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<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">MFA Thesis 2022:
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<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Amber Lee Williams<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Presented by University of Waterloo Fine Arts and UWAG</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">June 2-25</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">O</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">pening Reception: Thursday June
2, 5-8 PM*</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">*Visitors are required to comply with campus safety guidelines</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal"><img width="700" height="700" style="width:7.2916in;height:7.2916in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8705B.DB2DB410"></span><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Amber Lee Williams</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Heavy as a Cloud</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Heavy as a Cloud</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is
a collection of phenomena that alludes to the fragility and transience of life: clouds drifting away, waves rolling in, flowers fading in the sun, a lingering fragrance, and crumbling sandcastles. Using photographic and sculptural mediums, the exhibition considers
human experiences such as grief and memory mediated through everyday objects and elements of nature, to represent states of impermanence. It explores how grief can be contained within objects and photographs, but also felt in the world around us. Through</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303336;letter-spacing:.9pt;background:white">
</span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ephemeral themes and materials, it asks:
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How is loss contained? How are we remembered after we die? This work resides in a place of desire—a longing to hold things that cannot be held, to
fix a moment that is gone, to make physical things out of the intangible. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Amber Lee Williams is an interdisciplinary artist from the Niagara region. Family
is at the center of her practice. Her research resides in and around the home: observing and photographing the daily lives of her children, as well as drawing inspiration from the possessions and photographs left behind by deceased loved ones. Bringing the
past into the present, navigating the inevitable shifting of relationships, and thinking about how everyday objects can serve as prompts to remembering are important methodologies in her work. Amber not only explores the way in which we are remembered, but
also all that is lost.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">
<a href="https://www.amberleeart.com/">amberleeart.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join us in celebrating the work of this MFA candidate in-person!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ADMIT EVERYONE</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
University of Waterloo Art Gallery<br>
East Campus Hall, Room 1239<br>
519.888.4567 ext. 33575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://uwag.uwaterloo.ca/">Website</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/uwag.waterloo/">Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uwartgallery/">Instagram</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CONTACT</span></strong><br>
Ivan Jurakic, Director/Curator<br>
519.888.4567 ext. 46741<br>
<a href="mailto:ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">HOURS</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Wednesday to Friday 12-5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Or by appointment</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MOBILITY</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ground floor entry</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Automated doors available at Fine Arts entrance</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wide pathways</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Accessible washrooms on ground level</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DRIVING</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">263 Phillip Street, Waterloo<br>
East Campus Hall (ECH) is located adjacent to Engineering 6 (E6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Campus
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/map/">map</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PARKING</span></strong><br>
Visitor Parking is available in Lot B beside Engineering 6 (E6) for a flat rate of $5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Campus
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/map/">map</a><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MAILING</span></strong><br>
University of Waterloo Art Gallery<br>
200 University Avenue West<br>
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="550" height="100" style="width:5.7291in;height:1.0416in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D8705B.DB2DB410"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Image Credit:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
<span class="eop">Amber Lee Williams, <i>Crepuscular Rays</i> (detail), 2022, Polaroid emulsion lift. Image courtesy of the artist.</span>
<b>Image Description:</b> Photograph of a sheer cloth juxtaposed overtop of an irregularly shaped image of clouds in a blue and pink sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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