This weekend, the Edmonton Arts Council’s summer transitory art project Dirt City¦Dream City launches downtown in the Quarters, which counts among its 15 young Edmonton artists Latitude 53’s Communications Coordinator Adam Waldron-Blain, and other friends of the gallery like our Parka Patio installation artists Jes McCoy, Rachelle Liette Bowen and Mackenzy Albright, and local painter Aaron Paquette, who we had hoped to book for this year’s Incubator before life got in the way.

Dirt City:Dream City is a collaborative effort with fifteen local artists and artist/curator Kendal Henry to create site-specific public artworks throughout The Quarters Downtown. These collaborations will delve into the past, look to the future, wallow in the grit and radiate in the sometimes-hidden beauty that is alluring and unique to the district to conceive provocative and innovative public interventions.

The show begins with a launch party on Friday from 4–7 at Jasper Avenue and 95 Street, with a variety of entertainment (including a Lion Dance, bands, DJs and poetry—find the list here) Curator Kendal Henry will also be giving a talk and guided tour at 2pm on Saturday, at the Artery (9535 Jasper Ave).

Find out more about the event at dirtcity-dreamcity.ca.