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NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 2008

Welcome to the September, "Back To School" edition of the Popstart / RAIQ monthly Newsletter!

Check out www.popstart.ca and http://www.artsinterdisciplinaires.org for complete news and notices postings.

New items appear weekly.


A Few Words From Our Team
The RAIQ welcomes our new General Manager

Dear friends, members of the RAIQ and interdisciplinary artists at large,

I am pleased to announce that as of September, the RAIQ has a new General Manager, Lise Gagnon. Lise's tremendously varied background clearly demonstrates her passion for artistic hybridity and experimentation.

As Director of the new media centre Studio XX from 1999 to 2004, she was instrumental in the organisation's development and growth. Lise holds a B.A. in Dance, a Masters in Art Studies, and is currently the Director of the prestigious Cahiers de théâtre Jeu.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to give Lise a very warm welcome--we look forward to working with you!

Lise is replacing the RAIQ's fantastic outgoing Coordinator-Director Virginie Belhumeur, who has run off to join the circus! She is now at En Piste (Québec's Regroupment for Circus arts), but is planning to join the board!

--Miriam Ginestier, President of the RAIQ


The RAIQ's AGM is just around the corner… On the menu: coffee, bagels, chat, games, and, (of course) elections!

Dear members and friends of the RAIQ,

I am extremely happy to find myself among you. Having just started this new position I am currently preparing for the AGM, in collaboration with our Board of Directors. Our annual meeting will take place on Friday September 19, 10am, at the Studio 303. I will soon be sending out more info, but I invite you to mark this date on your calendars right away! We hope that the AGM will be a fruitful encounter and plan for it as an opportunity to exchange ideas, set a list of current priorities, and discuss our involvement in responding to the Harper cuts. Please don't hesitate to invite potential members. And a reminder: memberships can be renewed at this time as well. Looking forward to meeting you soon!

--Lise Gagnon, General Manager of the RAIQ


And More: RAIQ & Popstart

First off, thanks to all those came out to the demo on August 27 in protest against the Harper government cuts to arts and culture. According to Culture Montréal, we were 2500 strong, filling up the large main space inside the SAT and spilling out into the park and surrounding street outside. Demos this week in Quebec City and Toronto will continue to rally support for our cause. To read the Culture Montréal press release, and to download and sign an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, please visit
http://www.culturemontreal.ca/cult_mtl/culture_eng.htm

On the Popstart front, we are actively recruiting new members to join our network of Interdisciplinary artists and presenters, so if you know anyone who should know about us, and who should join, please send them our way!

And finally… coming soon: our new Newsletter look. Stay tuned for the snazzy re-make of our monthly bulletin.

--Victoria Stanton, Popstart Coordinator


News & Notices Highlights
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS & PARTICIPATION

• Bénévoles recherchés, Les Escales Improbables de Montréal – Montreal, QC: Sept. 11 – 14, 2008
http://popstart.ca/en/notices/b%C3%A9n%C3%A9voles-recherch%C3%A9s-les-escales-improbables-de-montr%C3%A9al-eim

• DARE-DARE: call for submissions – Montreal, QC: deadline Sept. 12, 2008
http://popstart.ca/en/actualites/daredare-appel-de-dossiers

• The Lab Sessions 4.0 "Deconstructing Hip" – Toronto, ON: deadline Sept. 19, 2008
http://popstart.ca/en/notices/lab-sessions-40-%E2%80%9Cdeconstructing-hip%E2%80%9D

• International Videoperformance Festival of Mexico City – Mexico City, Mexico: deadline Sept. 26, 2008
http://popstart.ca/en/actualites/international-videoperformance-festival-mexico-city

• RAIQ AGM election time – Montréal, QC: Sept. 19, 2008
Submit your candidacy for the RAIQ's new Board of Directors!
http://popstart.ca/fr/notices/raiq-annual-general-meeting

EVENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• QUEBEC CITY: Folie/Culture Presents Cinéma en plein air
http://popstart.ca/en/actualites/cin%C3%A9ma-en-plein-air

• TORONTO: A Space Presents Pilgrimage of Wanderers
http://popstart.ca/en/notices/space-gallery-presents-pilgrimage-wanderers

• MONTREAL (1): Factory Project
http://popstart.ca/en/actualites/factory-project

• MONTREAL (2): The RAIQ holds its AGM
http://popstart.ca/fr/notices/raiq-annual-general-meeting

Topics & Sites of Interest

"-empyre- soft_skinned_space"

-empyre- is a non-hierarchical, online community, based in Australia. Founded in 2002, the site facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -key new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others to participate in thematic discussions.

http://www.subtle.net/empyre/


Popstart / RAIQ Listings

Just a reminder: If you are registered with the Popstart or RAIQ site, you can post your news independently. Notices go through an approval process, so please post AT LEAST ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE. If you haven't logged in yet, please do! Many profile pages could still use updating. Let us know if you're having trouble getting logged in.

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