Tina Cruz is a multidisciplinary artist, comedian, and writer known for her sharp, introspective humour that skillfully explores the intersections of cultural identity, family dynamics, and personal experiences.

Gabrielle Lacoste is a Chilean/Belgian visual artist. Born in Zimbabwe, they moved to Santiago, Chile at the age of 3 and stayed until 19 years old. They then moved to France to study art, where they lived 1 year in Paris and 3 in Nantes. They received their undergraduate degree from Nantes' School of Fine Arts, which included a semester exchange at Bergen's Academy of Art and Design in Norway.

Montreal's G String blends punk/grunge with a mission: creating a space where femmes, queer people, POC, and anyone who's been left out can rock out together. Talia, Tara, Julia, Saraluz, and Raven bring the energy, the community, and the unforgettable music.

Mary Dean Lee began publishing poems in American and Canadian journals in 2019 and was selected for Best Canadian Poetry 2021. Her recent work appears in Ploughshares, The Fiddlehead, Burningword, Dunes Review, Salvation South and Hamilton Stone Review.

Malik McKoy is an emerging, multidisciplinary artist whose practice consists of painting and digital media. McKoy attempts to create a visual world that spans across both practices.

Forget The Box is excited to spotlight Naghmeh, an Iranian-Canadian singer-songwriter based right here in Montreal. Weaving influences from diverse music scenes with her Iranian roots, Naghmeh's music transcends language barriers.

Tara McGowan-Ross is an urban L'nu multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work has been featured in print and online, and anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry and Poesie actuelle de les femmes au Québec 2000-2020.

Adrienne Roy is a stand-up and sketch comedian who you may know from their performances at Montreal Sketchfest, Ladyfest, and Le Basement Comedy Festival. They are a co-producer for The Poly Mic and Corporate Circus Productions and the host of Queer Ears.

kimura byol lemoine (키무라 별 르뫈 – 木村 ビヨル レムワンー) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses it with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and collaborations.

Nia Blankson, now under the new moniker Tachie Menson, is a multi-instrumentalist and inter-disciplinary creative hailing from London, England and currently splitting her time between Queens, New York and Montreal, Canada.