About Pretty Dedly
Many garage bands never make it past their driveways, but there’s always that one-in-a-million group that goes far beyond it. One such group is here today, the best band you’ve never heard of, Pretty Dedly.

About Meski 
Meski Zgirdea is 14 years old and is currently homeschooled with plans to start high school in the Fall of 2024. She was born in Ethiopia, raised by Romanian parents in Houston, and has been exposed to different cultures and music genres from a very young age. She enjoys 60’s Jazz and 80’s pop. She dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter and gets her influences from artists like Sting, David Bowie, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk, among many others. She plays piano, ukulele, guitar, and her passion is singing. She is a true believer in the power of music and all the wonders it can unlock.

 About Jaya Evans-Moore 
Jaya Evans-Moore is a beginner writer who mainly practices writing novels and scripts, and every so often ventures out into poetry. Their poem, Letter from a Vampire, describes the invigorating, yet chilling effect love has on an undead soul.

About Frida Buck 
Frida Buck is a student at St. Agnes Academy. She loves filmmaking as well as writing in her free time. Frida hopes to be a film director in the future, and she is very excited to perform her poem for everyone.

About Ash Anderson 
Ash Anderson is a student in the Creative Writing Department at The Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Their work appears or is forthcoming in The Paper Crane Journal, Up North Lit, and The Adroit Journal.

About Nameless Sound Youth Committee
Nameless Sound Youth Committee is a group of kids from all over the Houston area. Members learn to use music to express creativity, heal, and build relationships.

Composed of young arts enthusiasts, Teen Council serves as the Museum’s vehicle for attracting the city’s teen population to CAMH and exposing them to the vibrant field of contemporary art. For council members, the group serves as a highly collaborative creative incubator that opens up opportunities for leadership, visual literacy, and life skill development. During weekly meetings, the council is introduced to the inner workings of museums and to the dynamic Houston arts community. Teen Council activities are decided upon by its members and can change from year to year, but past events developed by the Teen Council include virtual zines, exhibitions, fashion shows, film screenings, listening parties, music festivals, and poetry readings.

Teen Council is made possible by generous support from H-E-B, and additional support from Mark and Mary Ann Miller, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter.