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style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>1386 Cartwright Street, Granville Island 1411 Cartwright Street, Granville Island</span><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Craft Council of BC Gallery 1386 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>tel 604.687.7270 email </span><a href="mailto:info@craftcouncilbc.ca" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>contact_us@craftcouncil.bc.ca</span></a><span 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