<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-0f711b08-4e23-1271-d51e-5d60e7f66f55" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:1.6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right: -1pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">September 21, 2016</span></p><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -1pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Public Service Announcement - For Immediate Release</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -1pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT IS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR COLLABORATION</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Who: Misia Lukasiewicz, Fresh!AiR Artist-in-Residence</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">What: Landscape Heritage: An Art Project in Collaboration with Local Residents</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -1pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are pleased to present Polish artist Misia Lukasiewicz, Vernon's newest artist-in-resident for </span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">the Fresh!AiR art & environment themed residency hosted by the Caetani Cultural Centre in partnership with the Allan Brooks Nature Centre. During her 6-week residency, Misia will be working on a collaborative art project that focuses on Vernon residents and their landscape, and she needs your help.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -1pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">A message from the artist:</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt -1pt 0pt 36pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">I would love to invite you to be a part of my project “Landscape Heritage”. In Polish the word landscape translates to mean “image of a country”, and the title of my residency project refers to the inalienable heritage which identifies us. Through my art, I hope to capture what homeland means for people living in Vernon, and to accomplish this, I am looking to the community to help me fully explore the Vernon area and its inhabitants. If you would like to know more about my project, have a cup of coffee or a take a walk with me, please send me an email and we can meet – I would love to know how you perceive the landscape around you. Should we decide to work together, I will strive to capture a reflection of our interactions through various mediums such as painting, photography, land art and sketches. On October 25, 7-9pm, all will be invited to an exhibit and presentation at the Caetani Centre, where I will reveal our collaborations through the documentation and creative processes which lead to the final work. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt -1pt 0pt 36pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">-Misia Lukasiewicz</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -1pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If you would like to help Misia with her research, please email her directly: </span><a href="mailto:misia.lukasiewicz@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">misia.lukasiewicz@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. You can find out more information about her through her website: </span><a href="http://misialukasiewicz.pl/en/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://misialukasiewicz.pl/en/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> For more information on the Caetani Centre and our programs, please visit our website </span><a href="http://www.caetani.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">www.caetani.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> or feel free to give us a call 250-275-1525. </span></div><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -1pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">- 30 -</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Gabrielle Strong</div><div class="">AiR Coordinator</div><div class="">Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.caetani.org" class="">www.caetani.org</a></div></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>