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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lesley Perrie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Arts & Culture Recreation Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Leigh Square Community Arts Village<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">T: 604.927.8442<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:perriel@portcoquitlam.ca">perriel@portcoquitlam.ca</a>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">when fascination with found objects evolves into art<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The City of Port Coquitlam welcomes the public to the opening reception for
<i>When Fascination with Found Objects Evolves into Art</i> by Barbara Ferris and The Muck Sisters<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>on Thursday August 4<sup>th</sup> from 5-7pm in the Michael Wright Art Gallery, 2253 Leigh Square Place, Port Coquitlam. The exhibit is free and the reception includes complimentary refreshments and light snacks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Barbara Ferris is an emerging mixed media assemblage artist from Maple Ridge, BC. Canada. She re-purposes the old, used and discarded; bringing these elements together
to create unique, sacred and wondrous re-creations. Barbara has always been drawn to vintage and timeworn objects; she explores antique stores, thrift shops, vintage markets, abandoned buildings, and railway lines searching for treasures to incorporate into
her art.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Muck Sisters; Laura and Ninna, have been creating with clay together for the last year and a half. The Sisters have been Artists-in-Residence at Leigh Square
for the past 6 months making clay critters with faces and a large variety of useful, functional pots with a bit of whimsy added to each piece. Many of the pieces created during their residency have since been fired in wood kilns and salt fired giving their
work a different look to the traditional electric kiln results. The Muck Sisters had such fun creating at Leigh Square this past Winter and Spring, and building a following of friends, that they’re thrilled to now be back again and invite you to come see what
they were up to.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The exhibit runs August 4<sup>th</sup> - 29<sup>th</sup>. For more information on arts, culture, and heritage programs and events offered at Leigh
Square Community Arts Village, call 604.927.8442 or visit <a href="http://www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare">
www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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