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Service Announcement<br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
June 12, 2017<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p1"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Ecosploitation: </span></i></strong><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Caetani Centre and Allan Brooks Nature Centre
are pleased to present<br>
<strong><i>Opening Reception and Artist Talk with Vancouver
Artist Eric Button<span></span></i></strong></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Public is Welcome!<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Exhibition & Opening Reception<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Wednesday, June 21, 6-8 pm, Caetani Centre Studio Gallery.
Artist talk: 7pm. <br>
3401 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, BC<br>
Exhibition continues to June 28<br>
Gallery Viewing Hours: Mon – Fri 10am-4pm<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p1"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The most terrifying art exhibit Vernon has ever seen!<span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thrills! Disaster! Nature gone mad!<span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Experience a nightmare of ecologic proportions!<span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">All in glorious 4-colour ballpoint pen!<span></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">For his most recent project in collaboration with the Allan
Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani Cultural Centre, Fresh! AIR art and
environment artist Eric Button has focused on the ecological footprint of human
activity.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">During May and June he has spent his time in Vernon exploring
the area, doing research and creating narrative drawings that depict both the
small and large-scale impacts humans have on our environment.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">The imagery draws on a wide range of influences ranging from the
idyllic nature paintings of Allan Brooks and Robert Bateman, to the extravagant
film posters of exploitation cinema. All the drawings were meticulously drawn
with a ballpoint pen, a tool that was chosen for its ubiquity and association
with everyday human affairs.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Eric hopes that by commenting on the danger posed by climate
change and other human caused ecological impacts that he will draw attention to
the inability of people and governments to take these issues seriously.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Eric Button is
an emerging artist living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds
a BFA with a major in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Nature and Canadian culture are common themes in his work, which he explores
with a sense of humour and a touch of cynicism.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">About the FreshAIR Residency<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">The Caetani Cultural Centre (C3) partners with the Allan Brooks
Nature Centre (ANBC) for the Artist-in-Residence program entitled <b><i>Fresh!AiR,</i></b>
a themed program which centres on nature, culture, science,
environment, conservation and social issues. The ABNC collaboration is
intended to serve as a catalyst in broadening and enriching community awareness
and the understanding of art and sustainable biodiversity.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">This residency includes an eight week stay at the Caetani
Cultural Centre and studio space at the Allan Brooks Nature Centre. <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Major Allan Brooks was a distinguished bird artist with
significant contributions made through his art to the field of Ornithology.
Community organizations such as Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani
Cultural Centre offer opportunities for the Artists to base themselves in the
Okanagan Valley while focusing on their work and contributing to workshops,
presentations and/or exhibitions locally.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">For more
information please call the AIR Coordinator Carmen Thompson, Caetani Centre
250-275-1525 <a href="http://www.caetani.org">www.caetani.org</a>.<span></span></span></p>
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<div>Photo: Janice Buick and Eric Button at the ABNC</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Carmen Thompson<div>AIR and Program Coordinator</div></div></div>
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