<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1128" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290">Please join us at the next Lower Mainland Museum Educators meeting</font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1128" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1128" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1130" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1129">LMME Meeting</font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1127" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1126" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1125">Tuesday, September 24 3:00 p.m. </font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1124" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1123"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1122" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACT Arts Centre, </span><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ACT Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, 11944 Haney Place. </span><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Please report to Ticket Centre on arrival. </span></font></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1106" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1121"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1120" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Location: </span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://theactmapleridge.org/" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" data-rapid_p="1" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1132" style="color: rgb(50, 79, 225); text-decoration: none;">https://theactmapleridge.org/</a><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1105"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.spacecentre.ca/location" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" data-rapid_p="2" style="color: rgb(50, 79, 225); text-decoration: none;"><br class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"></a><font class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1119"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1118" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Parking: </span></font><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1104" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Underground parking under the building which is free for 1hour and then c. $1.50 for up to 3 hours. There is also free street parking close by. </span></font></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1133" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"><br class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"></font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THEME: </span><b class="ygrps-yiv-866197290">Creating and delivering a Métis school program – from the artist’s perspective </b></font></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1135" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1134">Lisa Shepherd, a Métis artist, will speak about creating and delivering a school program for K- Grade 12s inspired by her current exhibition at The ACT Art Gallery, FORGET-ME-NOT, MÉTIS ROSE: THE FAR WEST. Shepherd will offer advice about working with indigenous artists and how to create a culturally sensitive, curriculum focused program.</font></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1138" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1137"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1136">Shepherd will present this talk in the exhibition, providing some background information on her work which is a collaboration with painter Kristi Bridgeman. Naomi Evans, who worked with Shepherd on this program and manages the Learning Programs at The ACT, will also be on hand to answer any questions.</font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1139" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"><br class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"></font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1142" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1141"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1140">BIO: Born and raised in Alberta, Lisa Shepherd migrated west to British Columbia, where she now lives and creates one of a kind, award winning Métis garments and fine art works. The designer is best known for her one-of beaded garments that pay tribute to her Métis roots. Shepherd’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Royal Alberta Museum, Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives, Gabriel Dumont Museum and Archives, the National Music Centre and in private collections.</font></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RSVP</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-family: Arial;">Naomi Evans - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:naomie@mract.org" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" data-rapid_p="3" style="color: rgb(50, 79, 225); text-decoration: none;">naomie@mract.org</a></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="font-family: Arial;"><br class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"></span></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290"><b class="ygrps-yiv-866197290">Save the Date:</b></font></div><div class="ygrps-yiv-866197290" id="yui_3_15_0_2_1567831045011_1150" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif, Roboto; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><font face="Arial" class="ygrps-yiv-866197290">The next LMME meeting - November 20, 3 pm - Vancouver Maritime Museum</font></div></body></html>