<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Hello everyone, </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">We are looking forward to seeing you at our upcoming webinar this Friday.</span></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-aa337893-7fff-40c7-7d36-5593ade2222c"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/webinars/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Layering Stories: Art, Community, and Heritage in the AiRS Tecumseh Project</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This webinar will explore how the Artist in Residence Studio (AiRS) program bridges art, heritage, and community learning through its Tecumseh Elementary School project, led by local printmaker Julie McIntyre and the AiRS team. Participants will gain insights into how artistic practice can deepen our understanding of place, history, and collective identity.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Tecumseh project brought together 403 students and 18 teachers in a year-long exploration of their school’s cultural and environmental heritage. Through collaborative art-making (ranging from silkscreen banners to quilt-based expressions of Truth and Reconciliation) students and teachers engaged with Indigenous knowledge, local history, family memory, and community storytelling.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Join us on Friday, March 27, 2026 from 12:00 – 1:00pm.</span></p><a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/ikF559_5f6NdjNu-pj10fQ" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Register to attend</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">: Free for Heritage BC Members ($15 for non-members)</span></span></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr Maria Paula Arias (she/her)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Heritage Program Coordinator</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:marias@heritagebc.ca" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-alig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