<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" width="550" height="345" apple-inline="yes" id="95520295-FD19-428E-BFF5-5DAC2BE422DA" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1A5172D1-BEE5-474D-9EC5-AE22176F1ED5@nexus.uwaterloo.ca"></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">THE</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">CLOSER</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">TOGETHER</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">THINGS</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">ARE</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kathleen Hearn</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ève K. Tremblay</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Laura Letinsky</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Micah Lexier & Dave Dyment</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Micah Lexier & Roula Partheniou</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Luke Painter</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chris Kline</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Roula Partheniou</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Co-Curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">September 14–October 28, 2017</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Thursday, September 14, 5:00–8:00 PM</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Curator's Tour & Publication Launch:</strong> Tuesday, October 24, 7:00 PM</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The Closer Together Things Are</em> explores the space between difference and similarity that arises from intense observation and consideration. It focuses on the proximity of time, heredity, frottage, palette, concept and presentation. Under close scrutiny, the most mundane objects and situations can compel us, drawing our full attention. The more we look, the more variations surface; differences arise from things that once seemed identical, and sameness arises from things that once seemed unrelated. This exploration of nearness guides how the artworks interact with one another through proximity, mirroring, repetition and reinterpretation. Strange bedfellows are made and unforeseen connections arise. <em>The Closer Together Things Are</em> takes stock of how little we need to see in order to feel like we’ve seen these things before, only this time more clearly.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Exhibition Venues:</strong> University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON (September 14–October 28, 2017); Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB (January 12–February 21, 2018); Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (April 7–May 27, 2018); Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB (June 29–September 2, 2018)</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please join us for this thought-provoking exhibition</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Exhibitions are free and open to the public</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">ADMIT EVERYONE</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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