<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">October
4, 2018</span></p>
<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-Body" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;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;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
For immediate release:</span></p>
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<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-Body" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;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;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Fall
into your Creative Space!<br>
Limited room still available in Fall visual art and writing programs</span></p>
<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-Body" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;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;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">The Caetani Centre is pleased to be expanding community
programming!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Intuitive Abstracts &
Compositional Strategies </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">One Day Workshop with Kara Barkved </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Saturday October
13, 10am – 3pm.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-p1" style="margin-bottom:0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Kara
Barkved is a Vernon British Columbia based international selling artist, born in
Montreal but has lived in BC since 1969. Kara has a BFA (1983) and an MA
(1991),from the University of Victoria. She has studied art, art therapy and
psychology, and has been involved in the arts and visual arts all of her life.
Kara is a versatile artist working in different mediums, including but not
limited to acrylic, oil/cold wax mixed media and watercolour and whose main
interest is in Intuitive Abstract Art. Her paintings evolve out of spontaneous
marks that mingle with her imagination and the influence from the world around
her, especially nature, with flowing line and organic shapes.</span></p>
<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-p1" style="margin-bottom:0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Kara
teaches locally and her current work is available in local galleries, Vernon
Public Art Gallery, Nadine’s Fine Arts and online at Saatchi, Instagram
@karabarkved and her website, <span class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.kara-barkved.strikingly.com/" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">www.kara-barkved.strikingly.com</span></a></span></span>.
Each year she contributes a painting to both Splash of Red and Midsummer Eve of
the Arts. She has taught classes to private individuals as well as groups
locally at Leap and Opus.</span></p>
<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-p1" style="margin-bottom:0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“I love
to paint. I love line. I love colour. I love abstract art. I love the fact the
the world is not as it seems, that invisible things at work define our world
and move throughout our universe. I am inspired by nature and by my garden,
from which imagery seeps into my work abstractly and intuitively and through
spontaneous marks come into the 2 dimensional world and onto my canvas.”
Kara Barkved</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Creative Un-Blocking Workshop with
Janelle Hardy<br></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">2 classes</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal"> on <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Friday mornings, October 12 & 19</span></strong>, <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">10am-12pm</span></strong></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">One day DIY Marketing for Creatives
with Janelle Hardy<br>
</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">One 3 hour workshop +
googledocs resources spreadsheet<br>
Thursday evening</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">, <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">October 11th, 6 –
9pm. </span></strong></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-Body" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;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;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">New to the Centre this
fall is instructor Janelle Hardy, who is offering a series of writing classes
and workshops for aspiring writers. Hardy has an interest in the benefits of
writing circles and offers classes in transformational memoir-writing process
that incorporates mythology, embodiment exercises, and creative writing. She
will also lead a series of shorter workshops in creative unblocking techniques
and do-it-yourself marketing. A veteran blog and podcaster, Janelle brings a
creative background with a master’s degree and a background in health and
wellness. Creative blocks begone!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">PROSE with John Lent</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong>OCTOBER 16 to DECEMBER 4</strong><br>
<strong>Tuesday Evenings, 6:00 to
9:00pm, Caetani Library</strong></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Popular instructor John Lent presents two
Master Classes in Prose and Poetry at the Caetani Cultural Centre! Masterclasses
are 8 weeks in duration, with one three hour session per week <em>plus additional one-on-one time</em> with
noted author John Lent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">For more established writers, published author and well-known
instructor, John Lent, recently retired from Okanagan College, is offering two
Master classes in both prose and poetry. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Classes
will be a mixture of discussions about contemporary composition in prose,
demonstrations concerning both writing and editing and finding the right shapes
for fiction or memoir or non-fiction, and critiquing sessions that will focus
on class members’ work.<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">These inspiring, challenging and thought-provoking classes are
for more established writers who already have a manuscript in progress, and
will include one-on-one sessions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“Because
I am helplessly addicted to reading contemporary literature, my hope is that
every member of this class will be refining skills that are current,
professional and aimed at seeking an audience,” said John Lent.</span></em><span class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-apple-converted-space"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“This
is the ideal class for writers who are working away on their own and could use
the support of a focused and professional community of writers, especially if they
are in the middle of a manuscript. I am just re-engaging on the writing of a
large novel myself called, tentatively,</span></em><span class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-apple-converted-space"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i></span><strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Kitchen Sessions</span></i></strong><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, and
because of that, teaching this class will be timely for me as it will force me
to articulate the kinds of compositions I am re-engaging in.</span></em><span class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">”<br>
<br>
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For more information or to register for
classes or workshops on-line, please visit the Caetani Centre website <span class="m_3201137719195248111gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.caetani.org/" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">www.caetani.org</span></a></span></span>,
or call the Caetani office 250-275-1525.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- 30 -</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_3201137719195248111gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Thank you!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Susan Brandoli<div>Executive Director</div><div>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org" target="_blank">www.caetani.org</a></div><div>250-275-1525</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I respectfully acknowledge that my work place is within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>