A rezoning proposal for 5163-5187 Joyce Street near the Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain station drew a lot of interest earlier in the year. Covered in the Tyee as Vancouver’s Filipino Heart, attention has been on the cluster of six small businesses, many Filipino-run and patronized, facing displacement. Listening Room: The Filipino Community and the food hub at … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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), … Continue reading →

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 →

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 … 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 →