trap\door news + events
BEST WISHES
Trap\door board member Shanell Papp has left us to dedicate more time to her amazing art practice. She has been a vital member of the board and will be missed by all. We wish Shanell good luck in all her future endeavours. Best Wishes!
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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:
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$0.55/unit $0.50/unit $0.45/unit |
*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
CONCEPTUAL ART BUMPER STICKERS
Now available through Art Metropole, John Marriott & Mary-Anne McTrowe are pleased to present their Conceptual Art Bumperstickers, produced during The Future of Idea Art residency at the Banff Centre in 2006!
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Stickers come as a set of 6 in a shrink wrapped package and include:
- My other car is a picture of a car
- Rule Based Artists Make Better Lovers!
- I brake for deconstruction
- If you are close enough to read this your aesthetic is too relational
- Honk if you're meta-critical
- I [heart] rigour
Perfect for the conceptual artist in your life, and totally affordable at $12 a set.
30 YEARS OF FUSE MAGAZINE
FUSE Magazine marks 30 years of being a major voice in the Canadian art scene covering the ins and outs outs of artist-run culture.
FUSE Magazine Issue 30:3 brings you:
Leila Armstrong's review of Trap\door member Don Gill's D'arcy Island , exhibited at Southern Alberta Art Gallery.
(Photograph by Don Gill)
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contemporary art in lethbridge
local exhibitions + events
COLLECTING COLLECTING
Collecting Everyday series - part 3
Main Gallery W600 Centre For The Arts
Helen Christou Gallery 9th Level, Linc
June 15 - September 5, 2007
The final component in the Collecting Everyday series, this exhibition features works from the U of L Art Collection about the collecting process, including N.E. Thing Co.'s “A Portfolio of Piles” (1968) and three bodies of work by Winnipeg photographer William Eakin, who is famed for his collecting from thrift stores and garage sales.
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William Eakin , Image #2 from the Night Garden series, 2000
regional exhibitions + festivals
THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE
15 June – 27 July 2007
The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary
434 Colligiate Boulevard NW , 403-220-7234
Curated by Jennifer Rae Forsyth
Organized in Collaboration with the Department of Art
University of Calgary with Assistance from the Faculty of Fine Arts
Featuring:
Kristine Thoreson
Ryan Wolters
Marnie Fallon
Chai Duncan (Trap\door member) & Andrew Taggart
Serena McCarroll
Marcy Adzich
Maria Whiteman
Sarah Ciurysek
Dagmara Genda
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THE ALBERTA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
June 23-September 9, 2007, at the Art Gallery of Alberta
Featuring:
Sarah Adams-Bacon
Robin Arseneault
Richard Boulet
Jennifer Bowes
Ken Buera
Kay Burns
Chris Flodberg
Julian Forrest
Paul Freeman
Anu Guha-Thakurta
Terrance Houle / Jarusha Brown
Geoffrey Hunter
David Janzen
Jonathan Kaiser
Mary Kavanagh (Trap\door member)
Linh Ly
Annie Martin (Trap\door member)
Mark Mullin
Paul Robert
Laurel Smith
Kristy Trinier
The 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: Living Utopia and Disaster features the work of 22 Alberta artists co-presented by the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre. For its 6th incarnation, exhibition curators, Catherine Crowston and Sylvie Gilbert, have undertaken an investigation of the dual themes of Utopia and Disaster, within the context of Alberta and its relation to the world environment.
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David Janzen, Welcome to Arcadia , 2007.
The works in the exhibition raise questions about the paradoxical nature of our living experiences. They comment on the various ambiguous, competing and sometimes oppositional communities that we traverse, and exist within. When wildly optimistic, we can become completely rapt in the possibility of a longer, fuller and more affluent existence while being concurrently disquieted by events, economics and beliefs that threaten to dramatically endanger such fulfillment. The works in the exhibition act as discrete reminders that hopes are often matched with impeding catastrophe, actions with adversity, and that Utopia is mostly built on disasters. As economic achievements are boasted and celebrated, misfortunes that have made such wealth possible are minimized or even dismissed. The exhibition does not subscribe to a one world view or the other, but rather presents them as almost inevitable, yet paradoxical, partners.
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Sarah Adams, Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt (Drawing Series), 2004
As a special celebration of one of Alberta 's most senior artists, the 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art also includes a survey exhibition of the work of Alex Janvier, organized and presented by the Art Gallery of Calgary.
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Jonathan Kaiser, Installation detail
THE GALLERY AT MILNER - THE WORKS
The Gallery at Milner is once again hosting an exhibit as part of The Works Art and Design Festival (June 22 – July 4, 2007) . This year's exhibit is titled Melody Time Ranch by Leila Armstrong.
Lethbridge artist Leila Armstrong investigates our ongoing relationship with cowboy culture, gently satirizing gender roles in paintings and small dioramas, using cartoon-like quality in her work, being playful and capricious, rather than heavy-handed in her critique of traditional values. Melody Time Ranch invites a broad audience to explore their own nostalgia for the Wild, Wild West and to engage with issues of gender and sexuality in a framework designed to inspire open dialogue rather than divisiveness.
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Lone Ranger Series # 3 by Leila Armstrong
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calls for submission
MOODY DESIGN CONTEST
Ted Stilson's 8" Moody DIY vinyl figure combining a dual demon/cow identity offers a new canvas for artistic expression. A large international group of talented artists have created customs for an upcoming Moody custom show. Got skillz? Think you can go beyond what others have done? How do you get noticed in the ever competitive designer toy arena ?
Vinyl Pulse and Bovinyl, the maker of Moody, are proud to announce the Moody Design Contest. To get started, download all three 3 Moody templates , let your creativity loose and then send the results to moody-contest@vinylpulse.com . The deadline to enter is July 11th, 2007 @ 8 PM Pacific.
Entries will be judged by Ted Stilson, the creator of the Moody, and three industry professionals who select toy designs for a living -- Ferg (Jamungo), Richard VanOver (Wheaty Wheat Studios), and VanBeater (Jamungo). So what's in it for me, you ask? Fame -- entries will be posted to Vinyl Pulse after the contest is over. And... Fortune -- well some very cool loot anyways sponsored by Bovinyl and Voltage:
* 1st Prize - A blank Moody, $100 (CDN) Voltage Gift Certificate, Vinyl Pulse Tee, Moody skatedeck (by Aaron Keeling ), 400% Bearbrick Tim Biskup Alphabeast Calli, 8" Flying Fortress Dunny plus Flying Fortress Tee.
* 2nd Prize - A blank Moody, $75 (CDN) Voltage Gift Certificate, Angry Ice Cream plush pack (small, medium and large Ice Creams), Vinyl Pulse Tee and an autographed Nathan Jurevicius comic book.
* 3rd Prize - A blank Moody, $25 (CDN) Voltage Gift Certificate, Vinyl Pulse Tee, and anautographed Tim Tsui Dape 3" Qee.
These prizes should help to jump start your creative and competitive juices. So let's see what you can do on the Moody form. We're waiting ;-) If you'd like to purchase a Moody for yourself, they are available directly from Bovinyl .
Rules
1. To enter send the completed Moody templates (front, back, and side) to moody-contest@vinylpulse.com by 8 PM Pacific on July 11th, 2007.
2. First place, second place, and third place will be determined based on judging by Ted Stilson, Ferg, Richard VanOver, and VanBeater.
3. You may submit multiple entries but a maximum of one design per artist will be selected as a top three winner.(Image by Leila Armstrong)
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COMMAMOTION
The (_____)ette collective is having our second feminist video festival, fall 2007. We challenge you to submit work that documents, critiques, seduces and manipulates ideas and audiences while considering the complexity of visual culture.
Unique to the festival this year, the (_____)ettes will bring the video submissions to rural communities. Armed with a Volkswagen van and two projectors the (_____)ettes will make their way across the prairies, sharing feminist videos with audiences who might not have an opportunity to otherwise view these important visual challenges to accepted culture and gender norms.
Submit your work to:
(_____)ette collective
1309 7 Ave South
Lethbridge , AB T1J 1K9
Submit your work in:
DVD or mini DV or VHS
Submit your work by July 31, 2007
We are sorry, at this time we can not pay artist fees - or return your submissions.
ART BANK: OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Canada Council Art Bank is pleased to announce an open call for submissions to its 2007 purchase program. The budget for this purchase is the largest in recent history, $350,000.
Please visit our website for purchase program information and the submission form. The deadline is October 15, 2007 (postmarked).
employment opportunities
workshops + courses
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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE...
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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
