Artists Sève Favre Sève Favre is a visual artist, originally from the French part of Switzerland. In 2005, she created her first modular artwork. She has exhibited in Switzerland and abroad. In 2020, Sève Favre was nominated for the Arte Laguna Prize in Installation and Sculpture. Passionate about the concept of integration, she concentrates on transcending the classical boundary between the artwork and the viewer. The main feature of her art is interactivity. The key words that support her concept are interaction (be together), variation (be different), and activity (be active). Her name for this experience is “intervariactivity.”
Michael Paramo Michael Paramo is a Queer Mexican-American artist and researcher from the suburbs of north Orange County (which occupy the stolen territories of the Tongva/Kizh, Acjachemen, and Payómkawichum). They created AZE journal (azejournal.com) in 2016, where they publish journal issues on topics intersecting with asexuality, aromanticism, and agenderness. Influenced by their mother and artist Martha Guillen-Paramo, Michael has created art since they were a child. In 2018, they began creating digital self-portraits as part of a journey toward self-discovery. They are currently studying the intersections of aesthetics and decoloniality as a PhD student at the University of British Columbia.
Ernst Perdriel Ernst Perdriel was born in Montreal (Quebec, Canada). He is a multi-field artist (visual art, photography, writing - French), designer and horticulturist. He participates in solo and group exhibitions in visual arts since 1995. The artist uses mosaics, collages, landscaping, photography to talk about our complex era. Perdriel has contributed in numerous publications since 1992 as a writer, illustrator, artist, photographer and in self-publishing. His works have appeared in Sunspot Literary Journal, Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Kolaj Magazine, Into the Void, The Healing Muse, Iris Literary Journal, 3Elements Literary Review and others. Learn more at www.ernstperdriel.com
K.A. Cummins K.A. Cummins explores storytelling in a variety of mediums, blending reality and imagination. Her artwork has been featured on the cover of Rattle, her writing has appeared on Havok Publishing, and she’s a Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards silver medalist. Cummins lives in Alabama with her husband, their youngest son, and cat named Spot. Connect with her through her website at https:// authorkacummins.com.
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