<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.95pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">January 7, 2019</span></p>
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Service Announcement</span></b></p>
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tomie Seo, a visual artist from Japan, is
presenting a pop-up art show and reception at the Caetani Cultural Centre’s
Studio Gallery. </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As part of
her exhibition, she’s inviting people to come and take part in her free
Community Utopian Drawing Project, which is </span><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">an
invitation to enjoy drawing and using art as a communication tool, to express
feelings and identities.</span></em><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bring a sense of playful fun, curiosity and a friend or
two!</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Exhibition Opening
Reception: </span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Friday, January 18<sup>th</sup>, 7pm - 9pm.<br>
<strong>Community Utopian Drawing
Project:</strong><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>Friday,
January 18th, during the opening reception (7-9pm)</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Gallery hours: </span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Friday, January 18th, 7-9pm, Saturday January 19th, 11am-4pm in
the Caetani Cultural Centre Studio Gallery</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Tomie Seo</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">’s </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">work depicts the hidden political and social
structures of the world by focusing on racism, gender and identity - those who
are repressed and victimized.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">She believes that
the phenomena of this world is intertwined and related - like light and shadow,
cause and effect - and often juxtaposes opposite images through photo-realistic
drawing, painting, video and sculpture with electronics to create interactive
installations which represent a diorama or map of a whole structure or system.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">She
obtained a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in
Painting from the Royal College of Art.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Self-Directed Artist-in-Residence program is available to
artists working on creative projects anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months in
length. The program is intended to serve as a conduit between regional and
national artistic cultures by welcoming artists of any genre from across Canada
to the North Okanagan to live, create and commune. The artist stays at the
Caetani Cultural Centre and is invited to share workshops, readings and
exhibitions with the North Okanagan community. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information please visit our website </span><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://www.caetani.org">https://www.caetani.org</a></span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Or contact the Caetani Centre at
250-275-1525.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin:0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">- <span style="top: -0.5pt;">30 -</span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin:0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="top: -0.5pt;"><br></span></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_723992676645580121m_884954963487502369gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Janelle Hardy<div>Artist in Residence Program Coordinator<br>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org/creative-residencies" target="_blank">www.caetani.org/creative-residencies</a></div><div>250 275-1525<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>