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Vancouver, June 19, 2010 — DRAWN is pleased to announce the finalists for The Drawing Room, a new national juried exhibition taking place July 17 through August 7 as part of the festival's 2010 edition.

"We are very impressed by the number and quality of the submissions that we received," said festival co-founder Robert Kardosh. "We would like to congratulate the finalists and thank all those who participated by making a submission to The Drawing Room."

The selection process was done primarily on the basis of consensus, as well as a limited number of choices by individual jurors. Jury members were not privy to any information regarding the identity or regional association of the applicants. The overall effect is something like the Canadian geography-- expansive, diverse and inspiring.

Jaime Angelopoulos (Toronto, ON)
Shuvinai Ashoona (Cape Dorset, NU)
Amy Bagshaw (Toronto, ON)
Ted Barker (Winnipeg, MB)
Rosanne Bennett (Vancouver, BC)
Leah Biggs (Vancouver, BC)
Lisa Birke (Vancouver, BC)
Barb Bondy (Toronto, ON / Alabama, USA)
Brian Boulton (Vancouver, BC)
Mandy Boursicot (Vancouver, BC)
Calvin Bradbury (Langley, BC)
Pauline Braun (Winnipeg, MB)
Lucie Chan (Vancouver, BC)
Marilyn Chapman (Victoria, BC)
Lisa Cinar (Vancouver, BC)
Ben Clarkson (Winnipeg, MB)
Scott Cumberland (Edmonton, AB)
Fei Disbrow (Vancouver, BC)
Jamie Dolinko (Vancouver, BC)
Kristina Fiedrich (Vancouver, BC)
Brian Grison (Victoria, BC)
Lyndl Hall (Vancouver, BC)
Thomas Hendry (Toronto, ON)
Erik Jerezano (Toronto, ON)
Charles Keillor (Vancouver, BC)

Davida Kidd (Burnaby, BC)
Laura Lamb (Vancouver, BC)
Chantal Lefebvre (Vancouver, BC)
Nina Leo (Toronto, ON)
Nick Lepard (Vancouver, BC)
Ina Levytsky (Toronto, ON)
Gavin Lynch (Dunrobin, ON)
Robert Malinowski (Toronto, ON)
Kavavaow Mannomee (Cape Dorset, NU)
Marie-Eve Martel (Blainville, QC)
Diane Morin (Montreal, QC)
Val Nelson (Vancouver, BC)
Nam Duc Nguyen (Edmonton, AB / Berlin, GER)
Kelly O'Neill (Peterborough, ON)
Bruce Pashak (Vancouver, BC)
Tamara Rusnak (Regina, SK)
Erin Schwab (Fort McMurray, AB)
Jay Senetchko (Vancouver, BC)
Carolyn Stockbridge (Vancouver, BC)
Leslie Supnet (Winnipeg, MB)
Andrew Valko (Winnipeg, MB)
Anthony Vrakotas (Montreal, QC)
Jasmine Wallace (Vancouver, BC)
Roger Watt (Vancouver, BC)
Taizo Yamamoto (Vancouver, BC)

The Drawing Room runs July 17 through August 7 at the Pendulum Gallery (885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver). An opening reception will take place Friday July 16, 7—9 pm.

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