Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Saskatchewan 11th Poet Laureate, is an African-Canadian Interdisciplinary Poet, Workshop Facilitator, Chorus-Poem Playwright residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Organically from Yorubaland Nigeria, Peace explores the intersectionality of the artist community from an explorer's perspective, dipping her honey-stained fingers into poetry, playwriting, intimacy direction, textile creation, and performance art. Her work knits together folklore, abstract riddles, and Òwé Yorùbá elements of poetry to create a collective one-self. Author of Earth Skin, Equanimity in Sonder, Equanimity in Conversation and The Taste of Sonder. Her newest manuscript, “The Goat’s Tongue,” won the Metatron International Poetry Prize and will be released September 2026.

Ivana Beer is Saskatchewan's elite clown diva. Don't be fooled by her good looks though because she is a jack of ALL trades. You never really know what you're going to get with her but she'll guarantee it will be funny and shocking in the best way possible. She has a love for bringing creativity to people in ways you've never seen before and she'll never leave you unsatisfied but you'll definitely be wanting more!

April Doepker is a Métis multi-media artist based in Saskatoon. With work ranging from urban graffiti-style stencil portraits, abstract landscapes, murals, and installations work. Mediums include spray-paint, acrylics, and recently experimenting with electronic music, creating art that is often abstract and dreamlike. Beyond aesthetics, Doepker’s work frequently serves as a platform for social advocacy, highlighting issues impacting Indigenous communities. Her diverse portfolio has been exhibited in galleries across Saskatchewan, merging cultural narrative with contemporary technique.

Roman Sabasch is an emerging artist studying at the University of Saskatchewan. In his paintings, soft sculpture, assemblage and performances he explores themes of nostalgia, memory and personal identity. His performances draw on improv, drag and theatre. Inspired by the aesthetics of his childhood in the early 2000’s, his work is a playful recasting of childhood memories

Factor Eight (Saskatoon, SK), Briana Gillet (Salt Lake City, UT), and Kirk Ford (Saskatoon, SK) are cross-discipline artists interweaving sound, light, and movement in a singular experience for 'You are here.’

The Nostradameus Factor Collective invites you on a journey to the future. Before entering, you'll write a postcard to your future self, pledging one action that will help create a better future for the world. Then step through the Portal of the Present into an immersive celebration of possibility, where dazzling lights, projections, ritual, music, a live DJ, dancers, actors, and interactive art surround you. The Future is YOU! experience blends performance, technology, and imagination to remind us that the future isn't something we wait for—it's something we create, one choice at a time.

Brody Burns is a Cree artist from Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatoon. Beginning with graffiti and illustration, his practice deepened during his psychology studies and MFA at the University of Saskatchewan, where he began combining Indigenous ways of knowing with concepts from psychology and science. Spirit, energy, and vibration sit at the core of his work, representing a combined perspective of Spirit and Science through abstract form and colour.

Jessica Morgun and JingLu Zhao have collaborated since 2021, developing their practice through projects and residencies in Saskatoon, including Biofeedback’s Community Project, Art Placement, AKA Artist-Run, and a Saskatchewan Arts Board grant. Their work articulates loss and isolation among artist-parents. Drawing on Eastern concepts of Qi and Western apophatic traditions, they create an East/West visual vocabulary. Through imagery of mist, domestic scenes, and landscape motifs, their collaborative practice explores caregiving, material relationships, and shared artistic inquiry.