[Bcma-l] Press Release Re: Exhibition Opening in Wells, BC
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*NEWS RELEASE*
For Immediate Release
*Contact:* Julie Fowler
Toll Free: 1-800-442-ARTS (2787)
Tel: 250-994-3466 Fax: 250-994-3433
Email: _media@imarts.com_ <mailto:media@imarts.com>
*PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY NORTHERN BC ARTIST, BEATA POLANSKA,
OPENS AT THE ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS GALLERY IN WELLS, MAY 16**^TH *
WELLS, BC, April 29, 2008…..The Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery in
Wells, BC is pleased to announce the Opening of northern BC artist,
Beata Polanska’s Exhibition of photography, /Where Do I Come From?/
/Images from Poland/ on Friday, May 16^th , 2008 at 7:00pm. The
Exhibition runs until June 16th.
“This series of images is inspired by the mood of places familiar to me
since childhood,” explains Polanska who took the photos in or around
three Polish cities; Warszawa, Lublin and Nysa. The latter two, located
on the outskirts of the country (Lublin by the eastern border with
Belarus and Ukraine, and Nysa in the South West).
“[These places] have largely escaped the commercialization, and
glossification imported with the new world order,” says Polanska who is
interested in the story that these abstract architectural images
portray. “Their stories can be guessed from the layers, cracks, peeling
paint, bulging veins, lined and wrinkled faces, and broken glass panes.”
Beata Polanska grew up in Poland when the sounds of rock and roll were
only faintly audible from across the wall. She took her first photos
with a Russian made Smiena, and sharpened her dark room skills in a
government run youth cultural center.
At the age of 20, she gave into wanderlust and lived in France, Italy,
Toronto, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, finally settling in northern
British Columbia where she has worked as a speech-language pathologist
for the past 15 years.
To find out more about this fascinating exhibition and life story,
Polanska will be present at the Opening in order to talk about her work
and answer questions.
For more information about the Island Mountain Arts School of the Arts,
Public Gallery or the ArtsWells Festival visit _www.imarts.com_
<http://www.imarts.com/> or call 1-800-442-2787.
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Julie Fowler
media@imarts.com <mailto:media@imarts.com>
Artistic Director, Island Mountain Arts & the ArtsWells Festival of All
Things Art, Aug 1 - 4, 2008
www.imarts.com
www.artswells.com
www.myspace.com/artswells
Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0
Toll Free: 1-800-442-2787
Fax: 250-994-3433
Home Office (Sept - May) 250-492-4936
Cel: 250-486-1727
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face="Gill Sans" size="4"><b>PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY NORTHERN BC
ARTIST, BEATA POLANSKA,<br>
OPENS AT THE ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS GALLERY IN WELLS, MAY 16</b><font
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face="Gill Sans" size="4">WELLS, BC, April 29, 2008…..The Island
Mountain Arts Public Gallery in Wells, BC is pleased to announce the
Opening of northern BC artist, Beata Polanska’s Exhibition of
photography, <i>Where Do I Come From?</i> <i>Images from Poland</i>
on Friday, May 16<font
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face="Gill Sans" size="3"><sup>th</sup></font>, 2008 at 7:00pm. The
Exhibition runs until June 16th. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><font
style="font-family: Gill Sans; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Gill Sans" size="4">“This series of images is inspired by the
mood of places familiar to me since childhood,” explains Polanska who
took the photos in or around three Polish cities; Warszawa, Lublin and
Nysa. The latter two, located on the outskirts of the country (Lublin
by the eastern border with Belarus and Ukraine, and Nysa in the South
West).</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><font
style="font-family: Gill Sans; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Gill Sans" size="4">“[These places] have largely escaped the
commercialization, and glossification imported with the new world
order,” says Polanska who is interested in the story that these
abstract architectural images portray. “Their stories can be guessed
from the layers, cracks, peeling paint, bulging veins, lined and
wrinkled faces, and broken glass panes.”</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><font
style="font-family: Gill Sans; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Gill Sans" size="4">Beata Polanska grew up in Poland when the
sounds of rock and roll were only faintly audible from across the wall.
She took her first photos with a Russian made Smiena, and sharpened her
dark room skills in a government run youth cultural center.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><font
style="font-family: Gill Sans; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Gill Sans" size="4">At the age of 20, she gave into wanderlust
and lived in France, Italy, Toronto, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia,
finally settling in northern British Columbia where she has worked as a
speech-language pathologist for the past 15 years.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><font
style="font-family: Gill Sans; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Gill Sans" size="4">To find out more about this fascinating
exhibition and life story, Polanska will be present at the Opening in
order to talk about her work and answer questions.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><font
style="font-family: Gill Sans; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Gill Sans" size="4">For more information about the Island
Mountain Arts School of the Arts, Public Gallery or the ArtsWells
Festival visit <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.imarts.com/"><font
style="color: rgb(0, 32, 222);" color="#0020de"><u>www.imarts.com</u></font></a>
or call 1-800-442-2787.</font></p>
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