Date: Sunday, January 12th, 2020 Time: 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Address: SUM Gallery, Sun Wah Building, 268-4th Floor, Keefer St, Vancouver, BC NB: Light refreshments will be provided. You are invited to the AGM on January the 12th at 3:00-3:30 PM to hear about this year’s performance and plans for explorASIAN Festival 2020. On this occasion, VAHMS will launch the …
Glitter Technics is a sparkling night showcasing the work of emerging multidisciplinary LGBTQ2SI+ artists from a 13-week experiential creative empowerment workshop led by Mutya Macatumpag at the Pride in Arts Society’s SUM Gallery. Mediums that glitter at our December 4th gallery show include visual art, installation, movement performance, music, poetry, light/shadow art, video , silkscreen … Continue reading
World Traditional Performing Arts Festival, which celebrates its 3rd time this year, is performing various ethnic performing arts including Korean traditional arts, the First Nations performing group, Taiwanese Dance and Indonesian Dance. Communicating and understanding other cultures through sharing and experiencing each other’s unique culture is the purpose of this event. This year’s event will be … Continue reading
Celebrate Strathcona’s multicultural past and present through storytelling and food. Pacific Canada Heritage Centre Museum of Migration Society hosts an afternoon of diverse communities sharing family dishes and the migration stories they hold. Yes, there will be food sampling! In this “round-robin” style storytelling event, you will hear diverse migration stories inspired by family recipes, … Continue reading
Jim Wong-Chu is considered one of the first Asian-Canadian authors to give voice to Asian communities in times when support for Asian arts was difficult to obtain. He dedicated much of his time to compiling a literary anthology called Many-Mouthed Birds that showcased the richness of Asian-Canadian literature. The public is invited to a special listening event … Continue reading
Presented by: Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Date and Location: Nov 6-16, Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St)Tickets from $26 – tickets.thecultch.com OR box office – 604 251 1363 ABOUT KUROKO Hiroshi has only a year left to live. During that time, he must somehow get his daughter Maya to leave her bedroom, something that hasn’t happened … Continue reading
Here is a heartfelt letter written by Allan Cho, the executive director of the ACWW, to Jim Wong-Chu, at the opening of the Jim Wong-Chu exhibit at UBC on October 10, 2019. “Dear Jim, from Allan” October 10, 2019 Dear Jim, It’s been almost two years now since I’ve last written to you. I think … Continue reading
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society has partnered with the Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the University of British Columbia Rare Books Collection Library to organize an exhibition running from, Thursday, October 10, 2019, to Friday, November 15, 2019, showcasing the legacy of Jim Wong-Chu. Continue reading
An exhibit that truly captures the continual impact of our Iconic Asian Canadian, Jim Wong-Chu. He was a well-known Asian-Canadian historian, editor, author, and poet. Continue reading
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society has partnered with the Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the University of British Columbia Rare Books Collection Library to organize an exhibition running from, Thursday, October 10, 2019, to Friday, November 15, 2019, showcasing the legacy of Jim Wong-Chu. Continue reading
BC Library’s Chung Collection has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value. Please click here to read the news on UBC Library website. The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection was donated to UBC Library by the Chung Family in 1999. … Continue reading
