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<div style="text-align:left"><strong>MEDIA RELEASE </strong></div>
<strong>For Immediate Release</strong><br>
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<strong style="line-height:20.7999992370605px">April 14, 2016</strong>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><em><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Vernon Secondary Students Annual Exhibition: Art and Soul.</strong></span></em></span><br>
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<strong>Who: Presented by Vernon Public Art Gallery<br>
What: Opening Reception: <em>Art and Soul by SD#22 Secondary Students</em></strong><br>
<strong>Where: The Vernon Public Art Gallery</strong><br>
<strong>When: Thursday April 21, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.</strong><br>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">The Board of Directors and Executive Director, Dauna Kennedy Grant, invite you and a guest to the opening reception of
<em>Art and Soul</em> by SD # 22 Secondary Students at the Vernon Public Art Gallery. Enjoy an evening of music, contemporary art, punch, and appetizers.</span></span><br>
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The Vernon Public Art Gallery is proud to host <em>Art and Soul</em>, an annual exhibition of artwork by students in grades 8-12, from School District #22. From April 21 to May 18, 2016, students from all high schools in the Greater Vernon area have the opportunity
to display their artwork in a professional setting at the gallery. With all the bells and whistles of a big exhibition – including the right lighting, an opening reception, and plenty of community buzz – young artists get a taste of what it’s like to show
their work to the public, often for the first time.<br>
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“We are pleased to present <em>Art and Soul, </em>a selection of works by high school students from the North Okanagan” says Executive Director Dauna Kennedy. “Following our elementary school exhibition, it’s always exciting to see the development of creativity
in the students at this next level of education and how their artwork expresses that. I encourage you to come out to our opening reception and join us in celebrating the accomplishment of these young emerging artists”.<br>
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Works in the secondary school exhibition are displayed alongside professional Canadian artists elsewhere in the Gallery, which holds four exhibition spaces. For students thinking about post-secondary education in the arts, showing next to established artists
is an inspiration and a motivator to continue developing their own artistic styles while still in high school. Each year the diversity of mediums and subject matters, and the inclusion of some work intended for university applications, creates a unique and
varied exhibition of strong student artwork.<br>
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<em>Art and Soul</em> will be open for viewing from April 21 - May 18, 2016. The artwork will fill the walls of the Caroline Galbraith, Community and Up-Front Galleries at the Vernon Public Art Gallery, and will run concurrently with Jordan Bennett's,
<em>Mniku.</em><br>
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We invite members, friends, family and the general public to attend the opening reception on Thursday April 21 from 6-8pm. Enjoy appies, punch and music compliments of the gallery. This exhibition is proudly sponsored by Kal Tire. Admission to the Gallery is
by donation. VPAG is open Monday - Friday from 10am-5pm, and Saturdays from 11am-4pm. For more information on our exhibitions and events visit
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<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11px">Kate Healy, <em>untitled</em>, Gr. 12 VSS</span></div>
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<strong>Media Contacts:<br>
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<span style="font-size:12px">Dauna Kennedy Grant</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:11px">Executive Director, Vernon Public Art Gallery, <a href="tel:250.545.3173" value="+12505453173" target="_blank">
250.545.3173</a>, <a href="mailto:dauna@vernonpublicartgallery.com" target="_blank">
dauna@vernonpublicartgallery.com</a></span><br>
<strong style="line-height:20.7999992370605px"><span style="font-size:12px">Laura Ashton</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:11px; line-height:20.7999992370605px">Marketing & Programming Coordinator, Vernon Public Art Gallery,
<a href="tel:250.545.3173" value="+12505453173" target="_blank">250.545.3173</a>,
<a href="mailto:laura@vernonpublicartgallery.com" target="_blank">laura@vernonpublicartgallery.com</a></span><br>
<strong style="line-height:20.7999992370605px"><span style="font-size:12px">Lubos Culen</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:11px; line-height:20.7999992370605px">Curator, Vernon Public Art Gallery,
<a href="tel:250.545.3173" value="+12505453173" target="_blank">250.545.3173</a>,
<a href="mailto:curator@vernonpublicartgallery.com" target="_blank">curator@vernonpublicartgallery.com</a></span>
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