trap\door news + events

GOODBYES AND HELLOS

Trap\door bids former president Jill Flaman and vice-president Anna House fond farewells and all the best in their future endeavours. Featured below are pics of Jill and Anna at their good-bye dinner. (Gift monkeys Trapper and Doorian courtesy of member Josie Mills.)

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WELCOME TO THE NEW TRAP\DOOR BOARD!

BUTTONS! BUTTONS! BUTTONS!

Advertise your organization or make your own “1 artist buttons. We take orders on an ongoing basis. Simply provide us with your logo or design. Please allow a minimum of one week for orders to be processed.

NEW BUTTON PRICES:

*prices are reduced by $0.10/unit for Trap\door members.

PRINTING:

Colour = $2 first page, $1 each additional page
B&W = $2 first page, $0.50 each additional page
*(no charge if preprinted pages are provided)

Standard template fits 24 buttons/page. Please allow one week minimum for orders.

For full details, and to access the template, view the buttons page.

member news

BOVIYNL

Trap\door member TED STILSON'S Bovinyl webpage will be launching in May. Check it out at www.bovinyl.ca

Ted has brought the urban vinyl toy movement to Lethbridge with his MOODY!

(Image by Leila Armstrong.)

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contemporary art in lethbridge

local exhibitions + events

INTERVAL TO WHITE

Large Scale Paintings by Michael Flisak
Trianon Gallery, in co-operation with Savill Group Architecture
104 – 5 Street South,
Lethbridge, AB.

Exhibition opens April 28th with a reception at 9 pm and runs until July 31, 2007.

2007 BFA, ART GRADUATE EXHIBITION

U of L Main Gallery
W600 Centre for the Arts
April 23- June 1, 2007
Reception: June 1, 4 - 6 pm

Open to all those graduating with a BFA (Art), this exhibition features work chosen by students to represent their artistic achievement during their studies in the Department of Art at the U of L.

regional exhibitions + festivals

calls for submission

BRIGHTEN THE VIEW

The Allied Arts Council, in conjunction with the City of Lethbridge , is looking for local artists to design an eye-catching, simple graphic to be painted on “The Wall” across the streetfrom our downtown office and just left of Leister's Music on 7 th Street South .

Eight artists are needed to paint an 8.5” x 10” panel each. Refreshments and material will be supplied. Paint colours will include black, white, red, yellow and blue. A $100 honararium will also be given to each artist. This promises to be a fun and festive day with hopes of generating somepositive media for arts in our community. We will be painting on May 24 th (weather permitting). Back up day would be May 31 st .

If you are interested in taking part in this project, please submit your design for “The Wall” to the AAC office ( 318 – 7 th Street South ) by May 3 rd 2007. For more information please call 320-0555 or email info@artslethbridge.org

FABULOUS FESTIVAL OF FRINGE FILM

August 2 – August 12, 07
Deadline for entries: May 31, 2007
Screening date: August 3, 2007

We are looking for submissions for contemporary short films in 16mm, 8mm and video. The works selected by jury will be screened at a local barn that doubles as a concert hall. We will pay artist fees for the successful applicants.

The works are not to exceed 12 minutes in length

The Grey Zone Collective, working in collaboration with the Durham Art Gallery , is hosting the sixth annual Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham and surrounding locales and towns. The festival has become recognized as an important venue for the exploration of filmic art in Canada and is one of the major cultural attractions in our part of south-western Ontario . The intention is to bring to these rural communities the issues, concerns and politics of independent contemporary Canadian experimental film and video.

Durham is two hours northwest of Toronto . In the 1980s and nineties Durham and area became the destination for many artists and like-minded people seeking an alternative to urban life. After two decades of influx by the adventurous and broadminded (cultural workers, environmentalists, musicians, craft makers, professors, gays and lesbians, entrepreneurs, etc.), the complexion of our local community has changed. Our former roots in agriculture and manufacturing are being transformed by an experience-based economy in which art figures prominently.

Our contemporary film programming appeals to the growing population of artists and art aficionados who would not have access to this work otherwise. It creates opportunities for dialogue between visiting and resident artists, broadening regional artistic discourse.

Please submit your material in dvd format, with postage and self-addressed envelope if you wish your material returned. Do not send original prints.

Tony Massett
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film
Durham Art Gallery
Box 1021 Durham On.
N0G 1R0
email: tmassett@bmts.com
web: www.durhamart.on.ca/film/intro.html

THE GUSHUL STUDIO & COLLABORATION PROJECT 2007

Trap\door is offering its second annual collaborative residency for two emerging* Alberta artists. This project is designed to combine the skills, knowledge, histories and varied approaches of two individuals working in different media. They will do a residency together at the University of Lehtbridge’s Gushul Studio for the month of October 2007.

The Gushul Studio is located in the scenic Crowsnest Pass in the town of Blairmore, Alberta. Professional artists and writers from across Canada, the United States, and Europe have successfully utilized the Gushul for eighteen years. It is a rustic space that can accommodate two working artists and includes all the basic amenities as well as a large studio space and writer’s cottage.

Trap\door Artist Run Centre will provide:

• The Gushul Studio and writer’s cottage for the month of October 2007.
• A travel allowance (not to exceed $300 per participant).
• A weekly stipend for groceries and other essentials ($100 per week, per artist, for a total of $400 each).
• A budget for artists’ materials (not to exceed $1,500).
• And an artist’s fee of $500 per participant.

Trap\door will accept applications from 1) Individual emerging artists residing in Alberta who would like to be paired with another emerging artist for the residency OR 2) A pair of emerging Alberta artists utilizing different media who are requesting to work together during the residency.

Each applicant should submit:

• A curriculum vitae.
• An artist’s statement.
• 10-15 images (slides or digital images with a list identifying the works).
• And/or VHS, DVD, or audio CD documentation.
• A paragraph (approximately 150 words) describing why you are interested in participating in this residency. NOTE: If you are applying as a team, a page (approximately 300 words) describing why you are interested in collaborating together during this residency.

*Trap\door defines “emerging” according to an artist’s professional development, not their age.

Send application packages to:

Trap\door Artist Run Centre,
c/o 811 – 5th Avenue South,
Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0V2

DEADLINE: MAY 15TH, 2007

REMEMBER...

Trap\door’s next call for submissions is May 1st, 2007.

Submissions must include:

• a curriculum vitae
• an artist's statement
• 10-15 slides or digital images with an accompanying list
  identifying each work
• and/or VHS or DVD documentation
• a project description including any special technical and/or
  spatial requirements

Please send your submission package to:

Trap\door Artist Run Centre
c/o 811 5 Ave S
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
T1J 0V2
info@trapdoorarc.com
www.trapdoorarc.com

View the Submissions page for further details.

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CONTACT US !

We remain an active organization without a permanent space, but you can always reach us at:

Trap\door Artist Run Centre
c/o 811 5 Ave S
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
T1J 0V2
info@trapdoorarc.com
www.myspace.com/trapdoorarc