<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2020</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Join us on Saturday, January 25th from 1 to 3pm and celebrate the Lake Country Art Gallery’s 10 Year Anniversary and the opening of, <i>A Winter Gathering.</i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">There will be cake!</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>A Winter Gathering:</i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(46,42,38)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Oyama Elementary’s grade 3 class along with educator/artist Pippa Dean-Veerman and artist Alison Beamount set the stage for the LC Art Gallery’s first exhibition of 2020, <i>A Winter Gathering. </i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(46,42,38)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Starting on Saturday January 11th, the community is invited to stop by the galley and add their mark to the gallery walls. Whether drawing directly on the gallery walls or bringing a piece from home to add to the collection, everyone is invited to participate.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(46,42,38)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">New work, old work, collaborative work, any kind of art work, any size, 2D, 3D, will be accepted.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Media Contact:</b> Wanda Lock - curator tel: 250 864 5597 or 250 766 4873</span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font size="4"><a href="http://www.lakecountryartgallery.ca" target="_blank">www.lakecountryartgallery.ca</a></font><br><br><font size="4">WINTER Open Hours:</font><br><font size="4">10am-4pm Tuesday to Saturday</font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:x-small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">*except for exhibition change-overs (see website for dates)</i><br></div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:x-small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></i></div><div><i style="font-size:x-small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">closed on Monday & Sunday</i></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>10356A Bottom Wood Lake Rd<br>Lake Country, British Columbia<br>V4V 1T9<br><br>(250) 766 -1299<br><a href="mailto:lakecountryartgallery@shaw.ca" target="_blank">lakecountryartgallery@shaw.ca</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>