ADVISORY CIRCLE
SAMER ABDELNOUR
Samer Abdelnour is an academic and activist. He works as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He studied for his PhD at the London School of Economics. Before that, he spent three years living in London, Ontario, where he got to know Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner. |
MARNIE FLEMING
Marnie Fleming was raised in Windsor, Ontario. From 1991 to her retirement in 2014, Fleming took on a new challenge as Curator of Contemporary Art at Oakville Galleries. In 2016, Marnie Fleming was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for Outstanding Contributions. |
WYN GELEYNSE
Wyn Geleynse was a member of the Embassy Cultural House (ECH) board and also co-edited the ECH tabloid and curated the film program. Wyn is a multimedia artist living and working in London, Ontario. Considered one of Canada's pioneer film and video projection artists, Geleynse's career spans a period of nearly 40 years. |
FERN HELFAND
Fern Helfand is a photo-based artist and educator living in Kelowna, BC. Helfand’s art production has always been influenced by the environments and cultures in which she has lived, worked and travelled. Fern was part of the ECH community in the 80s. |
S F HO
S F Ho is an artist living on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ nations. S F Ho’s practice considers intersections of culture, history, and embodied experience from racialized, queer perspectives. |
LORRAINE KLAASEN
Lorraine Klaasen is an internationally renown performer, a JUNO award-winner, and received in 2020 the Forest City London Music Award (FCLMA) in the category of World Music. Originally from South Africa and formerly living in Montreal, Lorraine now lives in London, Ontario. |
JUDITH RODGER
Judith Rodger is a writer, art historian, and free-lance curator. She studied at McGill University, Montreal where she received her B.A in English and Psychology. She began her career at Museum London, followed by the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the McIntosh Gallery at Western University. |
RUTH SKINNER
Ruth Skinner works as an arts organizer, researcher, sessional instructor, and publisher in London, Ontario. She is finishing a doctoral degree in Art and Visual Culture at Western University. She is a co-organizer of Support project space and operates the art imprint Edna Press. |
MARY LOU SMOKE
Mary Lou is a gifted traditional and contemporary singer. Recently, she was inducted into the Forest City London Music Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement on April. 28, 2019. |
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
BLESSY AUGUSTINE
Blessy Augustine is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Visual Arts at Western University, Ontario. She has an MFA in Art Writing from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and an MA in Arts and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. |
ANAHÍ GONZÁLEZ
Anahí González (Saltillo, Coahuila, México. 1993) is a Mexican photographer based in London, Ontario, Canada. She explores alternative visual narratives related to Mexican migrants and labour in Canada, in order to decenter the United States narrative within Mexican migration. |
JARED HENDRICKS-POLACK
Jared Hendricks-Polack is an artist currently residing in London, Ontario, completing his degree at Western University and training as a combined events track and field athlete. He is in his final year of the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours Specialization in Studio Art program. |
JESSICA IRENE JOYCE
Jessica Irene Joyce is an artist in a long-term relationship with painting. She paints to document relationships to self, materials, and ecologies, and how these are transformed by reading about and living through the impacts of climate change. |
IRA KAZI
Iraboty (Ira) Kazi is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario, studying Art History and Visual Culture. She is the current editor of Western’s Visual Arts Department’s graduate students' journal, tba: Journal of Art, Media, & Visual Culture. |
SHELLEY KOPP
Shelley Kopp is a Ph.D. candidate in Visual Culture at the University of Western Ontario. She is the current editor of the visual arts graduate students' journal, TBA, as well as the founding associate editor- art history and theory, of TBA. |
JENNA ROSE SANDS
Jenna Rose Sands is a Cree Anishinaabe artist and writer who is turning her emotional exhaustion over the current state of Indigenous affairs into informative zines that educate and question wide spread prejudice regarding Indigenous people. |
MIREYA SEYMOUR
Mireya Seymour is an undergraduate student in the Honours Specialization for Museum & Curatorial Studies and Art History at the Western University. As a First Nations person from Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Mireya is focused on strengthening community ties between Indigenous people and museums. |
VENUS TSAO
Venus Tsao is a Visual Arts graduate and MA student at Western University, editor, and content creator from Taiwan, now based in London, Ontario. Her academic work focuses on feminist and queer theory, particularly exploring the representation of gender and identity in contemporary art and film.
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DIANA TAMBLYN
Diana Tamblyn is an award-winning artist and graphic novelist who has been actively writing and drawing comics for over 20 years. She’s exhibited her comics at small press fairs and comic book festivals in both Canada and the US and has had artwork displayed in various group and solo shows.
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MICHELLE WILSON
Michelle Wilson received her BFA from the University of Ottawa in 2005 and graduated with highest honours from the School of Photographic Arts, Ottawa, in 2008. She is currently a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Art and Visual Culture at Western University, London, Ontario. |