Volunteering

Volunteering is not just about what you can do for Latitude 53, but how Latitude 53 can help you develop skills, meet new people and find a place within the vibrant arts community in Edmonton.

53 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Admin Support
Special Events Committee
Installation Team
Bar Tenders
Bingo

53 Ways to Leave Your Lover: Get Caught in the Act

February 21 2009
We are looking for more than 40 people to help us make this amazing, fun event a reality!
Tasks will include:

• Bar Tenders
• Bar Porters/Cleanup
• Food Service
• Coat Check
• Front Door/Ticket Sales
• Auction Registration
• Auction Monitors and Bid Closers
• Art Packaging
• Installation

Please contact Sydney Lancaster, Administrative Officer, if you are interested in being a part of this exciting night! Sydney's email: admin@latitude53.org

Admin Support:

We are currently looking for volunteers interested in office-relateed administrative support duties, Including:

• Archiving art-related news articles
• Mail-outs
• Photocopying, sorting and compiling documents

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Special Events Committee:

What: Through the hard work of our Special Events Committee Latitude 53 is able to host fun and dynamic fundraising parties like the Summer Rooftop Series, The Fine Art of Schmoozy and 53 Ways to Leave Your Lover.

Who: This opportunity is for you if you are interested in helping to make our fundraisers successful, you like working in a team, you have excellent follow through, you are interested in seeing what happens behind the scenes at fundraisers or you would like to have a fun time with other fun volunteers.

Why: We raise nearly half of our donations through fundraisers/Special Events. This is a large portion of our operating budget, and we strive to improve and grow and raise more so we can do more!

When: We are actively recruiting members to help organize events in 2008.

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Installation Team:

What: We are looking to teach/train a team of individuals to be able to prepare the gallery for shows, hang shows, de-install and package art work.

Who: Anyone interested in the hands on work of spackling, hanging, and packaging artwork.

Why: We have decided to try and recruit eight to ten interested people so that we have a team of people trained to help. This should help lighten the workload of our Programming Officer, further helping Latitude 53 grow!

When: New shows open, roughly, every five weeks; team members would need to be available on a weekday.

Contact Jessica Tse at 423-5353 or jessica.tse@latitude53.org if you’re interested.

NOTE: Team members are not required to help for every install/de-install but we ask that you be available to help with at least every third install/de-install.

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Bar Tenders:

What: We are looking to teach/train a team of individuals to be ongoing bar tenders for our opening receptions.
Who: Responsible 18+ individuals who would like to help Latitude 53 host successful opening receptions.

When: New shows open, roughly, every five weeks. Openings are always held on a Friday from 8 pm.

Next Two Opening Receptions:
January 9 2009 - Exhibits: Peter Kingstone "100 Stories About my Grandmother" & Sean Montgomery "Crooked Head"

• 1 Greeter - 8 - 10 pm
• 2 Bar Tenders - 8 - 10 Pm
• 2 Bar Tenders - 10 pm - Midnight

March 6 2009 - Exhibits: Robyn Cumming "Lady Things" & Esther Scott-Mackay "A Countess Dream"

• 1 Greeter - 8 - 10 pm
• 2 Bar Tenders - 8 - 10 Pm
• 2 Bar Tenders - 10 pm - Midnight

NOTE: Team members are not required to help for reception but, we ask that you be available to help with at least every third opening reception.

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