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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">MEDIA RELEASE</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">For immediate release from City of Kamloops and Kamloops Art Gallery</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">August 21, 2023</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">Joe Fafard<br class="ContentPasted0">
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<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-style:italic" class="ContentPasted0">Obilix</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">, 2001</span></p>
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edition 3/5<br class="ContentPasted0">
Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, gift of the Artist<br class="ContentPasted0">
Photo: Teresa Donck-Matlock</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">Kamloops Art Gallery’s b</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">eloved bronze bull sculpture,<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700;font-style:italic" class="ContentPasted0">Obilix</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">,
is on display at Truck Chilling Park after receiving a makeover.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">After a much-needed makeover,<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">artist
Joe Fafard’s<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">iconic bronze bull sculpture,<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-style:italic" class="ContentPasted0">Obilix,<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">is
making his public return. In the Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery (KAG), locals may recognize<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-style:italic" class="ContentPasted0">Obilix<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">from
his years residing at the entrance of Riverside Park near the Rotary Bandshell. In 2022 the City of Kamloops and the KAG removed the bull for restoration work after repeated acts of vandalism.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">Fafard is a Canadian artist best known for creating figurative bronze sculptural work and sculptures of animals in a highly realistic style. Through an ongoing partnership between
the KAG and the City of Kamloops<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">to present the KAG’s collection<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">in
public spaces throughout the city, the permanent site chosen for this iconic public artwork finds<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-style:italic" class="ContentPasted0">Obilix<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">freshly
restored and grazing on the grass in his new home at<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">Kamloops’ Truck Chilling Park, located at 1452 McGill Road</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">,
at the corner of Bunker Road and McGill Road. This passive green space near Thompson Rivers University is a popular lookout location above the city and has recently been transformed into a home for heritage-themed trucks and equipment. A plaque will soon be
added to the greenspace offering more information about the sculpture.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">Media Information</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">Charo Neville, Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTPro; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">cneville@kag.bc.ca</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">Jeff Putnam,<span class="Apple-converted-space ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTPro; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);" class="ContentPasted0">Parks
& Civic Facilities Manager, City of Kamloops</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTPro; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">jputnam@kamloops.ca</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">About the Kamloops Art Gallery</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978, is located in T</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">k</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:ArialMT" class="ContentPasted0">̓</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">emlupsemc</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">ú</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">lecw,
the traditional and unceded lands of the Tk</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">emlúps te Secwépemc. The largest art gallery
in Secwepemcú</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:ArialMT" class="ContentPasted0">̓</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:AvenirNextLTPro" class="ContentPasted0">ecw
(the Interior of British Columbia), the Gallery offers national caliber art experiences through a diverse range of accessible and affordable exhibitions, talks, tours, and studio-based programming for all ages and abilities, and boasts a collection of over
3,000 works of art.</span></p>
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