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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>News Release<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>5 January 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#17B7B4'>The Maritime Museum of BC Announces <i>Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community </i>Exhibit and Postcard Art Contest<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>The Maritime Museum of BC is preparing for a new exhibit called “Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community”. This exhibit will be open to the public 17 May 2022 and run for the duration of the summer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Queer, trans, and two-spirit communities have long been a part of BC’s maritime history and culture. It is the goal of this exhibit to showcase those histories and culture, celebrate the roles and contributions queer, trans, and two-spirit people have made to BC’s maritime sectors, and to acknowledge work that remains to eliminate discrimination against the 2SLGBTQ+ community in the marine sectors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>The Museum also announced a Postcard Art Contest in anticipation of this exhibit opening. Three postcards will be printed that reflect the themes of the exhibit. These postcards will be part of an interactive display alongside stories from queer, trans, and two-spirit communities, and will be sold in the Museum gift shop. The Postcard Art Contest is open to all; three $150 prizes will be awarded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><img width=623 height=231 style='width:6.4895in;height:2.4062in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D802DD.ACD61990"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>New exhibit planned by the Maritime Museum of BC.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Image courtesy of the Maritime Museum of BC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Abel;color:#17B7B4'>What Is the Museum Looking For?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>“It is important for queer, trans, and two-spirit communities to speak for themselves and share their own stories,” said Brittany Vis, Executive Director of the Maritime Museum of BC, “we are seeking input from queer, trans, and two-spirit individuals who are willing to voluntarily share their stories for use in the exhibit.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>In keeping with the theme and the mandate of the Museum, stories are requested from 2SLGBTQ+ people who are connected to BC’s maritime history/culture/industries. This can include anything from working in the BC maritime field as a queer, trans, or two-spirit person, to being a queer, trans, or two-spirit member of a BC maritime-based community/culture, to partaking in maritime recreational activities as a queer, trans, or two-spirit person.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Stories can be shared in any of the following ways, at the discretion of those sharing them:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>A written story that will be presented as text<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Oral interview that will be presented as text<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Video interview that will be presented on digital screens with audio<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Photograph-based stories with added captions to contextualize them as needed<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Object-based stories with personal objects (tools, uniforms, etc.) loaned to the Museum for the exhibit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Short quotes that speak to your experience<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNoSpacing style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Any combination of the above<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Abel;color:#17B7B4'>How to Share Your Story<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>You can share your story in one of two ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>1. Complete an online form on the Museum’s website. Please note that you can remain anonymous and provide as little or as much information as you would like.<br> a. </span><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><a href="https://queeratsea.ca/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>https://queeratsea.ca/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>2. Contact Maritime Museum of BC staff. Please be in touch with Brittany Vis, Executive Director, to discuss this further. You can email or call her at the information below.<br> a. </span><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:bvis@mmbc.bc.ca"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>bvis@mmbc.bc.ca</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><br> b. 250-385-4222 ext. 106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Deadline for sharing your story: <b>March 4, 2022<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Deadline for expressing intent of loaning personal objects or photographs: <b>March 4, 2022<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Abel;color:#17B7B4'>Postcard Art Contest</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Abel'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Submitted artwork must be original, printable on a postcard, digitally submitted, and relevant to the Museum’s Mission and <i>Queer at </i>Sea exhibit purpose. Artwork will be selected by a committee, and three winning designs will be licensed for use on postcards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Themes and design should interpret, reflect, or resonate with 2SLGBTQ+ BC maritime experiences and/or community. Artists must be residing in Canada. There is no age restriction, but minors must have a guardian sign for them. Full submissions details and entry form are found on our website at <u><a href="http://www.queeratsea.ca/">http://www.queeratsea.ca/</a></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Please email completed submission form with attached artwork to Anya Baker, Events and Development Coordinator, at </span><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:abaker@mmbc.bc.ca"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>abaker@mmbc.bc.ca</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Deadline for entering Postcard Art Contest: <b>11:59 PM</b> on <b>February 11, 2022</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>-- 30 –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>For further information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Brittany Vis, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Maritime Museum of BC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>250-385-4222 ext. 106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:bvis@mmbc.bc.ca"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>bvis@mmbc.bc.ca</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>