You will be able to place your bids at our booth at Celebration on the Square, as well as at our Pool Party on Sunday night!  Don’t miss out on your chance to own this amazing piece of art!

We at Exposure know that beauty is not limited by shape, size, colour, sex, gender or anything else and that everyone deserves a comfy and safe space to get together with friends and enjoy a beautiful summer night by the pool.

On June 12th (7-9 pm), join us at Fred Broadstock outdoor pool (15720 105 Ave) for our All Bodies Pool Party & BBQ, A fundraiser ($5+ at the door.  Tickets will also be available through board members and our booth at Celebration on the Square) for the fifth anniversary edition of Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival, Exposure 2011: Queer Revolution!

Featuring:

*Silent Auction with Art by Laurie MacFayden
*Music by DJ Rousseau
*Food & Drinks for Sale!
*Leisure Access Pass Info Booth

Bring:

*Your Bathing Suit, Your Towel, Your Beautiful Self, Respect

THIS IS A FULLY ACCESSIBLE EVENT!

The facebook event page can be found HERE
We have a ride share discussion tab set up on our Exposure Fest facebook page HERE

Photos by Michelle Domsky

Post by Rowan Bayne

Wednesday night was comedian Ian Harvie, with a Teen Jesus Barbie amuse-bouche, at the U of A’s Myer Horowitz Theatre.

Stand-up comedy has always made me a bit uncomfortable. Unfortunate politically correct hangups have something to do with it, for sure. (He called her a *what*?) Sometimes the cheap shots are just too cheap, and things like that. Sometimes I have trouble … lightening up.

Ian was winsome and funny. There was plenty of good “he went there.” We talked washroom habits and airport pat-downs. We talked about the cocks: no, he wasn’t born with one; yes, he has a few, some of which live in the bedside table. In the end it mattered that we heard all this by the freedom of comedy’s in-your-face bluntness — here was a rare venue where, outside of everyday propriety, the response of shocked offense (he called her a WHAT?) lacked its usual power to set the limits of the appropriate.

One of Ian’s points (yup, he even had “points”) was that we’re all trans, if by this we understand ourselves to be in motion toward and away from versions of masculinity and femininity, in different ways and at different times. Getting a boob job, getting boobs removed, going to the gym: there are many technologies of gender. The differences among them matter — a lot. But by Ian’s definition the ways we make and remake gender aren’t wholly alien to one another.

On a more general note, an unexpectedly refreshing thing about this year’s Exposure: all its unprofessionalisms! I don’t mean that events are disorganized, performances late, volunteers discourteous: none of that. Everything’s been great. I just mean that I’m really enjoying the aesthetics of oops moments and wardrobe malfunctions, of laughing it off. I find myself most in need of TJ Barbie’s call for help onstage to peel off an especially tricky one-piece (a snowsuit, that is, not a jumpsuit). Or what about how Kristy Harcourt’s co-host antics give Loud & Queer Cabaret that extra something? It’s been fun to laugh along.

Top row (l to r): Scott, Cato, Shamira
Middle row (l to r): Jared, Karen, David
Bottom row: Michelle, Festival Manager

We’d like to offer you a chance to own a copy of this limited edition print with a suggested donation of $5.
Specs: 2 colour pantone, offset printed on cougar cover weight by McCallum Printing

On sale at Exposure’s ‘Lady Fag’ on November 13 or the ’1960s Queer Party’ to grab a copy.
Email karen@exposurefestival.ca to reserve a copy if you are unable to attend those events.

Gabe’s concept is about representing the diversity within our community. He achieved the main visual by creating a pattern of faces in his unique style.

Not only is the pattern, made of these unique individuals, but they also come together to form one bigger face.

Our intent with marketing was to have it be an extension of the festival in terms of showcasing a local artist’s style and producing a unique art piece to share with you.

The final product looks a little something like this:

Don’t miss out! And remember, your support means the world to us.

Fairy Tales Presentation Society and Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre invite artists of all media to join us for Calgary’s first Queer Arts & Culture Festival on March 5, 2011. This new event will be a showcase of all the artists under the rainbow, working in diverse creative fields including but not limited to: visual artists, theatre artists, musicians, dancers, spoken word artists and writers of all genres. The event will take place at the Arrata Opera Centre (1315 7th St SW) and will be the first stepinaugural event in creating an annual towards a full diverse and rich cultural arts festival over the next few years.

The event will be professional and as such all selections will be made by committee and honorariums will be offered to the artists chosen. Each selected artist will be featured during the gala and will offer the audience a taste of their work.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Please Submit (use 12 point helvetica, ariel, or times type.):
• Page 1 (no more than 600 words): Name, Past Achievements / Credits, Description of Proposed Artistic Undertaking, briefly include (if applicable) timeline, conceptual framework, execution plan
• Page 2 (no more than 500 words): Artist Biography, Artist Statement

2. Preview of your work. To save trees and time, all of the following is submitted via email.
Musicians: please submit no more than 2 full songs via sound bytes or mp3 files. Please include the lyrics and instrumentation to your music in your submission.
Visual Artists: please submit a sample of your portfolio and description of medium
Spoken Word Artists: please submit your writing sample or performance idea
Theatre Artists: please submit your monologue/script that you will perform
Other Artists: please submit an appropriately representative sample of your work

3. All submissions must be received by noon on December 7, 2010. Please email your submission to us at:
programming@fairytalesfilmfest.com. Snail mail applications can be submitted to the office.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Each selected artist will be given approximately 15 minutes during the festival to perform.
2. While all applications will be given due consideration by the committee, inquiries on the status of your application cannot be fielded by our office. We will contact the selected applicants only by January 7th, 2011.
3. We cannot return any submission materials unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.
4. Technical/sound/lighting equipment in the theatre for the performance will be very minimal. We will ensure you are lit and heard but you must provide any additional or specialty equipment you may require. Any other props or requirements for your piece are your responsibility.
5. All selected artists will be expected to self-organize their rehearsals/performance. Each will be given a short time slot to tech their piece in the theatre on March 5th. A stage manager (provided by Fairy Tales) will organize and facilitate this tech.
6. Selected artists must be opened to sharing their biographical information and work with the media for promotional purposes.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Fairy Tales Presentation Society hosts the largest queer film festival in Alberta and is mandated to showcase art made by and/or about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, two-spirited and queer community. Fairy Tales strives to be a social convener, building the Calgary queer community around the arts and in support of artists.

Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre, founded by Mark Hopkins and Charles Netto in 2006, is a community-minded theatre company that creates and fosters innovative, interdisciplinary performance work.

Exposure is proud to be working with poet, educator, actor and award-winning playwright, d’bi young on presenting “for you / for us / for we”, a workshop for queer/trans people of colour.

We ask: Is Edmonton home?

Join us for an afternoon of sharing stories of migration, identity and experiences
as  Q/TPOC within the context of this northern city. Come tell your stories in whatever format feels comfortable for you — spoken word, performance art, theatre, poetry, reading out aloud, etc. While no artistic experience is necessary, we hope some participants continue the process and considering sharing with the Exposure audience attending d’bi’s solo performance following the workshop.

Spaces are limited. To sign up or for questions email karen@exposurefestival.ca

NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO ATTEND.
Workshop Details:
for you / for us / for we workshop
Friday November 19, 2010 – 1 pm to 4 pm
Location: Cohos Evamy Boardroom at the TransAlta Arts Barn, 10330 – 84 Avenue
No fee. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

Workshop title taken from “love letter to my brown outs” by Kay Ulanday Barrett

for you
because there’s a brown out right now
and by that I mean there is no electricity,
which means life is crashing and
pouring down

and by that I mean I am lonely,

which really means
that we are brown and queer and out
and we’ve been told too many times that all of those cannot belong all at once. that based on those odds, we equal death.
for you / for us / for we
because without explanation, we exist
and you, you like all of our ancestors before,
you live it so fiercely that even when injustice sets in,

this rumbling sky houses your breath and
that is better than any survival story,
that, that is joy being born.

Join in the festivities by attending one of the many great events lined up this week.

What is M.A.D.E?

Media, Art, Design Exposed in Edmonton is a young, volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization that is actively working to bring out the best in Edmonton’s design community.

Visit their website for a full list of events and get to know the team.