[BCMA] Make your mark on Canada Day

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For Immediate Release

June 29, 2011

Make your mark on Canada Day at the Royal BC Museum

Victoria, BC - Families are invited to get inspired by Canada Day and make their mark at a free sidewalk chalk party at the Royal BC Museum.  Local chalk artist Ian Morris will create a large artwork on the upper courtyard while families chalk their own messages, doodles and Canada-themed masterpieces on the lower courtyard between 10 am and 3 pm on Friday, July 1.
Museum volunteers will provide chalk and free youth passes to families participating in the event.  Under the giant Canadian flag in the lobby, Royal BC Museum lanyards will be given out to the first 400 paid museum admissions, and special buttons to the first 1,500 paid museum visitors.

What:              Family Sidewalk Chalk Party
When:             Friday, July 1, Canada Day Celebration
10 am to 3 pm
Where:            Royal BC Museum, Upper and Lower Courtyards
Belleville and Government, Victoria

Ian Morris begins at 9 am. Media are invited around 11 am to see his completed work, as well as some the art to be created by families. Time-lapse photography of artwork in progress will be available for media if requested in advance.

About the Royal BC Museum
As the provincial museum and archives, the Royal BC Museum preserves and shares the stories of British Columbia - on-site, off-site and online - through its research, collections, exhibitions and educational programs. Its two-hectare cultural precinct also includes a number of historically significant buildings and First Nations sites.

For more information about the Royal BC Museum, visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or
call 1-888-447-7977.
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Media contacts:
Royal BC Museum Media Enquiries
June 29 or 30              250-387-3207
July 1                           250-882-3135
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Sue Stackhouse Cert.PR     Communications Specialist  |  Business and Operational Services
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