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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Superheroes and Supervillains make appearance at Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Superheroes & Supervillains<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">January 31 to March 8, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">January 22, 2015 – Kelowna, BC:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> If wearing full-body tights, occasionally
donning a cape, and making use of your unique superpowers just happen to be your thing, then you need to check out our new show at the Kelowna Art Gallery entitled
<i>Superheroes & Supervillains</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Forty artists have created works of art that explore the subculture and phenomena surrounding their favorite superhero and villain cartoon characters.
The exhibition features work in a variety of media, including traditional animation drawing, digital media, sculpture, and mixed media.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Superheroes & Supervillains</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> opens January 31 and runs until March 8,
2015. It is presented in partnership with local artists’ group Art Brew, the same team that was behind
<i>Saturday Morning Cartoons </i>shown at the Gallery in the fall of 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jessika von Innerebner, a member of Art Brew, and one of the organizers of this show says, “We are thrilled to have this exhibition at the Kelowna
Art Gallery. The work in this show is so fun – visitors will love it. Plus, it gives Kelowna’s vibrant tech/digital art community an important opportunity to share their work with Kelowna audiences.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“The works are so imaginative, they will definitely be a hit with the kids visiting the Gallery as part of our school tours program this winter,”
says Renee Burgess, Head of Public Programming at the Gallery. ”I don’t think we are going to have any difficulty getting students or gallery visitors to engage with the pieces and to start a discussion about who their favorite heroes and villains are.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An opening reception to celebrate this exhibition will be held on Friday, January 30, from 7 to 9 pm, at the Kelowna Art Gallery. This will be a
free event, open to members and guests, by invitation. Many of the artists included in the exhibition will be in attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna. For more information about current exhibitions, public programming or
special events, please visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at <a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com">
www.kelownaartgallery.com</a> or call 250-762-2226.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Attached Image Credit:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Amanda Kadatz,
<i>The Mighty Menagerie, Issue #1</i>, 2015, digital media,16 x 20 in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Joshua Desnoyers | Marketing and Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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