Fiona Seth is a genderqueer illustrator, author, poet, filmmaker and erstwhile marketer from Toronto, Canada. They use pen and ink with digital colourization to make retro-feeling illustrations in vibrant archival inkjet editions. Their second poetry collection, The Air That I Breathe: Volume I is available on Amazon and Kindle, as well as their debut memoir, She Said What About Love, is available through Amazon, Kindle and iBooks. Genova explores, experiments, and examines almost anything, for better or for worse. She likes to meet (new) people of any background in person to converse, to learn new skills, and to share the world, diverse perspectives, opinions, and stories...the more time advances, the more she realizes how little she ever knew and will ever understand. Genova pursues many activities and cherishes certain people with a love of the absurd and a twinkle in their eye. Jaene F. Castrillon is a disabled mixed race 2spirit interdisciplinary artist, activist, author & award winning filmmaker who explores their relationship to the world through Indigenous teachings, ceremony & the wisdom of the land. His/Her art celebrates the brilliance and heart-break of living a life less ordinary. Laura Laughren (lorahliemaybe) is a Vancouver born self-taught diverse artist who lives in Toronto Canada. As a member of Workman Arts she centers her visual work in a variety of mediums and techniques. With a powerful mastery of color, form and depth, her pieces speak with intuitive loose and fluid brushstrokes, combining complex layering and wet-on-wet techniques. She takes inspiration from nature while conveying a serious and urgent undertone. Laura’s work is included in many private collections and has been exhibited in solo, group and juried exhibitions in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec since 1989. Lisa Anita Wegner is the creative producer of Mighty Brave Productions, a small multi-media production company. During a harrowing stage of her life when she was diagnosed with complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, she began exploring various forms of visual art and performance as a means of healing. Her art practice grew to focus on the possibilities of artifice and adopted personae as a means of exploring truth. Her work has been shown at the Phoenix Art Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Gallery 1313, Art Toronto, Toronto International Art Fair, Buddies in Bad Times, Artephx, Mesa Fine Arts Centre, Body Break, Lunacy Cabaret, Real Asian Film Festival, NXNE and Nuit Blanche. Lorette C. Luzajic is an award winning mixed media visual artist and writer in Toronto, Canada. She regularly shows her work in galleries, fairs, events, and journals. She is also the editor of The Ekphrastic Review, a journal devoted exclusively to creative writing inspired by art. www.mixedupmedia.ca Marisha Pula is a Toronto based illustrator and artist who creates work that is not only visually composed, but carries and contributes to a narrative. She paints on wood using gouache or acrylic, with resin. Often she uses an overwhelming amount of small objects to illustrate multiple ideas within a theme. She approach subjects concerning environmental changes, gentrification, marginalization and social justice. Currently she is creating a series exploring how the artist’s ideas, intentions and use of materials impact the environment. Markus ‘Star’ Harwood-Jones is a space-case and day-dreamer living in Tkaronto. As an author, illustrator, and film-maker, Star’s main artistic works include the all-trans documentary Mosaic, the Confessions of a Teenage Transsexual Whore zines, and a collection of short stories titled Everything & All at Once. Markus holds a BA in Sociology from Ryerson University, where he was the co-founder of
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