Kid Coffin – Artist

Kid Coffin is a young artist from Halifax Nova Scotia. He has been performing for years and has a provocative sound with complex lyrics that will make you change the way you think.

He has worked with multiple underground artists and is a figure in the Battle Rap scene in Halifax. Wordplay, punchlines, and meaningful messages encompass what Kid Coffin brings.

A new sound, with every song telling a story. Kid Coffin has multiple releases on all streaming platforms but is currently working on his debut album. Kid Coffin is a must-see in the Halifax scene.

Check him out @kidcoffinofficial

Boma Nnaji – Visual Artist

Boma is a Halifax based visual artist. He is landscape and figure painter.
As an artist growing up in the Golden age of Hip-hop his style is heavily influenced by graffiti art.
He is passionate about sharing cultural themes that are rarely discussed in the media through his art.
He is currently working on a series centered around the subject of African hair.

Shannon Ellis -Artist

Shannon Ellis is an artist, crow whisperer and nerd hailing from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Her artistic focus varies from traditional mediums and landscapes to repurposing vintage thrift store paintings, fan art and cosplay photography.
With a background in animation and a huge love of nature, her unique vibrant style is sure to make you smile.
Shannon is also on the steering committee for Creative Kick- Halifax’s monthly meetup for the creatively driven.

Kat Smutz – Author

Kat Smutz grew up in the Southern Appalachian Mountain, in a small North Georgia town. A love of history grew out of listening to her parents’ stories of growing up in an isolated region of the Smoky Mountains. She began writing in high school, an obsession that eventually led to a career in journalism with detours into engineering, law enforcement and teaching.

In 2009, Smutz retired to work on publishing some of the sixty-plus manuscripts she had written over the years. Her first three books were non-fiction works on the American Civil War, a subject she knows well after more than forty years as a civil war researcher.

Her first historical fiction, Silent Tears, is the story of an abused wife learning to stand on her own in a Victorian society that allowed women few rights.

Her next book, as yet untitled, is about a young woman who becomes separated from her family when the American Civil War erupts. She takes on the guise of a boy and earns her way by spying while she tries to find her way home. “As unlikely as the story sounds, hundreds of women dressed as men and joined the army during the civil war,”  Smutz points out. “Spies who were female weren’t at all uncommon.”

Frequent travel is part of life for Smutz, thanks to her husband’s career as a federal law enforcement officer. Home is wherever the job lands them, and it does provide opportunities to visit new places and meet new people, which inspire Smutz’s work.

Works by Kat Smutz

Non-Fiction
American Slavery In An Hour
American Civil War In An Hour
Abraham Lincoln In An Hour

Historical Fiction
Silent Tears

Contributed works
Clay County Heritage Book, recollections by descendants of Clay County, NC, pioneers

Water’s Edge, an anthology by the Evergreen Writers Group

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