In the year 1008, Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting serving at the Japanese imperial court, wrote in her diary of the feverish excitement surrounding the distribution of her story, now known as The Tale of Genji. Demand was so high that a group of women was assigned the task of producing multiple copies under Murasaki’s […]
Read more →Developed by the Vancouver Museum in partnership with the Canadian Society for Asian Arts. May 4, 2007 to January 1, 2008, Vancouver Museum September 19 – November 23, 2008, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Funded by: The Department of Canadian Heritage Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Society for Asian Arts The exhibition Rice is Life […]
Read more →Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver February 16 – March 1, 2009, free and open to public Curator: Sam Carter http://spiritofplace.ecuad.ca/ http://www.citizenvoices.gg.ca/en/blogs/rideau_hall/235 The Spirit of Place: Beijing-China Young Artists Exhibition was curated during the summer of 2008 from thousands of paintings created by young artists from all parts of China through […]
Read more →Bamboo Welcome Gates and mobile art studios will greet visitors to Chinatown and Zodiac Square. Visitors to the exhibitions will participate in happenings and make “Olympic Wishes”. Since the 2010 Olympics coincide with Asian New Year, the story of the “race” among the Asian zodiac creatures will be featured in displays of Asian folk art […]
Read more →The Spirit of Place Project is a programme that celebrates the art of young artists from past, present and future Olympic cities: Beijing, Vancouver and London. Art in the exhibition explores the pillar themes of the Olympics. Feb 11 – 28, 2010 Spirit of Place: Beijing, Vancouver & London Young Artists Exhibition-Olympic Themes Location: Chinese Cultural […]
Read more →In celebration of the Asian Library’s 50th anniversary and in anticipation of the performance of Kabuki Dance featuring guest artists from Japan at the Frederic Wood Theatre on April 10 & 11, The Canadian Society for Asian Arts presents an exhibition that examines the intimate relationship between the woodblock printing medium and the kabuki theatre. […]
Read more →The Canadian Society for Asian Arts, the City of Vancouver Archives, the BC Provincial Heritage Fair and Emily Carr University of Art and Design faculty and students are collaborating to host an exhibition celebrating Asian Heritage Month and British Columbia Heritage month, May 2010. The City of Vancouver Archives gallery will host the exhibition of […]
Read more →Beijing based artist Weizhi Zhang captured various types of Beijing courtyard gates on his watercolour canvases. Beijing quadrangle courtyards are the most elaborate examples of Chinese vernacular dwelling. Their ethnological character and variations of style, along with their delicate but powerful decorative elements, are of significant historic value and cultural meaning. Since the late […]
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