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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many of you will have received the release from The Canada Council for the Arts (see below) announcing that Vancouver-based artist
<b>Landon Mackenzie </b>is a winner of one of the <b><i>2017 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts</i></b>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please find some additional information that ties the story locally to Kelowna audiences, and to an exhibition by the artist that many residents may have seen at the Kelowna Art Gallery last year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>February 15, 2017 – Kelowna, BC:</b><em><span style="color:black">
</span></em><span lang="EN-CA">In October of 2015 through January of 2016, the exhibition
<i>Landon Mackenzie: Parallel Journey: Works on Paper (1975-2015)</i> was on view at the Kelowna Art Gallery, before embarking on a national tour. This major exhibition was produced by the Kelowna Art Gallery and created by Gallery curator Liz Wylie who worked
closely with Landon Mackenzie to identify the over 200 works on paper that were included in this 40-year retrospective.</span><span lang="EN-CA">
</span>The result was a visually rich show, packed with works that provided visitors with an intimate and captivating experience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Landon Mackenzie is a nationally known, Vancouver-based artist, admired for her large-scale works with paint on canvas. Less known are her works on paper often created while travelling, which she produces voluminously as a tandem practice
(or what might be considered a parallel creative journey) to her big paintings. Somewhere between jottings and “finished” works intended for public exhibition, these small paintings speak to the deepest level of human creativity. They function at times as
glimpses into this intelligent artist’s psyche or soul.”<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA">Landon Mackenzie: Parallel Journey: Works on Paper (1975-2015)</span></i><span lang="EN-CA">,<i>
</i></span>organized by the Kelowna Art Gallery and curated by Liz Wylie,<span lang="EN-CA"> is still currently on tour. It was shown at the
</span>Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI, from May 28 to September 25, 2016; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, January 13 through April 9, 2017; and later this year, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, December 7, 2017 to
March 11, 2018.<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">-30-<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, to schedule an interview with Landon Mackenzie, or for comment from the Kelowna Art Gallery, please contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Media Inquiries<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Joshua Desnoyers | Marketing and Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Kelowna Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">1315 Water Street | Kelowna, BC | V1Y 9R3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">250-762-2226 ext. 305 | 250-762-9875 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:josh@kelownaartgallery.com">josh@kelownaartgallery.com</a>
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">| <a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com">
kelownaartgallery.com</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:blue"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">|
</span><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:blue">facebook.com/KelownaArtGallery<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"> <img border="0" width="325" height="124" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D2876A.76CEE780"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><i>UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 6:30 am EST<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">2017 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Winners Announced<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ottawa, February 15, 2017</i> – The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the winners of the
<b>2017 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The awards carry a $25,000 cash prize and recognize outstanding career achievement. They are funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, and include
<a href="http://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/governor-generals-awards-in-visual-and-media-arts">
categories</a> for artistic achievement in visual and media arts, fine craft and outstanding contribution. This year marks the
<a href="http://www.saidyebronfmanaward.ca/">40th anniversary of the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Fine Crafts</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The awards ceremony and a presentation of the medallions by <a href="http://www.gg.ca/index.aspx?lan=eng">
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston</a>, Governor General of Canada will take place at Rideau Hall on March 1 at 6 pm.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 2017 winners are: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Michèle Cournoyer</b>, animation filmmaker, Montreal <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Mike Hoolboom</b>, filmmaker, Toronto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Shelagh Keeley</b>, visual artist, Toronto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Glenn Lewis</b>, visual artist, Vancouver<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Landon Mackenzie</b>, painter, Toronto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Philip Monk</b>, curator, writer, Toronto (Outstanding Contribution Award)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Shelley Niro</b>, multimedia artist, Brantford, Six Nations Of The Grand River<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Pamela Ritchie</b>, jewelry artist, Halifax (Saidye Bronfman Award)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How Canadians can learn more about this year’s winners and their work:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Watch</b> original <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjhCs-hRAvsH4kWKi1QrchckQ5IIoGZFy">
short films</a> on each of the winners, commissioned by the Canada Council <span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
in </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">partnership with the</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><a href="http://www.imaa.ca/"><span lang="EN-CA">Independent Media Arts Alliance</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span>and directed by award-winning Canadian filmmakers, available online now and on
<a href="http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/entertainment">Air Canada</a>’s in-flight entertainment system, spring 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Explore</b> 40 years of Canadian fine craft on the Canada Council’s new
<a href="https://saidyebronfmanaward.ca/">saidyebronfmanaward.ca</a> launched today in partnership with The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation and the
<a href="http://www.historymuseum.ca/">Canadian Museum of History</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Attend </b>the <a href="https://www.gallery.ca/en/calendar/week/2017/02/28/cat:3">
National Gallery of Canada</a> on February 28th from 6 - 8 pm for a conversation between 2017 GGAVAMA winners and Rhiannon Vogl, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, followed by a meet-the-artist reception in the Gallery’s Watercourt Foyer from 8 - 9 pm.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>Visit </b>the <a href="http://wag.ca/art/exhibitions/current-exhibitions">
Winnipeg Art Gallery</a> from April 8<sup>th</sup> to September 4<sup>th</sup>, 2017 for an exhibition featuring selected works by this year’s winners.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Quotes<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“These men and women have made tremendous contributions to the arts and society over their rich careers. Celebrating their exceptional work in 2017, as the Council turns 60, reinforces the importance of investing in artistic creation today
to grow the impact of the arts in the future.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">– Simon Brault, Director and CEO, Canada Council for the Arts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Our finest artists challenge us to ask questions and to look deeper into our surroundings, to think more critically and to better appreciate beauty. I’m delighted to recognize this outstanding group of Canadian artists in this, Canada’s
150th anniversary year.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">– <a href="http://www.gg.ca/index.aspx?lan=eng">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>About the Saidye Bronfman Award<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/the_awards-les_prix">The Saidye Bronfman Award</a> is Canada’s foremost distinction for excellence in fine crafts. Created in 1977 by the Bronfman family to honor their mother on her 80th birthday,
the prize is awarded annually to an exceptional fine craft artist. In addition, works by the winners are acquired by the
<a href="http://www.historymuseum.ca/">Canadian Museum of History</a> for its permanent collection.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>About the Outstanding Contribution Award <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/the_awards-les_prix">The Outstanding Contribution Award</a> is given to an individual or a group of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the visual arts (including architecture
and photography), the media arts or fine craft, in a volunteer or professional capacity.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Canada Council for the Arts<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://canadacouncil.ca/">The Canada Council for the Arts</a> is Canada’s national public arts funder. We champion and invest in artistic excellence so that Canadians may enjoy and participate in a rich cultural life. In 2015-16
we allocated $157.4 million dollars towards artistic creation and innovation through our grants, prizes and payments. We also conduct research, convene activities and work with partners to advance the sector and help embed the arts more deeply in communities
across the country. We are responsible for the <a href="http://unesco.ca/en/unesco/home-accueil.aspx">
Canadian Commission for UNESCO</a> which promotes the values and programs of UNESCO to contribute to a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable future for Canadians.
<a href="https://artbank.ca/">The Canada Council Art Bank</a> operates art rental programs and helps further public engagement with contemporary arts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Learn more</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca">ggavma.canadacouncil.ca
</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://saidyebronfmanaward.ca/">saidyebronfmanaward.ca
</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://artbank.ca/">artbank.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Twitter: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/CanadaCouncil">@canadacouncil.ca</a> #GGarts
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Facebook:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/canadacouncil/">facebook.com/canadacouncil.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">-30-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Media contacts: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Canada Council for the Arts</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><a href="mailto:meredith.sharpe@canadacouncil.ca">Meredith Sharpe</a>: 1-800-263-5588 ext. 4166 or 343-998-2627
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To arrange interviews with the winners</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA">National PR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Aforcier@national.ca"><span lang="FR-CA">Amélie Forcier</span></a><span lang="FR-CA">: 514-843-2307 or 514-799-7011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To attend the event at the National Gallery on February 28th at 6 pm</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Gallery of Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:BMallet@gallery.ca">Josée-Britanie Mallet</a>: 613-990-6835<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To attend the Rideau Hall Ceremony on March 1 at 6 pm</b>:
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rideau Hall Press Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Julie.Rocheleau@gg.ca">Julie Rocheleau</a>: 613-998-7280<o:p></o:p></p>
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