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SUMMARY:Magical Bog Walk
DESCRIPTION:Go for a late night stroll on the trail between the Blair Street Bridge and the Jack O’ Clubs and see Yukon based artist Tara Kolla’s stunning paper house lanterns. The Bog will be lit up with this magical installation from 10 PM to midnight July 29th-31st.✨ We encourage everyone to be bear aware and travel in groups. \n🎟️ And then… book your tickets for Theatre in the Bog on Friday\, August 1st to see the forest come alive with artists from the Cariboo and beyond! \nThese delightful paper houses are on loan to Island Mountain Arts from longtime Ramshackle Theatre collaborator Tara Kolla (@wishfactory) \, a self-described maximalist artist living in Whitehorse and working in multiple mediums and modes.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/magical-bog-walk/2025-07-29/
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Outdoor Recreation,Wells
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SUMMARY:Toni Onley Artist's Project
DESCRIPTION:The Toni Onley Artist Projects (TOAP)\, which focuses on the exploration and development of visual artists\, will have a maximum of 12 spaces available. \nThis year’s mentors are Cindy Mochizuki and Sandeep Johal! \nSaturday\, July 5th – Sunday\, July 13th\, 2025 at Wells\, BC \nLearn more about TOAP and its history – click here!~  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\nSandeep Johal\, Photo Credit Rachel Pick \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandeep Johal\nSandeep Johal is a Punjabi Canadian visual artist\, advocate\, and leader whose practice engages drawing\, collage\, textiles\, and large-scale murals. Through her Indo-folk feminine aesthetic\, she confronts themes of bleakness\, despair and ugliness with their dissonant opposites: brightness\, hope and beauty. Johal’s work typically centers around the stories of women and while she highlights female suffering in its many forms\, these are ultimately stories of resistance and resilience. \nJohal has worked on a number of notable site-specific commissions including a series of banners on Granville Street in partnership with Downtown Vancouver BIA (2024)\, a mural for the Vancouver Art Gallery’s inaugural #SpotlightVanArtRental project (2022)\, a digital projection mapping for Facade Festival produced by Burrard Arts Foundation (2019)\, and a 4\,000 sf collaborative mural project for Vancouver Mural Festival\, which centred around the Komagata Maru Episode and involved the de-naming of the federal building it was painted on (2019). Her work was part of the group exhibition In/Visible: Body as Reflective Site through the McClure Gallery and Visual Arts Centre in Montreal in partnership with the IMPACTS Project (2019). \nJohal’s clients include Apple\, the Vancouver Canucks\, Vancouver Whitecaps FC\, Estée Lauder Canada\, Holt Renfrew\, Lululemon\, and Earls Restaurant Group as well as the University of British Columbia’s Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. She has been an artist-in-residence at Burrard Arts Foundation (2021) and Indian Summer Festival (2018) and is the 2019 recipient of the Darpan Magazine Artistic Visionary Award. Johal’s work is held in numerous collections\, including the TD Art Collection\, the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art\, Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection Program (Canadian Embassy\, San Salvador)\, and Surrey Art Gallery. \nJohal holds a Diploma in Fine Arts (honours) from Langara College (2007) and a Degree in Education from the University of British Columbia (2002). She lives and works in Vancouver\, BC\, Canada. \n\n\n\n\n\nVisit Sandeep’s Website\n\n\n\n\n\nCindy Mochizuki\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\nImage of Cindy Mochizuki\, submitted by artist \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCindy Mochizuki creates multi-media installation\, animation\, drawing\, audio fiction\, performance\, public artwork\, and community-engaged projects. She has exhibited her work in Canada\, US\, Australia\, and Japan. \nRecent exhibitions include the Art Gallery at Evergreen\, Kamloops Art Gallery\, Prince Takamado Gallery\, Nanaimo Art Gallery\, Surrey Art Gallery\, Vancouver Art Gallery\, Burrard Arts Foundation\, Frye Art Museum\, and Yonago City Museum. \nHer artistic projects integrate archival research\, oral histories and memory work and consider methodologies of gathering and re-telling stories that are often invisible\, excluded\, or undocumented.  A large body of her multi-media work explore the experiences of Japanese Canadians who were interned from the west coast of British Columbia during the second world war. Many of her animated films explore the lives of these first and second generations (isei and nisei) and their labour in the natural resource and food industries prior to their internment. \nShe received the Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award in New Media and Film  (2015) and the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts VIVA Award (2020). She has designed scenography\, illustration and animation for performing arts companies including Little Onion Puppet Co.\, Veronique West\, Rumble Theatre\, Theatre Replacement\, Dream Walker Dance Company\, Lisa Mariko Gelley\, Theatre Calgary and the Arts Club Theatre. She received her MFA from the School for Contemporary Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/toni-onley-artists-project-3/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts Studios\, Mildred Ave\, Wells\, V0K 2R0
CATEGORIES:Arts,Wells
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250701
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SUMMARY:ArtsWells 2025
DESCRIPTION:📣🎉We are very excited to announce that we are going ahead with ArtsWells 2025! \nThis year\, the festival will take place on June 27 – 29.\nWe had worked hard to “bring back” the festival last year\, presenting a new iteration that we had carefully built and curated. \nHowever\, the postponement of ArtsWells 2024 due to fire strengthened our resolve to continue. We believe this community and this region deserve an event like ArtsWells\, something that celebrates the unique local spirit while inviting artists and listeners to our little town. We’re getting back on the horse and making it happen! \nWe believe these new dates will allow the festival to take place at time when the weather is comfortable in Wells. We would like to extend our gratitude to all the businesses and fellow NFPs in Wells and Barkerville that have helped us make this switch a reality.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/artswells-2025/
CATEGORIES:Arts,Music,Theatre,Wells
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Lino Cut Reduction with Mary Anne Molcan
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is a beginner to intermediate level course for those who want to expand their one colour linocut experience to two or more colours. No prior printmaking experience is required. \nLearn about the reductive format of printmaking\, where participants work with one lino block to create a multi-coloured layered print edition. Prints are generally created with a colour pallet that ranges in value from light to darker hues. After each coloured layer is printed\, the block is carved to eliminate the latest colour from being reprinted. This process continues until the last colour remains and the block is destroyed. \nDue to the deterioration of the block through this method every carving decision is final and participants learn to work with unintended mark making. This process is fun and ensures that each print edition is truly one of a kind and impossible to replicate!\nParticipants are encouraged to come with source material or a drawing suitable for a 5 x 7 inch \nWhen?\nSaturday May 17th and Sunday May 18th\nIMA has inexpensive accommodation options for program participants through our artist-in-residence building check it out here -> www.imarts.com/island-mountain-air \nWhere?\nWells-Barkerville School (4386 Mildred Ave) Second Floor Studios\n4 hours/day \nCost?\n$185+GST for 2025 IMArts Members – Get Your Membership and support IMA Here!\n$200+GST for Non-Members \nRegistration?\n25% of the workshop fee will be due within 5 business days of registration and is non-refundable. IMA will draft and send an invoice to you via Square. We can take down-payment in the gallery in cash\, via e-transfer to finance@imarts.com or using a credit card online. The balance is due upon arrival at the workshop. \nThis workshop is supported by the BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/introduction-to-lino-cut-reduction-with-mary-anne-molcan/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts Studios\, Mildred Ave\, Wells\, V0K 2R0
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Wells
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SUMMARY:Reception and Artist Talk: Liquid Light
DESCRIPTION:Reception + Artist Talk: May 16\, 6PM! \nThe show will run from May 16th to June 15th so be sure to stop by and have a look at the art! \nIMA’s Gallery shows are supported by the Province of BC. Liquid light is additionally supported by the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest \nLight is fluid. It travels in a straight line at twice the speed of sound. It can reflect off objects and refract through others. It interferes\, disperses\, diffracts\, polarizes\, and creates shadow. These changeable qualities are what makes light fluid. Light also forms the biological basis of visual perception. The human visual system is geared toward understanding\, creating meaning and assigning value. My practice explores interactions between elements of the natural world and human values. \nMy work seeks to unearth subtleties beyond what the eye can see and focuses on the relationship between the abundance of living organisms and my own place within these ever evolving ecosystems. \nAs I created these prints\, I chose to highlight asymmetry and imperfections to draw a parallel to my human experiences. I also thought about the fragile nature and delicate balances of life cycles and how these same characteristics also speak to resiliency. Life continually captivates me with its duality and balanced interactions of competing and complementary forces. \nThe artworks in this series reflect my engagement with the forest and fauna of Vancouver Island\, coupled with a sense of reverence I feel when I notice the intelligence of the natural world.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/reception-and-artist-talk-liquid-light/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250426T133000
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SUMMARY:Basic Principles of Chocolate Making
DESCRIPTION:In the Basic Principles of Chocolate Making\, learn how to take cacao beans and transform them into delicious chocolate. In this hands-on class\, you will learn about sorting out bean imperfections\, roasting\, winnowing and then hand-grind your beans into chocolate that you can take home to enjoy (or enjoy on the spot). On the way\, you will also learn about the commercial processing and how different ingredients are added to various grades of chocolate. Together\, we will also learn to appreciate and taste chocolate to understand the characteristics of different chocolates. \nWhen?\nSaturday April 26th\, 11:00 AM- 1:30 PM (Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery – 2323 Pooley St\, Wells BC) – the workshop space is mobility accessible\, with a washroom down a flight of stairs) \nCost?\n$75.00 + GST – includes equipment access and set of ingredients.\nParticipants are allowed to come with one secondary participant per each set of ingredients. IMA will also have a small amount of PWYC seats – please indicate that as your choice in the payment section of the registration form. \nRegistration and Payment:\nRegister for our workshop by clicking here\n25% of the workshop fee will be due within 5 business days of registration and is non-refundable. IMA will draft and send an invoice to you via Square.\nWe can take down-payment in the gallery in cash\, via e-transfer to finance@imarts.com or using a credit card online.\nThe balance is due upon arrival at the workshop. \nThe Cocoaro Story:\nCocoaro Craft Chocolate began in Wells\, BC and was created by independent entrepreneur\, Margaret Inoue. The small town and supportive local food and business community in the Cariboo helped to incubate and grow Cocoaro from an idea to a business. In 2018\, Cocoaro moved to the lower mainland of BC as a result of family priorities. We have found a welcome food community and hope to grow the success of the chocolate and continue to educate people on fine craft chocolate. \nThe business grew out of Margaret’s passion for food\, flavour\, social justice and\, well\, chocolate. It was the intersection where she felt she could make a difference through the business she developed. She is continually learning and working on her craft. The business and bars also reflect her Japanese heritage\, including the gifting aspect of the culture. She hopes you not only enjoy them\, but you also share them\, which is why we make the bars beautiful on the outside and delicious on the inside. \nAll ages welcome. Youth 14 and under should be accompanied by an adult! Please contact info@imarts.com for any questions.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/basic-principles-of-chocolate-making/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts Studios\, Mildred Ave\, Wells\, V0K 2R0
CATEGORIES:Arts,Food,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250411T190000
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SUMMARY:MEND workshop
DESCRIPTION:RESCHEDULED!\n***\nIn advance of Earth day\, we’re back and sending out this invitation for a mending workshop. No registration necessary. cCheck out our new gallery show as you’re guided through some neat up-cycling patterns.\nWe’ll have snacks and beverages to share! Donations are graciously accepted. Led by the one and only Annie Rutherford!
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/mend-workshop/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250410T190000
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SUMMARY:Liminal: the spaces in between Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:In her first gallery show\, Liminal: the spaces in between\, Wells-based artist Danette Boucher will showcase a collection of pieces she has been making for the past 25 years\, examining the special relationship she holds with Wells and Barkerville.\nJoin us for an opening on Thursday April 10th at 6:00 PM!
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/liminal-the-spaces-in-between-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250321T200000
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SUMMARY:Young Movie Makers 2: The Spring Break Sequel
DESCRIPTION:Young Movie Makers returns for a spring break film premiere to remember! \nWhat are the films about? We can’t tell you yet! The films you’ll see tonight were written\, conceived\, filmed and edited all within one week!\nAll we can tell you is that it will be a celebration of the creativity that is the young ppl of Wells! \nAdmission by donation (charitable receipts offered for donations over $25.00). Red Carpet Attire Optional. \nIsland Mountain Arts youth programming is supported by the Province of BC
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/young-movie-makers-2-the-spring-break-sequel/
LOCATION:Sunset Theatre\, 2357 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, v0k2r0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Theatre,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250306T190000
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SUMMARY:The Wells-Barkerville School Show Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:📌🏫🎨We’re so excited to announce one of our favourite gallery shows of the year!📌🏫🎨 \nThe Wells-Barkerville School show showcases the artwork and artistry of the young people that call Wells home! \nDo you have a school-aged child living in Wells/Barkerville/Bowron outside of SD28 that would like their work to be involved? Email us at info@imarts.com for more details! \nJoin us for the opening of the Wells-Barkerville School Show on Thursday March 6th at 5:30 PM! We will have snacks to share!\nThis show would not be possible without the hardworking teachers and staff at the Wells-Barkerville School! IMA’s youth programming is supported by the Province of British Columbia
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/the-wells-barkerville-school-show-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250202T180000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Soba's Corner
DESCRIPTION:Soba’s Corner: A Chinese-Canadian Cooking Show\nArtist: Snack Witch Joni Cheung \nYouTube food channels are online spaces where diasporic communities go to connect with their heritage and stories by recreating foods that they grew up eating or have never tasted before. These platforms provide knowledge that can be easily disseminated between family and friends who physically can’t be together. In these worlds\, authors can speak to their connections to dishes they are teaching others to make. However\, some narratives need to be re-examined and chewed on. \nMotivated by her ancestors’ relationship to food and migration\, Soba’s Corner is a video series that unpacks distinct Chinese-Canadian dishes from specific provinces. Posted on YouTube and disguised as a typical how-to cooking show\, another conversation and narrative are hidden in the Canadian English closed captions and the “recipe” linked in the description box.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/exhibit-sobas-corner/2025-02-02/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250201T180000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Soba's Corner
DESCRIPTION:Soba’s Corner: A Chinese-Canadian Cooking Show\nArtist: Snack Witch Joni Cheung \nYouTube food channels are online spaces where diasporic communities go to connect with their heritage and stories by recreating foods that they grew up eating or have never tasted before. These platforms provide knowledge that can be easily disseminated between family and friends who physically can’t be together. In these worlds\, authors can speak to their connections to dishes they are teaching others to make. However\, some narratives need to be re-examined and chewed on. \nMotivated by her ancestors’ relationship to food and migration\, Soba’s Corner is a video series that unpacks distinct Chinese-Canadian dishes from specific provinces. Posted on YouTube and disguised as a typical how-to cooking show\, another conversation and narrative are hidden in the Canadian English closed captions and the “recipe” linked in the description box.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/exhibit-sobas-corner/2025-02-01/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250110T190000
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CREATED:20241227T160825Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Soba's Corner
DESCRIPTION:Soba’s Corner: A Chinese-Canadian Cooking Show\nArtist: Snack Witch Joni Cheung\nOpening Reception\nFriday Jan 10th @ 6:00 PM\nGallery Open Thursday to Sunday\, 11:00 AM -6:00 PM\n\nYouTube food channels are online spaces where diasporic communities go to connect with their heritage and stories by recreating foods that they grew up eating or have never tasted before. These platforms provide knowledge that can be easily disseminated between family and friends who physically can’t be together. In these worlds\, authors can speak to their connections to dishes they are teaching others to make. However\, some narratives need to be re-examined and chewed on.\n\nMotivated by her ancestors’ relationship to food and migration\, Soba’s Corner is a video series that unpacks distinct Chinese-Canadian dishes from specific provinces. Posted on YouTube and disguised as a typical how-to cooking show\, another conversation and narrative are hidden in the Canadian English closed captions and the “recipe” linked in the description box.\n\nAbout the Artist:  Snack Witch aka Joni Cheung  is a grateful\, uninvited guest born—and knows she wants to die—on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm\, Skwxwú7mesh\, Stó:lō\, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh peoples. They are currently toiling over their MFA on the stolen lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka peoples to become a Certified Sculpture Witch at Concordia University. She holds a BFA with Distinction in Visual Art (2018) from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. As a wicked #magicalgirl  who eats art and makes snacks\, she has exhibited and curated shows\, off- and online\, across Turtle Island.\n\nThey are a recipient of numerous awards\, including the BC Arts Council Scholarship and the Dale and Nick Tedeschi Studio Arts Fellowship. She was waitlisted for the SSHRC – Joseph-Armand Bombardier: Canada Graduate Master’s Scholarship.\n\nIMA’s Gallery Program acknowledges the financial support of the province of British Columbia
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/opening-reception-sobas-corner/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250109T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250109T193000
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SUMMARY:DTD? Down to Dumplin w/ Snack Witch Joni Cheung
DESCRIPTION:Thursday January 9th\, 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM (Wells Barkerville School Kitchen 4386 Mildred Ave – please note this space is not wheelchair accessible)\n\nCost: $42.00 (including GST) – includes a handful of dumplings to take home… or to prep and eat on site!\nIMA will also have a small amount of PWYC seats – please indicate that as your choice in the payment section below. \n\nDTD?: Down to Dumpling? is a call and response project sustained through exchanging hand folded\, edible goodies. \nCraving a place to let questions float\, Cheung invites you to a communal evening of wrapping dumplings\, where each participant will be given bite-sized treasures to take home as a parting gift. Within each baggie will be a scrap piece of paper—a prompt to contribute to an ongoing archive in any way that feels right to you. \nThrough this collective time\, the artist hopes to continue nurturing acts of sharing space\, stories\,energy\, and food—together. \n\n\nArtist Bio:  🔮 Snack Witch aka Joni Cheung 🍡 is a grateful\, uninvited guest born—and knows she wants to die—on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm\, Skwxwú7mesh\, Stó:lō\, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh peoples. They are currently toiling over their MFA on the stolen lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka peoples to become a Certified Sculpture Witch at Concordia University. She holds a BFA with Distinction in Visual Art (2018) from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. As a wicked #magicalgirl ✨ who eats art and makes snacks\, she has exhibited and curated shows\, off- and online\, across Turtle Island.\n\nAll ages welcome. Youth 14 and under should be accompanied by an adult! Please contact info@imarts.com for any questions. \n \nRegistration closes by January 6th\, so reserve your spot now!\n \nCover image by Snack Witch Joni Cheung.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/dtd-down-to-dumplin-w-snack-witch-joni-cheung/
LOCATION:Wells-Barkerville Community School\, Wells\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Food,Wells
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241221T180000
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SUMMARY:Solstice Clothing Swap and Bake Sale
DESCRIPTION:SOLSTICE CLOTHING SWAP AND BAKE SALE \nJoin us at the Gallery on Saturday December 21st for a clothing swap/shop & Bake Sale Fundraiser for IMA!\nWhy not start solstice with sweet treats and tasty thrifted finds? \nHave clothing you want to swap? Get in touch with us at info@imarts.com. \nWe look forward to hosting you in the Gallery!
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/solstice-clothing-swap-and-bake-sale/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Food,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241129T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20241118T174511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T174511Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Wells Works Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year folks- Time to celebrate the work of local artists in the Wells\, Barkerville and the Bowron Lakes Area! This Wells Works Exhibition will run from FRIDAY November 29th-December 24th and will be hosted at the IMA Gallery at 2323 Pooley Street. Be sure to join us for the opening on the evening of the 28th! \nIMA’s Public Gallery operations are made possible through the support of the Province of British Columbia. Wells Works 2024 is supported through a generous donation made in memory of Caroline Murphy\, a talented visual artist and dearly-missed mother who would have been happy to see people coming together to make art.\n———\nIf you are local and interested in applying\, please do so! This show is open to work of all kinds\, from folks of all ages- if you’re even just thinking of applying\, we encourage you to do so!\nDeadline to apply is NOVEMBER 15th. Please apply here: https://forms.gle/G89draJaoth25NGZ9
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/2024-wells-works-exhibition/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20241118T180007Z
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SUMMARY:Wells Works Thursday
DESCRIPTION:FOLKS! \nIt’s the last Wells Works of November – my oh my\, where has the time gone?! \nSo we don’t compete with @pianoheistcanada while they are performing in Wells at @sunset_theatre\, we are moving Wells Works to Thursday\, November 21st. Come join us for some acrylic pours in the Gallery. We have an excess of materials thanks to a generous donation from Diggy’s Diner 🙂 \nSee you there!
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/wells-works-thursday/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241110T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241110T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20241103T161055Z
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SUMMARY:Watercolour Holiday Cards with Christina Watts
DESCRIPTION:November 10th\, 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM (2323 Pooley Street)\nCost: $47.25 (including GST) \nKick off the holiday season with a cozy day of creating watercolour art cards for the holidays! Create 2-3 mini art pieces and use your favourite image to scan onto personalized greeting cards. In this step by step watercolour class you’ll learn great techniques and understand how to work with one of the most versatile art mediums. All supplies are included and you get to keep a specially designed Butterfly Forest Paint dot palette so you can keep on painting with pure watercolours. This workshop is perfect for beginner to intermediate painters and anyone who just wants to come have fun. \nArtist Bio: Christina has instructed hundreds of in-person classes throughout the province and designed online courses reaching students around the globe. In addition to teaching she has also created her own watercolour paint brand\, Butterfly Forest Paints sold online and in small stores throughout North America. Her passion lies with helping other artists succeed and assists the PG Community Arts Council as a part-time gallery/gift shop coordinator. She is a very down to earth individual and loves to play and laugh till she cries. \nAll ages included! Please contact info@imarts.com for any questions.\nRegistration closes by November 1st\, so reserve your spot now
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/watercolour-holiday-cards-with-christina-watts/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240911T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240830T191955Z
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SUMMARY:Wells Works Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Do you have an art project you’ve been neglecting? Do you want to meet up with other folks in Wells and share what you know? Looking to get crafty this fall? Then join us for Wells Works Wednesdays!\nIMA will be hosting workshops starting Wednesday September 11 until November 20. Workshops will be held at 2323 Pooley Street (the IMA Gallery) from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. All ages are welcome. Materials\, coffee\, tea\, hot chocolate and snacks by donation. \nDates are: \n\nSeptember 11\nSeptember 23\nOctober 7\nOctober 23\nNovember 6\nNovember 20\n\nAdditionally\, we’re encouraging workshop participants to submit their work made in these sessions to the 2024 Wells Works Exhibition (running Nov. 28- Jan. 5). We love this annual exhibition\, which celebrates work from folks living in the Wells/Barkerville/Bowron areas. If you cannot participate in the workshops\, but would like to submit to the Wells Works Exhibition\, we encourage you to submit as well. \nContact info@imarts.com for any other questions.\nIMA’s Public Gallery operations are made possible through the support of the Province of British Columbia. Wells Works 2024 is supported through a generous donation made in memory of Caroline Murphy\, a talented visual artist and dearly-missed mother who would have been happy to see people coming together to make art.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/wells-works-wednesdays/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240822T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240822T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240818T214240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240818T214240Z
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SUMMARY:Roots: a look at the permanent collection of Island Mountain Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, August 22nd\, 2024 at 7:00 pm for the opening reception of “Roots”\, a look at the permanent collection of Island Mountain Arts\, curated by Jessica Peachey. This reception will be accompanied by a draw night led by Miss Peachey\, exploring topics of place and reflection. \nThis exhibition is from the permanent collection of Island Mountain Arts. The exhibition follows four parts\, such as four seasons\, and takes the audience down a path of reflection and exploration. The viewer will go through the topics of settling\, standing\, rest\, and guidance\, in relation to the idea of roots. Posing the audience to think about; What nurtures the love for art in wells? How does art nourish the people of wells? What are our feelings surrounding these thoughts? \nThe “Roots” show will run from August 22nd to September 22nd\, and showcases the artwork of artists Al Colton\, David T. Alexander\, Eliza Fry\, Esther Colton\, Leya Tess\, Linda Dayan Frimer\, Michael Kluckner\, Peter Von Tiesenhausen\, Pnina Granirer\, Sayake Suzuki\, Shaela Kinting\, and Nelson Hughes.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/roots-a-look-at-the-permanent-collection-of-island-mountain-arts/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240709T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240630T212536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T212536Z
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SUMMARY:Peter's Artist Talks
DESCRIPTION:Peter will talk about his recent works involving lenticular images and fermentation processes: ‘Borrowing heavily from The Sciences yet with little focus on making money\, Flemming’s projects are fabricated weird worlds where uninhibited systems of circulation-feedback loops\, leakages\, Overlapping cycles—teeter between stability and instability.’
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/peters-artist-talks/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240630T212320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T212320Z
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SUMMARY:Rita's Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Rita will talk about her recent works\, which incorporate audio\, electronics\, and mechanical performing objects\, focusing on the environmental impacts of resource extraction and demonstrating her desire to use sound to create a rhythmic voice of agency and empathy to articulate forces of resistance in the natural world.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/ritas-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240706
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240716
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240530T161535Z
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SUMMARY:Toni Onley Artist's Project
DESCRIPTION:The Toni Onley Artist Projects\, which focuses on the exploration and development of visual artists\, will have a maximum of 12 spaces available. This year’s mentors are Rita McKeough and Peter Flemming! \nSaturday\, July 6th – Sunday\, July 14th\, 2024 at Wells\, BC \nCOST\nThe program cost for 2024 is $605.00 + GST. This fee does not include accommodations\, transportation or evening meals. Scholarships and Bursaries to assist with the cost of tuition are available. \nPLEASE REACH OUT TO TOAP@IMARTS.COM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS \nAbout The Mentors \nRITA MCKEOUGH\nI am an installation and performance artist based in Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta. \nMy work incorporates audio\, electronics\, and mechanical performing objects. \nI consistently work from a feminist perspective\, and my recent work focuses on the environmental impacts of resource extraction and demonstrates my desire to use sound to create a rhythmic voice of agency and empathy to articulate forces of resistance in the natural world.). \nI have been fortunate to have my work included in Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women (YYZ Books\, 2004) and Rita McKeough: Works (Emmedia\, Truck Gallery and MST performative art festival\, 2018). \nI feel very fortunate to have had the support and assistance of my community to produce my work and I offer my respect and love to everyone who has helped me. \nLearn more about Rita McKeough and artworks: https://www.ritamckeough.com \n  \nPETER FLEMMING\nHomebase : Val-Morin / Montréal \nProfessions (in order of time spent upon) : artist\, pedagogue\, technician\, writer\, curator \nActive since : ca. 1997 \ninterests / ways / means / keywords : – ad hoc architecture \n– intuitive physics \n– informal engineering \n– power mismanagement \n– solving unstructured problems \n– passive systems \n– electromagnetics \n– sun \n– rocks \n– intuition \n– garbage \n– saunas \n– thresholds \n– maple syrup making \n– arationality \n– fermentation \n– improvisation \nBorrowing heavily from The Sciences yet with little focus on making money\, Flemming’s projects are fabricated weird worlds where uninhibited systems of circulation—feedback loops\, leakages\, overlapping cycles—teeter between stability and instability. \nLearn more about Peter Flemming and artworks: https://peterflemming.net \n 
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/toni-onley-artists-project-2/
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240705T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240705T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240630T212120Z
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SUMMARY:Happy 10th Birthday to the Nest - a Community Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for July 5th and come celebrate our 10-year milestone at The Nest. \nJoin us for a special Community Potluck & BBQ where we’ll be sharing stories\, and celebrating 10 years past\, and 10 years to come. \nWe will also welcome our Toni Onley Artists Project artists. It’s a perfect opportunity to take a trip down memory lane\, cherish the present\, and set our sights on what’s to come. \nDo you have unforgettable experiences at The Nest that you’d like to share? We would love to hear your stories and memories. Feel free to leave your comments and let us know. \nMake a donation today and become an integral part of our ongoing story! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/island-mountain-arts-society/ \nWe extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of you for being a part of this remarkable journey. Together\, we can ensure that The Nest continues to thrive as a dynamic hub for artists and our community for many more years to come! \n#Donation #Charity #CanadaHelps #GreatCanadianGivingChallenge #TheNest #ArtistInResidence #10Years #10Days #10Bucks #WellsBC
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/happy-10th-birthday-to-the-nest-a-community-potluck/
LOCATION:The Nest\, 4234 Sanders Ave\, Wells\, BC\, V0K2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Food,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240615T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240615T230000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240609T175243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240609T175243Z
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SUMMARY:The Treeplanter's Ball
DESCRIPTION:The Treeplanter’s Ball is an opportunity to dance away the hard work of the day with the brilliant tunes of Saltwater Hank and The Dead Wrongs. As we are toasting to an initiative that will have benefits for folks of all ages living in Wells and the surrounding area\, this event will be for folks of all ages. \nThe Treeplanter’s Ball | The Wells Community Hall | June 15\, 2024 | 8PM | All Ages! \nTICKET PRICE: 1. Adult – $20.00 in advance\n2. Under 18 – $10.00\n3. Ages 10 and under are by donation\n4. Solid Roots Volunteer – Free\n5. $30.00 at the door \nGet tickets at https://islandmountainarts.tickit.ca/events/24722-the-treeplanter-s-ball
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/the-treeplanters-ball-2/
LOCATION:Wells Community Hall\, 4269 Sanders Ave\, Wells\, BC\, V0K2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Education,Music,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240612T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240612T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240609T175634Z
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SUMMARY:Contour Drawing with Zuzana Vasko
DESCRIPTION:June 12th | 4 – 6pm | Outside of the Nest \nAbout the workshop:\nContour drawing involves very careful\, sincere looking and creates a space for intimate connection with the subject you’re drawing. As such\, the experience of drawing in contours can be a way to better come to know the forms of life around us\, and to see and give attention to what might otherwise not be noticed. This workshop will take place outside\, where we will draw certain spots\, niches\, or specific plants that might draw you in. Because the focus is on process and careful looking rather than on the result\, it is accessible to all levels of drawing or experience. We will begin with blind contours – drawing without looking at the paper – and move onto sighted contours while continuing to look with detailed care and what you’ve decided to draw. \nAbout the artist:\nZuzana Vasko’s artwork inquires into how we might create meaningful\, intimate bonds with our local ecologies; it also explores commonalities we share with other species and the lore around how we relate to them. Her work often incorporates drawing\, stitching\, and natural materials. She teaches with the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University\, where she endeavours to bring ecological perspectives into all her courses.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/contour-drawing-with-zuzana-vasko/
LOCATION:The Nest\, 4234 Sanders Ave\, Wells\, BC\, V0K2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240531T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240531T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240530T153329Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Paper Making with MULCH Collective!\nFriday – May 31\, 2024 || 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM || fair weather = outside at the Nest\, foul weather in the Second Floor Studios (Wells-Barkerville School second floor). \nAre you swimming in a sea of documents? Is your wastepaper basket overflowing with balled up notes from your screenplay that just isn’t working? Do those junk mail flyers keep piling up before you get to use them? Join members of MULCH Collective down the rabbit hole of creating homemade paper from all that recycling\, scraps and plant materials laying around. Participants will learn the basics of paper making\, from building deckles to pulling sheets from the pulp. The workshop will also include an exploration into how local and invasive plant species can be used in the process of paper making.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/paper-making-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240530T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240530T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240530T153022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T153022Z
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SUMMARY:MULCH MULCH MULCH - artist talk
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the gallery this Thursday for an Artist Talk on our new exhibition\, MULCH MULCH MULCH! Meet the artists\, discover their creative process\, and chat about their artworks.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/mulch-mulch-mulch-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240519T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240503T200927Z
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SUMMARY:artist talk | tea and talk with Rachel Rozanski (ARCHIVAL EARTH)
DESCRIPTION:About 50 percent of Canada is permafrost\, and it’s thawing almost a century earlier than predicted. It is the foundation for Arctic ecosystems and in the last ten years\, thawing and “permafrost slumps” have started to dramatically change the landscape. \nThis multimedia exhibit explores the concept of time on a geological scale through land change in Northern Canada\, with a specific focus on the ways permafrost and water are being altered in the Anthropocene. Investigating permafrost thaw from the direct effects of small-scale mining to the results of large-scale global climate change\, this project developed through creative practice and collaboration with scientists and Indigenous land-based researchers in the Yukon and Northwest Territories on Inuvialuit\, Gwich’in\, Dene\, and Trondek Hwetch’in traditional territories\, partially through summer and winter residencies at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. \nAbout the Artist: Rachel Rozanski is an interdisciplinary artist and PhD student whose creative research explores concepts of restoration and repair in environmental studies and disability studies. Through residency projects in the Yukon\, Northwest Territories\, Nunavut and Iceland\, she has collaborated with researchers and been inspired by scientific and land-based studies of permafrost degradation\, pollution and adaptations for the Anthropocene. Using drawing\, photography and video\, Rachel portrays the creative survival of people\, plants and animals in sick bodies and sick Lands\, creating documentary art that is accessible and experiential. Her work has been exhibited in galleries internationally and across Canada including PAVED arts\, Prefix Circuit Gallery\, Two Rivers Gallery\, the Canada Council for the Arts Ajagemo gallery\, and Artspace Gallery for CONTACT Photography Festival. \nRegistration is not necessary\, but we hope you will join us!
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/artist-talk-tea-and-talk-with-rachel-rozanski-archival-earth/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Free,Wells
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240519T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T161331
CREATED:20240503T200444Z
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SUMMARY:Plein Air Meditative Drawing
DESCRIPTION:MEET AT ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS AT 10:00 AM \n$10.00 Materials fee\, or PWYC \nAbout the Workshop\nThis workshop is an opportunity to experience meditative drawing\, engaging with Donna Haraway’s concept of becoming-with. The plein air artist typically uses direct observation to draw or paint what they see. In this workshop\, we will observe but also explore all our senses of cognition to connect in kinship with our surroundings. Through a series of meditative drawing exercises\, participants will experience a deeper and fuller relationality of becoming-with the environment. Participants will also be introduced to the practice of nature journaling as a way to record their experiences. Ages 8+ with parent supervision. \nAbout the Artist \nTaline creating art plein air by the riverside \nTaline Kavoukian is a T’Karonto/Toronto-based multimedia artist who uses an ecofeminist lens in her portraiture\, figurative work and landscape painting. Her formal education includes an MA in Creativity and Intrinsic Motivation from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education\, and she recently graduated with a BFA from York University. Taline is an enthusiastic reader\, walker\, traveller\, and curious learner who believes that life is an adventure to be lived with love\, joy and in community.
URL:https://whatsupinwells.com/event/plein-air-meditative-drawing/
LOCATION:Island Mountain Arts\, 2323 Pooley St.\, Wells\, BC\, V0k2R0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Education,Wells
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