Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:30 pm
Hosted by: Mr. and Mrs. Willem Stronck, Directors, CSAA

Dr. Roberta S. Kremer served as the Acting Curator of Education and Public Programs at the UBC Museum of Anthropology in 2007-2008. She regularly teaches Museum Studies within the Anthropology Department of the University of British Columbia and Holocaust Literature in the UBC Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.

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Featuring Alcvin Takegawa Ramos on biwa and shakuhachi and Satomi Saeki on koto With commentary by Dr. Jan Walls, Professor Emeritus, SFU
October 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm
National Nikkei Heritage Centre, Ellipse Lobby, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby

Masters of traditional Japanese music, Alcvin Takegawa Ramos and Satomi Saeki offer moving new musical interpretations of the classic poetry of The Tale of Genji. Recitations of selected poems from the tale in both English and the original Japanese will provide inspirational links between their renderings of the themes of love, the seasons, solitude, and impermanence perfectly suited to the haunting sounds of shakuhachi, biwa, and koto.

by Dr. Timothy Brook
In association with the exhibition Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art, Vancouver Art Gallery
Tuesday May 19, 2009 7:00 pm followed by reception
(Tuesday, Thursday: 5-9pm admission by donation)
Please RSVP csaa@telus.net, 604-689-2755.
This event is sponsored by CSAA and Vancouver Art Gallery

Vermeer’s paintings appear to take their subjects, and us, out of the real world into an idealized, timeless place. In fact, Vermeer was busily painting the world in which he lived, and that was a world of global trade. Starting from Vermeer’s The Love Letter, this talk will explore the presence of the larger world, especially Asia, in the paintings of Vermeer and his contemporaries.

Dr. Timothy Brook is the Principal of St. John’s College at UBC, and the Shaw Professor of Chinese at Oxford University. He is a specialist in Chinese history, with an interest in the historical connections between China and world. His most recent books are Vermeer’s Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World (Penguin) and Death by a Thousand Cuts (Harvard).

Rosalie Stronck, the co-organizer of this lecture and CSAA’s liason with the Vancouver Art Gallery, holds a diploma in Asian Art Studies from the British Museum and the University of London. Her connections with the Asian Art world comes from her life-long interest in the arts of Asia.

This event is among the activities of the Vanouver Asian Heritage Month Festival 2009.

by Sang-Jae Nam
August 12, 7:30pm. Admission by donation.
Theatre (Room 301) Emily Carr University of Art & Design
1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver V6H 3R9
(Volunteers will guide you to the theatre.)
150 seats available. Members of CSAA have priority seating.

Download the information brochure.

Umbrellas made of hanji paper.
Image courtesy of Sang-Jae Nam

The lecture event will be the first opportunity for Vancouver students, artists and the general public to learn about both the traditional and contemporary craft of Korean papermaking by a renowned, published Korean artist.

In collaboration with the Crafts Council of British Columbia (CCBC), CSAA presents a lecture on Korean hanji papermaking in conjunction of the exhibition “Fibre, Naturally – Paper Like You Have Never Seen It Before” (August 11-16) at the Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University. The exhibition features objects and garments made of Korean hanji paper by both B.C. and Korean artists.

Hanji samples will be available for audience to take home and make DIY Joomchi crafts.

Other Related Events:

August 11-16 Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University
Exhibition: Fibre, Naturally – Paper Like You Have Never Seen It Before
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday 8am to 6pm; Saturday 9am – 6pm and Sunday, 9am – 5pm

Tuesday August 11 – CCBC Fundraising Gala
For tickets, please visit www.ccbc.net

Thursday August 13 – Fashion Show
7:30pm, tickets are $20 and will be available after June 1 through Bonnie Adie; badie@telus.net or 604-988-3240

There will also be demonstrations by the visiting Korean artists and others, and an opportunity to buy some of the wonderful hanji papers at a place and time to be determined.

August 8 – 17
The 9th Sang-Jae Nam Contemporay  Textile Arts & Hanji Exhibition
Opening Reception: Saturday , August 8, 6-8 pm
Studio Art Gallery, Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way,North Vancouver ,BC, V7J 3H5
Gallery Hour: Monday-Friday 9;00am-4:00pm
Location: Upper floor of the Studio Art building

Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, Curator of Asian Art, Museum of Anthropology
Date, time and location to be announced.

This event is hosted by Willem and Rosalie Stronck at 3670 Cameron Ave. Vancouver, B.C. V6R 1A2  Sunday September 27th 3:00pm
Admission $10. (All money goes to CSAA Programs.)
Only 20 chairs available. Standing audience is welcome. Please RSVP csaa@telus.net
Because of the limited space, we regrettably cannot invite young children to this event.

Fumie will be giving a short talk on the history of the kimono and will describe how she is using this amazing material to make her clothing. She wants as many people as possible to realize how silk is used in many different ways in Japan, for example, how it is woven, how it is dyed, how it is worn and how long it can last.  She will also be selling kimonos, silk and her own unique pieces after the talk. Fumie hopes that this event will lead to a greater interest in silk and the kimono in Vancouver.

Fumie von Dehn started her career in fashion as a stylist for a TV company and other advertising companies in Japan. At the same time, she was also interested in cooking and eventually opened her own restaurant in the mid 1990’s. While running the restaurant, she started collecting vintage kimonos which sparked an interest in making her own clothing using the kimonos and other silk material that she acquired with her mother. She decided to close her restaurant and focused all her energies on making clothing. In 2000, she had a contract to sell her pieces with a popular boutique in Sendai, Japan. This continued until she came to Vancouver in 2004. She has since put on 4 different events promoting her fashion and kimono collection including a display she created for the Vancouver Opera. She recently returned from Japan with more silk and kimonos and has been busy creating a new collection haute couture pieces. She is thrilled that the Canadian Society for Asian Arts has generously offered to host a lecture and show for her work.

Museum of Anthropology, U.B.C.
April 10th 2010
Lecture: 7-8pm
8pm: Reception. Refreshments will be served
For details please visit here.