<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Exhibition</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><strong>WOVEN: Setsuko Piroche’s Wonderland</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">We invite you to enter the unique world of Setsuko Piroche (née Hane), a colourful and diverse cross-cultural artist whose career spans more than 70 years. This exhibition brings together over 40 pieces of her unique artistic worldview, including three-dimensional textile works that were central to the Arts & Crafts Movement in the 1970s, woven suspensions, paintings in Nihonga technique that she mastered before immigrating to Canada, and illustrations for children books published in both Japanese and English. Please enjoy Setsuko's curious and mysterious world. Co-Curated by Makiko Hara and Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">WOVEN: Setsuko Piroche’s Wonderland</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">March 16 - September 28, 2024</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">10:00 am - 5:00 pm</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Tuesday - Saturday</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Admission by donation</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><a href="http://centre.nikkeiplace.org">centre.nikkeiplace.org</a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">604.777.7000</p><p class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><a href="mailto:info@nikkeiplace.org">info@nikkeiplace.org</a></p><p class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><img src="cid:ii_lua6j0h50" alt="C2FBCC56-55BA-4CAA-BC0B-B12B6260FDC2_1_201_a-resized.jpg" width="543" height="362"><p class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5"><font size="1">Photo by Wakana Shimamura</font><font size="3"><br></font></p><p class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#666666">Nichola Ogiwara</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#666666">　</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Kozuka Gothic Pr6N R",sans-serif;color:#666666">荻原にこら</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p>

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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red">Nikkei</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#666666"> National Museum & Cultural Centre</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p>

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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#666666">T</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#666666"> 604.777.7000 ext.109  <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wB-Gx1z-W5HiSJcomKjuq4sRKuzD2-ii7TOMSEFYO-RzWgUn5hV-s4Zg9pdaA0eeLhOSp7tjQ"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NNMCC" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yryL-2AW5PgSRWGV-22DqlXmkmIY_vSQuuXBnvaOYqGE7xmOaFVo4L2-csdTStiZ0yWrZY_oo"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikkeimuseum/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4x9YS55D3go2BuLtIQpcW3FnUB0vnc6pjOnKOB8uR420jUSCbRSdt3htcf1-te4V-nPoqq3A4M"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://twitter.com/nikkeimuse" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zC6UthSsLrtIRIGZXPPEVfsiWPAicd6P_f0aC1-guaQwWYO3acf_eVo176oKUM4r-4IlKgM2k"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKRcTPnSV-jRd6Ob6u4GrqQ" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xHH-TCrjKj1Bw4uHRd9qUCW3FUEddxBuDwGebPtEdDHn0rPINWncBg1nteAsn4ojoKMvmmIRs"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">  </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">We respectfully acknowledge that the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre is on the unceded traditional territories of the </span><a href="https://www.squamish.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,87,208);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Sḵwx̱wú7mesh</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline"> Nation and the Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ - speaking Nations, including the</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,87,208);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,87,208);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://twnation.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,87,208);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">səl̓ilwətaɁɬ</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">, and </span><a href="https://www.kwikwetlem.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,87,208);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">kʷikʷəƛ̓əm</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">, whose ancestors have cared for these lands for countless generations. We are honoured to live, learn and gather together, on </span><a href="https://maps.fpcc.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Indigenous land</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>