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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>Lee Claremont, Joanne Gervais, Asher Klassen, Liane Mclaren, Shauna Oddleifson and Amber Powell</i></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>The Existential Cafe Artists’ Talk & Coffee</i> with ’Big Fish’ artists:</b> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturday January 14th @1pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Opening reception: </b>Saturday January 14th 2-4pm </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Tim Burton’s 2003 film ‘Big Fish’ is the jumping off point for the</span><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:normal"> </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Lake Country Art Gallery’s first exhibition of 2017 titled, ‘Big Fish: considering the narrative’. This exhibition will feature artwork by Lee Claremont, Joanne Gervais, Asher Klassen, Liane Mclaren, Shauna Oddleifson and Amber Powell. Through animation, collage, drawing, painting and mixed media these six artists come together to tell tales of life’s mysteries.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Events & Deadlines At A Glance:</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>The Existential Cafe Artists’ Talk & Coffee</i> with ’Big Fish’ artists:</b> Saturday January 14th @1pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>‘Big Fish: considering the narrative’ Opening reception:</b> Saturday January 14th 2-4pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Cool Arts Exhibition in the Pop-Up Gallery </b>(located in the ArtHouse next to the LC Art Gallery): Opening reception Saturday January 14th 2-4pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Call for Submissions:</b> Submissions for ‘Art Through the Ages: Intergenerational Exhibition’ will be accepted at the gallery on February 23/24/25. Exhibition runs from March 1st to April 1st. Visit the website for more information and submission guidelines.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Upcoming: </b>New art classes for 2017 at the ArtHouse…check out the gallery website for more information about workshops, classes and special announcements <a href="http://lakecountryartgallery.ca"><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(4,51,255)">lakecountryartgallery.ca</span></a> . </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Media Contact: Wanda Lock - curator</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">tel: 250 864 5597 or 250 766 4873 email: <a href="mailto:wandalock@shaw.ca">wandalock@shaw.ca</a></span></p></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">____________________________<br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><p><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Lake Country Art Gallery:</span></font><font face="Helvetica Neue, serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font></span></u></b><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">10356A Bottom Wood Lake Rd<br></span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">Lake Country, British Columbia<br></span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">V4V 1T9</span></p><p><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif;color:windowtext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Gallery Hours:</span><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></span></u></b><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">Wed,</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 10am-4pm<br></span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">(closed Mon-Tue)</span></p><p><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:2pt;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif;color:windowtext"> <br></span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">(250) 766 -1299<br></span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif"><a href="mailto:lakecountryartgallery@shaw.ca" target="_blank">lakecountryartgallery@shaw.ca</a><br></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.lakecountryartgallery.ca" target="_blank">www.lakecountryartgallery.ca</a></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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