<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;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">August 13, 2019</span></p><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;font-family:Calibri,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"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,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:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Taking ownership of our synthetic
waste through art </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A pop-up art exhibit at Vernon’s Caetani Centre by UBCO BFA
graduate Carmen Winther</span></i><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></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:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The materials are elegantly arranged, so precisely
placed next to and on top of one another that it looks, at first, like I’ve
stepped into an off-kilter interior design display. Lush and contemplative.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Yet, on a closer approach, the materials reveal
themselves as foam, folded and draped. Mattress. Pipe. String. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I
work with synthetic waste materials to reinstill value into objects that would
otherwise contribute to pollution,”</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">shares local artist Carmen Winther, the Caetani Centre’s second </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">UBCO Faculty
of Creative and Critical Studies (FCSS)/Caetani Artist-in-Residence</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,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 style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winther
is a sculpture and installation artist residing in Coldstream, British
Columbia. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I
create art that encourages spectators to take pleasure in and ownership over
the means of production and our synthetic waste.”</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winther
first studied industrial design at the Ontario College of Art and Design
University before transferring to a BFA program with a focus in sculpture at
UBC Okanagan. Industrial design instilled in her a desire to produce functional
and usable objects, which has greatly influenced her sculptural production. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“My
exhibit, Prototypes For No Place, is a collection of experiments featuring
discarded materials I’ve gathered and manipulated into speculative objects,” </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">describes
Winther.<i> </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This
local artist graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of British
Columbia, Okanagan in 2019. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I’m
interested in </span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">anti-capitalist
theories and sustainability and I produce work that promotes
self-sustainability and self-governance.”</span></i></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:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Come meet Carmen
and experience her show </span><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prototypes for No Place</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">during the opening reception on </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday, August 28th, 7pm - 9pm, as well as during
gallery hours on Thursday August 29<sup>th</sup> from 11am-4pm in the Caetani
Cultural Centre Studio Gallery.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This new
partnership between UBC Okanagan and Vernon’s Caetani Cultural Centre is
helping make artistic dreams come true for UBCO student-artists.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To have a
residency funded by the new UBCO/Caetani partnership removes the barriers of
the very-real financial challenges a number of artists face working full-time
on their art career, explains Bryce Traister, dean of UBCO’s Faculty of Creative
and Critical Studies (FCCS).</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:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Caetani Centre’s
Artist-in-Residence programs are available to artists working on creative
projects anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months in length. </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:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The artist stays and creates 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:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">For more information
please visit our website <a href="http://www.caetani.org">www.caetani.org</a> or contact the Caetani Centre at
250-275-1525.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,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;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="m_-7041046623625220935m_4561106935927592206gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.95pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
</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;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">- <span style="top: -0.5pt;">30 –</span></span></p>
<p class="m_-7041046623625220935m_4561106935927592206gmail-MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin:0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7041046623625220935m_4561106935927592206gmail_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>