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	>> STUDIO XX LAB NEWS March

	Best wishes for March 8 to everyone from the Staff at XX. We hope you all enjoy international womens day in a spirit of festivity, celebration and solidarity.
	For the occasion we would like to invite you to celebrate with us at le Zest on (of course) the 8th at 8pm/ Where Alexis O’Hara and [sic] will be performing. The details are in this newsletter. Happy March 8th! Contents: (click on the arrow next to the subject heading to jump down the page!)
	>> Volunteer call-outs spac: Video festival : queer youth journal + +... >> ArtistsWorkshop at Studio XX spac: Call for proposals. >> Cqam membership drive! >> Le ZEST spac: Alexis O'Hara and[sic] at Espaces émergents >> Edgy Women at 303 spac: Studio XX and maclonelyhearts >> Under the Moon collective call-out >> Le corps social (couché.2), at Gallery Rouje
	>>Volunteer Call-Outs Youth Video festival A small youth video festival in NDG/Côte des neiges is looking for volunteer organizers, promoters and web designers, if you are interested in event planning or publicity and work well with young people, please email Miriam@studioxx.org GBLT youth journal in montreal ArtIfact Journal for GBLT youth in Montréal is looking for volunteers and contributors. If you are under 30 and interested in developing an on-line and traditional journal about queer issues contact GLBTA_creationart@yahoo.ca and sign up for their first informations session. Digitelles needs web volunteers The Maison Parent-Roback, a building belonging to several feminist networks in Old Montreal, has agreed to an exchange of services with DigitElles : the Maison will host DigitElles events and DigitElles will build the MPR web site. The DigitElles web committee will be putting together a volunteer production team for this project. If you're just starting out in Web work, here's a chance to get experience with a team of pros - and a chance for pros to give a little time to give to a worthwhile project! If you are a project manager, writer, editor, graphic designer or integrator and you'd like to work on this project and/or the DigitElles website, please contact Emmanuelle Demeules : emmanuelle@anthropie.com

	>> ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS @XX Studio XX is now accepting proposals from artists working in diverse backgrounds for a professional development workshop, to be held during the months of April and May. We are looking for 6 artists or creative individuals working in a medium outside of webdesign, to participate and learn together how to make creative websites that utilise video, sound, and interactivity. This workshop will be taught collectively as part of the creative process. If you are interested in participating, please send a CV and proposal to Miriam@studioxx.org, outlining both the project you will pursue and the skills you bring to bear on the group dynamic. Applicants accepted to the workshop, will profit from Studio XX’s expertise as well as each others particular knowledges. Proposals need not be longer then 2 pages, and should be postmarked no later then March 24th.
	>> CQAM NEEDS US : BECOME A MEMBER ! The support offered by CQAM(Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques) is important for all workers in the new media arts sector in Quebec. Cqam requires a dynamic and active membership in order to develop a strong voice and a strategy. Studio XX invites its members to become join CQAM and become active participants in the development and promotion of media arts in Quebec. Founded in 1998, CQAM is the only disciplinary non-profit organization in Quebec which groups together and represents associations, collectives, organizations and professional independent creators in media arts in Quebec on all government levels (municipal, provincial, federal and international). CQAM receives operating assistance from the Quebec Council of Arts and Letters (CALQ) and project funding from several municipal, provincial and federal government organizations. CQAM’s mission is to defend, promote and represent media arts creators and cultural workers in Quebec. To this end, CQAM undertakes various actions and lobbies necessary to improve living and working conditions of independent media arts creators and cultural workers, to ensure respect of media arts creators’ copyright and to guarantee the right to pursue independent media arts creation, to increase knowledge and recognition of the media arts practice, to increase public awareness of media arts and to work towards increased dissemination of media arts works. For more details on services for CQAMs members and our activities look at the CQAM website : http://www.cqam.org


	>>LE ZEST : International Women's Day w/ Alexis O'hara and [sic] StudioXX presents Women and Machines, followed by 'Girl Pop' Showcase : Saturday March 8th, 8pm - Le Zest - $6 Women and Machines - 8pm: [SIC] - www.squirrelgirl.net Alexis O'Hara - http://grenadinerecords.com/AO-Bio.html Girl POP Showcase with Renann - 10pm In recognition of the socio-industrial origins of International Women's Day, Studio XX presents an evening of women and their machines at the newly constructed production and performance space, Le Zest, at 4200, Ontario E. The March 8th event is part of Espaces_Emergents, a month-long initiative of performances, indie cinema, workshops and media diffusion to encourage cultural development in Montreal's East End. More info: www.espacesemergents.com
	Directions to le Zest : 4200, Ontario East Montréal, Québec Le Zest is located 2 streets east of Pie-IX. Bus 125, Ontario - stop at Pie-IX or Létourneux. - or - Metro Pie-IX, bus 139 South, stop at Ontario, or a 10 minute walk from metro. For more details contact carrie@studioxx.org
	>> Edgy Women at 303 : Studio XX and maclonelyhearts EDGY WOMEN 10 ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE The 10 anniversary edition of Edgy Women offers two programs of diverse performances and an Edgy Open house, at which the public is invited to meet many of montreals feminist cultural organizations, as well as take a look at the show in Gallery303. SHOWTIMES Friday and Saturday the 21 and 22 of march 8:30pm at Studio 303, 372 Ste-Catherine W. $12 ($10 vip) for one event or, 20$ ou (16$ vip) for both evenings. Tickets are available at the door 45 minutes before the show. The Edgy OPEN HOUSE From 2-8:30pm Saturday the 22, 303 will host an openhouse with some Montréals favorite feminist organizations.
	Studio XX will be tabling at the open house with a twist - Maclonelyhearts wants to help your hurting computer. Send a letter to Maclonelyhearts@studioxx.org outlining your computers problem and any symptoms that will help our mac specialist. Responses to selected letter will be read at the Edgy Openhouse as part of Edgy Women, Saturday March 22 from 2pm 8pm.
	>>UNDER THE MOON NEEDS YOU! Under the Moon is an artist collective promoting Montréal artists (and others) online. We aim to support artists with less than adequate accessibility - be it financial, physical, knowledge of, or whatever - to the online world. If you are interested in getting involved take a look at their website : http://www.underthemoon.org
	>>LE CORPS SOCIAL COUCHE 2. A Galerie ROUJE CONTRIBUTE to a video & web interactive installation! A presentation of Social Body, as seen in Maid in Cyberspace festival 2001 Le corps social (couché.2), by Stéphanie Lagueux http://ciam.dyndns.org/~vitamin/ancrage/lagueux/portail_corps.php March 12 to the 16, 2003 Galerie Rouje, 228 Saint-Joseph Est, Québec city Details : http://www.cliquezgenereusement.com