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AGM 2022

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March 8, 2022

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL CSAA

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, March 20th, 2022, 11-12:00pm

Following the Meeting at 1:00pm, an illustrated Lecture on the
Art of the Tokonoma will be presented by Maiko Behr, Director, SaBi Tea Arts

“Origins of the Tokonoma: Architecture, Form and Function of the Tea Room Alcove”
Two invitation links to both the AGM and Lecture 
will be sent two days before the event.


Members and Non-Members are welcome to attend the AGM
and the Art of the Tokonoma Lecture

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Note:  Membership is required in order to vote at the AGM
To join or renew, please forward a cheque to the
Canadian Society for Asian Arts
#260 – 5655 Cambie St.
Vancouver, BC  V5Z 3A4
Adult $30.  Family $40.  Senior/Student $25.
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We look forward to connecting with you virtually at
11am for the AGM, and at
1pm for the Art of the Tokonoma Lecture!



CSAA Program Information 2021 – 2022

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December 20, 2021

Exhibition Series:
“Speed and Splendour: by Sea to Asia” an exhibit of graphic depiction of transpacific travel to Asia in the early years of the 20th C, on view November 23, 2021 – February 27, 2022, is presented in cooperation with the Vancouver Maritime Museum. An accompanying video highlighting the story of tourist travel to Asia is available on the website.

“WASHI (Japanese Paper Art) connecting cultures, countries and generations”
featuring the work of Canadian artists Naoko Matsubara and Alexa Hatanaka explores washi and woodblock printing. The exhibit is now open at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre.

“Ink Dance: 50 Years of Calligraphy by Yim Tse” presented in cooperation with The Asian Library at the University of British Columbia, is now scheduled at the Asian Centre in the spring of 2023. A video on Ink Dance and the major themes in Yim Tse’s calligraphy is in production and will be available online in 2022.

Asian Illuminations Series:
Virtual programs in spring 2021 included: Ink Dance – a talk and video demonstration of Chinese calligraphy; Scott Williams on the west coast Manila Galleon shipwrecks; and Bird Tracks in the Air, a book launch of Chinese poetry. The events were held in cooperation with the Asian Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Maritime Museum and Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, respectively. Recordings of the events will be available on the CSAA website.

Several talks and demonstrations are also under development, including events on Japanese Kodo or Incense Ceremonies, Japanese Noh Mask Carving, the Art of the Tokonoma, the Cham Culture of Vietnam, Asia Pacific Folk Masks and Design in the Nitobe Garden. Programs offer rare opportunities to experience these art forms with Asian art and culture specialists.

Check the website for updates, to become a member, donate or sign up for event notices. All programs follow BC Health guidelines. CSAA continues to increase program accessibility by offering more virtual online displays, videos and events while maintaining in-person exhibits and programs.

CSAA acknowledges the challenges posed by Covid-19 and remains committed to presenting Asian art and culture programs now and in the future. We look forward to seeing you soon, in person or virtually!

— The CSAA Board

AGM 2021

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June 8, 2021

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
THE CSAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
for 20
21

Sunday, March 21st, 2021, 2-3:30pm


Members and Non-Members are welcome! 

Membership is required in order to vote at the AGM.

Memberships can be renewed with a cheque to the CSAA office:
Adult $30
Family $40
Senior/Student $25
Please make out cheques to the Canadian Society for Asian Arts
#260-5655 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 3A4
 A short calligraphy video, produced by CSAA, will be shown at the Society’s AGM.

Ink Dance: the Art and Techniques of Calligraphy
The video presents Greta Ho and Andrew Yang creating calligraphy with the
Four Treasures of the Scholar’s studio: the ink stick, ink stone, writing brush and paper.
Andrew and Greta are senior disciples of Master calligrapher Yim Tse,
and are devoted and skillful practitioners of the art.

We look forward to your participation in our first virtual AGM!




Tapestry: A Peony and a Butterfly, Ming dynasty (1358 – 1644)

COVID-19 and 2021 Programming

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June 8, 2021

We hope you are well and adapting to the changed world of COVID-19. In response, CSAA is reorganizing 2021 – 2022 programs. We want to share CSAA’s program information with you:

Exhibition Series:

“Asian Maritime Travel Posters”, an exhibit of graphic depictions of Asia travel, is planned for November 2021, in cooperation with the Vancouver Maritime Museum.

“Ink Dance: 50 Years of Calligraphy by Yim Tse” is now scheduled at the Asian Centre and Asian Library at the University of British Columbia, with accompanying programs, in the spring of 2022.

“Mokuhan: Woodblock Prints by Naoko Matsubara and Noboru Sawai” is scheduled for the fall of 2022, in cooperation with The Nikkei Museum in Burnaby. These celebrated artists, active in Canada, have married traditional techniques with contemporary expressions.

Asian Illuminations Series:

Virtual programs in spring 2021 included: Ink Dance – a talk and video demonstration of Chinese calligraphy; Scott Williams on the west coast Manila Galleon shipwrecks; and Bird Tracks in the Air, a book launch of Chinese poetry. The events were held in cooperation with the Asian Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Maritime Museum and Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, respectively. Recordings of the events will be available soon on the website.

Upcoming 2021 programs include a video production on calligraphy with Ink Dance exhibit highlights and a tour of a Bonsai Garden and Nursery with accompanying lecture.

Several talks and demonstrations are also under development, including events on Japanese Kodo or Incense Ceremonies, Japanese Noh Mask Carving, the Art of the Tokonoma, the Cham Culture of Vietnam, Asia Pacific Folk Masks and Design in the Nitobe Garden. Programs offer rare opportunities to experience these art forms with Asian art and culture specialists.

Check the website for updates, to become a member, donate or sign up for event notices. All programs will follow BC Health guidelines. CSAA will continue to increase program accessibility by offering more virtual online events.

CSAA acknowledges we are all in challenging times. We are committed to continue CSAA’s presentation of Asian art and culture programs in 2021 and in the future.

Take care – we look forward to seeing you soon, in person or virtually!

— The CSAA Board

COVID-19 and 2020 Programming

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May 18, 2020

We hope you are well and adapting to the changed world of Covid-19. In response, CSAA is re- organizing 2020 programs and developing future plans.

We want to share the following information with you:

The “Ink Dance: 50 Years of Calligraphy by Yim Tse” exhibit, scheduled for a May 24th opening is on hold. We are in discussion with the Asian Centre and the Asian Library at UBC to select a new opening time for the exhibit and the accompanying programs. The comprehensive display, with calligraphy accoutrements, will be enriched with a full catalogue.

Also planned is an illustrated talk by Scott Williams on the west coast Manila Galleon shipwrecks, presenting new research and Asian ceramic finds. Scott’s talk in 2018 was standing room only. A lively and engaging speaker, he is returning by popular demand, in cooperation with the Vancouver Maritime Museum.

The 2020 program schedules will be announced, as health guidelines inform our options.

In 2021, an exhibit, “Mokuhan: Woodblock Prints by Naoko Matsubara and Noboru Sawai” is tentatively scheduled for March – May, in cooperation with The Nikkei Museum in Burnaby. The celebrated artists, active in Canada, have married traditional techniques with contemporary expressions.

Several talks and demonstrations are also under development, including a Japanese Kodo or Incense Ceremony and Japanese Noh Mask Carving. Both programs offer rare opportunities to experience these art forms in Vancouver.

Check the website for updates, to become a member, donate or encourage contacts to sign up for the newsletter.

CSAA acknowledges we are all in challenging times. We look forward to sharing Asian art and culture with you in the future.

Take care,

The CSAA Board

AGM 2019

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March 10, 2020

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
THE CSAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
for 2019


To be held in conjunction
with an illustrated talk by Sam Carter,
CSAA Director and Professor Emeritus,
Emily Carr University of Art and Design


THE POWER OF DESIGN:
Feng Shui & Genius Loci –
creative cultural industries and
sustainable urban design East & West

Sunday, March 15th, 2-4pm

at 6769 Balsam Street, Vancouver, BC


Members and Non-Members are welcome!

Membership is required in order to vote at the AGM

Memberships can be renewed by mail and on site

Light refreshments will be served


Tapestry: A Peony and a Butterfly, Ming dynasty (1358 – 1644)

2015 DocuAsia Forum

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November 13, 2015

Cinevolution Media Arts Society will be holding its 6th annual DocuAsia film and forum program  on November 21 (Pacific Cinematheque) and November 24 (Kwantlen Polytechnic University). Both events will include a feature-length documentary (“Return to Homs” and “Queens of Syria,” respectively) and a post-screening panel. Live music, a few short films and animations will precede the features. More information is available on the Facebook event page, which includes links to RSVP via Eventbrite or at their website.

UBC Centre for Japanese Research – Upcoming Events

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October 19, 2015

The Maiden at Doji Temple

THURSDAY OCTOBER 22:

The Maiden at Dōjōji Temple: Performance Interpretations 

A Lecture and Demonstration on the Art of Kabuki

6:00 – 7:30 pm Thursday, October 22

Frederic Wood Theatre (6354 Crescent Road, UBC)

Free of charge

Join us for an introduction to the performance styles of modern kabuki stars Sakata Tōjūrō and Bandō Mitsugorō X. Performer and scholar Nakamura Gankyō offers a lecture comparing the kata and kaishaku, or “form” and “interpretation,” of famous scenes in the play Maiden at Dōjoji Temple (Musume Dōjōji). The event will conclude with a dance-performance.

Born and raised in Southern California, Nakamura Gankyō is the first non-Japanese citizen to become a professional Kabuki actor. Gankyō has traveled worldwide to introduce Kabuki to a global audience, and is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA.

This performance is free of charge and all are welcome.

Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Japanese Research, Department of Theatre and Film, Department of Asian Studies; and TomoeArts.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 23: 

The Birth of Nishikawa Sukenobu’s Shunpon:

“Sex” and Publishing Culture

3:30 – 5:00 pm Friday, October 23

Professor Takashi Nakajima (Waseda University)

Room 129, CK Choi Building (1855 West Mall)

Illustrated three-volume works by Nishikawa Sukenobu—said even to be the cause of the government’s publishing restrictions of the Kyōhō era—were revolutionary shunpon (pornographic books) because of a particular rich aesthetic consciousness. Iro hiinagata (1711) and Nasake hiinagata (1712), written by Ejima Kiseki and illustrated by Sukenobu and published in five yokobonvolumes by Hachimonjiya, are taken as the pioneering works. Moreover, in both works we see the early trends taken by erotic works (kōshokubon) since Saikaku’s Life of an Amorous Man(Kōshoku ichidai otoko), as kōshokubon gradually reveal aspects of shunpon. I suspect that trends of the Edo market influenced the phenomenon of Kamigata kōshokubon turning into shunpon. Yama no Yatsu and Nishimura Ichirōemon were both author-publishers who encouraged such a of trend. Differing from Saikaku’s kōshoku ukiyo-zōshi, the format ofkōshokubon was half-sheet-sized books (hanshibon, approx. 23 x 16 cm), the content lascivious, and there were many in which sexual acts were depicted in the illustrations. In this lecture, I will take up such Genroku-and Hōei-era works as Kōshoku Haru no akebono—which mentions Yonosuke, the hero of Life of an Amorous Man, who crossed over to the Isle of Women—and discuss the development toward Sukenobu’s shunpon and the historical cultural significance of kōshokubon and shunpon.

 

Nakajima Takashi is Professor of Japanese Literature at Waseda University, Tokyo. Among his many books areSaikaku and Genroku Media (2011), The Development of Early Ukiyo-zōshi (1996), and the prize-winning historical novel The Notebook of Yoemon of the Pleasure Quarter (2007).

 

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 30:

Canadian Premiere of Minako: Last Geisha of the Yoshiwara

3:30 pm – 6:00 pm Friday, October 30

Asian Centre Auditorium

(1877 West Mall, UBC)

Free of charge

Please join us for this screening of a documentary movie on the last living geisha of the Yoshiwara district. In addition to the screening, there will be brief presentations on geisha and Edo culture by director Makoto Yasuhara and Edo specialist Kenji Watanabe.

Minako: Last Geisha of the Yoshiwara

Director Makoto Yasuhara spent six years getting to know and document the life of a practicing geisha of the Yoshiwara district of Tokyo. Until Minako’s death in 2010 at age 90, she was the last living geisha (literally “a practitioner of the arts”) of the Yoshiwara, the only licensed area for prostitution in the old city of Edo (present Tokyo). Yoshiwara was once occupied by courtesans and those versed in traditional arts. Following World War II, the district was officially closed, but the cultural traditions lived on through the work of geisha like Minako.

 

This screening is free of charge and all are welcome.

Co-sponsored by the UBC Department of Asian Studies and Centre for Japanese Research, together with TomoeArts.

 

Dr. Joshua Mostow will present on “A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints” October 7, 2015

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October 2, 2015

The Centre for Japanese Research and the Department of Asian Studies invites you to our first Lunchtime Lecture Series (LLS) this WEDNESDAY, October 7 from 12:30 to 1:30 in Asian Centre 604. Joshua Mostow will present on “A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints,” his upcoming Royal Ontario Museum exhibition co-organized with UBC PhD Asato Ikeda. All are welcome!

The LLS will continue in room 604 from 12:30 to 1:30 every second Wednesday, with presentations by Nakano Kiwa (Oct. 21: “How Do People Reconstruct Former Disaster Areas?”), Sharalyn Orbaugh on queer manga (Nov. 4), and Otilia Milutin (Nov. 18) on sexual violence across genres of premodern Japanese literature.

Please join the Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research, Dean of Arts, and Department of Asian Studies for a reception honouring Joshua Mostow’s election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Date: THURSDAY, October 8
Time: 2 – 3:30 pm
Place: CK Choi 120
RSVP to Christina.Laffin@ubc.ca

Henan Woodblock Prints Exhibition February 28, 2015 – April 12, 2015

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February 18, 2015

Henan Woodblock Prints

Cultural China · Charming Henan –
Henan Woodblock New Year Prints Exhibition

文化中國 · 魅力河南 –  河南木板年畫展

The exhibition is in both English and Chinese.
Opening Reception: Saturday February 28th, 2015 2:00 – 4:00pm (free and open to the public)
Exhibition dates: February 28 – April 12, 2015
Tuesday – Sunday 11am-5pm
$3/adult, $2/senior or students. Free on Tuesdays. Members free.
Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6A 4H5, Canada
Organizer: Chinese Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage
Co-organizer: Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, Kaifeng City Museum, Anyang Museum
Inquiries: 604.658.8880, www.cccvan.com

開幕禮:2015年2月28日(星期六)下午二時(免費活動)
展覽日期:2015年2月28日-4月12日
周二至周日上午11時至下午5時開放。
門票:$3/成人,$2/耆英、學生。每周二免費開放。文化中心會員免費參觀。
地址:大溫哥華中華文化中心文物館,加拿大溫哥華哥倫比亞街555號

Henan Woodblock Prints Part 2
主辦:中國河南省文物局
承辦:大溫哥華中華文化中心、開封市博物館、安陽博物館
查詢:604.658.8880  www.cccvan.com

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