For Immediate Release: June 5, 2012 - The New Gallery (TNG), Calgary, AB

MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 5, 2012

media contact: Tim Westbury
tim@thenewgallery.org
403.233.2399

LADIES INVITATIONAL DEADBEAT SOCIETY
Incredisensual Panty Raid Laff Along residency at the John Snow House

Calgary - June 5, 2012 - This month, The New Gallery (TNG) welcomes the Ladies Invitational Deadbeat Society (LIDS) for an intensive research-creation-presentation project, the Incredisensual Panty Raid Laff Along. Using the archive and resource centre of the Gallery at the historic John Snow House in Calgary’s Lower Mount Royal district, LIDS will continue their meditations on feminist archiving, artistic labour, and mentorship within artist-run culture. The gals will work within, alongside, and against TNG’s archival history to expand the ways in which this history might be read. As always, tangential narratives, inter-generational artistic collaboration, connections to local historical lineages, and panties will be revealed to the public. Join the ladies throughout the month for informal performances, telekinesis practice, archive excavation, and a series of afternoon tea discussions that draw on the politics and herstory of Alberta artist-run culture and materials of yore housed in TNG archive.

LIDS was founded in 2006 as a closely-knit affiliation of then-unemployed cultural workers, not ‘working,’ but still bustin’ ass within Alberta artist-run culture. LIDS has realized a number of performative n’ craft projects in a few galleries, and just around town. LIDS core members have held positions as board and staff of several Alberta artist-run organizations, exhibited their own work, published and lectured throughout Canada and the world, but future endeavors include bummin’, and nothing too serious. LIDS is: Anthea Black, Nicole Burisch, and Wednesday Lupypciw.

http://ladiesinvitationaldeadbeatsociety.com

The New Gallery is very pleased to host the LIDS artist-in-residence program

Monday June 11 through Thursday July 5, 2012

John Snow House, 915 - 18 Avenue SW, Calgary

The New Gallery (TNG) is an artist-run centre exhibiting innovative emerging and lesser-known artists whose work contributes to social and political discourse; artistic education and community outreach are as important as presentation. TNG encourages a broad range of practices and critical discussion around contemporary visual, media and performative arts. John Snow House (JSH) is a collaborative community centre administered by the Clouds ‘n’ Water Gallery and Visual Production Society for the benefit of the Calgary arts community as a whole. Its mission is to provide educational and practical resources while preserving both the historic residence and the memory of local artist John Snow. The New Gallery is grateful for the generous ongoing support of its membership, volunteers, Calgary Arts Development, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and The Canada Council for the Arts. www.thenewgallery.org

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If you’d like additional information, images or to schedule an interview with the artists, please contact:
Tim Westbury, TNG Programming Director, at 403.233.2399 or email tim@thenewgallery.org