Andrés Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and author of Fractures, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Hijito, winner of the Broken River Prize and a #1 SPD bestseller, and the memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House. A star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TV One’s Verses and Flow, and Spike Lee’s #1 box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Carlos is widely known for his viral poems, “Where are you really from?” and “What Latino Looks Like,” which have garnered millions of views online. Winner of the Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, he partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. Carlos is a proud Latinx and father. 

Works on Paper, Wood, and Glass
David Font-Navarrete (percussion, electronics, and visuals)

This meditative multimedia performance combines electro-acoustic sound and visual art, inviting the audience to hear drawings and see sounds. Using experimental microphone techniques, Professor Font-Navarrete creates a unique, abstract palette of sounds that includes voices, field recordings, electronically generated tones, and gestures on both acoustic instruments (drums and bells) and solid objects (paper, wood, and glass).