Jeanne Marie Spicuzza is a poet, performance artist, actor, producer, writer of children's stories, plays and screenplays, watercolor painter and illustrator, composer, tarot reader and Master Herbalist. She appears on television, radio and film, as well as at festivals and venues such as Ladyfest, Lollapalooza, Bristol International Poetry Festival, Nuyorican Poets' Café, Green Mill, Pabst Theatre and others. Her films have screened at Raleigh Studios, Wisconsin Film Festival and Women in the Directors' Chair. Jeanne Marie is listed in several Who's Who publications, including Who's Who in the World, and has received awards and nominations from Shepherd Express, Fade-In Magazine, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Vatican Divsion of Arts and Culture and others. She was nominated 'Woman of the Year' in 1998 through the National Organization for Women and was recently selected for inclusion on the Wall of Tolerance in Montgomery, Alabama, by the National Campaign for Tolerance in honor of her public stance towards "a more just America."
Jeanne Marie is published in Poets Against the War, Quill and Parchment, Shepherd Express, Riverwest Review, Poetry Motel and others. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in philosophy and psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her collection of poetry, beautiful terrible & true, is in its second printing and available through Libri Publishers. Her self-titled CD, nominated for the Golden Headset Award, is available through Inoculation Records.
Jeanne Marie has a deep affinity with medieval visionary and composer Hildegard von Bingen and is in development of the motion picture Breath of God about this amazing historical woman! The screenplay was blessed by Pope John Paul II, and segments were recently included in Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party," currently on exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Her premiere feature film Making Angels with Daughters of the Dust director Julie Dash is in pre-production. She recently completed her debut novel bearing the same title. Jeanne Marie is the mother of artist Stephanie Spicuzza and currently lives in Los Angeles. She dreams of settling down in Sicily and travels whenever she can.