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<span lang="EN-CA">The Lower Mainland Curators Group is proud to present our next meeting on
<b>Wednesday, July 12 from 3:00-4:30 pm</b>. Join us virtually via Zoom for presentations that explore the ongoing process of building community relationships. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA">All are welcome to attend this free session. RSVP to <a href="mailto:lowermainlandcurators@gmail.com">
lowermainlandcurators@gmail.com</a> to receive a link to the meeting.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Special thanks to Shanna Cheng for supporting this meeting with live captioning.</span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-CA">About the Presentations</span></u></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">WORKING WITH ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">Shanna Cheng, Emerging Curator of Il Museo and Gallery and Marginalized Artists and Artists with Disabilities</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Shanna Cheng will be sharing her experiences curating the two exhibitions as a BIPOC, artist with disabilities, in the emerging BIPOC exhibition, “Inscapes: Our Landscapes Within” and artists with disabilities exhibition, “Amplified Voices”.
How can we approach marginalized artists through the disability lens in traditional spaces while also prioritizing comfort?</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SYILX COMMUNITY</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">Alana Firedancer, Indigenous Programming Assistant, Kelowna Museums</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Alana will talk about her experience building and maintaining relationships with the local Syilx community in a museum context. Throughout her talk, she will touch upon how to build these Indigenous relationships in a non-extractive, mutually
beneficial, and culturally aware manner. This talk will provide some direction for respectfully creating Indigenous community connections.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">COLLABORATING WITH THE 2SLGBTQ+ COMMUNITY</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">Derek A. Jang, Manager of Interpretive Delivery, Britannia Mine Museum</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Join Britannia Mine Museum’s Derek A. Jang to learn about Old Town, New Queens, a ‘groundbreaking’ event that has become the first-ever pride event for the community of Britannia Beach. Learn how the museum collaborated with local 2SLGBTQ+
organizations and recruited local performers to transform a 100-year-old copper concentrator into a space for a different kind of ‘underground’ performance.</span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About The Lower Mainland Curators Group</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Lower Mainland Curators Group (LMCG) was created in January 2019 for anyone with an interest in curatorial work, ideas, or themes in British Columbia.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The group is coordinated by a team of volunteer organizing members from museums around Metro Vancouver to discuss topics or themes related to curatorial work. It is for anyone with an interest
in our sector including students, museum workers, and those in professions facing similar issues.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We present quarterly virtual and in-person sessions to discuss newly launched projects, share challenges and successes, and discuss lessons learned.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13.0pt">Michelle Taylor </span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt">MMSt</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
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</span><span lang="EN-CA">Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre |<b> </b>City of Delta<br>
4450 Clarence Taylor Crescent | Delta | V4K 3W3<br>
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| </span><b>C:</b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>604-404-4829<span style="color: rgb(108, 111, 112);"> |
</span><b>E:</b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> <a href="mailto:MTaylor@delta.ca">
MTaylor@delta.ca</a> </span></span></p>
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