Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture

Vision

Exploring the boundaries of contemporary art.

Mission

Latitude 53 creates sites for the intersection of contemporary art and ideas in Alberta.

Mandate

Latitude 53 is Alberta’s leading contemporary art centre that:

• Animates and promotes thought provoking local, national, and international visual art
• Stimulates artistic research & education, audience engagement &experimental art practices
• Provides a supportive environment for artists taking risks

Values

Latitude 53 values:

• Experimentation
• Collaboration
• Critial engagement
• Artist-centredness
• Diversity
• Sustainability
• Risk-taking

Board

• President – Vieri Berretti
• Vice President – Jessie Beier
• Treasurer – Patricia Cerisano
• Secretary – Emily Soder-Duncan
• Director – David Candler
• Director – Fawnda Mithrush
• Director – Anya Tonkonogy
• Director – Liz Gomez
• Director – Erin Elizabeth Ross
• Director – Shafraaz Kaba
• Director – Genevieve Simms
• Director – Terrena Boss
• Director – Holly Sykora
• Executive Director – Todd Janes

To contact the Board of Directors of Latitude 53 directly, please email them at board@latitude53.org

Annual Reports

• Download the 2010/2011 Latitude 53 annual report (2.82 MB).
• Download the 2009/2010 Latitude 53 annual report.

History

Founded in 1973 by a collective of Edmonton artists, Latitude 53 is a not-for-profit artist-run centre. We provide a non-coercive environment to assure the freedom of the artist, and give the public access to new art forms. Latitude 53 supports the research and development of new artistic practices and concepts, and encourages experimentation by artists through diverse programming. While experimentation in visual culture is the emphasis of the work that Latitude 53 facilitates, we seek work in a variety of disciplines, to become a locus for experimental culture.

• Robert Harpin,
  Program Officer

  Facility and equipment rentals, critical publications, community gallery coordination, program and exhibitions coordination and submission queries — program@latitude53.org

• Adam Waldron-Blain,
  Communications Coordinator

  Communications, media relations, publicity, web coordination and digital relations — communications@latitude53.org

• Christopher Savage,
  Communications Assistant

  Media relations, community outreach and members' relations, publicity and communications research —
  christopher@latitude53.org

• Tyler Sherard,
  Development Assistant

  Development assistant, special events, Circle of Friends coordination, sponsorship and partnership assistant — development@latitude53.org

• Kimi Ahluwalia,
  Volunteer Coordinator

  Volunteer coordination and gaming — outreach@latitude53.org