May 2012
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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Emanuel Licha reviewed in Galleries West →
Galleries West magazine visited PAVED Arts to review Emanuel Licha’s work there—if you’ve only seen the work we had up here this January, take a look at their take on other half of the show in Saskatoon.
May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 19th
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Survey prize winner
Thanks to everyone who filled out our recent special events survey—and congratulations to Miriam Cooley who will be enjoying her prize of a 25-drink “super punchcard” on the patio this summer. We hope to see you all every week, starting Thursday the 14th of June!
May 18th
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Writing Edmonton: This Weekend →
This weekend we’re looking forward to a special project we’ve put together with our recent Writer-in-residence Megan Bertagnolli, and the support of the Edmonton Arts Council: a weekend-long workshop about art writing in this city—we’ve invited a group of local writers as well as BlackFlash magazine editor John Shelling to discuss, write and develop their vision of art writing in...
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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WatchWatch
Here’s a little more from Jorden and David Doody in advance of their August show here at Latitude 53. You can find more about them at twoartists.net—or stop by the gallery and pick up our new spring and summer programming newsletter. The summer is so busy that we’ll actually be putting out a second newsletter with all the details of the rooftop patio, incubator, and other special...
May 17th
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Behind the Hedge discovers Lindsey Bond's new... →
Artist Lindsey Bond, embracing the public, street-based quality of the chalk drawings that are the source, inspiration, and central images of Messages To: The Edmonton Remand Centre Newspaper, has been taking it to the streets, putting up posters around town. Local blog Behind the Hedge discovered one last week: The other day after a visit to the Art Gallery of Alberta (Mistresses of the...
May 16th
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May 16th
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Hidden Truths: held over
Thanks for all the great feedback on Hidden Truths, in our community gallery this month. We’re keeping the show up for two more weeks, until Saturday the 26th, so if you haven’t gotten the chance to see it, come down and check it out—or come see it again! In the meantime, Andrew Forster is setting up in the Main Space right now, sewing his new installation project...
May 15th
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ION Magazine on Latitude 53 and The Doodys
ION Magazine profiled Latitude 53 and artist Jorden and David Doody, showing here in August in their summer issue—read the story on their website.
May 15th
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Harcourt House Artist In Residence →
Harcourt House is taking submissions for their Artist In Residence program until May 31st: The program’s goals are to provide the selected artist with a stable studio environment to continue developing their practice. This program allows for the Artist in Residence to engage and interact with the local visual arts community, encouraging shared ideas, expression and discourse. This program...
May 10th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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Latitude 53 is looking for summer staff →
We’ve got another busy summer planned this year and we’re hoping to bring a Development Assistant, Communications Assistant and Program Assistant onboard for a few months. Find the full details on our website.
May 7th
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Dirt City|Dream City website →
Just to follow up on our last two posts—the site for the Dirt City|Dream City project is up at dirtcity-dreamcity.ca
May 3rd
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First Times: Jes McCoy
To continue from Megan Bertagnolli’s article about the “Dirt City|Dream City” talk, we spoke to one of the artists this week about her position in Edmonton and her relationship with Latitude 53. Jes McCoy was responsible for the tunnel installation that marked the gate to the patio at February’s Parka Patio event, but you might have seen her work elsewhere—she graduated...
May 3rd