Adrienne Adams is a poet, visual artist and community organizer/curator based out of Calgary. She is dedicated to creating safe inter-sectional space to honour the undervalued feminine in us all. She curates Woolf’s Voices, a quarterly community event featuring poets, spoken word artists, musicians, writers, storytellers, etc. and visual artists whose work honours the feminine from multiple personal perspectives creating our own collective Woolf Pack! Adrienne has been featured at many poetry and spoken word events, solo and group art shows around YYC. 
 

Amy LeBlanc holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature and creative writing from the University of Calgary. She is currently non-fiction editor at filling Station magazine. Her work has appeared, or is scheduled to appear in Room, Prairie Fire, Contemporary Verse 2, and EVENT among others. Amy won the 2018 BrainStorm Poetry Contest for her poem 'Swell'. She is the author of two chapbooks, most recently
'Ladybird, Ladybird' published with Anstruther Press in August 2018.

Brina-Joy does many things but the only title she finds fitting these days is the one which aptly describes each one of us. Brina-Joy is a human being.

Carla Klassen wouldn’t recognize a life without art — from visual arts, to music, to design — from her earliest memories to the present day, art has been in the foreground of everything she does. There were a multitude of hours in her childhood spent drawing, taking summer art classes and attending music lessons; and her formal education in design has greatly
informed her approach to both colour and composition in her paintings today. She paints with acrylics and oils, and works out of her wee studio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Eden Middleton is a poet/creator with an affection for metaphor, memoir, and martial arts. She has performed her work at South Country Fair, Single Onion, Flywheel, the Inkspot Slam, and People’s Poetry Fest. She also coaches the Wildcard youth slam team at Can You Hear Me
Now provincial slam. Eden is a second year student at the University of Calgary studying English and Drama.

Erin Emily Ann Vance is a writer from Black Diamond, Alberta. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Contemporary Verse 2, The Blasted Tree, Augur, and Coffin Bell Journal. Erin was a 2017 recipient of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Young Artist Prize, nominated by Aritha van Herk, and a 2018 Finalist for the Alberta Magazine Awards in Fiction for her story 'All the Pretty Bones' (filling station). Erin studied at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University Belfast in 2018.
She will complete her MA in Creative Writing in August 2018 and begin a MA in Irish Folklore and Ethnology at University College Dublin in 2019. Erin’s debut novel, 'Advice for Amateur Beekeepers and Taxidermists' will be published by Stonehouse Publishing in 2019.

Erin Dingle tells it like it is. Whether it's sad, silly, science or NSFW, she "takes that confused feeling or idea you've never had words for and paints it into poetry you'll understand."Erin is a big energy Performance Poet from Calgary. She came second at CIPS in 2015 and has competed on 5 consecutive Calgary Poetry Slam teams. She has also shared words at poetry festivals across Canada, exploring issues like breast cancer, motherhood, mental and emotional health, and sexuality.

Em Williamson is a young writer and budding writing instructor who teaches monthly poetry classes and frequently attends open mics and poetry slams in Calgary, including having been invited as a feature poet at several events. It is her goal in life to teach young people that poetry is the furthest thing from boring, and that literature can be one of the most powerful forms of empowerment and self-expression. To do this, she wants to explore as many different forms of literature as possible - because surely there must be something out there for everyone!

Fran Schlosser was raised on an acreage near Sedgewick, Alberta in the middle of the “oil patch”. Although creative her whole life, it wasn’t until 1998, she had an incredible urge to paint seriously and enrolled in the U of S off campus painting classes with Amira Wasfy and Clint Hunker. Fran continues to further her art education in Calgary; currently painting under Michael Downs. She has taken several sessions of figurative and portrait drawing with Cameron Roberts, (as well as a few sculpture workshops in clay with Cameron) and has studied with Doug Levitt. In addition, Fran has participated in an advanced portrait workshop with artist Michelle Dunaway at the Scottsdale Artists School, workshops with Liana Bennett from Seattle on abstracting the figure and most recently an abstracting the figure workshop with Brian Smith of Ontario. As well, she values the contact with her art friends and feels they too contribute to her art education. Figurative work has always been a favourite of hers, with a focus on the portrait. It fascinates Fran to create an image on paper or canvas that can capture the essence of a personality.

Georgia is an energetic, new artist emerging onto the Canadian Pop, Rock and Adult Contemporary music scene. Throughout her lifetime, Georgia has explored different vocal styles and genres of music through teaming up with various vocal instructors and song writing coaches. After three short years of prolific song writing and musical development, she recorded her debut EP, Hold Her Tight. Georgia has her own style that she infuses into each note and verse – she’s eclectic, expressive and emotionally soulful. Her rich vocals, clever lyrics and original
compositions show off her varied musical influences. Like a good storyteller would, Georgia pulls her listeners into and through stories of heartbreak and regret, at the same time reminding them that life’s lessons, while painful, can be ultimately hopeful and transforming at the same time.

Irene Naested, Professor Emeritus, is an author, visual artist, and educator. She has authored numerous books, chapters, journal articles, and teacher resources on teaching and learning. Her poetry and prose have been published in journals such as GUSTS: Contemporary Tanka and Still Point Arts Quarterly. Irene’s visual art and writing become multi-layers of exploration of ideas, insights, meditative moments, principles of composition gleaned from nature. She presently writes, creates, and teaches in her newly developed studio.

Jen Kunlire is a Calgary based writer, performance artist and workshop facilitator. She has performed on stages across Canada, has been acknowledged for awards and titles including People’s Poetry Festival Poet of Honour in Calgary and winner of the 2008 CBC
Poetry Face-off for Calgary. Her published works include 6 chapbooks and published piece in The Great Black North-Contemporary African Canadian Poetry Anthology. Her work has a mixture of gritty, thought provoking and introspective dialogue as she calls upon her storytelling roots to weave the fabric of her writing. A fan of improvisation, she can be heard jamming with Calgary’s Freak Motif every now and then and spends most of her time facilitating workshops for newly arrived Immigrants to Canada.

Judy Deleo grew up in Calgary and has always enjoyed being outdoors, going to the mountains and is especially drawn to water - whether a stream, a river, a lake, a waterfall, or the ocean. She also loves walking in the woods and the mystery of what lies hidden from the well-worn path she follows. She is fascinated with macro photography, which is getting right in close! Life is busy, so when she has the chance to renew her spirit in nature, she takes it. When she takes a photo, she is capturing something that caught her eye - that spoke to her senses, that created a story. When Judy shares a photo that is also a story, her hope is that it touches the viewer in the same way.

Josh Forbes performs his poetry and short stories regularly around the Calgary open mic scene and recently became a two-time winner of the Ink Spot Collective Poetry Slam. Winning first place in both March and June of this year. He also has a second short story being published into a chap book later this year by Loft 112. Josh was born in Calgary, Alberta but raised and lived his most formative years in a small mining community in the Yukon Territory. In 1998 he returned to Calgary where he resides today. Heavily influenced in equal parts by poets Robert Service and Edgar A Guest as well as storytellers Farley Mowat and Stuart MacLean. Splash in a heaping spoonful of Calvin and Hobbes and you now know Josh Forbes.

Jo Luke Giles is a Brit who has been living in Calgary for 10 years. He claims not to have a 'style'. Instead, he says he gets obsessed with a technique and has a go before getting bored and going after something else. Jo Luke claims this is a good way to do things since he will be up until four in the morning fiddling and fiddling with something, then
BOOM, and he gets quite a few commissions!

Josephine LoRe is an emerging poet and writer whose work has appeared in Canadian, American and British publications including Wax Poetry & Art, Haiku Canada Anthologies, Still Points Arts Quarterly and Ephemerea. Her first
chapbook, 'Unity', was published through Loft 112 this spring. She graces many Open Mic events in Calgary and has been Feature Poet at Woolf's Voices, Single Onion’s Café Blanca, Filling Station’s Flywheel series, and Poetry at La Pâtisserie. She was invited to share her poetry at Unspoken, a hearing-accessible celebration
of poetry and at Stephansson House, an Alberta Provincial Historic Site. She has an MA in Comparative Literature from l'Université de Rouen in France and a BA in Modern Languages and Literature from the University of Toronto.

As a singer and songwriter, Kaley Kinjo has caught the attention of many and continues to turn heads with his versatility, ranging from acoustic roots and reggae, to folk feels, or even conventional pop forms. His wonderful sense of purpose and storytelling in his lyrics marks him as notable even among his peers. In 2007, he won several awards at the Calgary Folk Festival’s Songwriter Competition for his quirky and comedic song ‘Dear Lord’. After releasing his debut full length album, ‘Run For Your Life’ in 2009, Kinjo received generous spin on many radio stations across Alberta and Canada, including CJSW, CKUA, and CBC, charting in several spots. Since then, he has appeared in BeatRoute magazine, Avenue magazine, Avenue live, CJSW radio, CBC Radio’s Homestretch, City TV’s Breakfast Television, UP! 97.7FM and Junofest appearances.

Katherine Boyd is a psychologist and artist born in Canada. Her painting style tends to be modern and impressionistic. Inspiration for her art comes from her work, her travels, her family, and her love of bright, strong colours. Katherine has been a lecturer and strong advocate for the use of the creative arts in schools and therapy for the past 20 years. Her work is intended to showcase the therapeutic advantages of the creative arts, celebrate the human form, and connect the viewer to nature.

After graduating from ACAD in 1994 through the drawing program, Karen MacDonald began experimenting with 3D object making. The physicality of making sculptural objects instigated a shift in her choice of materials and restored a curiosity in the forms and processes of the natural world. A prolonged inquiry into the philosophical relationship between art, nature, and technology has lead to a contemplation of light and shadow formations. Although she mostly works independently, she is also a founding member of the Untitled Art Society, a founding member of Gorilla House, and a recipient of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation studio residency. Through her participation in these communities, her work has been shown and purchased at various group exhibitions within Calgary.

Lori D. Roadhouse is a Calgary writer, poet, aphorist and singer. She is involved with many poetry organizations and is a Board member of the Single Onions Poetry Society. From 2008-2010 she was co-artistic director, performer and MC of Lotus Land at South Country Fair, and was the 2009 Poet-in-Residence for Radiant Lights eMagazine. Lori co-created the Writing Toward the Light Poetry Contest and Concert. She is a featured reader at poetry and spoken word events, and has been published in many anthologies, magazines, newsletters, websites,
radio programs, and CDs.

Maryam Gowralli is currently a fourth year English and Education student at the University of Calgary. An editor for The Quill Magazine and NoD Magazine, her poetry focuses on the ever- changing experiences found in redefining the "heroine's journey"  and its intersectional crossroads. In both her occupied and spare time, she enjoys drinking copious amounts of coffee while having close theoretical encounters of the postcolonial and deconstructionist kind.

Midnight Yoga for Alcoholics Kirk Miles, Ken Sinclair and Lowell Rossetti make spoken word and music all summer long in cafes, bars and festivals. An award winning poet, a skilled blues guitarist and a consummate drummer come together to create a unique act sure to have you loving language and song.

Spoken word poet meets eternal optimist, Miranda Krogstad's
poetry ranges in topic from child's play to empowerment, giving life's obstacles a feel-good finish. A member of the 2016 national wild card team, 2013 Spoken Word Program at the Banff Centre for Performing Arts, and a 2-time Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, she now runs the spoken word network YYSpeak: a communal and supportive space for local spoken word artists.

Dr. Micheline Maylor is the past Poet Laureate of Calgary 2016 18. She is a University of Calgary Senator, a Tedx talker, a Walrus talker, and she was the Calgary Public Library Author in Residence (2016). Her latest book, 'Little Wildheart', is with the University of Alberta Press (2017).

Nicole Edmond attended art school and received a Bachelors of Fine Art in Print-Media from The Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) in 2014. Since graduating from ACAD, Nicole has stayed involved within the arts community in Calgary. Nicole was the Vice Chair at The Alberta Printmaker’s Society from 2016-2018. In 2014, Nicole attended Ayantana Biophilia, a residency in Ottawa for artists interested in Biology. In 2017, Nicole attended Spark Box, another Artist Residency located in Picton, Ontario. Nicole’s curiosity continues to move her forward via her artwork, which explores the complex relationship between human beings and the natural world. Recently, her work has been focused on the relationship we have with microbes.

Natalie Simpson is the author of 'accrete or crumble' (LINEbooks 2006) and 'Thrum' (Talonbooks 2014). Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies, including The Best Canadian Poetry in English and most recently 'The Calgary Renaissance'. She practices pro bono law and serves on the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program Steering Committee.

A visual storyteller, Paula Timm’s art conveys story through bold use of contrasts, dynamic colour stories; often a narrative is present even if the image is abstract. Paula is interested in simple complexities, both within the subject and with the tools she layers in each mixed media piece. Graphite and pen drawings are created during quiet moments of art creating; later collaged or painted into a painted canvas or integrated into a digital mixed media piece.
Paula partners with business and artists to foster community engagement that promote and encourage the healing relationship between wellness and creativity. Her hope is to inspire others to consider their own personal journey and its important connection to self-expression.

Paul Zits is a teacher with the Calgary Board of Education and the author of two books of poetry, 'Massacre Street' (University of Calgary Press, 2013), which won the 2014 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, and 'Leap-seconds' (Insomniac Press, 2017), which won the 2016 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Zits is a regular instructor with the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s youth writing residency, WordsWorth. His
third book, 'Exhibit', will be published by the University of Calgary Press in January 2019.

Rosemary Griebel is the author of 'Yes' (Frontenac, 2011) and her poetry has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry in English, on CBC Radio, literary magazines, anthologies, and on public buses. She received an MA in English from
King’s College, University of London, and has studied with numerous writers including Richard Harrison, Patrick Lane and Ada Limón. Most recently she explored
her interest in metaphor through an intensive workshop with American poet Kim Addonizio and through Jungian dream courses. When not writing, Rosemary works as the Design Lead for Reader’s Services, at Calgary Public Library. In this role she works with authors and publishers to foster a love of reading.

Stacey Walyuchow has always loved art. Whether she is looking at it, or trying to create art herself, she finds it a welcome escape and highly therapeutic. She is passionate about moody skies, moody colour palettes and figurative and portraiture works
illustrating women and the emotions that accompany them. Stacey is an emotional painter who wishes to leave an impression on those who view her work. Her medium and style has changed over the years. After a long hiatus from practicing art, Stacey has found a true passion for creating mixed media pieces. She leaves many imperfections that occur in the pieces she creates as they symbolize the imperfections found in people. She believes no one is perfect, and sees that as a  wonderful thing.

Tayler Schenkeveld is a Metis woman, artist, storyteller, cultural advocate, and professionally trained art
therapist residing in Calgary, Alberta. She uses black and white to create miniature worlds that
symbolically and metaphorically tell traditional Indigenous stories and teachings to the viewer. Her art is also inspired by life cycles, Mother Nature, and the interconnections between us all.

 Wakefield Brewster is a poet, Spoken Word Artist, 3-Time Calgary Slam Champ, Musician, Hip-Hip/Rap Artist, Educator, and Martial Artist. He is all about Art in every shape, format and medium but the Oral Tradition coupled with an extensive Musical Background has proven to be his greatest production and combination. Due to his Big Dog Presence on the MIC, he earned the moniker "da lyrical pitbull". 

Lisa Murphy-Lamb builds inclusive communities where ideas explode. In October 2017, her novel, 'Jesus on The Dashboard' (Stonehouse Publishing) was launched. When not writing, Lisa spends her time hanging around writers as the Director of Loft 112, a creative space for writers in Calgary's East Village.

Tammy Winterfield has a passion for the arts and loves to see individuals thrive in their creative element. This led her to start LimeLighter which creates and promotes events that spotlight artists. Tammy is an artist, organizer, dreamer, and tea drinker.