Dimitris Karlaftopoulos: was born in 1971 in Athens Greece. He graduated from the fine art school AUTH in 2002. He lives and has worked in Thessaloniki as an engraving teacher since 1998. He works on printmaking, painting, sculptures, illustrations, comics, etc. He has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in Greece and all over the world.

Deb Garlick: is a Canadian painter. She holds a degree in both Art History and Visual Arts. Her creative work spans painting, illustration, and photography. Her paintings have been represented in galleries, published as book covers, and her art in all forms has been in print internationally.

Doug Frati: works as an artist on his family’s homestead in Palmyra, Maine. There, he operates a seasonal barn gallery and year round studio. His present work is rooted in allegory and mark making creating iconic images in wood. Over fifty years as an artist in Maine his work is collected privately well as publicly.

Derek Beaulieu: is the author / editor of over twenty–five collections of poetry, prose, and criticism. His most recent volume of fiction, Silence: Lectures and Writings, was published by Sweden’s Timglaset Editions, his most recent volume of poetry, Surface Tension, was published by Toronto’s Coach House Books. He has served as Poet Laureate of both Calgary and Banff and is the Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.