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2016</span></p>
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Immediate Release</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">Belgian artist, Sandrine de
Borman, to give talk at qllan Brooks Nature Cetnre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">Thursday, July 28, 7 pm to 9 pm. <br>
Allan Brooks Nature Centre, Vernon, BC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Caetani Cultural
Centre and Allan Brooks Nature Centre are inviting the public to an artist talk
and presentation by their current Fresh! AiR (artist-in-residence) Sandrine de
Borman.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">De Borman’s artwork
was featured in the Caetani Cultural Centre’s Studio Gallery unveiling.
Her unique techniques of hammering fresh plants into fabrics, and using
the chemical reaction between the naturally occurring substances in plants and
certain fixatives, piqued the interest of many people, leading to two extremely
successful workshops this past week. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Her presentation will
take place this Thursday July 28, at 7 pm, at the Allan Brooks Nature Centre,
where she will share the process of her art and the history and influences
behind it, highlighting the works that she created here in Vernon during her
residency highlighting her weeks of botanic research, collection, and art
making here in the Okanagan, as well as touching on past work created.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Belgian artist, de
Borman emphasizes the importance of appreciating nature, and human connection
in her “walking and talking” art pieces. She creates meaningful pieces of
art where walking is an integral part of the process, collecting plants to use
in her art piece while also collecting stories from her companions that are
later written into and mapped into her actual art pieces. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">De Borman’s residency
is the second of four back-to-back Fresh! AiR art and environment themed artist
residencies for the 2016 season.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.45pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">De Borman’s talk at the Allan Brooks Nature Centre on Thursday
starts at 7 p.m. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. For more
information, visit </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://caetani.ca/"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)">caetani.ca</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> or call </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="file://localhost/tel/250-275-1525"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)">250-275-1525</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">For<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> more </span>information<span style="letter-spacing:0.6pt"> </span>please<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>visit our
website </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.caetani.org"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">http://www.caetani.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">For
more information please contact: Caetani Centre – 250-275-1525</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></b></p>
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</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Susan Brandoli<div>Executive Director</div><div>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org" target="_blank">www.caetani.org</a></div><div>250-275-1525</div></div></div>
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