Plants Painting and Poetry:

A Youtube Channel by Nicelle Davis and Anthony M Sannazzaro

Join Plants, Painting, and Poetry! We foster a supportive community through plant care, art, and poetry. Watch YouTube videos on plant care/self-care, enjoy studio visits with established artists, and engage with creative writing prompts. Monthly Zoom workshops and talks connect artists. Subscribe, like, comment, and support!

Plants, Painting, and Poetry is a project that aims to explore forms of growth. Each month we will focus on a different planting theme, featured artist, and corresponding writing prompts.

Poetry Films with Collaborator Cheryl Gross

Poem: Nicelle Davis, Art & Animation: Cheryl Gross, Voice: Robert Fisher, Music: David Michael Curry, Performed by: Willard Grant Conspiracy. This video poem tells of the emotional impact that terrorist drills, conducted by police, have on a non-affluent community.

Poetry: Nicelle Davis, Art and Animation: Cheryl Gross, Voice: Nicelle Davis, Music and Sound: Karl Preusser, From the book In the Circus of You published by Rose Metal Press.

This motion graphic illustrates 5 poems from the book of poetry by Nicelle Davis Becoming Judas, Red Hen Press. Karl Preusser sound and music, Cheryl Gross, art and animation, Denis Mecham, photography, Pavlina Janssen, costumes.

This is a collaboration of the book Circe. Credits: Cheryl Gross, animator/illustrator, Nicelle Davis, writer/poet, Karl Preusser, sound/music, and Alexis Vergalla, cover art, publisher Lowbrow Press.

Performances

"An AVC Poetry Event" Director Nicelle Davis, Producer Joseph West, Photos by Jason Hughes. Poems for the book The Walled Wife, published by Red Hen Press. Poems by Nicelle Davis.

Boston Court, The Body Is performance. Written, directed, and performed by Nicelle Davis. Costumes by Pavlina Janssen Filmed by
Joseph West. Preformed by Pavlina Jenssen, Larissa Nickel, and Louis Buchhold. Music and Sound: Karl Preusser.

Poem recitations by Nicelle Davis with Jesus and John Lennon at Pasadena’s LitFest. Poems for the book Becoming Judas published by Red Hen Press.

Interviews

Nicelle Davis and Jeremy Ra discuss why and how they write poetry in this installment of the Poetry.LA series, "Southern California Poets in Conversation."