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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Announced at the May 30, 2023, Annual Members Meeting of the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO) national conference
in Winnipeg, MB, Kamloops Art Gallery Executive Director Margaret Chrumka was nominated to join the CAMDO Board of Directors by acclamation starting immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Chrumka has been an active member of CAMDO since 2016. The purpose of CAMDO is to serve as a convener and catalyst for public art
museum and gallery directors in Canada. The membership includes university and public galleries/art museums with CEOs from the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Winnipeg Art Gallery-</span><span lang="EN-CA">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Qaumajuq, Vancouver Art Gallery, and many others participating. CAMDO’s mission is to strengthen the ability of Canadian gallery directors to champion
art and its significance in society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">“I am deeply honoured to have been nominated to this national board. It represents a recognition of the impactful work taken on by
the Kamloops Art Gallery and our expertise and commitment to sharing the important role that art and artists play in society,” says Chrumka. “I look forward to working with my colleagues on the CAMDO board to continue to facilitate and strengthen the understanding
and transformative experiences that encounters with art offer.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Members of the 2023/2024 board are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Jean-François Bélisle, Musée d’art de Joliette – President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Alexandra Badzak, Ottaway Art Gallery – Past President
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Cheryl Sim, PHI Foundation, Montréal – Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Catherine Crowston, Art Gallery of Alberta – Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Nancy Noble, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria – Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Barbara Fischer, Art Museum, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Alyssa Fearron, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">• Margaret Chrumka, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black">Margaret Chrumka has been with the Kamloops Art Gallery since 2012 and was appointed Executive Director in 2016. She has been a member of the BC Museums Association
since 2012 and is currently a member of the Advocacy Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#222A35;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MARGARET CHRUMKA [she/her] </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#222A35;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Light";color:#333F50;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw; the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 35 Light";color:#333F50;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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