March 2012
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February 2012
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Douglas McLennan & Mike White
A few weeks back I made a brief post about the then upcoming Percolate talk with Douglas McLennan entitled Liquid Culture: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming the Arts. As McLennan pointed out in his talk, the most interesting aspect of a lecture or conference often isn’t what is spoken by the presenter(s), but what happens at the end of the day or between sessions when people talk about...
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Margaret Dragu wins 2012 Governor General's Award →
Today the Canada Council announced this year’s winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media arts, including artist Margaret Dragu, a friend of the gallery who showed here in October 2011 as well as at several installments of Visualeyez over the last decade.
Dragu said the Governer General’s Award is the first prize she has ever won for her unusual work and “a huge...
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WatchWe talked to artist Korapin Chaotakoongite about her new show “Anusawaree (Monuments)” opening Friday 24 February at Latitude 53. To hear more from her, come to her artist talk and opening on Friday at 6:30.
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Gallery at Milner call for submissions →
The Edmonton Public Library’s submission deadline is coming up at the end of March:
The Edmonton Public Library invites emerging artists working in any two-dimensional medium to submit proposals to show art work in the Gallery at Milner, located on the main floor of the downtown Stanley A. Milner Library. We are seeking to exhibit the works of Edmonton and area artists who have achieved...
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Thanks for the weekend
We had a fantastic time this weekend at the Parka Patio, and we hope you did too. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported Latitude 53, and to those who donated or purchased artworks. You may have run into our team of three photographers at the party—we’ll have images and video from them soon right here on the blog so you can relive your favourite moments.
Thanks again for making it...
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Say Hello to Our New Friend, Winter
Hailing from Pigeon Lake, Gatineau and Calgary, Carol Neuman is an Edmonton writer, community organizer and winter-lover.
Welcome to Cold City Cool: An alliterative slogan that invokes our collective chutzpah.
Do you like it? How it sounds? Can you see it emblazoned on a button or scarf or carved in ice?
Cold City Cool is the idea that, in a universe of cities climbing over each other to...
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WatchMackenzy Albright and Rachelle Liette Bowen took a break from working on their installation in the gallery to talk to us about their work and what it’s like to be an emerging artist in Edmonton.
See their installation at our new winter fundraiser, the Parka Patio, on February 18. Get your tickets at www.latitude53.org/parka.
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First Times: Karen Campos
“First Times” is a look at the pioneering spirit that animates the arts community in Edmonton, and provides our mission as an artist-run centre. We’re celebrating that spirit in the winter air on February 18 at our new annual fundraiser: the Parka Patio.
Karen Campos is a designer, artist and DJ here in Edmonton who we’ve worked with for a few events over the last couple of years. She...
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WatchWe talked to the DJs of Easy Love about their First Times: getting started in Edmonton, finding new directions, and working with Latitude 53 for the first time. See them this Saturday closing out the party at the Parka Patio.
“First Times” is a look at the pioneering spirit that animates the arts community in Edmonton, and provides our mission as an artist-run centre. We’re celebrating that...
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Arrows and Bullets Comb my Hair
On right now at Gallery @ 501 in Sherwood Park is Arrows and Bullets Comb my Hair, an exhibition of drawings, collages, and prints done by three artists whose works I really enjoy: Blair Brennan, Patrick J. Reed and Richard Boulet.
Almost all of the works are presented as a series and read as equal parts obsession and catharsis, making visible the lived experiences of each artist. Intensely...
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Avenue Magazine: Chill out at the Parka Patio →
We talked with Avenue Edmonton’s Ana Maria de la Fuente about Parka Patio:
Executive director Todd Janes knows people may think having a party outside in minus -20°C weather is a little crazy, but he thinks it’s time to embrace the realities of the city’s climate and have some fun with it.
The party is “taking the idea of loving winter and mixing it with truly...
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Call for Submissions: Every Victim Matters →
Are you 24 or younger? The Edmonton Restorative Justice Network has put out a call for their annual youth-focussed show marking National Victims Awareness Week in April.
The theme for NVCAW 2012 is “Moving Forward.” Being a victim of crime can be a life-altering experience. How an individual may chose to move their life forward after being victimized will be unique to the person and the...
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First Times: Blair Brennan
“First Times” is a look at the pioneering spirit that animates the arts community in Edmonton, and provides our mission as an artist-run centre. We’re celebrating that spirit in the winter air on February 18 at our new annual fundraiser: the Parka Patio
Blair Brennan is an Edmonton artist and writer who’s been involved with Latitude 53 for a long time—he’s recently...
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First Times
The Parka Patio is less than two weeks away now. We’re very excited: it’s at once completely new and yet a continuation of our history.
Parka Patio about Edmonton’s pioneering spirit. We’re celebrating that despite our bitter winters and sleepy streets, what makes Edmonton special is the way that time and time again, we take on goals bigger than ourselves—we step out into...
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Psst - If you haven't heard about this...
This evening, at 6:30 pm, the 2012 speakers series “Percolate. Brewing Ideas with…Douglas McLennan” will be taking place at the Matrix hotel. Presented by the Alberta Museums Association, Edmonton Arts Council, Edmonton Heritage Council and MacEwan University, the topic of the evening will be “Liquid Culture: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming the Arts.”
In the press...
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Striking a pose - Essay by Marie-Hélène Leblanc →
If you haven’t been into the gallery and picked up your own hard copy, check out curator Marie-Hélène Leblanc’s short essay about Emanuel Licha’s work on our website in English and French:
We are constantly bombarded with images of conflict—and this work provides a perspective on the role of images of conflicts, but also on image production systems and information (real or...