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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b>Saturday, June 17th, 2017 at 2 pm to 4 pm </b>at the BC Farm Museum, 9131 King Street, Fort Langley, BC.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>You are invited to attend</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> the "Grand Unveiling" of our newly painted murals and the "Ribbon Cutting" to open our renovated workshops! By attending, you will be one of the first to see these outstanding hand painted murals created by seven of BC's most talented artists.<br>Stay for refreshments, meet the artists and tour the workshops as well as the whole BC Farm Museum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br> <br>These murals depict how early pioneer life and agriculture in general has progressed since the early 1800's. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Kwantlen First Nation’s artist Phyllis Atkins painted the mural on the Queen Street wall, it depicts the relationship the Kwantlen people had with the Fraser River, the salmon and the people of the HBC FORT. Inside the museum you will find a timeline, in art, of the agricultural heritage of British Columbia painted by Toni Williams and Judy Jordison. A collection of seven individual murals along the mezzanine rails, painted by Vivian Harder and Darlene Maher MacDonald, showcase early agricultural scenes. Going outside to King Street see a mural featuring women’s contribution to pioneer life by Vivian Harder. The last six panels we will unveil depict local agricultural scenes, the work of local Fort Langley artists Alan Wylie and Janice Robertson. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The renovated workshops provide a safer and healthier place for volunteers to work while restoring the heritage artifacts donated to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>This project was made possible through matched funding from the Federal Government's Canada 150 Infrastructure Program as well as support from The Province of BC, Township of Langley, the Langley Heritage Society, Allan & Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation and Farm & Ranch Realty.<br><br>We hope you will attend on June 17th at 2 pm.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Contact information: Syd Pickerell P. Ag. (Ret.) <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> BC Farm Museum, Mural Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="mailto:spickerell@shaw.ca"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>spickerell@shaw.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> 604 530 5503<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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