Machine Pomona

Specialties

Machine Pomona Creative Collective Art Gallery and Boutique Specializes in Local Art and Culture, supporting local Clothing Brands and Local Artists of every Medium and Art form. Machine Pomona is the Proud Home of LionLike MindState Poetry Open Mic, Art Classes for Youth/​Adults and Couples, Capoeira Angola Classes, Poetry Workshops, Book Exchanges. Machine Pomona is also partnered with Elev8d Intelekts Radio hosting a weekly Hip Hop Radio Show every Sunday.

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History

Established in 2011.

Machine Pomona began as a home for the Art of a Community of Poets and Artists collectively known as «LionLikeINC» in 2011. In 2014 the Machine Pomona Creative Collective and Elev8d Intelekts Radio and 5^th Element Magazine became partners in art and intention to shift the meaning of Independent Art.

Meet the Business Owner

David O.

Business Owner

Known affectionately by his peers and supporters as «A Renaissance Man», David ‘Judah 1′ Oliver is an interdisciplinary artist by all means of the term. His talent stretches from poet to author to entrepreneur to philanthropist. He is the owner and co-​founder of Machine Pomona Art Gallery where Lion Like Mind State open mic is rebirth every other week, serving as a nucleus for new and veteran artists in the Inland Empire. Judah’s innovative work earned him a spot on the 2005 & 2006 Los Angeles Slam Team and granted him title of coach for the 2009 & 2010 Empire Mind State Slam Team (2^nd in the nation in 2010). Many other artists see him as a mentor, and for this reason Judah gives back in a number of ways. He teaches as an Artist in Residence for the Prison Education Program at the California Rehabilitation Center for Men (Norco Prison) and Chino Men’s Prison. He has toured the nation at numerous colleges and universities including UCLA, University of Las Vegas, UC Berkeley, and t