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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">August
13, 2015 </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Public
Service Announcement</span></p>
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Immediate Release</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Participants Wanted for several projects!</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">VICTORIA GIBSON, AUG/SEPT FRESH
AIR ARTIST </span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">"what we once were, we are not
now" </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Participants are wanted for several facets of
the newest Artist in Residence project at the Caetani Centre & Allan Brooks Nature Centre!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Birders and Bird Lovers </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">~ Victoria
is in search of existing footage of local or regional birds to be included in a
video project, <b><i>SHARE A TWEET.</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Donors of footage will be credited on her website
and the works will be shown at the <b><i>Allan Brooks Nature Centre, Thursday,
August 27, at 7 pm.</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Participants can support the project in three
ways ~ Any level of participation is appreciated:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Share a Tweet!</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">
Share some of your local or regional bird video footage with Victoria to be
included in her Share a Tweet video. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Share your Vernon related story
with Victoria</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. The story should reflect on
local change and will be shared publicly as a part of an art work - you may
wish to share photos to go along with the story.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Participate in a community
performance which will be the main event of Victoria’s residency.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">If you would like to participate in any
part of this project, with your bird videos, or stories of Vernon, or as part
of a final performance, please contact Victoria Gibson at
<a href="mailto:vixmedia01@gmail.com">vixmedia01@gmail.com</a> or text 1-778-885-2123 (text only, no phone calls, please).</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">During her residency, August Fresh AIR artist,
Victoria Gibson will be acting as a curator and facilitator—collecting stories
and reflections from the people of Vernon. The theme, "what we once were,
we are not now" can be applied to historical, environmental, social or
other aspects that will be discovered by Victoria's research into Vernon's past
that may be contrasted with present day Vernon. The artwork will emerge as the
result of applying the theme to her research, then deciding the best method to
convey the multitude of aspects in an artistic presentation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">About the Artist</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Victoria Gibson is an Integrated Media Artist
blending sound + light + motion to create amazing
art experiences. Creating magic using advanced techniques to spark
curiosity while encouraging audience engagement with lively subject matter and
interactive elements. She makes complex and experimental works that emerge from
the nexus of art and technology, but remain accessible and fun.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">"Much of my work involves technology and
the Fresh! AIR residency will give me an opportunity to integrate technology
with the narratives present in the natural environment and the local community.
I intend to build work using the stories of the area to present on the internet
and in a community event to be held near the end of my residency.</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The theme, “what we once were, we are not
now” can be applied to contrast historical, environmental, social or other
aspects that will be discovered by my research into Vernon’s past with present
day Vernon. The artwork will emerge as the result of applying the theme to my
research, then deciding the best method to convey the multitude of aspects in
an artistic presentation."</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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</span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Victoria Gibson</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">MORE ABOUT THE FRESH! Air (Artist in
Residence) partnership between the Caetani Cultural Centre and the Allan Brook
Nature Centre:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani Centre are pleased to partner for
another for another great year of visiting artists with a national and
international flavor in partnership with the Allan Brooks Nature Centre. Now in
its third year of operation, both organizations have hosted artists from Japan,
Australia, South Africa, the USA, and Canada. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
program combines art and the environment, focusing on bringing awareness to
environmental issues by presenting different ways of seeing using innovative
and “out of the box” approaches. The goal of the Fresh! AiR program is to
encourage artists to approach creativity, exploration and research on habitat
conservation in different ways and present the community with new ways of
seeing, experiencing and interpreting art and the environment around us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
residencies consist of a 4 – 6 week stay at the Caetani Centre, and the artist
draws upon the ample resources provided by the Allan Brooks Nature Centre, giving
visiting artists the opportunity to live and work in the Greater Vernon
community, and interacting with local artists and residents. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">CONTACT INFO:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">For
more information about the artist, artwork and the 2015 Artist-in-Residence
project please contact the artist: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">please contact Victoria Gibson at
<a href="mailto:vixmedia01@gmail.com">vixmedia01@gmail.com</a> or text 1-778-885-2123 </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Susan
Brandoli, Caetani Centre, 250-275-1525</span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Kaitlyn Richards-
Allan Brooks Nature Centre - <a href="file://localhost/tel/250-260-4227"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">250-260-4227</span></a></span> <div><br></div><div>Doc file and picture attached</div><div>Picture: Janice Buick, ABNC, artist Victoria Gibson, and Caetani summer student Kevin Moffatt kick off the next Fresh! AiR project</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks very much</div><div> <br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Susan Brandoli<div>Manager</div><div>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetaniculturalcentre.org" target="_blank">www.caetaniculturalcentre.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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