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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%">The White Rock Museum & Archives presents:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Trajan Pro",serif">Regarding White Rock:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%">
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"High Tower Text",serif">art of a community</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Antic">the beauty of everyday things<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><span lang="EN-US">February 4, 2021 – White Rock, BC:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> The White Rock Museum & Archives is proud to present the first exhibits of the 2021 season,
<i>Regarding White Rock: art of a community</i> and <i>the<b> </b>beauty of everyday things</i> featuring the collections of the White Rock Museum & Archives.
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<u>February 9 – May 25, 2021</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</i>draws on works from the museum’s art collection that feature White Rock as their subject matter. The exhibit invites the viewer to appreciate the natural and built beauty of this community and to recognize the ways that this location has provided inspiration
to generations of artists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><i>the beauty of everyday things</i></b> highlights simple everyday items from the museum’s collection that the curator chose because of the quality of their design. Whether the item is a
shoehorn or a toaster, the exhibit invites the viewer to notice and appreciate the design elements of the objects.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“After coming through the difficult year that was 2020, I wanted the first exhibits of our 2021 season to be a celebration of beauty and a way to recognize the value of the community in which we live.” – Charlene Garvey, Curator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">Staff and leadership at the museum are committed to reaching out to and engaging the White Rock community. Our mission is to preserve our community’s heritage, reveal our community’s story, share
stories worth telling, and welcome everyone. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-US">The White Rock Museum & Archives is located at 14970 Marine Drive in the historic 1912 train station on the waterfront. For more information, please visit www.whiterockmuseum.ca
or call 604-541-2221.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Media Inquiries</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US">
<u>Content Inquiries<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-US">Melissa Borgerson | Marketing Coordinator Charlene Garvey
<a name="_Hlk56588529">|</a> Curator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-US">604-541-2222 604-541-2230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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