Dianna Fuemana is an award-winning playwright, director and filmmaker. Born in Tamaki Makaurau, New Zealand her father is from Mutalau, Niue and her mother is from A’oloau, American Sāmoa. Dianna penned her first produced play in 1998, a one woman-show entitled Mapaki.  She is credited with being the first New Zealand Pacific playwright to merge the Niue... Read more

Co-founder and Artistic Producer of the O’Kaadenigan Wiingashk (OKW) Collective in Peterborough, Ontario. OKW’s activities have included community arts events, music concerts, multidisciplinary festivals, and workshops (such as Mnoominkewin: The Art of Wild Ricing, a gathering on the shores of Curve Lake First Nation, and the Ode’min Giizis Festival in Peterborough, ON), and stage works (including... Read more

Kimmernaq Kjeldsen (1980) is born and raised in Aasiaat by her greenlandic mother Dorthe, and her danish father Jens Kjeldsen. As a teenager, Kimmernaq discovered that she could sing. The singing began as a hobby, but in 2006 she released her first solo album, beside her job as a flight attendant. She has since then released... Read more