Artsweek 2025 Artists
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Allen, Lillian
Project: The Soul Buffet
The 7th Poet Laureate of Toronto, Lillian Allen is a professor of creative writing at Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD). Two-time JUNO Award winner and trailblazer in the field of spoken word and dub poetry, Allen artistically explores the aesthetics of old and new sounds in music to create her distinctive leading-edge brand of Canadian reggae with new world sounds in her poetry recordings, with her powerful reggae dub poetry/spoken word recordings. Founder of the Toronto International Dub Poetry Festival and a variety of cultural organizations such as Fresh Arts that empower youth, Allen has spent over three decades writing, publishing, performing and doing workshop presentations of her work to audiences around the globe.
Arndt, Ken
Project: Solace for the Spirit
Ken is a versatile performer who is at home in the world of music and theatre. An accomplished guitar player, he performs blues, rock and folk. Having studied music and drama at Brock University, he participated as a musician and musical director for the play, by Common Consent, at Brock University, and the Bathurst Street Theatre in Toronto. In 2021, he stepped up as an Elvis Tribute Artist at the Elvis Festival in Roseneath. Recently, he performed in the band, as well as playing the part of the Author William Golding, for the production of The Lord of the Flies in Keene and Peterborough.
Banton, Sam
Project: The Soul Buffet
Sam Banton is a Jamaican-Canadian spoken word artist. She writes poems as an artistic expression of self, and comes alive with every opportunity to share her work through spoken word performances. Sam views sharing her work with others as a privilege to share her perspective, and create space for honest and open conversations. Her desire for those engaging with her work is that they may gain something, learn something, or feel something.
Blackwell, Kim
Project: The Auction
Kim Blackwell is the Managing Artistic Director at the 4th Line Theatre – 2025 marks her 31st season with 4th Line Theatre where she has directed 30 productions, including 17 world premieres, and led multiple workshops. She has directed plays across Canada and the US. Her play, A Daughter, had its world premiere in 2020 as a part of the Open Spaces Theatre Festival, and was selected to be a part of the International Rural Women’s Studies Conference hosted by University of Guelph in 2021. Kim was inducted into Peterborough’s Pathway of Fame in September 2016. In 2020 she received Toronto theatre critic Lynn Slotkin’s, Jon Kaplan Mensch Award. Kim recently joined the Playwright’s Guild of Canada. Kim is working on her first solo, full-length play for 4th Line, The Lost Souls.
Blues In the Bottle Band
Project: Blues in the Bottle
Blues in the Bottle is a jug band, featuring several unusual instruments – jug, kazoo,
washboard, washtub bass – that are loud in the context of a sidewalk, and draw attention
visually as well as sonically. We are a mixed group of men: two white guys, one with lots of hair and one with none, one Black man, and one Anishnaabe man from Curve Lake, two of us are tall. We sometimes wear funny hats and have even been known to wave a pirate flag on occasion, though in this case we could substitute an Artsweek flag. Dave Tough (singing, guitar, a bit of kazoo and harmonica), Aaron Cavon (singing, jug, kazoo, guitar), John Mather (washtub bass, harmonica, banjo, some singing), and Buster Fewings (washboard, some singing)
Jug band music at its root is social, participatory music, and tends to attract people who are curious and open to new experiences and aesthetics. This includes but is not limited to very young people and very old people, steampunks and regular punks, as well as hippies.
Burford, Joslynn
Project: Porchapalooza
Joslynn leads with heart and roots in her music, —with a voice that cuts warm and true— and has become one of those rare singers who can hush a barroom crowd with a single verse. She’s the soul of projects like The HippieChicks, My Back Pocket, and Frequency—weaving her talent across local scenes and lifting every collaboration with a sound that feels lived-in and fearless. Whether she’s singing about heartbreak, healing, or the beauty in everyday chaos, there’s an honesty in her delivery that hits you right in the chest.
Cadence, Jeffrey
Project: A Spider’s Tale
Jeffrey Cadence (he/him) has been performing in Aerial Circus for 10 years, most often in duo acts with partner Victoria. His work is a blend of storytelling, live music, acrobatics and expressive movement. He has appeared in many local productions held by the Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts and other venues in the region. Most recently Jeff and Victoria appeared in Weathering and Waiting in collaboration with Opal Creations, performing at both the Ottawa and Halifax Fringe Festivals.
DESTINY CARDINAL
Project: Hot Spots
Tansi; Hello! My name is Destiny Cardinal, and I am a Cree woman from Bigstone Cree Nation, Alberta, now living in Peterborough, Ontario. I dance Fancy Shawl, a powwow style often called the Butterfly Dance, which represents resilience, transformation, and new beginnings. Dancing has been an important part of my healing journey, and I am honoured to share my story and the beauty of powwow through performance.
Hiy hiy,
Dixon, Beau
Project: Hot Spots
Beau Dixon is a self-taught award-winning songwriter, musician, actor, playwright, music director, sound designer, producer and artistic director for Firebrand Theatre. As a songwriter and musician, Beau has shared the stage with Serena Ryder, Rufus Wainwright, Feist, Ron Sexsmith, Jeff Healey, Jully Black and countless others. He has toured extensively throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe. As an actor, Beau has performed on many reputable theatre stages throughout Canada. NOW magazine and Toronto Star listed him among Toronto’s top ten theatre actors, and he is a three-time Dora award recipient. He has three solo albums under his name, which are all available on itunes, Spotify, Bandcamp and other streaming platforms.
DJ Flaco
Project: Hot Spots
DJ Flaco is a DJ, creative, and lyricist who finds joy in wordsmithing, rhythm, and the feelings the sound can bring to community. During Hot Spots he will be bringing global sounds to a short DJ set in Nogogiwanong.
Farris, Parker
Project: Radio on the Go
Parker Farris is an up-and-coming musician with a passion for the guitar, and music in general. Born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, he dabbled in drums when he was 11, but over the pandemic picked up his dad’s old guitar and started teaching himself how to play. He is a regular at Jethro’s Blues Jams on Sunday’s, as well as joining in with various bands around town, including The Detention Club and The Kissers.
Fisher, Hank & Kristine
Project: Porchapalooza
Hank and Kristine Fisher have been enthusiastic influencers of the Peterborough arts scene for decades. Both have been actively involved in music, dance, theater, film and visual arts here in Peterborough and beyond. Porchapalooza, is their way of showcasing Peterborough’s beautiful neighborhoods and Peterborough’s wonderful musicians.
Foster, Leighla
Project: Radio on the Go
Leighla Foster is in her fourth year of Gender & Social Justice Co-op at Trent University, with minors in English and Cultural studies. Their primary research interest is queer studies, including history, community building, and queering media. She is passionate about the transformative potential of art for social change. In their free time, Leighla enjoys musical theatre, creative writing, and digital music composition.
Georges, Simone
Project: The Auction
Simone is excited to be back working as Producer on this very important piece. Working with Kim Blackwell began in the late 90’s at Peterborough’s Union Theatre, with our last collaboration in 2014 at The Mount for Erring 2. And now it is time for The Auction to hit the stage.
Gilbart, Garrett
Project: Terra Precarium
Garrett is a professional sculptor from Douro, east of Peterborough Ontario. He studied welding and fabrication at Sir Sanford Fleming College, holds a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, and studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Granger, Stew
Project: The Auction
Previous nearby credits: include Mr. Lawrence, in Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, at The Peterborough Theatre Guild; and Torvald in A Doll’s House, Part 2, with the Northumberland Players. Incidentally, Stew started his acting career on a farm in Manitoba as a tow-headed boy singing nonsense songs to whatever living creature would pay attention. Love and gratitude to Will and Rufus and you for coming to see The Auction.
Gray, Zwena
Project: Hot Spots
Grenon, Dave
Project: Radio on the Go
Dave Grenon is a composer, performer, and sound engineer who calls Peterborough-Nogojiwanong home. He primarily works with live, improvised electronics: processing live musicians, field recordings, and long form samples through an elaborate arrangement of parallel effects chains. His work explores and embraces context and contingency, alienation and community. He is currently composing and recording Joyful Joyful’s sophomore album, Boyhood (with perennial collaborator, Cormac Culkeen), and will soon embark on a European tour with the experimental chamber ensemble Scions. Forthcoming releases include Boyhood (Idée Fixe Records) and Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go (WTETN Records).
Hedderwick, John
Project: The Soul Buffet
Jon Hedderwick is a spoken word poet, playwright, performance artist, and youth employment counsellor of mixed Ashkenazi Jewish and Scottish heritage based in Nogojiwanong/ C.K.A. Peterborough, Ontario. Jon is the Artistic Director for the Peterborough Poetry Slam Collective, one half of the spoken word performing duo WordCraft, and a co-creator of the Take-Out Poetry Project. He is the author of five chapbooks of poetry, and two one-person plays. He has performed poetry across Canada at poetry and storytelling series and festivals.
Jenkins, Eliza
Project: The Soul Buffet
Elizabeth Jenkins is a poet, journalist, spoken word artist and activist based in Peterborough, Ontario. She stepped onto the stage for the first time in 2016 and made an immense impression in the local and national scenes. Her work strives to find beauty in broken, by embracing the hard edges. She explores personal traumas, love and her Belizean heritage in her work and uses her particular experiences to shed light on the state of race, gender and class struggles in Canada. Through her work, the audience is invited to share in her catharsis. She is currently working on her first solo stage show called Chasing Cherry Blossoms, which she will also be releasing as a book of poetry. She loves her time planning and organizing with the Peterborough Poetry Collective.
Kawuma, Enoka
Project: Hot Spots
My name is Enoka and I’m a musician from Uganda. I’ve been playing the guitar for some time now, and I enjoy exploring different genres of music. I mainly play R&B, Alternative, Afrobeats and Gospel.
King, David
Project: Radio on the Go
David King is a journalist, writer, and graphic designer based in Peterborough, Ontario. He is entering his final year of Cultural Studies at Trent University. Currently Editor-in-Chief of Arthur Newspaper, David also has bylines in Peterborough Currents and produced news content for broadcast on Trent Radio. David’s passion for broadcast arts translates into various sound collage and ambient musical projects.
Kirby, Allan
Project: Solace for the Spirit
Allan Kirby, PhD (Carleton University) is a musician and music historian who plays guitar, pedal-steel guitar, resonator guitar and banjo. As a recording session player, he creates original music for radio and television ads, films, featured vocalists, and his own projects. Allan’s academic research focus is Ontario’s rural folk music history. His work is published in academic journals and two books. Allan lectured at Queen’s and Carleton Universities, co-wrote a successful music stage drama, worked as a copywriter/broadcaster in commercial radio, and spent decades travelling, playing and recording with country/rock bands, bluegrass bands and folk/roots ensembles.
Kopf, Victoria
Project: A Spider’s Tale
Victoria Kopf (she/her) is a multidisciplinary aerial artist who is keen to explore new apparatuses, ways of moving, and develop characters, as part of the physical storytelling she enjoys via circus. She started practicing circus arts 10 years ago and quickly found that performing filled her creative cup. Having worked on aerial fabrics, rope, trapeze and aerial canoe, VK and her partner Jeff, return here in a playful counterbalance act that will leave you a-buzzzzzz!
Lewis, Sarah
Project: Radio on the Go
Project: Take-Out Poetry Cart
Project: The Soul Buffet
Sarah Lewis is an Ojibwe and Cree spoken word poet, mother, activist, model, filmmaker, and author from Curve Lake First Nation. A proud Trent University alumna, she made history as Peterborough’s inaugural Poet Laureate and was recently named second runner-up in the first-ever Miss Indigenous Canada pageant. Her powerful voice has been featured on TED Talks, CBC Arts, Global News, and stages around the world. Guided by a deep commitment to storytelling, Sarah weaves together poetry, activism, and art to inspire transformation and connection. She is currently expanding her creative practice into songwriting and music production, continuing to break new ground as a multidisciplinary Indigenous artist.
Linklater, Thamer
Project: Take-Out Poetry Cart
Malbeuf, Nicole
Project: A Spider’s Tale
Nicole Malbeuf (she/her) is a circus artist based in Peterborough, Ontario, doing most of her activities under the name, Trellis Arts. She specializes in Hair Suspension, Aerial Arts and Physical Theatre. She is recognized for her musical sensitivity, dance quality, story-telling ability and keen eye for colour and shape. She often creates work about binaries and nature, and is inspired to create from lived experience. Maybe you’ve seen Nicole perform as a chicken in A Hen Called Freedom, or as Nick in Construction Guys with Hercinia Arts Collective? She has had many adventures performing her unique hair suspension act on stages such as the Canadian National Exhibition, the St John’s International Circus Festival, and on Canada’s Got Talent. Most recently she had the privilege of performing with Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group in Cirque Dreams Holidaze.
When Nicole is not rehearsing and performing, she enjoys crafting, raising chickens and working in her food garden.
McKeen, Ty
Project: Radio on the Go
Ty McKeen is a 4th year Trent University student studying Cultural Studies with an option in Theatre Studies. This year they have the honour of being the Artistic Play Director with Anne Shirley Theatre Company. Ty is a Queer artist who loves to combine the dark and light elements of life, and is thrilled to be using both theatre and radio to showcase their original work.
Middleton, Sadye
Project: Radio on the Go
Sadye Middleton is a fifth year Cultural Studies student at Trent University who has always had a love for music. In almost every home video from Sadye’s childhood, one could make a safe bet that she would start singing at some point. To foster her love for melodies, her parents put her into violin lessons and through this more structured environment, she was able to better understand musical compositions, and gain more theoretical skills leading to various musical opportunities in adulthood. Whether it be through performing as a part of local Trent band Zoftig, or simply jamming with friends around a fire, music will always have a large role in Sadye’s life. Creativity is essential and should always have safe spaces where it is encouraged and upheld. Collaboration within creation can lead to some of the most magical outcomes.
Morley, Josh
Project: Nitaawigi
Josh Morley (Miskopwagan Asin) is an Anishinaabe artist working in screen printing and mural work in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong. His recent work explores themes related to his ancestral connection to the land. He has exhibited in solo, and group shows within Ontario. Recent exhibitions include Our Story: Past and Present, an Indigenous group show held at the Museum of Dufferin in Mulmur, Ontario. Previous public art commissions include Glacial Formation, a road mural he created for the 2022 and 2023 Renaissance on Hunter Projects. In 2023, he was artist-in-residence with the City of Peterborough Changemakers Artist Residency Program. In this residency he worked closely with City staff and other stakeholders to better amplify climate change awareness and its effect on the community. In 2024 Josh was awarded the commission for the Artspace Maker Space Mural Project. The goal of this initiative was to create a semi-permanent mural at Artspace to recognize the territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg. Most recently, Josh was one of the three muralists selected to be part of the 2024 VIVID Arts Festival in Sault Ste. Marie/Bawating, where he created a large-scale mural to brighten the downtown core.
Mudfish
Project: Porchapalooza
Mudfish is a new musical duo out of Peterborough, ON: composed of Georgia Fisher and Tex Mudslide, who weave grit, soul, and storytelling into every note. Rooted somewhere in the swampy backroads of Southern blues and Canadian roots, Mudfish blends raw vocals, haunting harmonies, and original songwriting into something wholly their own. Whether it’s the crackle of a broken heart or the roar of the open road, Mudfish delivers it with soul, heart, and just the right amount of MUD.
Niles Baby
Project: Hot Spots
Hey, I’m Niles Baby, an Afrobeats artist vibing straight from Peterborough, Canada, where I’m also expanding my mind at Trent University. Music is my heartbeat; it’s where I channel pure energy and create rhythms that make you move. I love blending the rich sounds of Afrobeats with a Canadian twist, crafting something unique that speaks to the soul. I’m driven by the dream of taking my music global, sharing the love and positive vibes that Afrobeats embodies. It’s more than just melodies; it’s a culture, a movement, and a way to connect with people from all walks of life. My passion keeps me grinding, pushing through late-night study sessions and early-morning studio vibes. Consistency is key, and my love for the craft fuels that fire. Every beat, every lyric, every performance is a step towards spreading good energy and making a mark on the music scene. Join me on this journey as I bring the sounds of Afrobeats to the world, one rhythm at a time
Osman, Amal
Project: Take-Out Poetry Cart
Paluck, Laurel
Project: A Broader View
Laurel Paluck is an interdisciplinary artist and community arts organizer whose work engages both professional artists and community members, towards creating visually charged performance, video and installation work. She draws on theatre, literature, fables, myths, dreams and visual arts as inspiration, and is dedicated to our shared feminist/class/environmental struggles and achievements. She is the artistic producer of Atelier Ludmila, an arts production house whose works include: outdoor theatrical performances, annual community Solstice Celebrations, Curriculum-based classroom art projects, Wearable Art showcases, and programming art sessions bringing elders together with young learners.
Sahira
Project: A Dandy Lion’s Guide: How to Bloom From Rotted Roots
Sahira is the drag djinn of Peterborough; unapologetically shapeshifting through every system designed to shrink Black, queer, and neurodivergent identities. Born in Zanzibar and raised in Toronto, Sahira fuses movement, radical honesty, afro-fashion, and political heat into a drag practice that is equal parts ritual, rebellion, and joy as protest. A runner-up in the 2019 Future Fierce Pageant hosted by Tynomi Banks, Sahira was more recently hand-picked by Lemon out of over 40 applicants to compete in Toronto’s inaugural Legacy Pride Pageant in June 2025.
As an AuDHD artist, Sahira builds work through a cyclical, intuitive process—shifting between music, sewing, painting, and performance as energy allows. What may look like bouncing between mediums is, for them, a self-regulated rhythm of expression. They return to each craft in cycles, gaining skill over time and letting each form feed the next. Their practice honors neurodivergent flow: improvisational, dopamine-led, and rooted in autonomy. Onstage, performance becomes a kind of non-verbal clarity, not an escape from self, but a space where presence doesn’t require translation.
Skerrit-Williams, Ayinde
Project: Hot Spots
Ayinde is a singer, songwriter, and all-around creative with Trinidadian roots. Ayinde is a Trent Alum who is passionate about social justice, and advocacy. This comes through in his unique sound. He will be doing some soulful jazz music during the Hot Spots set.
Staples, Caylie
Project: A Broader View
Caylie Staples is an improvising singer. She is known for her unique skill of making up both the lyrics and the melody on-the-spot in live performance with other improvising musicians. Her varied projects as an improviser and songwriter include her solo ethereal electronica album Future Memory, song- improvising duo with cellist Matt Brubeck, dream noise duo Glass Salt (Whatever’s Clever Club, Cherche Encore), NYC-based avant-rock project Anthems of the Void, performing with dub poet Chet Singh, and electronica collaborations with Morgan Doctor (Aporia). Caylie Staples has a B.F.A. Honours in Music from York University and has studied intensively with master improvisers from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. She is a sought-after singing and songwriting coach.
Stoodley, Mikayla
Project: The Auction
In the past, Mikayla has had the pleasure of acting in productions at Lakefield College School, some of which include Lord of the Flies, Mamma Mia!, Chicago and Damn Yankees. Most recently, she stage-managed John Patrick Shanley’s, Outside Mullingar, directed by Jerry Allen. She is stage manager for The Buffet.
Story, Kate
Project: Radio on the Go
Kate Story is a genderqueer writer and performing artist originally from Newfoundland, now living and working as an uninvited guest in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, Ontario.
Winner of the Ontario Arts Foundation’s K.M. Hunter Artist Award for theatre, Kate’s latest one-person show Anxiety – about Beowulf, the rise of white supremacy, climate crisis, and growing up the daughter of a famed Newfoundland lexicographer – performed at Peterborough’s The Theatre on King, and Festival of New Dance in St. John’s. Kate has published 6 novels, including Governor General’s Literary Award Finalist Urchin. Their climate change story, Animate, has been adapted for an international radio drama and virtual reality theatre performance, performed and broadcast across Europe and as part of MUTEK 2023 in Montréal. She is currently working on a new novel.
Summerville, Toria
Project: A Spider’s Tale
Toria Summerville (she/her), also known as Flexy-T, is a professional circus performer and a real-life human pretzel from Ajax, Ontario. She is a multifaceted artist, currently specializing in contortion, hand balancing and ground acrobatics. She has been performing professionally for the last 12 years across North America, but she has been treating audiences to memorable performances for most of her life. Toria is also an actor and stunt performer. Keep your eyes out for her in a new movie called Whistle directed by Corin Hardy coming out in theatres in 2026.
The Hollow Woods Recorder Consort
Project: Solace for the Spirit
The Hollow Woods Recorder Consort is a music ensemble of talented and enthusiastic amateur musicians presenting music from eras long-past to today’s favourites. Their fearless leader, Tori Owen, is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist who brings her music talents, love of history and education through performance opportunities. Hollow Woods can be seen at various locations in the Kawarthas, including appearances at Lang Pioneer village, the City of Peterborough’s McDonnel Activity Centre and visits to area retirement homes.
The recorder is an instrument most associate with ear-threatening elementary school experiences, but in fact the instrument is only one small member of the class of instruments says Hollow Woods Music Director, Tori Owen: “The recorder family is just like a choir actually, with sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. If you put the family together to play it’s traditionally called a ‘Consort’ which we’ve included in our name.” Consort members include John Bird, Helen Riddell, Marlys Kerkman, Heather Collins, Audrey Keitel, Debi Duff, Barb Moffat, Norma White, Katie Maynard, Kris Dobbyns and Tony Tavares.
The Space Heaters
Project: Porchapalooza
Charlie Gilchrist, Eric Howson, Isaiah Smith and Diamond Dave Russell are: The Space Heaters, a local band performing a menagerie of the last century of American folk tradition.
Truax, Jeanne
Project: Porchapalooza
Jeanne Truax will steal your heart when she steps on stage. Inspired by the contemporary sounds of The Beatles and Wanda Jackson, Jeanne’s rockabilly and roots flavoured performances will leave you coming back for more. You won’t want to miss a chance to see her in action!
Tyson & Bex
Project: Porchapalooza
Tyson Galloway and Bexy Ashworth form a dynamic new acoustic duo rooted in folk and Celtic traditions. Bexy and Tyson create an intimate sound that feels both timeless and new. With experience in Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost and Mandman’s Window, they bring seasoned musicianship and genuine chemistry to every performance.
Von Bieberstein, Ziysah
Project: Take-Out Poetry Cart
Project: The Soul Buffet
Ziysah von Bieberstein is a parent, poet, community cultivator, and unsettled settler who works to connect us to our imaginations, our responsibilities, and each other. Ziysah co-founded Take-Out Poetry, which offers made-to-order typewritten poems from a bicycle-drawn cart. Ziysah’s writing has appeared in various magazines and anthologies as well as in their self-published collections, Hineini (2007), Ayd (2015), consents+/=/- severances (2020), and at the risk of listening (2025). Co-founder of the Peterborough Poetry Slam, multiple-year team member and Peterborough poetry slam champ, Ziysah has competed and represented Peterborough at national poetry slams in Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, and Toronto. Ziysah lives in Nogojiwanong on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe territory.
Wilson, Lindsay
Project: The Auction
Lindsay has appeared at The Peterborough Theatre Guild as Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible (2023) and as Iris in Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (2024). At 4th Line she has appeared in The Tilco Strike (2023) and Jim Watts: Girl Reporter (2024) and as Johanna Hickey in Wild Irish Geese (2025). She is also part of the seeding process with 4th Line to develop a play about the Millbrook Penitentiary.
Wilson, Melissa
Project: Stab & Gab Felting Workshop
Melissa Wilson is a visual artist living and working in Peterborough. She divides her time as a student at Trent University finishing her honours major in Cultural Studies and Psychology. Melissa hopes to continue her education in graduate school studying social work, and to one day be an art therapist. Melissa has always been involved in the arts and her community, participating in live and online art shows, as a solo artist and in groups. She has also volunteered locally in Peterborough with First Friday Peterborough as well as Love for The Boro. Melissa graduated from Durham College’s Integrated Arts and Graphic Design programs, and continued her art education online during Covid through the Haliburton School of Art and Design, where she studied drawing and painting, and audited their Integrated Arts Program. Melissa remains involved in the visual arts, participating in Cultural Studies Week at Trent University and showing works created from a Visual Art Studio Workshop course. She was recently shortlisted for the Cultural Studies juried art show. She continues to explore sculptural fibre arts, using it as an ongoing creative process for material and emotional exploration.
Yeh, Victoria
Project: A Broader View
Victoria Yeh’s music has been described as timeless, inspiring, haunting and daring. Classically trained, Victoria is known both as an orchestral soloist and a fusion electric violinist who has been lauded by critics internationally. She has served as Concertmaster for the Summerhill Orchestra (Toronto), the Georgian Bay Symphony (Owen Sound), the Northumberland Orchestra (Cobourg). She has performed with various other symphonies across Ontario, her original band Spirit Awakens, Toronto’s jazz-fusion band Paul DeLong’s ONE WORD, Collingwood’s folk group The Shipyard Kitchen Party, prog fusion band Art Griffin’s Sound Chaser, jazz duo Victoria Yeh & Mike Graham and more.
In addition to her active performance career, Victoria is a concert producer, film composer, and a sought-after studio musician with recording credits on Netflix, TVO, Hallmark Channel and various indie albums. Victoria is a devoted and award-winning violin teacher with a particular focus on foundational technique and improvisation.
Yousra
Project: Hot Spots
Yousra (she/her) is an Egyptian queer woman who loves to sing, make art, and live life fully. Her music and stage presence are honest and open, inviting the audience into a space that feels both personal and safe.