Co-founder and past Creative Director of SongBird and former Director of Exposure Gallery, Beth is an internationally exhibited artist and writer whose investigation of the culture/nature relationship spans more than 20 years. From her early work with the Vancouver office of Greenpeace and with the All Species Project in the mid 1980's, to the creation of community engaged Arts/Science collaborations, her work seeks solutions to a perceived human separation from the environing world.

She holds an MA in Values and Environment from the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University in the UK, a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, has studied at the University of British Columbia, the Lacoste School of the Arts in France and worked with Interactive Technologies and New Media at Simon Fraser University.

Current research projects explore the role of aesthetic experience in ethical nature-culture relations - specifically in the context of current thinking about sustainability and land-use policy - and related questions of a shared human/non-human ontology.

Beth's international practice as a teacher, visiting lecturer and artist includes presentations on ecophenomenology, environmental ethics and embodied aesthetics in contemporary EcoART practices. She works as a consultant, and collaborates with scientists, architects and environmental and social issues groups.

Co-founder of JumpStart, founding Artistic Director of Savage Media and founding co-director of the SongBird Project, Nelson Gray is a writer, director and producer with more than twenty original interdisciplinary performances.

The recipient of numerous awards and commissions, Nelson has published poetry, essays and reviews, and written lyrics and libretto for composers Gregory Ray, John Celona, Andreas Kahre, John Lang, and DB Boyko. His collaborations with Lee Eisler resulted in national and international touring productions including Cory Cory and Berlin Angels, and his work on The SongBird Oratorio has been presented in Canada, England and the United States.

Nelson has a BA (Hon) from Simon Fraser University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia where he was recipient of the Sydney J. Risk Award for his directing. He teaches at Malaspina University-College and is currently enrolled at the University of Victoria where he is writing his doctoral dissertation on the history of ecological theatre in Canada.