The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) is excited about the upcoming explorASIAN Festival happening May 1 – May 31, 2023. We want to extend our hand to both loyal and new partners and collaborators. Join us in 2023 by including your Asian Heritage Month event(s) in our 2023 Festival Program. We wish to showcase … 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 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
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS For the May explorASIAN 2018 exhibition, “Following the Silk & Spice Routes and Beyond” in Vancouver, Canada, we encourage the submission of photographs from the communities or individuals who have an interest in showing images in context with the exhibition’s theme. The exhibition is a multicultural, visual representation of the … Continue reading
VAHMS was honoured to be one of 150 organizations nominated for a Multicultural Award at the BC Multicultural Awards. Dinner and entertainment at the Fairmont Hotel were wonderful! Pictured from left to right are Mariam Bouchoutrouch of PIRS ED, VP of VAHMS Beverly Nann, VAHMS Director Esaine Mo Verney and VAHMS President Ken McAteer. Continue reading
Buy your tickets to explorASIAN‘s Recognition Gala 2016! Please support explorASIAN in our 20th Anniversary for our only fundraiser of the year. Honouring outstanding Japanese-Canadian leaders and offering delicious Japanese food, wine & beer cash bar, raffle & silent auction, and entertainment! Buy tickets online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-anniversary-explorasian-recognition-gala-tickets-25268259043 RAFFLE First prize of our raffle will be two round trip tickets … Continue reading
Following the Silk Routes and Beyond 2016 Shaking Hands with our Neighbours Following the Silk Routes and beyond is an interactive visual exhibition celebrating the past and present of exchange and multiculturalism and will be part of the Asian Heritage Month events taking place during the month of May in Vancouver. Societies connect, change, and adapt thanks to the … Continue reading
The Official Opening Ceremony of explorASIAN 2016 is taking place on Saturday, April 16th at 10:00am at the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at Simon Fraser University (149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver). To download the program, please see here: Program Opening Updated We hope you will come out to celebrate explorASIAN 2016! Many cultures, many languages, one festival! Continue reading
Given the huge waves of immigration in the early 90’s and the new millenium, VAHMS saw the need to help promote immigrant artists as they struggled to adjust to their new country and still maintain their art-making. “Generation One” was created in 2009 to not only involve Asian immigrant artists who were born in Canada, … Continue reading
Your VAHMS Membership for 2015-2016 is expiring! Renew your membership for 2016-2017 today to be kept in the loop for all things explorASIAN, and to support Asian Heritage Month in Vancouver. Or, become a new member today! See here to register: http://explorasian.org/forms/vahms-membership/ Continue reading