Artist Civil Service Opening Reception

Artist Civil Service is an experimental program that supported four Edmonton-based visual artists to work part-time in civil service roles and part-time on their artistic practices over a four-month period. Organized by Latitude 53 and artist Zachary Ayotte, this project explores alternative funding models for artists while investing in the civic infrastructure that sustains communities. Artists were embedded in volunteer and self-directed community service projects in sectors such as health care, infrastructure, and senior care to develop their creative work and and their connections to the city's civic life.