Leigh Anita is a printmaker and visual artist. Specializing in relief, her printed work has gained recognition for its meticulous detail and been featured in several independent art publications. Leigh is represented in curated shows and galleries throughout the region. Her written work has been published by the Underground Writers Association in the poetry anthology: You, Me, & The End Of The World, and in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, a peer-reviewed academic journal. She has also published two independent chapbooks, Metropolitans., and Sea Breezes (in collaboration with Myles Burr). Overarching themes from her visual art transcend into Leigh Anita’s writing. Her pieces often embody a pursuit - making sense of her place in history: both personal and ancestral. Her writing aims to create a straight line through memory, while also dancing with unknown relatives across continents. Leigh Anita collects Soviet artifacts, family photographs, images of brutalist architecture, and symbols of Western Culture as they are seen through an Eastern European Lens. She currently serves on the board of the Portland Poets Society as their Head Designer and Public Relations Consultant and performs her work at spoken word poetry events.