This is the first write-up to go along with Nat’s TRASH MAG playlist, L.A. or Bust, where she highlights female/queer/POC musicians in the L.A. area.

TRASH MAG Co-Founder & Co-Editor in Chief Sara Ghassemzadeh sits down with Maddie Calderon, a multi-media artist from Los Angeles to talk about everything from Maddie’s goals for the year to different mediums of art she’s been experimenting with lately.

TRASH MAG Co-Founder & Co-Editor in Chief Bergen Flom sits down with a Los Angeles artist, Marianella Perez, to talk about everything from self-care to how Los Angeles has inspired Mari.