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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jessica Nelson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Program Assistant (Acting)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Leigh Square Community Arts Village<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">T: 604.927.8440 | E: <a href="mailto:nelsonjessica@portcoquitlam.ca">nelsonjessica@portcoquitlam.ca</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meet Leigh Square’s Latest Artists-in-Residence:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Laura G. and Ninna Snider – The Muck Sisters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 6<sup>th</sup> to June 7<sup>th</sup>, 2016</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The City of Port Coquitlam is excited to welcome back Laura G. and Ninna Snider - the Muck Sisters! Laura and Ninna recently
spent the past three months mucking it up at the Gathering Place during their first residency. They had such a great time that they decided to join us for another term! The artists return to the arts village as the centre’s tenth and eleventh Artists-in-Residence
from April 6<sup>th</sup> to June 2<sup>nd</sup> in the Outlet at 2248 McAllister Avenue, Port Coquitlam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Muck Sisters both bring their own unique skills making fun mixes of functional, fun, and whimsical work that will surely
delight and brighten up the Port Coquitlam community. Together they have recently dubbed the name
<i>Cup-a-tude</i> to their works, vessels depicted with faces of people and animals, and are excited to explore this body of work together to see where they can take it.
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The artistic endeavours of Ninna and Laura are very hands on, fun, and of great interest to those who have enjoyed it. They’re
interested in pushing the outer limits of making functional dishes into fun and comic-like items that pique the interests of all sorts of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">By sharing this process publicly they will have time to talk with observers and develop ideas as they meet the people interested
in their art (and who frequent Leigh Square and the Outlet). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ninna and Laura will not only be piquing the public’s interests in their creations as they walk by, but will also be offering
the following workshop opportunities for the community:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>April 19<sup>th</sup>: </b>Pinch Pot Critters – 12-4pm<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> May 18<sup>th</sup>:
</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Masks of Clay – 3-6pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> May 26<sup>th</sup>:
</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cup-a-tudes – 3-6:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Members of the public can visit Laura and Ninna at The Outlet at Leigh Square between the hours of 9:30am and 3pm on Wednesdays
and Thursdays from April 6<sup>th</sup> to June 2<sup>nd</sup>. To view more of their work, please visit Laura at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.sisterearthclayworks.com">www.sisterearthclayworks.com</a> or Ninna at
<a href="http://www.muckabout.ca">www.muckabout.ca</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are interested in applying for a residency, please email Leigh Square at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:arts@portcoquitlam.ca"><span lang="EN-CA">arts@portcoquitlam.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> or call 604.927.8400
for more information. We are currently seeking artists for the fall of 2016 and for the 2017 in-take.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Leigh Square Community Arts Village encourages and facilitates community development through arts, culture and heritage
within Port Coquitlam and serves as a cultural meeting place and 21<sup>st</sup> century community arts centre. Please see
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare"><span lang="EN-CA">www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Photos available upon request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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