<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span style="font-size:20pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20pt"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span style="font-size:20pt">March 3, 2025 Lake Country</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:20pt"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:20pt"></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12.65pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span style="font-size:20pt">1.</span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:20pt">Missing Pride Flag(s)</span></b></span><span style="font-size:20pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:20pt"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12.65pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:20pt">2.</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:20pt"> Paths that Ghosts Follow</span></b></span></p><p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12.65pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><b style="font-size:12pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:18pt">Daniela Cinel O’Fee M</span></b><b style="font-size:12pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:18pt">y Name Is Scot</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:18pt"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">1. Missing Pride Flag(s) in
Lake Country</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA">At the Lake Country Art Gallery, we proudly
display a Pride flag at the front of our building—a symbol of inclusivity and a
statement of our commitment to being a welcoming space for all. In today’s
climate, where right-wing conservatism is gaining traction not only in Canada and
the U.S. but across the globe, it is more important than ever to stand in
support of underrepresented voices in our community.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA">However, over the past year, our Pride flag
has gone missing multiple times. At first, I wondered if it had been taken by
person(s) on a scavenger hunt, needing a Pride flag to complete their list of found
objects. But as this continues to happen, I fear a more troubling reality—that
there are those in our community who do not support a message of acceptance and
belonging for all.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA">At the gallery, we believe that making space
for everyone—through tolerance, acceptance, and love—is how we build a stronger
community. Our Pride flag is more than just a piece of fabric; it is a
declaration that all are welcome here. And no matter how many times it
disappears, we will continue to replace it.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA">—Wanda
Lock, Curator, Lake Country Art Gallery</span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-NoneA"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-BodyB" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">2. Paths that Ghosts Follow<span class="gmail-NoneA"></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span class="gmail-None" style=""><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Featuring the work of Daniela Cinel O'Fee
and My Name Is Scot, </span></span><span class="gmail-None" style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Paths
That Ghosts Follow </span></i></span><span class="gmail-None" style=""><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">explores
existential liminality—the feeling of being caught between presence and
absence, between identity and dissolution. Drawing on themes of authenticity,
identity, and freedom, this exhibition questions what it means to exist in a
world that often erodes the individual, leaving only traces, echoes, and
specters of the self.</span></span><span class="gmail-None" style=""><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Daniela Cinel O'Fee’s work navigates the
tension between displacement and adaptation. After her early life Bachelor of
Music Degree from the University of Victoria, her late-career studies in
sculpture at Thompson Rivers University have expanded her technologies to
include wood bending, obsolete media, decommissioned musical instruments, field
recording, extended piano techniques, and graphic scores. </span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">My Name Is Scot is a Vancouver-based artist
interested in the material residues, manufactured meanings, and emotional
by-products of our late capitalist age.</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Exhibition Details:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Exhibition Title:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> Paths that Ghosts Follow</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Artists:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> Daniela Cinel O’Fee and My Name Is Scot</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Dates:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> March 8th to April 27th</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span class="gmail-None" style=""><b><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Opening Reception:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None" style=""><span style="font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> Saturday, March 8th, from 1 to 3 pm</span></span></font><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26);font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">For more information, please contact the
Lake Country Art Gallery at 250 766 1299 or visit the gallery website
<a href="https://www.lakecountryartgallery.ca">https://www.lakecountryartgallery.ca</a>.</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">PHOTO NOTES:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12.65pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Pride Flag 1: Curator Wanda Lock, Community Engagement Amy Van
Dongen, gallery board member Briar Craig and ED Petrina McNeil</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12.65pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Pride Flag 2: Community Engagement Amy Van Dongen, artist Alison
Beaumont, curator Wanda Lock, gallery board member Briar Craig</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12.65pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">The Listener, artist Daniela Cinel O’Fee</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">About Lake Country Art Gallery:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">The Lake Country Art Gallery is located on
the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx/Okanagan people. We
acknowledge and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present, as well as
the descendants and custodians of this land.</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">The Lake Country Art Gallery is a vibrant
art space committed to showcasing thought-provoking contemporary art. The
gallery serves as a platform for established and emerging artists, fostering a
cultural exchange within the community.</span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times Roman",serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><span class="gmail-None"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:12pt">Media Contact:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-None"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:12pt">
Wanda Lock - curator </span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt">email: </span></span><span class="gmail-Hyperlink1" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:wandalock@lakecountryartgallery.ca"><span style="color:black">wandalock@lakecountryartgallery.ca</span></a></span></span><span class="gmail-None"><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,serif;color:black;border:none"><br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kind regards<br>Petrina,<div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Petrina McNeill - </span><font color="#741b47"><i>Executive Director</i></font></div><div>250-899-2805<font color="#741b47"><i></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.lakecountryartgallery.ca/" target="_blank">www.lakecountryartgallery.ca</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Lake Country Art Gallery</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/9ZBXw" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;text-align:justify" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">10356A Bottom Wood Lake Rd, Lake Country</font></a><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Open 6 days per week Tuesday to Sunday 9am - 3pm</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#741b47"><b><span style="font-size:13px;text-align:justify">250-766-1299</span></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(63,63,63);font-size:13px;text-align:justify"><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><i>We respectfully acknowledge that the Lake Country Art Gallery and Art House are located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx/Okanagan people</i></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><i><br></i></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div></div></div></div></div>