<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-left:30.9pt"><img src="cid:ii_iqyd4v2u0_15614e2889d29abc" width="325" height="433" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:30.9pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.72px">The Arts Council of the Central Okanagan is proud to sponsor youth artist, Emmanuel "Zags" </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.72px">Aréizaga</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.72px"> at Arts on the Avenue on July 28th, 2016 in Downtown Kelowna.</span><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:30.9pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.72px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:30.9pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Emmanuel “Zags”<b> </b>Aréizaga is a young artist and animator based in Kelowna. Currently pursuing a career in Animation, Zags’ work is heavily influenced by the work of artists the likes of M.C. Escher and J.R.R. Tolkien. Mixing realism with fantastical settings and subjects, Zags’ passion for surrealism allows him to breathe life into his imaginative works.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:30.9pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Zags often works with pencils, pens, charcoal, pastels, and chalk, but he also frequently works with acrylic, oil, and digital paintings. His current work mixes traditional art with 3D animation.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:30.9pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">“I combine reality and art to give the viewer an experience in which they can enjoy and interact with my work. These anamorphic depictions have an almost physical presence that give the illusion of 3-dimensional objects.”</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Emmanuel has also working with notable Kelowna arts educator, Jolene Mackie, to further develop and exercise his talents within the visual arts.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ARTSCO Executive Director Katie Brennan: “ARTSCO is thrilled to be sponsoring Emmanuel at this great event. We love helping young artists access new opportunities for their work and we look forward to seeing people’s reactions to Emmanuel’s interactive pieces.”</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Interested in learning more about Emmanuel? Check out our interview with him <a href="http://www.artsco.ca/wordpress/surrealist-artist-emmanuel-zags-areizaga/" target="_blank">here!</a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:14.72px">Come out learn more about both Emmanuel and ARTSCO at our booth at Arts on the Avenue presented by Festivals Kelowna on July 28<sup>th</sup>, 2016 at 5:00PM!</span></font></p><div><br></div><div>-30-</div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p>Jacky Deng</p><p>Communication Coordinator</p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Arts Council of the Central Okanagan</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">250-861-4123 // <a href="mailto:heythere@artsco.ca" target="_blank">heythere@artsco.ca </a> // <a href="http://artsco.ca/" target="_blank">artsco.ca </a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Located in the Rotary Centre for the Arts at 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna</b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><br></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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