Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture is seeking a volunteer to serve on our Board of Directors as Treasurer. Latitude 53 offers an exciting opportunity to gain leadership experience and provide a meaningful contribution to one of Edmonton’s most active arts organizations. We also offer professional development and a supportive, collegial team to work with.
The Treasurer sits on the Latitude 53 Board of Directors, working with lead volunteers to determine the vision and objectives of the organization. The Treasurer advises on financial management practices and works directly with the Board.
The ideal candidate is energetic, goal-oriented, and has a strong interest in contemporary art and visual culture. You must possess financial management or accounting knowledge and/or experience and be interested in learning more. You must want to work with a dynamic, forward-thinking team of volunteers and staff who believe in the power of contemporary art.
If you think you’ve got what it takes, contact Caitlin at admin@latitude53.org or call 780-423-5353!
This is the first post by Latitude 53’s new Writer In Residence, Carolyn Jervis. She’ll be writing critically about Latitude 53 programming, the community and more on a regular basis over the next six months. Read more about the Writer In Residence program.
Hello to those in orbit around Latitude 53’s online land. Hopefully over the six months of my tenure as writer-in-residence this blog can not only be a hub for my musings about goings-on in Edmonton’s scene, but also be an opportunity for collective critical thinking about our small but mighty art scene.
But before I get into what I’m hoping to accomplish with this position, let’s break the ice. Here are some words about who I am, in case you are curious:
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Brenda Draney, “Aim Is Important”, 2009. Oil on canvas, 4 x 4 feet.
We asked Ben Reeves to write a short monograph essay on Brenda Draney’s painting for her upcoming show at Latitude 53:
Over the past few years Draney has been ridding her pictures of anything non-essential. She discarded source photographs as their visual authority was overwriting her memory and unduly governing her decisions. And gaps started to appear in her pictures. The blank canvas asserted itself as depictions became fragmented and stranded on raw canvas like beached boats at low tide. The interplay of blank, minimal canvas and isolated, representational fragment became key in her practice.
Read the essay here. Her show opens at Latitude 53 next week on Friday March 5th, at 8:00 PM, alongside Patrick J. Reed’s Wadcutter.
We’ve got a few special treats lined up for the 53 Ways to Leave Your Lover silent auction this year. As well as all kinds of art donated by local artists, we’ve got a few special themed gift baskets: 53 Ways to Pamper Yourself, and a collection of mix tapes put together by local musicians. This one is put together by Mr. Weird Canada, Aaron Levin. We’ve also got tapes and CDs by Smokey (of Field & Stream), two members of the Wicked Awesomes, and Scott Davidchuk, (the Whitsundays, That’s Edmonton For You!).
Check out the list of donors on our website.
If you ask really nicely I might post an exclusive-to-53 Ways song by Thomas Gaudin and Lucas F. Smith of the Wicked Awesomes later.
Cooler first appeared at Visualeyez 2009 here at Latitude 53, and now Megan Morman is taking it on the road, covering the latest art gossip across Canada.
Cooler is harm reduction for the art gossip addict — featuring the best, juiciest art gossip from visual, performance and media art. You no longer have to spend hours trolling Tumblr, sifting through Jen McMackon’s tweets, or trying to parse passive-aggressive Facebook status updates: Cooler brings the dirt straight to you.
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