<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;color:black">May
08, 2019</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Public Service Announcement</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">FOR 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"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Get ready to be delighted by visiting Albertan artist
(and pilot) Amy Sallenbach’s giant mobile assemblage art + plus works-in-progress
by visiting artists Sophie Boggis-Rolfe of England and Alberto Castillo from
California.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 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="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">It’s all happening at a pop-up art show and reception
at the Caetani Cultural Centre’s Studio Gallery. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></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 style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Innate Worlds</span></b></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, May 10th, 7pm -
9pm.<br>
<strong>Gallery hours: </strong>Friday,
May 10th, 7-9pm, Saturday, May 11th, 11am-4pm in the Caetani Cultural Centre
Studio Gallery<br>
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</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;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">Amy Sallenbach</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">is a multi-disciplinary artist
and pilot who has purposefully left the constraints of gravity behind, one way
or another.</span></em><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Raised in Southern Alberta, she graduated
with from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2001, narrowly escaping
attending her own final graduating jury critique by going in to labor
immediately after installing it. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“I earned the honorable distinction of 2nd
best excuse to get out of your final critique. 1st place went to contracting
flesh eating disease in case you’re wondering.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Alberto Castillo</span></b></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> is<i> </i></span></span><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">a Californian artist and illustrator who's been enjoying the lilacs and
magnolias here at the Caetani Centre, while creating intricate illustrated
worlds.</span></em></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"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“</span></span><span 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">I work intensely on my art with a steadfast passion. I love
collaborating with the community and am invested in seeing other's visions
come to life. Working with people is my joy and collective growth is my
philosophy.” </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></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">Finally,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> Sophie </span></strong><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Boggs-Rolfe</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> is a
British artist with exceptionally, astonishingly precise skills, and will be
sharing some astonishing work created from foam board, nails and black yarn.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">About the Artist-in-Residence programs:</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Caetani Centre’s 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>
<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">For more information please visit our
website <u><a href="https://www.caetani.org">https://www.caetani.org</a></u></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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contact the Caetani Centre at 250-275-1525.</span></p>
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<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;color:black"> </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_4651571781939631708gmail_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>