<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Arial"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></font></div><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Contact:</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Slade Leeson</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Architectural Heritage Center</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">503-231-7264 (o)</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">503-894-2610 (c)</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#0000ec" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #0000ec"><a href="mailto:intern@visitahc.org">intern@visitahc.org</a></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>“Architectural Heritage Center kicks off Annual Juried Art Exhibitionâ€</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Portland, ORE ―</font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"> </font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">On November 5, the Architectural Heritage Center will host the opening reception of its annual juried art exhibit. The title of this year’s exhibit is “<b>Fostering Harmony: The Symbiotic Relationship of Architecture and Nature.â€</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">The free, public reception will announce the winners of the jury’s awards and give members of the public the opportunity to vote on a “Viewer’s Choice†award. Artists from around the northwest submitted paintings, sculpture and other mixed works to the exhibit, which runs through the month of December.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">In the weeks following the reception, the AHC will partner with several selected artists to present a series of “Community Conversations,†which will give artists and the public additional opportunities to explore their work as it relates to the theme of the exhibit.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Proceeds and sales from the exhibit benefit the artists and the AHC’s educational programs, advocacy efforts and collections stewardship.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">The Architectural Heritage Center is located at 701 SE Grand Avenue in Portland. More information about “Fostering Harmony†and other AHC programs is available at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.visitahc.org/content/call-artists-2010"><font color="#0000ec" style="color: #0000ec">http://www.visitahc.org/content/call-artists-2010</font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">The Architectural Heritage Center is a non-profit resource center for historic preservation</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">located in Portland, Oregon. Owned and operated by the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, The AHC hosts dozens of programs, workshops, and exhibits each year, helping people appreciate, restore and maintain vintage homes, buildings, and neighborhoods. We are also caretakers of one of the largest collections of architectural artifacts in the United States.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"># # #</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div></body></html>