Sean Lee (he/they) is an artist and curator exploring the assertion of disability art as the last avant-garde. His methodology explores crip cultural practices as a means to resist normative idealities. Orienting towards a “crip horizon”, Sean’s practice explores the transformative possibilities of access aesthetics as an embodied politic that can desire the ways disability disrupts. 

Sean is currently the Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability. He holds a B.A. in Arts Management and Studio from UTSC. Sean is also an independent curator, lecturer, and advisor, adding his insights and perspectives to conversations across Canada, the US, and internationally. He has taught “Accessibility in Curating: A Framework” at NODE Curatorial Studies Online and the Hidden Project with Goethe Institut Shanghai. Sean serves on the board of the Toronto Arts Council and CARFAC Ontario, and is Chair of TAC’s Visual and Media Arts Committee, and is a member of the External Advisory Panel supporting the City of Toronto in the development of its next ten-year culture plan, the Action Plan for Toronto’s Culture Sector.

Beverley McKiver is an Anishinaabe artistic music creator. A pianist since childhood, in recent years she has poured her passion and energy into contemporary classical composition. Beverley has composed for solo piano, choirs, small ensembles, vocalists and carillon. Beverley’s musical influences include a wide gamut of classical, jazz, liturgical, and Indigenous musicians and composers. In her work and in her life, she aspires to honour nature, while recalling both the joys and tribulations of her ancestors.

Tansi. I am from the Treaty 4 lands of the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. I was raised with the values of a family that fished, trapped and hunted from the land, and started learning hands-on from the age of 7 yrs. At the age of 19, in University I discovered traditional Indigenous spiritual ceremony and the world of powwow. I've been gifted to have been adopted and taught by families from various nations; Dakota, Lakota, Cheyenne, Plains Cree, etc. I've been beading for over 34 years to date, and have many examples scattered across North America. Recently I have concentrated on mastering the skills of Brain-tanning deer, elk, moose and buffalo hides. I also sing n dance powwow since 1989. I've seen an evolution as I've entered my mid 50s and continue to learn from all I meet.