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<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sharing updates on Coquitlam’s 2<sup>nd</sup> Cultural Summit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Get inspired and connect with local arts leaders and creative thinkers from Coquitlam and the Lower Mainland at the 2019 Coquitlam Cultural
Summit. Summit details and an event program will be available for viewing and download at
<a href="http://www.coquitlam.ca/culturalsummit" target="_blank">www.coquitlam.ca/culturalsummit</a>.
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<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Now in its second year, the 2019 Summit launches with an exciting new Arts Night Social on Friday, Nov. 8, 7 – 9 p.m. at Place des Arts.
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<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Showcasing dynamic live performances, artist dialogue and delicious food, the Arts Night Social will open up conversation and stimulate
ideas before the full-day Summit on Saturday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Evergreen Cultural Centre. The Summit will include two keynote addresses, roundtable talks and immersive live arts experiences designed to explore current trends, ideas and themes in
the arts, culture and heritage sectors. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Keynote Speakers Highlights</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brenda Leadlay</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> //<b>
</b>Executive Director for BC Alliance for Arts + Culture<br>
<i>Brenda's keynote address will explore the importance of creativity, wellness and the arts, including the potential positive impacts creativity can have for the arts, our health and well-being, and society as a whole.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kim Senklip Harvey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> // Proud Syilx, Tshilqot'in, Ktunaxa and Dakelh Nations
womxn and Fire Creator (director/playwright/actor/community member)<br>
<i>Through storytelling, Kim will explore themes of indigenous engagement, benefits of knowledge sharing, the new relationships needed between indigenous and settler peoples, and how we can use arts, culture and heritage to evolve our relationships.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Roundtable speaker highlights include:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <b>Kevin Huang</b> // Executive Director of the hua foundation
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kevin will share his personal story of reconnecting to his cultural heritage though community-building work in Vancouver's Chinatown.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <b>Marie Lopes</b> // Arts, Culture & Engagement Coordinator for the Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation
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<i>Marie will discuss the Vancouver Park Board Fieldhouse Studio Project, which transformed more than 20 former caretaker cottages into studio spaces for community-engaged artists.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jessi Fowlis</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> // Youth Engagement and Marketing Assistance for Evergreen Cultural Centre <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jessi's talk will explore diversity, accessibility and modern community building in the arts. She'll discuss the powerful act of presenting and welcoming 'otherness' and the importance of providing open and
inclusive spaces.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-926913914096739478msonospacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets for the event are $25 per person and include admission to both the Arts Night Social and the Cultural Summit, refreshments on both days, as well as lunch
during the Summit. Tickets are available via a direct link at <a href="http://www.coquitlam.ca/culturalsummit" target="_blank">
www.coquitlam.ca/culturalsummit</a>. Tickets will be available for purchase until Nov. 7 at 5 p.m.
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">| Cultural and Community Events Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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