Ariadne Makridakis '20
Student Worker

Ariadne joined the Oxy Arts team in fall of 2019 and is responsible for curating and overseeing our weekly Community Reading Hours program. She also provides administrative and event support for popular programs.

Ariadne is a poet and writer who majors in Critical Theory & Social Justice. She is local to Los Angeles but grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to her work at Oxy Arts, she is a  Resident Advisor and served as a student government representative within the Diversity and Equity Board. In the past, she has interned at Avenue 50 Studios in Highland Park where she helped curate literary programming related to the intersection of poetry and social justice, as well as aided the current Writer-in-Residence at Occidental College in organizing readings and talks by well-known novelists and poets.