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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Emily Hope. Photo: John Diep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Kamloops Art Gallery appoints Emily Hope as Executive Director</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Kamloops Art Gallery is very pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Hope as our Executive Director. Emily brings extensive experience and passion
for community building, arts education, and leadership to the position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Emily has worked with the Kamloops Art Gallery for 13 years, serving as the Education and Public Programs Director from 2014 to 2024 and the Interim Executive
Director since January 2025. Throughout her tenure, Emily has transformed education and community engagement at the Gallery, centring equity, accessibility, and the development of long-term community collaborations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“After an extensive national search that attracted candidates from across the country, we ultimately found the right person was already leading from within,”
said Richard Marken, Board President of the Kamloops Art Gallery. “Emily has shown exceptional dedication and steady leadership throughout her time as Interim Executive Director. Her deep understanding of the Gallery, her integrity, and her commitment to both
our mission and our community make her the ideal choice to guide the Kamloops Art Gallery into its next chapter.”
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Emily is an arts leader, educator, and artist of British-Lebanese settler ancestry. Since 2007, she has lived and worked in Secwepemcúl’ecw on the unceded
territories of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. She is a volunteer board member with the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society, Kamloops Museum and Archives Community Outreach Committee, and the newly formed Caribbean Society of Kamloops. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“I am honoured that the staff, Board, and community were so supportive of me in the interim role and thrilled to have been selected to continue as the permanent
Executive Director,” said Emily. “The Kamloops Art Gallery team is truly remarkable, and it is a tremendous privilege to serve alongside them.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“Art is for everybody,” said Emily. “This simple sentence is the foundation of my philosophy. It has fuelled my work as an arts educator and will continue
to inform and guide my leadership as Executive Director.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“In this period of social, political, and financial instability,” she continued, “we need art more than ever. Through art, we can develop understanding—of
ourselves, each other, and of viewpoints that conflict with our own. We build social resilience and community. We learn how to have difficult conversations. The Kamloops Art Gallery plays a vital role in this ecosystem.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">About the Kamloops Art Gallery</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="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 Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw, the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people. The largest art gallery in Secwepemcúl</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">ecw
(the Interior of British Columbia), the Gallery </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">is a dynamic cultural hub dedicated to showcasing transformative and innovative local, national, and international
art that challenges and inspires. Through its exhibitions, educational programs, and collaborations that focus on contemporary art, the Gallery brings together diverse voices and perspectives, fostering creative dialogue and community engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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