This event aims to bring the Uyghur and Vancouver Muslim community together to build global solidarity. About this event Co-sponsored by SFU’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, David Lam Centre, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and supported by SFU’s School for International Studies and UBC’s Department of Asian Studies … Continue reading →

About Sandeep Johal Sandeep Johal is a Canadian visual artist whose practice engages drawing, collage, textiles, and large-scale murals. Through her Indo-folk feminine aesthetic, she confronts themes of bleakness, despair and ugliness with their dissonant opposites: brightness, hope and beauty. Johal’s work typically centers around the stories of women and while she highlights female suffering in its many … Continue reading →

JOB DESCRIPTION:  explorASIAN Festival Coordinator Position The Festival Coordinator (FC) position is a part-time position that involves managing the administrative and operational tasks of VAHMS and explorASIAN Festival. The FC is the sole employee of VAHMS and reports directly to the President of the Board. Averaging 20 hours per week with extended hours leading up … Continue reading →

When asked what art is, not all will first say food, cuisine and cookery. But, food and cookery is an art form like many others. It plays with your senses, maybe even more senses than any other kind of art. On top of that, food just like art has the ability to communicate the values … Continue reading →

From everyone here at the explorASIAN team, we would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of our partners, supporters, attendees, and contributors who made our 2022 festival such a success. This year was the first time since 2019 that we were able to safely offer in-person programming, and it was such a … Continue reading →

Etsu & Arts Etsu began studying traditional Japanese monochrome brushwork at age of eight. In high school she began studying with a famous calligrapher and continues till today. Along the way she discovered that she could marry traditional and contemporary art by adding colour to the monochrome style, which led to creating her own painting … Continue reading →