<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2018 </b></span><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal"><b>Lake Country</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:28px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Sign of the Times: the Art of Protest</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:23px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">LC Art Gallery Members’ Exhibition</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:24px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">August 30th to September 30</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;"><b>Opening Reception: </b>Thursday, August 30th, 6-8pm</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">‘How can you be an artist and not reflect the times’ …Nina Simone </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;">Members of the LC Art Gallery come together in the </span>upcoming exhibition, Sign of the Times: the Art of Protest to make statements about the current local or global political climate.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Throughout history, artists have been and continue to be, in the forefront by making statements and rallying for </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;">Think…Picasso’s Guernica, Joseph Beuys, the Guerrilla Girls, Banksy, Pussy Riot and Ai Weiwei, just to name but a few.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">In addition to the exhibition in the gallery, there will be a display of Protest Signs on the front lawn of the gallery during the ArtWalk weekend, September 8th and 9th.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Upcoming Events:</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Sign of the Times: the Art of Protest: </b>August 30th to September 30th</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Opening Receptions:</b> Thursday, August 30th, 6-8pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Protest Signs Display:</b> Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th, in front of LC Art Gallery</span></p>
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<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 dir="ltr" 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></div>