<div dir="ltr">Hello <div>Please see the following (attached) PSA for the upcoming one day only Pandemic Exhibition with BC artist Melissa Dinwoodie at the Caetani Centre in Vernon.<div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Public Service
Announcement<br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">ONE DAY ONLY! </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Pandemic Series Exhibition: Melissa Dinwoodie</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Saturday, July 18<sup>th</sup>, 2020 </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Social Distanced Viewing 12 - 9pm</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Artist Reception 6 –
9 pm</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Caetani Cultural
Centre Studio Gallery and Courtyard</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3401 Pleasant Valley
Road, Vernon, BC 250-275-1525</span></b></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:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Melissa Dinwoodie’s <i>‘Pandemic’</i> series is comprised of 60 powerful
musings which are daily reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic. </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"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)">Says artist Dinwoodie, “This series, aptly
named ‘Pandemic’, started exactly 10 days after I was laid off, from my ‘day
job’, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I think I took the first 10 days to be in
denial over what was happening and disbelief that it could actually happen.
After the new reality was settling into my mind, I decided that I was going to
use this time that I had been ‘given’ to paint full time. I publicly declared,
through social media, that I would paint one piece a day, every day, until all
this was over. Knowing now, that in some ways, it will never be over, I had to
come up with a different ‘end’ date, as I had no intention on creating a
never-ending series. I went back to work on May 22, which was #56 in the
series, so I decided that #60 would be a nice number to end on. I am so
grateful for the desire and need to create, (although some days were harder
than others), but this series carried me through a time that would’ve been difficult
without it</span></em><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)">.”</span></i></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">About the Artist</span></strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"></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:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Originally from Vernon, BC, Melissa Dinwoodie is a visual artist
currently living in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. She is a past artist in
residence at the Caetani Centre. She specializes in acrylic and mixed media painting
and illustration. Her practice focuses on figurative and portrait art,
fascinated with the possible connection between the viewer and subject matter.</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:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Always experimenting with different materials and surfaces,
Melissa believes that art can be the communication between people that
encourages conversations, relationships, education and growth. The art
process is her survival guide and the way she connects.</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:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">To view more work & connect:</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="color:black"><a href="http://www.melissadinwoodie.com/" style="color:blue"><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,170,221)">melissadinwoodie.com</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;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"><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)">@melissadinwoodieart</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The exhibition will take
place in the Caetani Studio Gallery and Courtyard, located onsite at the
Caetani Centre, 3401 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, BC, and will run for one day
only July 18 from 12 noon – 9 pm. The event is free of charge, and the public
is welcome.</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"><b><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">When visiting, please wear a mask and remember
that social distancing measures are in effect. There will be sanitization
stations available.<strong></strong></span></i></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.95pt 0cm 6pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">For more information please visit our website </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.caetani.org">https://www.caetani.org</a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.45pt 0cm 6pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Or contact the Caetani Centre at 250-275-1525</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.9pt 45.75pt 6pt 0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Photos attached </div><div dir="ltr">Thank you!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Susan Brandoli, <font size="1">BA, BFA, MFA</font><div>Executive Director</div><div>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org" target="_blank">www.caetani.org</a></div><div>250-275-1525</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I respectfully acknowledge that my work place is within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>