Antoine Moonen
A graphic designer for over 25 years, Antoine Moonen works mainly in the music industry. From his early days creating posters and flyers for local bands in his home town of London, Ontario, to working with major label artists such as Kevin Hearn (Juno nomination), Barenaked Ladies, Metric, Tea Party (with whom he won his first Juno), The Killjoys (Juno nomination) Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ron Sexsmith, Jesse Cook, Violent Femmes, and many more. He also has eight CCMA nominations and one win (for Jess Moskaluke).
After moving to Toronto in the early 90s he worked on street weeklies Metropolis and Eye while still maintaining his love for music design on the side. Having worked with every major label and a slew of indies, he left publishing in the late 90s to work freelance and has been independent ever since.
While music is his main gig, he’s also worked with a diverse group of other clients including tiff, Artists For Peace And Justice, Skier magazine, NFB, Hollywood Film Awards, Director Bruce McDonald, Vespa, and Bassett Events, just to name a few.
Kevin Hearn
A gifted composer, in-demand collaborator, and ever-active musical force with zero interest in creative stagnancy, Hearn cut his teeth collaborating with the likes of Look People, Corky and the Juice Pigs, and revered art-rock outfit Rheostatics before formally joining Barenaked Ladies in 1995. As the group’s profile swelled in the ensuing years, he explored new sonic ground with a series of innovative and imaginative solo albums. One of the most respected and sought-after Toronto musicians of the past 30 years, Hearn’s projects always attract brilliant collaborators including Violent Femmes, Gord Downie, Laurie Anderson, Garth Hudson, Ron Sexsmith, Dan Hill, Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Carole Pope, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Alan Doyle, The Persuasions, Violent Femmes, Colin Hay and drummer Rob Kloet (the Nits).
One of his most rewarding creative and personal relationships of all was with the legendary Lou Reed, for whom Hearn acted as musical director and keyboardist from 2007 until his passing in 2013. Hearn was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2018 as part of Barenaked Ladies. He released his ninth album, the captivating and compelling Calm and Cents, which was nominated for Instrumental Album of the Year at the 2020 JUNO Awards. Hearn also re-released his entire solo catalogue, which dates back to 1997’s debut Mothball Mint, and included a first time digital release of the sold-out 2019 Record Store Day Canada project Kevin Hearn & Friends Present: The Superhero Suite, nominated by the JUNO Awards for Album Artwork of the Year. Hearn’s most recent album with Hugh Marsh titled Dreaming Of The 80s, is a collection of the decade’s classics hits and deep cuts reimagined in Marsh and Hearn’s uniquely atmospheric and ethereal sonic environment.
Lauchlan Reid
I am an illustrator, fine artist and educator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As a founding member of art/illustration collective Team Macho, my work spans multiple genres and media and can found in private collections across North America.
My solo artwork focuses on a reinterpretation and subversion of the traditions of Western European oil painting and casts a critical eye at the ideas of nostalgia and dominance in the historical and artistic traditions often taken for granted in the mainstream.
As an educator and materials expert, my focus lies in encouraging artists to look past accepted convention and engage with materials and content in ways that create a meaningful and personal connection in their work.