<div dir="ltr"><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img src="cid:B2C18485-2E21-4443-BF9B-BCE1D366BCE5" alt="1.jpg" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Join Lower Mainland Curators for our first meeting of 2026 on <b>Thursday, February 19, 2026. </b> All are welcome to attend this free virtual session, but RSVP is required. Email <a href="mailto:lowermainlandcurators@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue">lowermainlandcurators@gmail.com</a> to RSVP.</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">LMCG Meeting - Food Heritage</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2:30 - 4:00pm </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 83.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Learn from three presentations that explore</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"> </span>the importance of food as cultural heritage!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 83.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Presentations followed by a Q&A session</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 83.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">About the Presentations</span></u></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Curating <i>FOODWAYS </i>and <i>Hong Wo</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">同和</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Zoë Chan, <i>FOODWAYS </i>Curator and Mawenzhu Abbi Shi<i>, Hong Wo</i></span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">同和</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Curator</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Richmond Art Gallery</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>Zoë Chan and Mawenzhu Abbi Shi will discuss the development of the exhibitions <i>FOODWAYS</i> presented at Richmond Art Gallery in tandem with the pop-up exhibition <i>Hong Wo</i></span><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">同和</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> at the City of Richmond Archives in 2024. These exhibitions reflected on how food and its diverse associated rituals, traditions, and social interactions shape individual and collective experiences of identity, labour, place, and community. Bringing the two projects into conversation, the presentation will explore their curatorial approaches while working with contemporary artworks and archival materials.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:A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