Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate Mural

Working with Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureates, Local Color worked with artist Tani Belomytsina to turn their written art into a large canvas painting.

After reading the youth’s poetry anthology, Belomytsina found inspiration to create the design on canvas which was painted in by guests at an event at Poetry San José.

Learn more about the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate Program here.

Thank you to program manager Robert Pesich, program coordinator Karla Santiago-Reyes, and the 2024-25 Organizing Team: Sage Cobb, Matthew Kim, Nisha Shenoy, Emma Zhang, Anoushka Dugar, Emily Pedroza, Katerina Matta

Photos by Jessica Punzalan and Carman Gaines