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<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What: Exhibition Opening Reception
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">When: Thursday, May 23, 2019 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Gallery Features Four New Exhibitions</span></b></p>
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"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin">The Board of Directors and Executive Director, Dauna Kennedy, invite you and a guest to the opening
reception of <i>Emergence</i> by the UBCO BFA Graduates, <i>Before the Sun Goes Down</i> by Todd Schulz,
<i>I Learned I Wasn’t Seeing Clearly</i> by Gary Dewhurst, and <i>Through Our Eyes…</i> by Teen Junction at the Vernon Public Art Gallery, on the evening of May 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2019.</span></p>
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</span>It is always exciting to see the diverse mix of mediums and creativity that come from these emerging artists each year.” -Dauna Kennedy, VPAG Executive Director
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<i>Emergence</i>, featured in the Topham Brown Memorial Gallery from May 23 – July 13, features works of eight artists who have completed their studies at UBC Okanagan’s BFA program in 2019. This exhibition exemplifies various approaches to research and studio
practice and asserts an active hands-on attitude while creating their work. This exhibition also includes video and photography asserting the presence of digital technologies that are used in the contemporary means of artistic production.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<i>Before the Sun Goes Down</i>, featured in the Caroline Galbraith Gallery from May 23 – July 13, features
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Open Sans";background:white">paintings executed in hard edge geometric abstraction. Schulz’s art
practice is aligned with the movements known as Post-Painterly Abstraction and Non-Objective painting which emphasize visual structures devoid of signs of brush marks and a narrative. “Before the Sun Goes Down” alludes to the period at which the sun crosses
the horizon. Often regarded as a magical time of day, it’s when colour and light appear to be most luminous and vibrant.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<i>I Learned I Wasn’t Seeing Clearly, </i>featured in the Up Front Gallery from May 23 – July 13, features
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address the topics of phenomenology of light and human perception of space. </span>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<i>Through Our Eyes…</i>, featured in our Community Gallery from May 23 – June 20, is
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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Youth Centre in partnership with the Vernon Public Art Gallery. The Vernon Public Art Gallery strives to connect the art and the community and supports emerging artists working outside of mainstream of artistic production. The focus of the exhibition is to
give voice to youth and make statements about their lives and experiences in Vernon. We all have a unique voice and presence in our community and <em><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:
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Our Eyes…</span></em> is an affirmation of the importance of recognition, representation, collaboration and the arts.</span></p>
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