arizona State University Tempe – Tempe, AZ. November 2017. (Selection Panelist)
Arizona Keystone Mental Health Fair, Arizona State Univeristy Downtown PHX – Phoenix, AZ. October 2017. (Presenter, The Art of Healing: Therapeutic Poetry & Prose)
Community Poetry Gardens, Pan-American Charter School – Phoenix, AZ. October 2017.
Phoenix Poetry Series with Anna Flores, Filmore Coffee – Phoenix, AZ. August 2017.
Art, Justice, Ethnography: Poetry in the New Millennium, C-MOD Curated Modern Design – Phoenix, AZ. April 2017.
Cactus Well: A Creative Writing Exchange, Arizona State University Tempe – Tempe, AZ. April 2017. (Panelist)
The Langston Hughes Project: Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz, Chandler-Gilbert Community College Pecos Campus – Chandler, AZ. April 2017
Poetry and Philanthropy with ASU Peace Corps, Arizona State University Tempe – Tempe, AZ. April 2017.
Sparky Slam, Arizona State University Polytechnic – Mesa, AZ. March 2017. (Judge)
Wordplay Café, Mesa Arts Center – Mesa, AZ. March, 2017.
Local to Global Justice, Roosevelt Row at Phoenix Hostel – Phoenix, AZ. February 2017.
Poetry and Music Festivus, Roosevelt Row at Alwun House – Phoenix, AZ. February 2017 & February 2018.
Southwest Regional Poetry Slam, The Duke at Rancho El Dorado – Maricopa, AZ. January 2017.
Nasty Women, Grand artHAUS – Phoenix, AZ. January 2017.
Grand Ave Festival, Grand Ave – Phoenix, AZ. November 2016.
Public Art and Poetry Showcase, Roosevelt Row at Lawn Gnome Publishing – Phoenix, AZ. November 2016.
Phoenix Poetry Slam finalist, Lawn Gnome Publishing – Phoenix, AZ. November 2016.
Cultural Storytelling, {9} the Gallery and The Grand Central Coffee Company – Phoenix, AZ. May 2016 and November 2017.
Articles
“oCAC aims to create a space for of color artists” by Jessica Schram
The State Press – Oct 17, 2018
“Healing with poetry: Student takes on the Phoenix slam poetry scene” by Sckylar Gibby-Brown
The State Press – Nov 20, 2016
“Students find healing through spoken-word poetry” by Hayley Brand
The State Press – Nov 2, 2016
“ASU students commit to boosting global health, starting with Uganda” by Rebecca Howe
ASU Now – Sep 24, 2014
Publications
“Cocks, Pigs, and Fish”, a nonfiction autoethnography. Write on, Downtown Issue 11, April 2017.
“Tomorrow”, a short fiction piece. Weaving the Threads printed by Four Chambers Press, February 2017.
“To Be a Coconut”, a spoken-word poem. Write on, Downtown Issue 10, May 2016.
“To Be a Coconut”, a spoken-word poem. Cultural Stories Chapbook, May 2016.
Megan C. Atencia 