Artist Statement For the Interconnected Project, I am presenting “Interplay With Nature”, a collection of oil and acrylic paintings showing my appreciation for my surroundings and noting ways of interacting positively with our environment. Of particular interest is “Symbiosis”, a mural about Norquay Learning Orchard where it is currently installed. I was honored to portray …
Artist Statement In my last residency (at the Port Moody Arts Centre) I had time to make ceramics for the first time outside of university. I was in a private space, alone with myself during a time where I was just trying to survive, like now. I focused on my family, love, labor, morning and revisiting, struggling …
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) is excited for the upcoming explorASIAN Festival happening May 1 – May 31, 2022. We want to extend our hand to both loyal and new partners and collaborators. Join us in 2022 by including your Asian Heritage Month event(s) in our 2022 Festival Program. To submit your event(s), …
VAHMS had the honour to be a part of the audience for City Opera Vancouver’s Chinatown Opera. The Opera by Madeleine Tien and Alice Ping Yee Ho features the story of two close friends and the importance of family, identity, and perseverance. The story also reflects on the significance of Vancouver’s Chinatown and its history …
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society would like to congratulate Fiona Tinwei Lam for being appointed Vancouver’s sixth Poet Laureate, 2022-2024. She has a deep and long-standing connection to the community including her support to VAHMS and participation in various panels and exhibitions during explorASIAN. Fiona Tinwei Lam is the author of Intimate Distances (finalist for the … Continue reading
Artist Statement Illustration to me has always been the breath-of-fresh-air version of the reality we live in, or perhaps an imaginative world, where hearts are allowed to freely and truthfully converse with one another through unique visual expressions, without neither self-inflicted or societal-imposed constraints. I often like to contextualize the subjects of my illustrations within … Continue reading
VAFF celebrates its 25th edition this year from November 4 to 14, with a bigger and better festival to commemorate this milestone year! For the first time ever, VAFF is going to be a hybrid affair taking place over 11 days and counting. The extended festival kicks off with 4 days of in-person events (November 4-7), followed … Continue reading
This fall, join the Burnaby Village Museum for an interactive online sessions to learn about the history of Japanese Canadians in Burnaby. Celebrations of Life and Love: Ceramic Works of Thomas Kakinuma Tuesday, October 12, 7:00pm, 1.5 hours Online via Zoom: https://burnaby-ca.zoom.us/j/61158635276 Debra Sloan focuses on the life and work of UBC professor and Burnaby … Continue reading
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society is especially grateful to the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver for inviting VAHMS to its thematic cultural and creative economy promotional program named “A Quick Journey to Indonesia: Discover its Uniqueness.” The event showcased the rich and diverse culture of Indonesia, such as delicious cuisine, … Continue reading
The Vancouver Ikebana Association will be presenting the 2021 Fall Show on October 10 from 10:30-4pm. Japanese style floral arrangements will be artistically displayed in the main hall of the Nikkei Cultural Centre on Thanksgiving Sunday. Demonstrations will take place by master instructors between 12:30-3:30pm. The event is open to anyone, and admission is by donation. … Continue reading
Artist Statement My subject matter is greatly influenced by where I am and places I long for. Drawing and designing has always been a way for me to understand and grow closer to a subject through exploration, research and problem solving. By interpreting Gastown in a stylized manner, I must ask myself what are the … Continue reading
September 30, 2021 marks the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada as well as Orange Shirt Day. The latter is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day that dates back to the Commemoration Project and Reunion events that took place in Williams Lake, BC in May 2013. On that day, Phyllis Webstad, a Northern … Continue reading
we the same is a play inspired by true events. In 1979 a Vietnamese family, a mother with six young children separated from their father on the sea, flee Communist Vietnam by boat, surviving pirate attacks, typhoons, shipwreck, starvation and more. The story weaves between past and the present, memory and truth, adventure and fantasy, secrets … Continue reading
Uzume Taiko celebrates Culture Days 2021 with two specially filmed Performance Events and an Interactive Virtual Taiko Drumming Workshop suitable for all ages! The two 40-minute Performance Events capture the taiko drummers up close and personal in the intimate Taiko Studio setting. Join us for a potpourri of powerful drum beats, rhythmic precision and choreographed … Continue reading