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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:24px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Hanss Lujan</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:18px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">April 7th to May 20th</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Opening Reception Pancake Breakfast:</b> Saturday, April 7th 11:30am to 1pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Curator Talk:</b> Sunday, April 15th @2pm<b> </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>“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”</i></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;">This exhibition invites artists to respond to the environmental changes happening throughout the Okanagan Valley. The past year in the Okanagan brought major flooding throughout the spring resulting in personal property damage and had us thinking about climate change and our relationship to nature. That conversation took on more urgency in the summer months with the lack of rain, forest fires, lost homes and day after day of smoke-filled skies. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This exhibition explores current ecological crises and presents a platform for a discussion on the Anthropocene—the current ecological epoch that represents humanity’s dominant influence on the planet.</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;">Guest curator Hanss Lujan is a Peruvian artist, writer and emerging curator living in the Okanagan. He has worked on a variety of exhibitions and projects for galleries in Kelowna including the Kelowna Art Gallery and the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art. His project research themes include place and cultural identity, globalization, and socially engaged practices.</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>Upcoming Events:</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Saturday April 7th:</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>11am:</b> Unveiling of <i>Ponderosa Sphere</i> by David Jacob Harder, adjacent to GESS, 10241 Bottom Wood Lake Rd.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Join the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in partnership with the Lake Country Public Art Commission on Saturday April 7 at 11am for the unveiling of a new temporary public art sculpture, <i>Ponderosa Sphere</i>, by BC artist David Jacob Harder.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 16.6px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ponderosa Sphere, a 10’ orb constructed of metal and ponderosa wood and bark, lets visitors examine the structural poetry of the organic and inorganic. Inspired by the common use of natural materials for advancements in technology and engineering, Harder anchors this exploration to his own observed changes in the Thompson Okanagan landscape over time, and prompts us to consider how the built environment continues to impact the natural life cycle of the natural world around us.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 16.6px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>11:30 am to 1pm:</b> Pancake Breakfast and opening reception of <i>Restless Earth</i> at the LC Art Gallery</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 16.6px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>1pm:</b> LC Art Gallery’s AGM</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 16.6px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><b>Sunday April 15th:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> Curator’s Talk for <i>Restless Earth</i> at 2pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 16.6px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><b>Summer Monster Camp: </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Register now for Summer Monster Camp, July 9th-13th at the LC Art House. Details on the gallery website.</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>Media Contact</b>: Wanda Lock - curator tel: 250 864 5597 or 250 766 4873</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">email: <a href="mailto:wandalock@shaw.ca"><span style="line-height:normal">wandalock@shaw.ca</span></a></span></p><div><br></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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