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Celebrating being a woman The Wilson House Gallery, in partnership with the Kamloops Arts Council, has a unique and moving exhibition that is on their walls until June 26. Women in Bliss is a visual story of the women of Kamloops By Jen Sheeley and Amanda Barker. The North Shore Business Improvement Association’s administrative coordinator Mary Ellen Grant is pleased to have the show in the gallery. “I like the fact that both women bring different perspective from their life story to bring out the emotions of the strengths of women,” comments Mary Ellen. “It is a visual story of the many strong women in Kamloops. The emotions and strengths that they have are intriguing. It is a mosaic and all the photos have different frames. It is a really neat story they tell.” The intent of this exhibit is to capture and communicate, through visual images, the varied and authentic ways by which women experience and live their bliss. It is important that the project reflect both diversity and universality within these personally meaningful activities. The exhibit features local individuals, ranging in age from four to 92, engaged in her identified bliss. Jen and Amanda are the ladies behind this beautiful piece of work. Jen Sheeley is an ever-evolving and self-taught artist. Born and raised in Kamloops, Jen’s long time medium of artistic expression has been mo-
Jen Sheeley and Amanda Barker have become closer friends since their asperations to put together a women’s exhibit at the Wilson House Gallery.
saic work of ranging materials and functions. Jen’s training as an occupational therapist is reflected in her interest of how people derive purpose in their daily lives. Amanda Barker became a photographer through her work as a doula; she found that being an invisible observer at births was the most natural
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way she knew of documenting emotion and events in the most authentic way possible. Amanda has four children and is the director of Boho Birth Collective, a group of five doulas that serves the Kamloops area. Aside from being a photographer, Amanda teaches classes and workshops for pregnant mothers
and birth workers and has created her own holistic prenatal education course. The show began very organically as a chat between two friends over delicious eats at the Noble Pig. “I was out with my friend and I start- continued on page 2
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