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<p class="MsoHeader"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img width="634" height="116" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D21801.1C7E9F60" alt="Public-Service-Announcement"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lesley Perrie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Arts & Culture Acting Program Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Leigh Square Community Arts Village<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">T: 604.927.8440<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:perriel@portcoquitlam.ca">perriel@portcoquitlam.ca</a>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EXPERIENCE A DAY OF ARTS IN PORT COQUITLAM ON OCT. 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Celebrate
<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Culture Days in Port Coquitlam at an Open House on Sat Oct. 1<sup>
</sup>from 12:00 to 3:00 pm at 2253 Leigh Square. The festivities include a variety of hands-on activities, performances, free exhibits and demonstrations by local artists and light refreshments and snacks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1D1D1D">Schedule of Activities and Exhibitions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1D1D1D">Diwali Fest</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1D1D1D"> - an Arts Trade Fair, with demonstrations, performances,
face painting, henna, and Rangoli art activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Transcendence: Golden Eagle Festival Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia Exhibit</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Brendan O’Leary in the Michael
Wright Art Gallery reveals rarely seen photos of the Eagle Festival in in western Mongolia which fosters the preservation of Kazakh traditions and the conservation of the golden eagles. Although these photos are set in Mongolia, the subject matter, Eagles
are transcendent, revered by cultures around the world including North America's First Nations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fall Artist in Residence, Dawn Livera</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> will be unveiling her community banner project. During her
residency she will work with Port Coquitlam residents to create a handwoven banner with the theme
<i>The Gifts of Community</i>. Throughout the event Dawn will also be completing short interactive demonstrations on freestyle weaving.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Carol Moffatt</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, long time Port Coquitlam resident and recently retire Sewing and Jewelry Making
Teacher and Creative Guide at Wilson Centre will be sharing her Mindful Messages pieces, which are a culmination of her three interests: using ordinary in extra ordinary ways, her love of words and their power to shift, and her love of Yoga teachings and practices.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kim Dinh</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> will be displaying her handmade traditional Vietnamese lanterns which are used in the
annual Vietnamese mid-autumn moon festival. The traditional lanterns are made with bamboo frames and paper coverings and the shapes and colors are limited only by the artist’s imagination.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sarah Ronald</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Port Coquitlam artist will be working on a mixed media
piece titled Travel Patterns, a series of 25 10”x10” panels exploring the movements of animals and herself through many of the neighbourhoods where she has lived. When finished the piece will be included in her solo exhibition in Deep Cove in February 2017
which examines how wild and suburban animals are impacted by humans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Laura G. and Ninna Snider (The Muck Sisters)
</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">will be creating and selling their famous pottery items at the event. Laura and Ninna recently spent six months mucking it up at the Gathering Place during their art residencies. The
Muck Sisters both bring their own unique skills making fun mixes of functional, fun, and whimsical work.
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<p class="Default" style="margin-right:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Culture Days features free, interactive events for the public, with the aim of engaging Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Leigh Square Community Arts Village encourages and facilitates community development through arts, culture and heritage within Port Coquitlam and serves as a cultural meeting
place, a 21st century community arts centre. For more information, please call 604.927.8400 or visit
<a href="http://www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare">www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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