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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Paula Ducharme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<a name="_Int_5DwIDGeD">Tob</a> Kin<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">September 16 to December 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Thompson Rivers University Fine Arts graduate Paula Ducharme explores her Indigenous ancestry through mixed media
artwork inspired by Lakota stories.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Kamloops Art Gallery presents
<i>Tob Tob Kin,</i> a new body of work by Paula Ducharme, a recent Thompson Rivers University Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate . Ducharme’s abstract wall hangings are inspired by her mixed cultural heritage
<span style="color:black">as a Birdtail Sioux First Nations and settler artist. Th</span>is new work<span style="color:black"> draws
</span>upon<span style="color:black"> </span>Lakota stories and natural materials sourced from Lakota territory, Ducharme’s homelands in Manitoba. L<span style="color:black">eather, feathers, fur, and traditional beadwork techniques
</span>come together in wall hangings that tell the Lakota story of creation and its ongoing evolution. Admission to view
<i>Tob <a name="_Int_NYRKJrcS">Tob</a> Kin </i>in The Cube<i> </i>is free for all visitors.
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is curated by Craig Willms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Generously sponsored by Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Read the full exhibition text
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://kag.bc.ca/all-exhibitions/tob-tob-kin"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Media Information
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Craig Willms, Assistant Curator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">250.377.2406<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">cwillms@kag.bc.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">About the Kamloops Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978,
<a name="_Int_maIIPcAH">is located in</a> Tk</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">emlupsemcúlecw,
the traditional and unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. The largest art gallery in Secwepemcúl</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">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.<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";letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">CRAIG WILLMS [he/him]
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">ASSISTANT CURATOR</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#222A35;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:cwillms@kag.bc.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">cwillms@kag.bc.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#222A35;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#222A35;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> <br>
250.377.2400 </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">x 2406<span style="color:#222A35"><o:p></o:p></span></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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 35 Light";color:#333F50;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">101 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9</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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 35 Light";color:#333F50;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><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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