<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><img height="455" width="500" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="AC78BD52-AEB9-4C1E-8AFD-E38DC3589688" src="cid:880FA94E-D7A8-4A12-85F7-80CD9F5B7DAF@nexus.uwaterloo.ca"></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#ff9300" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">CURATORS’ TOUR + PUBLICATION LAUNCH</font></strong></div><div><div><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tuesday October 24, 7:00-9:00 pm</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Join us for an exhibition tour by co-curators Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson d</b><b>iscussing artworks by:</b></div><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;">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;">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;">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;">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;">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;">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;">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;">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;">Roula Partheniou</span></strong><br><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Partnering with the Owens Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, and Southern Alberta Art Gallery, the University of Waterloo Art Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of the </font></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Closer Together Things Are </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">publication to accompany </font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">the eponymous touring exhibition. Celebrating the space between difference and similarity, the publication f</font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">eatures </font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">contributions by Shannon Anderson, Jay Wilson, Chris Kline, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky. Designed by Jay </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilson, the publication operates as a visual complement and a key to deciphering this uniquely collaborative exhibition. </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please join us for the publication launch and tour during the</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> shows final week of exhibition in Waterloo.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Closer Together Things Are is on exhibit at UWAG until Saturday October 28</b><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></font><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><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><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Exhibitions and events 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; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">ADMIT EVERYONE</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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