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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">January 10, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.25pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Poppins;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Jessie Oonark, (Qamani’tuaq [Baker Lake], 1906–1985)
<i>Untitled</i>, c. 1972–1973, wool felt on wool duffle</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Poppins;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">129.5 x 85 cm, Government of Nunavut, Fine Art Collection On long-term loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2.76.2</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Central Gallery, Kamloops Art Gallery</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Artistic Legacy of Oonark and Her Daughters at the Kamloops Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Double Vision </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">is centred on the Inuit textile works of Jessie Oonark (1906-1985) and two of her daughters, Janet Kigusiuq
and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk. Despite only beginning her practice once moving to Qamani’tuaq (Baker Laker, Nunavut) at age 59, Oonark became one of the most influential Inuit textile makers. Her family’s distinctly matriarchal practice centers on the dynamics
and interrelationships between people, animals, and the spiritual world. Visitors to the Central Gallery are greeted by the bright colours of nivinngajuliaat (wall hangings) and a complementary exhibition from the Gallery’s collection,
<i>Sleeping in Skins: Life in Inuit Nunangat, </i>which features a selection of prints and one beaded front-piece by Inuit artists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://kag.bc.ca/all-exhibitions/double-vision"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Double Vision</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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in Tk</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;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;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;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.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;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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