<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hi there, </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please see below for information on<span style="font-weight:bold"> </span>Lake Country Art Gallery's upcoming Exhibition<b> "The Horizon in Your Hands" </b>and the Exhibition's Opening Reception<b> (Saturday, July 12th from 1-3PM)</b>. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>See attached for:</b></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Photo: Artists Connor and Rod Charlesworth</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>Press Release</span> PDF<br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span id="m_3807093562839714425m_-9153057065715171281gmail-docs-internal-guid-07b92bab-7fff-ed30-b529-f9ab52981008" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOR IMMEDIATE <span>RELEASE</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lake Country Art Gallery Presents: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Horizon in Your Hands </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Connor Charlesworth and Rod Charlesworth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 12th to September 7th</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12th, 1:00pm to 3:00pm</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><br><span id="m_3807093562839714425gmail-docs-internal-guid-f3e0dc84-7fff-7956-d182-3ae6ee556ba5"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Exhibition Details:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Title: The Horizon in Your Hands</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Artists: </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Connor Charlesworth and Rod Charlesworth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dates: July 12 to September 7, 2025</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opening Reception: </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, July 12th, 1:00pm to 3:00pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A collaborative exhibition by Connor Charlesworth and Rod Charlesworth. The exhibition brings together old and new work in drawing, painting, and installation to consider themes of landscape, memory, presence, transitivity, poetry, and painting itself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Come by Lake Country Art Gallery for the opening this Saturday, July 12! </b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>From 1-3pm we will be hosting a reception with the artists and curator Wanda Lock present. This event is free to attend. </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><b>About the Artists: </b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Much of Connor Charlesworth’s childhood was spent in his father’s (Rod Charlesworth) studio making things. His father instilled in him a love for colour, experimenting, and working outdoors. He received his MFA from the University of Victoria in 2018 with a specialization in painting, and his BFA from the University of British Columbia in 2015 majoring in visual arts and minoring in art history and visual culture. He continues to maintain an active studio practice in Kelowna with primary interests in philosophy, language, and land based inquiries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At age seven, Rod Charlesworth moved to the Okanagan where he spent much of his time growing up fishing in Mill Creek, riding horses, and drawing. In the 70s, Rod studied visual art at Okanagan College. In the summer of 1987 while working in Yellowknife as a picture framer, he was immediately drawn into the wild and rugged terrain of the area. While there, he spent much of his time drawing and painting outdoors, on the land. This became his preferred method for gathering reference to make paintings because of its immediacy and proximity to nature. He continues to maintain an active studio practice in Kelowna.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Photo Notes:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wr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