Kate Kamo McHugh is a dance and theatre artist from the Region of Waterloo. Born and raised in Elmira, Ontario, she spent 10 years living overseas before deciding to call the region her home. Artistically, Kate is interested in exploring migration, belonging and the intersection of art and care. Recent highlights include creating with Dancemakers and CanAsian Dance, dancing with Tara Butler for Femme Folks Fest at the Centre in the Square, and performing with local theatre company Cosmic Fishing Theatre. She is currently working on Retracted, a collaboration with her spouse, documentary photographer Colin Boyd Shafer, and their two children, wherein they will travel to explore the spaces her grandparents were forcibly moved to during Japanese Internment. Kate is a graduate of the arts program at Eastwood C.I. and holds a BFA from Toronto Metropolitan University in Theatre Performance Dance.
Instagram: kate.k.mch
Meghan Harder is an artist living in St. Catharines, Ontario, working in the areas of drawing, writing, sound, sculpture and installation. She received her MFA from the University of Guelph and has exhibited at Blouin-Division Project Space, Xpace Cultural Centre, Hunt Gallery, Xpace Cultural Centre, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Forum of Kitchener and Area, The Plumb, and the Lincoln Museum.
Instagram: @meghan.harder
Website: https://www.megharder.com/