Adrian Thiessen - has been a member of the St. Catharines community since 2005. He moved to the Niagara Region from Quispamsis, New Brunswick to Attend the Film Studies Program at Brock University. As current president of local new media company Fourgrounds Media Inc. he has been an artist, advocate, entrepreneur, and pioneer in the video and interactive media sector.

Ryan 
Rivando - 
is 
an 
artist 
currently
 established
 in
 St.
Catharines,
 Ontario.

 He
 is
 a 
graduate 
of 
Brock 
University
 where
 he 
earned
 a 
BA 
in Visual 
Arts 
with 
a
 concentration 
in 
curatorial 
studies.
 Ryan's 
interests 
lie 
in
 video, 
installation 
and
 mixed
 media 
works.

 He 
often 
visits 
past
 events, 
trends
 or
 heirlooms
 and 
reinvents
 them 
into
 meaningful 
contemporary 
ideas. 
In 
addition,
 Ryan works at the Niagara Artists Centre and 
is
 one half of a team who received a grant from the Laidlaw Foundation to teach 
film‐making
 skills 
to 
teens
 from 
the 
Niagara
 region.