Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Our intern Annalise Prodor tells us all about Draw, which happens tomorrow at Harcourt House, SNAP and here at Latitude 53. For the rest of the details, check out our website. (Watch or download from Vimeo)
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
This is what the Rooftop Patio Series is all about! Highlights from the first patio of 2010, last week on June 17. (Watch or download from Vimeo)
Tonight it’s all happening again, hosted by Exposure Festival and Team Edmonton, with DJ Karen Campos, catering from Café Select, and more. Our feature cocktails—above you can see last week’s being made—are the “Jamaican Me Wet” (Bourbon with pineapple, cranberry and ginger) and our classic Sangria. We hope to see you tonight, 5–9 pm!
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Artist-curators Norman Omar and Sean Borchert talk to us about the National Portrait Gallery, June 11–July 17 at Latitude 53. They discuss how they got involved in the project and shed a little light on the work they’ve been preparing for the show. (Watch or download from Vimeo – See previous videos with Fish Griwkowsky or Kristy Trinier & Dara Humniski)
Come check out the show at the Opening Reception, tonight at 7!
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Kristy Trinier and Dara Humniski talk about their involvement in the National Portrait Gallery, including their work and their aesthetic goals. The opens this Friday at 7:00 PM. (Watch or download from Vimeo – see our previous video with Fish Griwkowsky)
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Fish Griwkowsky talks to us about the National Portrait Gallery project, coming to Latitude 53 June 11–July 17, 2010. Later this week, leading up to the opening on Friday at 7, we’ll have quick interviews with more of the NPG team. In the mean time, Fish gives a nice introduction to the project. (Watch or download from Vimeo)
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Vancouver artist Jody MacDonald talks to us about her sculpture show, “Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?” opening 30 April 2010 at Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture.
Tonight, Jody will give an artist talk at 7:00 followed by an opening reception for both her show and Patrick Higgins’ in the ProjEx Room at 8. You can read more about their shows on our website.
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Toronto artist Rita Kamacho performs “Vibrations Imprints” at Visualeyez 2009, handing out tiny bottles of specially-labeled water to the public in a downtown Edmonton park. Visualeyez is Canada’s only annual festival of performance art, and the 2010 edition takes place September 15–21 with a theme of Food. Visit latitude53.org/visualeyez for more information. (Watch or download from Vimeo)
Look out for more info on Visualeyez 2010 this afternoon and over the next week!
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Edmonton artist and recent RBC Painting Award recipient Brenda Draney talks to Latitude 53 about her show at the gallery and her recent residency at the Banff Centre. Made up of oil and watercolour paintings produced largely since finishing her MFA at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Draney’s “Hold Still” delves into fragmentary memory and moments of clarity. (Watch or download from Vimeo)
On display March 5–April 10, 2010 at Latitude 53 in Edmonton. Read more on our website
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
We visited Patrick J. Reed’s studio where he is working on Wadcutter, his upcoming show at Latitude 53. Wadcutter runs alongside New Works by Brenda Draney from March 5–April 10, 2010, with an opening reception on Friday March 5th at 8:00PM.
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
A sneak preview of tonight’s event: our installation volunteers set up the silent auction for our annual fundraiser 53 Ways to Leave Your Lover, and talk about volunteering with Latitude 53.
