<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img width="0" height="0" align="left" hspace="12" style="margin-right:0px"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><img src="cid:ii_15b49c99f1920efc" alt="Inline image 1" width="454" height="66"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Nanaimo Art Gallery<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.nanaimoartgallery.ca/" target="_blank">www.nanaimoartgallery.ca</a>, <a href="tel:(250)%20754-1750" value="+12507541750" target="_blank">250.754.1750</a></span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For immediate release:</span><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:univers,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Marianne Nicolson</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:univers,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:univers,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Curated by Jesse Birch and Liz Park</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:univers,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:univers,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">April 21 - July 2, 2017</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:univers,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>
<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Join us for the opening reception, Thursday, April 20 at 7 pm</span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Nanaimo Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Marianne Nicolson, a Victoria BC based artist of Scottish and Dzawada</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">'enux</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">w First Nations descent. The Dzawad<u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">a</span></u>'enu<u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">x</span></u>w People are a member tribe of the Kwakw<u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">a</span></u>k<u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">a</span></u>'wakw Nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Nicolson's work first came to prominence in 1998 when she scaled a cliff face near her ancestral village Gwa'yi to paint a 11.5 meter high by 8.5 meter wide pictographic crest symbol that shows the origin story of her people. This was the first petrograph in the region in more than sixty years, and marks the continued vitality of the Dzawad<u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">a</span></u>'enu<u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">x</span></u>w. Operating as a potent expression of land rights and community connections, this work anchors the exhibition <i><u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">A</span></u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">wi'nagwiskasu: Real Land.</span></i><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This exhibition showcases Nicolson's creative scope through paintings, light-installations, and video. Many of the works invite visitors to share the artist's pressing concerns about the waters that surround and course through land, and serve as a gauge for the health of coastal communities. Rivers, inlets, harbours, and tides are points of reference throughout the exhibition. <i><u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">A</span></u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">wi'nagwiskasu: Real Land</span></i> was developed in dialogue with Nanaimo, a harbour city, and hub of resource extraction and distribution on Vancouver Island. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Nicolson will also create a new public artwork on the exterior of Nanaimo Art Gallery that will be revealed at the end of the exhibition.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">To highlight Nicolson's interrelated practices as a linguist, anthropologist, and a visual artist, a new risograph print edition that compiles titles of Nicolson's works from 1998-2016 in both English and Kwak'wala will be produced on the occasion of the exhibition.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Image: Marianne Nicolson, cliff painting in progress, Kingcome Inlet, 1998<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Artist Talk with Marianne Nicolson</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Saturday, April 22, 2:00 PM, Shaw Auditorium, <a href="http://www.viconference.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(25,83,131);text-decoration-line:none">Vancouver Island Conference Centre</span></a>, 101 Gordon St</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Marianne Nicolson (‘Tayagila’ogwa) is an artist of Scottish and Dzawada</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">enux</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">w First Nations descent. The Dzwada</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">enux</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">w People are a member tribe of the Kwakwa</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ka</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">wakw Nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Her training encompasses both traditional Kwakwa</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ka</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">wakw forms and culture and Western European based art practice. She has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (1996), a Masters in Fine Arts (1999), a Masters in Linguistics and Anthropology (2005) and a PhD in Linguistics, Anthropology and Art History (2013) at the University of Victoria. She has exhibited her artwork locally, nationally and internationally as a painter, photographer and installation artist, has written and published numerous essays and articles, and has participated in multiple speaking engagements. Her practice engages with issues of Aboriginal histories and politics arising from a passionate involvement in cultural revitalization and sustainability.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Marianne Nicolson's new out door artwork for Nanaimo will be unveiled in June and is made possible by the <a href="http://communityfoundations.ca/cfc150/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(25,83,131);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration-line:none">Community Fund for Canada’s 150th</span></a>, a collaboration between <a href="http://www.nanaimofoundation.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(25,83,131);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration-line:none">Nanaimo Foundation</span></a>, the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(25,83,131);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration-line:none">Government of Canada</span></a>, and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Explore + Create: Tour, Discussion, and Mixed Media Adventure<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Arlene Deptuck and Yvonne Vander Kooi team up to offer an exploration of ideas around Reconciliation through conversation, reflection and art making. Tour Marianne Nicolson’s exhibition in the Gallery and discuss how her artwork explores intersections of language, culture and the land. Then, in Art Lab, use a mixed media approach to create colourful and imaginative artworks inspired by our personal experiences and informed by our group discussion. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><img src="cid:ii_j1878t3s3_15b49cd4d38db10e" width="454" height="303"><br><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Saturday Studio - Art classes for kids!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Art Lab offers two Saturday Studio sessions tailored to kids ages 5-7 and 8-12. Participants will connect with artists, experiment with materials, learn new techniques, and have fun with art making.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Saturday Studio April 22 - Pictograph Play<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">In anticipation of the upcoming solo exhibition in the gallery of Marianne Nicolson’s work, we will learn about one of her early large scale works. In 1998, she scaled a cliff face near her ancestral village Gwa’yi to paint a huge pictographic crest symbol that shows the origin story of her people. We will learn about the historical and modern uses of pictographs and then, inspired by Marianne’s work, paint our own pictorial symbols on various surfaces to represent our own stories and contemporary culture.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Saturday Studio April 29 - <i><u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">A</span></u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">wi'nagwiskasu: Real Land </span></i><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We will tour the new solo exhibition in the gallery <i><u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">A</span></u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">wi'nagwiskasu: Real Land</span></i> by Marianne Nicolson, a Victoria BC based artist of Scottish and Dzawada</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">'enux</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">̱</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">w First Nations descent. Inspired by her concerns for our waters and marine life, we will illustrate a series of colourful marine life caricatures from starfish to sea crabs on Artist Trading Cards to share and take home!<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Art Camp PD Day <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:11.25pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Our Stories: Our Imagination<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Young artists will enjoy a tour of <i><u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">A</span></u><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">wi'nagwiskasu: Real Land</span></i> by Marianne Nicolson and participate in an exciting day of creative storytelling and shadow puppetry to activate local indigenous stories and inspire stories of our own. Drawing from rich cultural traditions we will design, create and perform our own shadow puppet play! Space is limited! Register early! <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">For more information on any of these programs please call <a href="tel:(250)%20754-1750" value="+12507541750" target="_blank">250.754.1750</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"univers 45 light",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><div><div class="m_2465667411568632438m_741160712046027454gmail-m_-5023560013318270117m_-5618290400196660750gmail-m_-5683225096379651534gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Chris Kuderle<div></div><div>Administrative Director</div><div>Nanaimo Art Gallery</div><div><br></div><div>150 Commercial Street</div><div>Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5G6</div><div><a href="tel:(250)%20754-1750" value="+12507541750" target="_blank">250.754.1750</a></div><div><a href="http://nanaimoartgallery.com" target="_blank">nanaimoartgallery.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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