REPOST FROM: Fuyubi Nakamura, Curator, Asia, Museum of Anthropology, May 20, 2020 LINK TO ORIGINAL POST: https://moa.ubc.ca/2020/05/viruses-have-no-nationality-images-of-asia-during-the-pandemic/ “Be kind, be calm, be safe.” With these words, Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s health officer, ends her daily COVID-19 update. Have we all been kind to each other? The COVID-19 virus poses a risk to all of us, but … Continue reading →

Have you checked out all the free webinars on offer from the Vancouver Art Gallery? If not, you should take a look because there is a lot of great content happening this month, including this talk with Steven Dragonn who explores how modern Chinese art lost its global connections during the end of the Qing dynasty, which continued into … Continue reading →

The Lorita Leung Dance Academy 梁漱華舞蹈学院 was established in 1970 and is one of North America’s oldest Chinese dance schools. They offer the complete Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance Examination Syllabus and repertoire in Chinese Classical, Folk and Ethnic dance. We had planned to present their performance as part of our Recognition Awards Gala this … Continue reading →

Uzume Taiko Drum Group and Silk Road Music have a new musical collaboration featuring cross-cultural repertoire, “Silk & Skins” that we are thrilled to present as part of #virtualexplorASIAN! Silk and Skins embodies this year’s explorASIAN Festival theme “Pan-Asian Cultural Connections” which celebrates our diverse multicultural Canadian identity with stronger efforts to increase cross-cultural integration. … Continue reading →

In response to the rise of acts of racism against Asian communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local musician Son of James has written and recorded a song called “I Found It All Inside,” featuring musicians from all across the Lower Mainland. The song, which has been pieced together from contributions recorded while the musicians practised … Continue reading →

For the next four weeks you can find our beautiful explorASIAN posters on various transit shelters around metro Vancouver. This year’s poster was designed by our previous festival coordinator Martin Prijatna and features Sujit Vaidya, one of Vancouver’s leading exponents of the classical Indian style of bharata natyam. Sujit was booked to perform at our … Continue reading →

We are thrilled to present “Motherlands”, a new podcast created by Isaac You as part of CiTR 101.9 FM’s Asian Heritage Month programming. Motherlands is a series exploring what it means to be Asian. Produced by people from a variety of Asian backgrounds, the podcast is a celebration, as well as an investigation of the … Continue reading →

To celebrate Asian Heritage Month, Virtual explorASIAN is collaborating with the Vancouver Public Library to present a curated list of nearly 400 reads and downloadable audio books from Asian communities around the world. Head over to the Vancouver Public Library website to browse this collection and start reading! Continue reading →

“I believe the values of a sustainable civil society can be international. I believe it is possible that, some day, we will be able to establish a global system of values to which all countries can adhere without fear of losing their identities. When and if that happens, we will be living in a civil … Continue reading →

On the evening of May 1st, 2020, Vancouver City Hall will be illuminating in red to signal the opening of Asian Heritage Month in Canada and the start of Virtual explorASIAN. To commemorate the occasion, VAHMS will be live-streaming the event on explorASIAN’s Facebook page from the north steps of city hall. We will be … Continue reading →