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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:JA">Sandra Semchuk</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:JA"><br>

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</span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";mso-ligatures:none">Ithin-eh-wuk-we place ourselves at the center: James Nicholas and Sandra Semchuk

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">January 18 to April 19, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>

</span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Curated by Timothy Long</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Artists collaborate on videos and photographs through a

</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">love story that transcends cultural divides<span style="color:black"> at the Kamloops Art Gallery</span></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Opening January 18, The Kamloops Art Gallery presents

<i>Ithin-eh-wukâ€”we place ourselves at the center:</i> <i>James Nicholas and Sandra Semchuk</i>.

</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> For over fifteen years, the artists collaborated on photo-installations and videos that explore the lasting effects of colonialism

 through the lens of their intercultural marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This exhibition brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of their work, spanning from their initial meeting in 1993 until Nicholasâ€™s

 death in 2007. It reflects a profound dialogue between Semchukâ€™s <a name="_Int_QdVnZ4EV">

Ukrainian-Canadian</a> settler background and Nicholasâ€™s experiences as a Rock Cree man.

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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The works engage with painful histories, personal stories, and the impacts of colonialism, while honoring the land and natural world that ground their

 narratives. Through their unique perspective as a married couple, their collaborations offer a love story that transcends cultural divides, inviting viewers to reflect on the truths of each otherâ€™s histories and the lasting effects of colonial legacies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Everyone is invited to celebrate the Kamloops Art Galleryâ€™s winter exhibitions on Saturday,

 January 18 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Join us for a welcome</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> with Diena Jules and Greg Ferguson<span style="color:black"> and seated conversation

 in the Central Gallery with Richard Hill, Timothy Long, and Sandra Semchuk, followed by a casual reception in the KAG Studios and Atrium with live music by Daniela O'Fee. The evening also offers an art-making area for children, as well as wine sponsored by

 Twisted Spirits on 3rd, beer from Bright Eye Brewing, and coffee.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ithin-eh-wukâ€”we place ourselves at the center: James Nicholas and Sandra Semchuk</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">

 is organized and circulated by the MacKenzie Art Gallery. The MacKenzie receives ongoing support from the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, Sask Lotteries, City of Regina, University of Regina, and SK Arts.

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</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">Charo Neville, Curator</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir 55";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">About the Kamloops Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978, is situated

 on the unceded and unsurrendered lands of the Tkâ€™emlÃºps te SecwÃ©pemc within SecwepemcÃºlâ€™ecw, the traditional territory of the SecwÃ©pemc people. The largest art gallery in SecwepemcÃºl</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ì“</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;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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 lands of the Tkâ€™emlÃºps te SecwÃ©pemc within SecwepemcÃºlâ€™ecw, the traditional territory of the SecwÃ©pemc people.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 35 Light";color:#333F50;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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