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<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk104285292"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NEWS RELEASE</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Immediate Release<br>
June 30, 2024</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="BodyA" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Summer Exhibitions Open This Week at The Reach
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<p class="Default"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Abbotsford, BC –Three new exhibitions will open at The Reach on Saturday, July 6, including one that celebrates
10 years of The Reach’s thriving Emerge Program, which supports emerging artists in the Fraser Valley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="en-AS" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Emerge 10th Anniversary Exhibition showcases recent and new works by over 30 program alumni, along with
documentation of more than 45 projects over the previous decade. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="en-AS" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="en-AS" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“The Emerge program is quite unique,” says Kelley Tialiou, Curator of Art & Visual Culture, “in its dedicated
focus on supporting emerging talent in the Fraser Valley. For many of our participants, it is their first experience working with a professional-run public art gallery.” Executive Director Laura Schneider has seen the project evolve since its inception. “It
has been a privilege to witness how the program has positively impacted so many artists in our community, and how it has built capacity in the creative ecosystem of our city. There are a lot of incredibly talented artists in our area, and we need to support
and celebrate them every chance we get.” In addition to the 10th Anniversary exhibition, Art on Demand 10.3 introduces the two newest Emerge alumni, artist Kaitlyn Roberts and Daylynn Onucki, making her curatorial debut.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="en-AS" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Opening alongside the Emerge 10th Anniversary Exhibition is the solo project
<i>I am my mother’s daughter</i> by renowned artist Farheen Haq. The exhibition is a survey of multimedia works by Haq from the mid-2000s to the present that incorporates elements of text, performance, photography, video, sculpture, and installation that honor
the resilience of her mother and cultural traditions of her ancestral homeland. The exhibition is organized and circulated by the Campbell River Art Gallery and curated by Haema Sivanesan and Jenelle Pasiechnik.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The exhibitions premiere at an afternoon reception at The Reach (32388 Veterans Way) on Saturday, July 6, at 1:00 pm, with a performance
of <i>Hamara Badan</i>. Everyone is welcome and guests will enjoy light refreshments. Admission is by donation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kelley Tialiou, Curator of Art & Visual Culture Email:
</span></span></span><a href="mailto:ktialiou@thereach.ca"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ktialiou@thereach.ca</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Reach Gallery Museum T: 604-864-8087 ext. 120<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">32388 Veterans Way<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104285292"><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Abbotsford, BC V2T 0B3
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<p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="451" height="302" style="width:4.6979in;height:3.1458in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DACB19.576DB740"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jenny Hawkinson,
<i>For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like my fathers</i>, 2020, tarp, grommets, rope, hook, 34 x 36 in.
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<p><span lang="EN-US"><img border="0" width="447" height="387" style="width:4.6562in;height:4.0312in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DACB19.576DB740" alt="A person with her hands around her face
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cara Guri,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Loop</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, 2022, oil on canvas, 24 ¼ x 28 in.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><img border="0" width="383" height="377" style="width:3.9895in;height:3.927in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01DACB19.576DB740" alt="A painting of a mountain
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lindsey Spellman,
<i>Colorado Peak, </i>2022, acrylic on wood panel, 12 x 12 in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA"><img border="0" width="382" height="368" style="width:3.9791in;height:3.8333in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01DACB19.576DB740" alt="A pink and purple sculpture
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jesse Klassen,
<i>Queens Crossing</i>, 2024, mixed media, found objects on wood structure and substrate and carved wood chess piece, 19 x 6 x 6 in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><img border="0" width="592" height="370" style="width:6.1666in;height:3.8541in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.png@01DACB19.576DB740" alt="A cup of coffee with liquid in it
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Farheen Haq, <i>Drinking from my mother's saucer</i> (still), 2015, single-channel video, 2:09 mins</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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