It’s our favourite number—help us with one last push this weekend to make $6000 towards our new patio!
Thanks so much to everyone who has already contributed—it means so much to us. And, if you are interested in continuing to support us as we approach our 40th anniversary this fall, check out our Circle of Friends program and get in touch!
This week is your last chance to contribute to our Patio fundraising campaign—we’re excited to put the deck together in time for our first patio on June 13! Help us out with a contribution today.
We’ve been amazed with the reception to our Patio construction fundraising campaign—not even halfway through, and we’ve already passed $3000. Here’s an update from Tyler about what we’ll be able to do if we reach $6000—from levelling the entrance area just beside the patio, to providing for our kitchen and bar, to making sure the patio deck is inviting and beautiful, we’re excited for the next stage of the process. Thank you!
Meanwhile, we’re making plans to start the deck construction soon. Mark your calendar for the first Patio on June 13!
Help us out by continuing to support the patio’s development.
Thanks to your amazing generosity, we’ve already passed our initial goal for our patio-construction funding drive—and we’re working on an update to let you know exactly how our plans are going. Thanks for continuing to donate, and we’re looking forward to seeing you all for the first patio in June!
Summer is almost upon us—and not only are we planning another year of our famous Summer Patio Series but we are planning a whole new patio to hold it on.
The Patio has become hugely important to us—not only as a fundraiser, but as one of the key ways that Latitude 53 fits into Edmonton’s downtown and artistic communities. The new patio will be at street level—accessible, and more connected than ever both to the gallery, where we’ll program local work right out of the studio once more during the summer for Incubator, but also to the streets of Edmonton. We need your help to make sure that it can continue to be so successful!
Please continue offering your support through Indiegogo. We hope that you are all as excited about the possibilities that our new space offers—and the summer that’s just about to start!
Like many charities in Alberta, we rely on volunteers helping us to bingo and casino days throughout the the year—today a great team of volunteers is at the casino, which will help us with rent and operating expenses over the next 18 months.
We’re looking for a few friends to help us out with a bingo day on January 18, from 10:15–3:30 and 4:15 to 9:30 at Fort Road Bingo. As well as the usual included meal, we’d love to invite our fundraising volunteers to the upcoming Parka Patio for free. Bingos provide essential funding for Latitude’s operating costs—including Edmonton-centred programming like our Writer in Residence. So why not start out the new year by helping make sure these programs continue?
If you’re interested, drop us a line at admin@latitude53.org and let us know—and even if you can’t make the 18th, let us know if you want to help with the rest of our bingo days throughout the year!
We know that some of you are looking forward to the return of the Parka Patio this year—the continuation of a new winter tradition in our new location. We’re in need of a few more volunteers for our next fundraising Bingo December 17th from 10:15 to 3:30pm and 4:15 to 9:30pm and would love to offer a free Parka Patio ticket as thanks. Contact Joanne at admin@latitude53.org for details.
Help us run the Community Gallery: Vote for us at avivacommunityfund.org.
Yes, the first round of voting for the Aviva Community Fund is still on for one week. You can vote every day—so make it count for Alberta art and artists and help us keep our Community Gallery full of local work.
That’s right: we’ve marked the date for The Fine Art of Schmoozy, our annual winter fundraising gala, for December 3rd this year, and tickets are now on sale at www.latitude53.org/schmoozy at a special advance price of $25 during the month of October. We’ll have lots of previews during the run-up, but: don’t you want to hang with those foxes? Thanks to Mariya Karpenko for the amazing illustration.
