Asian Heritage Month Events
People, All Asian, Asian Heritage, Events
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH MAY, 2011
AHM 2011 Greetings from Vivienne Poy (PDF)
Asian Heritage Month Events in May 2011 (PDF)
Asian Heritage Events Poster 2011 (PDF)
Asian Heritage Month Gala Performance Poster 2011 (PDF)
Asian Heritage Month Education Roundtable Poster 2011 (PDF)
Asian Heritage Month Film Festival 2011 (PDF)
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH MAY, 2010
Wayson Choy's Lecture for 2010 May's Asian Heritage Month (PDF)
Gala Performance Poster for for 2010 May's Asian Heritage Month (PDF)
Prime Minister's Greetings for May's Asian Heritage Month (PDF)
Asian Heritage Month Festival 2009 - List of Events (PDF)
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH MAY, 2009
LIST OF EVENTS
The Cradle of New Chinese Ink Painting Movement Exhibition
Asian Heritage Month Outreach Film Festival
Gardiner Museum: The Great Umbrella Caper: China Re-visited
Asian Foodprints: China and Hong Kong
Gardiner Museum: Bowl You Over Bowl Show at the Gardiner Shop
Gardiner Museum: Audrey Mah workshop / Helen Yu performance / Charles Q. Mason Lecture
Gardiner Museum: FILM: Mashiko Village Pottery
2009 CanAsian International Dance Festival
ORBIS: Healthy Diet, Healthy Eyes: Eye Health Seminar
A Chinese Courtyard House or a Dream? - A talk on space, time, image and China
A Joint Exhibition: Chinese Canadian Photography Society and WE Artists’ Group
Asian Heritage Month Reading Series Featuring poet: Patria Rivera
Asian Heritage Month Reading Series Featuring writer: Lien Chao
A Solo Exhibition at City Hall Library: Peng Ma’s Oil Painting
Artist Workshop for School: Introduction to Chinese Brush Painting
Asian Transformations | The Global Modern: Transnationalism and the Media in Asia symposium
Asian Transformations | transpulsation - new asian canadian imaginings exhibition
Asian Heritage Day Celebrations at the Town of Markham
Literary Reading at Scarborough Town Centre
New Asian Canadian Graphic Arts Show
Asian Heritage Month Outreach Film Festival
The Cradle of New Chinese Ink Painting Movement Exhibition
Description: An exhibition on Chinese ink painting that reveals a hidden historical fact that the thriving spirit of new ink art in China today emerged from a Hong Kong secondary school 40 years ago. It features a collection of ink paintings by artists, then in their early teens, between 1969 and 1971.
Date: Daily from April 25 (Sat) to May 9 (Sat)
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, at 5183 Sheppard
Ave. E, Scarborough
Admission: Free
Enquiry: Dominic Chan; Tel: 905-881-7443
Website: http://cradle.wykontario.org
Asian Heritage Month Exhibition at City Hall Library: Works by Asian-Canadian Artists and Photographers
Description: Exhibitions of works by renowned Asian-Canadian Artists and Photographers
Date: May 2009
Venue: City Hall Library, Toronto
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month--CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian
Heritage), Artists and Chinese Canadian Photographic Society
Sponsored by Toronto Arts Council and the City of Toronto
Asian Heritage Month Outreach Film Festival
Description: Film shows and workshops will be held for youths
and seniors with a finale and panel at a university
Dates: May 2009
Venue: Youth centre, seniors’ home and University of Toronto
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month—CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian
Heritage), Social Services Network, Asian Institute, University
of Toronto
Gardiner Museum: The Great Umbrella Caper: China Re-visited by Ann Mortimer
Description: Join renowned ceramic artist Ann Mortimer for an
evening of images and
storytelling from her trips to China. In particular, she will
share her 2007 experience as
one of 10 Canadian ceramic artists invited to create work inspired
by the bustling
construction site of the Fuping Pottery Art Village in Shaanxi
province. Their work
would be installed and featured in the grand opening of the Canadian
Ceramics Museum, under construction when they arrived. Ann will also share her
experience from 2008 when her work was exhibited in Jingdezhen, the world’s centre
for blue and white
porcelain for 1,000 years.
A member of the International Academy
of Ceramics, Ann Mortimer is a three-time nominee for the Saidye Bronfman Award
and in 2000 was inducted to the Order of Canada.
Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
6 pm | $8 public; Free for Members
Venue: Gardiner Museum
Organizer: Gardiner Museum
Asian Foodprints: China and Hong Kong
Description: *** The Conference & Dinner is SOLD OUT. We have opened more spaces for the CONFERENCE ONLY. ***
This conference will explore Chinese society, culture, and political economy through the perspective of its food and cuisine. We gather international scholars, chefs, food and wine experts and critics, and filmmakers to discuss how Chinese society - its culture, economy, and global identity - has been evolving and transforming over the last several decades. Using food as a social identity, we focus on the following issues:
Historical evolution of food in Hong Kong and China;
Changing social construction of culinary practice and art in Hong Kong and China;
Changing global and local identities in Hong Kong and China through new food production and consumption patterns; and
Chinese food and the political economy of the global food system.
This event is targeted to multiple sector audiences – academics, researchers, and students interested in Asian society and culture, industry experts working in areas of Asian and global cuisines and wine, and community members interested in Asian food and society.
Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
Time: 8:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Pricing
Conference only $30.00
Conference only (Student with ID) $20.00
Conference only for 2 $60.00
Conference only for 2 (Students with ID) $40.00
Venue: Munk Centre For International Studies, Campbell Conference
Facility, South House, 1 Devonshire Place
Organizer: Asian Institute, Munk Centre for International Studies,
University of Toronto
Gardiner Museum: Bowl You Over Bowl Show at the Gardiner Shop
Description: Bowls for every mood and occasion: decorative bowls for display in your home, or bowls to use everyday with your favorite comfort food.
Date: Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 24
Venue: Gardiner Museum
Organizer: Gardiner Museum
Gardiner Museum: Audrey Mah workshop / Helen Yu performance / Charles Q. Mason Lecture
Description: Ms. Audrey Mah, Gardiner Museum studio artist, will
be running a handson
clay workshop for families, making dragons and zodiac animals.
Ms. Yu will be
playing the guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument.
It belongs to the zither
family of string instruments. Mr. Charles Q. Mason, the Gardiner’s
Chief Curator will lecture on the topic, “Dragons, Tigers
and Bamboo: Symbolic Designs and Meanings in
Japanese Porcelain.”
Date: May 2-3, 2009
Time: Audrey Mah at 1-4 pm - May 2 & 3, 2009
Helen Yu at 2-4 pm - May 2 & 3, 2009
Charles Q. Mason at 1 pm / Guided Tour 2 pm - May 3, 2009
Venue: Gardiner Museum
Organizer: Gardiner Museum
Gardiner Museum: FILM: Mashiko Village Pottery
Description: Japan 1937, Restored by Marty Gross, 20 minutes,
Black and White
Produced by a pre-war cultural organization in Japan, this film
is a work of rare clarity and beauty which follows an entire
pottery making cycle as performed in the village of Mashiko for
centuries. In 1919 Shoji Hamada, potter and central figure of
the Folk Craft Movement, chose Mashiko to build his kiln. His
presence had a major impact on the village, bringing it to world
attention by the 1960’s. The film presents the household
of the Sakuma family. This same family gave Hamada his home during
his earliest years in Mashiko. Today their descendants continue
pottery making at the same site.
Date: Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3
Venue: Gardiner Museum
Organizer: Gardiner Museum
2009 CanAsian International Dance Festival
Description: Known for the presentation of world-class, pan-Asian dance that ranges from rarely seen traditional dances, to cutting edge contemporary forms, striking design and live music, the CanAsian International Dance Festival showcases outstanding artists from across Canada and around the world.
Date: May 6 - 9, 2009
Venue: Fleck Dance Theatre (formerly Premiere Dance Theatre)
207 Queens Quay West, 3rd floor, Toronto
Programme A: Wednesday May 6 and Friday May 8, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Featuring performances by:
- Ko Murobushi (Tokyo)
- Jung-Ah Chung (Vancouver)
- princess productions (Toronto)
Programme B: Thursday May 7 and Saturday May 9, 2009 at 8:00
p.m.
Featuring performances by:
- Post Ego Dance Company (Seoul)
- Mira Hunter (Vancouver)
- Andrea Nann (Toronto)
For tickets call Harbourfront Centre box office: 416-973-4000
www.canasiandancefestival.com
Organizer: CanAsian International Dance Festival
ORBIS: Healthy Diet, Healthy Eyes: Eye Health Seminar
Description: Topics Include
- 3:00 p.m.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (Cantonese)
Featured Speaker: Dr. Wai-Ching Lam, MD, FRCS(C) - 3:45 p.m.
Cataract and Glaucoma (Mandarin)
Featured Speaker: Dr. Ying Lu, MD, FRCS(C) - 4:30 p.m.
Healthy Diet to Prevent Vision Loss (Cantonese)
Featured Speaker: Ms. Sosan Hua, BSc.(Hons), RD, CDE
Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College
6100 Leslie Street, Toronto (Just south of Steeles Ave. on Leslie
St.)
Fee: Free (Open to the public—must call to reserve your
spot by April 29)
Language: Cantonese & Mandarin
Light refreshments will be served.
Limited free parking.
Limited space only. Save your spot no later than April 29 by
calling 416-413-7925 or email to infocanada@orbis.org
For more information, please visit www.orbiscanada.ca.
Organizer: ORBIS
A Chinese Courtyard House or a Dream?
A talk on space, time,
image and China
Thursday, 7 May 2009 | 2:30-4:30pm | Accolade East 002 | York
University
Visual Arts professor Yam Lau will draw from his field research in Beijing in a talk focusing on his creative projects, which combine computer-generated animation and digital video. These works create new sensations of space and time in architecture and the human activities that take place therein.
One recent work in particular, titled Hutong House, reconstitutes the architectural layout and the associated ways of life of a traditional Chinese courtyard house as rendered in virtual space. Hence these digital works can also be categorized as 'creative documentaries
Lau will discuss how the unfolding of the historical house in virtual space constructs a pure and imaginary vision of China where the dynamic realities of past and present, real and virtual, are rendered provisional insofar as they become perpetually complicated.
This event is hosted by the City Institute of York University and the York Centre for Asian Research.
For further information, please contact ycar@yorku.ca. For event location specifics, please refer to the map at: www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele-webmap-large.html.
Asian Heritage Month Exhibition at Metro Hall, Toronto: Works by Asian-Canadian Artists and Photographers
Description: Exhibitions of works by renowned Asian-Canadian Artists and Photographers
Date: May 8 to May 15, 2009
Venue: Metro Hall, Toronto
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month--CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian
Heritage), Artists and Chinese Canadian Photographic Society
Sponsored by Toronto Arts Council and the City of Toronto
A Joint Exhibition: Chinese Canadian Photography Society and WE Artists’ Group
Description: Photographs from the Chinese Canadian Photography Society and paintings from the WE Artists’ Group will be exhibited.
Date: May 8-15
Venue: Toronto Metro Hall Rotunda, 55 John St., Toronto, ON,
M5V3C6
Organizers: CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage), Chinese Canadian
Photography Society,WE Artists’ Group
Sponsored by Toronto Arts Council and the City of Toronto
Asian Heritage Month Reading Series Featuring poet: Patria Rivera
Description: Reading from Puti/white and The bride anthology
Date: Saturday, May 9,
Time: 2 pm.
Venue: St James Town Library Branch, 495 Sherbourne St. Toronto,
ON. M4X 1K7
Phone: 416-393-7744
Free admission.
Organizers: CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage), co-sponsored
by the Toronto Public Library.
Asian Heritage Month Reading Series Featuring writer: Lien Chao
Description: Reading from The Chinese Knot and Other Stories
Date: Tuesday, May12
Time: 2 pm
Venue: 155 Bonis Ave. Toronto, ON. M1T 3W6.
Phone: 416-396-8943
Free admission.
Organizers: CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage), co-sponsored
by the Toronto Public Library.
A Solo Exhibition at City Hall Library: Peng Ma’s Oil Painting
Description: Famous artist Peng Ma’s oil painting will be on display
Date: May 12-29.
Time: Mon-Fri. 10:00-6:00
Venue: City Hall Library, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St.
West; 416-393-7650
Organizer: CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage)
Sponsored by Toronto Arts Council and the City of Toronto
Artist Workshop for School: Introduction to Chinese Brush Painting
Description: This is an introduction to Chinese Brush Painting by professional Chinese artist, with hands on experience
Presenters: Dr. Lien Chao and Mr. Peng Ma
Date: Wednesday, May 13
Time: 1:00-3:30 pm
Venue: St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School, 2350 McCowan Rd.
Organizer: CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage)
North Korea Film Day
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 | 6pm to 8pm | 280 York Lanes | York University
Join us for this unique opportunity to view two documentary films on North Korea: 'The Game of Their Lives', directed by Daniel Gordon (2002) and 'Chosun Forever', directed by Joohyun Kwon (2008).
Chosun Forever is a film about a North Korean man who lives with his family in Toronto, Canada. Shot in an interview style format, viewers of the film are granted an intimate look into one man's affection and longing to return to the fatherland, and how it affects his family.
The Game of Their Lives is a 2002 documentary film about the seven surviving members of North Korean national football team who participated in the Football World Cup 1966. Its victory over the Italian team propelled the North Korean team into the quarterfinal: it was the first time an Asian squad had advanced so far in a World Cup.
The event will be opened with comments from Janice Kim of York University's History Department. The event's guest speakers are Joohyun Kwon, who will answer questions about his film and Christopher Graper of Koryo Canada Tours.
This event is organized by Humanities students Jooyeon Rhee and Alexander Hurezeanu and is hosted by the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR).
For further information, please contact ycar@yorku.ca. For event location specifics, please refer to the map at: www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele-webmap-large.html
Asian Transformations | The Global Modern: Transnationalism and the Media in Asia symposium
The symposium explores the transnational origins and dimensions of the modern mass media in Asia. Demonstrating that various forms of South and East Asian media were global from their inception, the workshop both reinforces themes explored in the accompanying exhibition on diasporic Asian art and belies the commonly held conception that globalization is a post-modern, post-capitalist, late twentieth century development. The paper givers, including York University professors Joan Judge (Humanities, Women's Studies), Shobna Nijhawan (Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics), Xueqing Xu (Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics) and Wendy Wong (Design) will explore these themes looking at various forms of media including women's journals and comics from China to India to Canada.
Judy Andrews, a specialist in Chinese painting and modern Chinese art from Ohio State University, will present the keynote speech at 4pm on 'Publishing and the Birth of China's Modern Art World: Shanghai huabao (Pictorial Shanghai) in the 1920s'.
This event has been organized in celebration of the 50th anniversary of York University. It is hosted by the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR).
Advance registration is appreciated to ycar@yorku.ca. The schedule and further details can be found at www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/U50_Asian_Transformations.html. For event location specifics, please refer to the map at: www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele-webmap-large.html.
Friday, 15 May 2009 | 10am to 5pm | 280 York Lanes | York University
Asian Transformations | transpulsation - new asian canadian imaginings exhibition
15 May to 12 June 2009 | Gales Gallery | 105 Accolade West Building | York University
The opening will be held on Friday, 15 May from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Cultural traversing and globalization are (re)shaping our understanding of the 'connected world.' These processes have significant importance for the members of Asian Diaspora in Canada, whose interactions with their cultural origins transform their social, economic, political and cultural experience. Asian Canadians, one of Canada's largest groups of immigrants, illustrate the possibilities of building meaningful links between their native places and newly-adopted homes. They reveal a good deal about the enriching of life experiences through traversing between 'here' and 'there'.
From the 1970s to the early 1990s, the desire to belong, identity politics and cultural memory were among the common themes in the works of Asian Canadian artists. Since then, 'transnationality' has become an important trend. As opportunities for travel to and from Asia have increased, the geographical distance-both physical and emotional-between one's place of cultural origin and Canada is shorter than ever before.
The exploration of 'identity' remains crucial in the works of the four artists in this exhibition, Shelly Bahl, Will Kwan, Meera Sethi and Amy Wong. However, the artists reconstruct the paradigm of identity politics through the experience of transnationality. They explore a broadened scope of cultural interactions that attempts to create and enhance the socio-cultural and historical connections between Asia and Canada.
The imagination of the four artists moves tirelessly across the dynamic spaces of cultural interaction. They are travelers, exploring the world, encountering their own stories and life experiences and those of many others. By being 'here and there', they converse with themselves and with others, transforming, sensing and connecting the 'pulses' of multiple locales, identities and individuals.
This event has been organized in celebration of the 50th anniversary of York University. It is hosted by the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR).
Further details can be found at www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/U50_Asian_Transformations.html.
Direction to Gales Gallery, Accolade West Building (#93 on map): www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/map/webmap.html.
For more information, contact Doris Sung/ June Rhee (curators): asian.imagination@gmail.com.
Asian Heritage Day Celebrations at the Town of Markham
Description: showcasing
Asian Heritage
Date and time: May 23 from 11.00am to 4.00pm
Venue: Town of Markham
Organizer: Social Services Network
Literary Reading at Scarborough Town Centre
Date: Saturday, May 23
Time: 1:00-4:30 pm
Venue: Scarborough Town Centre, Council Chamber
Description: Featuring keynote speaker: Judy Fong Bates talking
about novel-writing. Free admission.
Organizers: CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage), Chinese Pen
Society of Canada Asian Heritage Month Annual Event. Co-sponsored
by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Writers Union of Canada.
Seventh
Annual Asian Heritage Month Lecture and
Fifth Annual Asian Heritage Month Education Roundtable
At the
University of Toronto
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: William Doo Auditorium, New College, University of Toronto,
45 Willcocks Street, Toronto
Description:
- Arlene Chan, eldest daughter of Madame Jean Lumb, will talk about her mother at the Asian Heritage Month Lecture
- Moira Wong (York University and Toronto District School Board) will talk about classroom resources on Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage Education
- Performances by Professional Asian Artists Gauri Guha, Dunhuang Chamber Ensemble and Chi Ping Dance Group
- Presentations of existing online resources by Chinese Canadian National Council and Asian Heritage Month--CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage)
- Roundtable discussions on how schools and students make use of online resources to promote inclusive Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage Education
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month--CFACI (Sponsored by Canadian Heritage) and Asian Institute, University of Toronto
City Mosaic 2009
Description: Across U-Hub's 5th annual city expedition race
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Scarborough Civil Center
Eligible Age: 16 & above
Program Fee: $120 per team of 4
Early Bird Special: $80 per team of 4 if register before Friday,
Apr 24, 2009
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Age: 16 and up
Organizer: Across U-Hub
Registration: Mail or bring completed registration form along
with fee to Across U-hub 160 Gibson Drive, Unit 1, Markham ON
L3R 3K1 (Cheque payable to Across U-hub)
Inquiry: 905-944-1944
Fax: 905-944-1950
Email: info@acrossuhub.com
Website: http://www.acrossuhub.com/citymosaic
Organizer: Across U-hub
New Asian Canadian Graphic Arts Show
Description: This show features the work of Design graduates of Asian descent who recently completed their studies in the York University /Sheridan Joint Programme in Design. These young talents are contributing to the shaping of a new landscape of the contemporary graphic arts scene in Canada. The New Asian Canadian Graphic Arts Show will demonstrate their creative flair alongside the outstanding and emerging visual language that is evident throughout their work.
Date: May 31, 2009 to 4 June, 2009
Time: Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday from 11am to 7pm;
Sunday from 1pm to 6pm
Venue: 250 Queen Street West (Across from MuchMusic and above
the Starbucks at the corner of John and Queen Streets) Admission
is Free.
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month--CFACI , York Centre for Asian
Research, and the Department of Design, York University. Funded
by Canadian Heritage and Toronto Arts Council
Asian Heritage Month Outreach Film Festival
Description: Film shows and workshops will be held for youths and seniors with a finale and panel at University of Toronto At the Finale Film Festival, several short films, a documentary and a feature film will be shown FREE of charge.
Date: Finale Film Festival on May 31, 2009 at Innis Town Hall,
University of Toronto
Time: 2:00 p.m. onwards
Venue of the Finale: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue (Sussex
and St. George)
Short Films at 2pm
Begin the Guhzeng (4m, Canadian) Katie Yu
Lights for Gita (7m, Canadian) Michel Vo
Me, Masi & Mr. Clean (8m, Canadian) Nina Sudra
Souvenirs from Asia (12m, Canadian) Joyce Wong
Amal (18m, Canadian) Richie Mehta
Kata Practice (4m, Canadian) Siu Ta
The Chinese Violin (12m, Canadian) Joe Chang
Roses Sing on New Snow (6m, Canadian) Yuan Zhang
Film at 3:30pm
Chinese Restaurants (80m, Canadian) Cheuk Kwan
Panel Discussion at 5pm
What Does Food Say About Culture? (45m)
Panelists include Cheuk Kwan, Victoria Shen, Moderator Bobby Del Rio
Film at 6:30pm
Bolly Double (102m, Canadian) Arun Bharali
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month?CFACI; ReelWorld Film Festival; Social Services Network; Asian Institute, University of Toronto; Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto; York Centre for Asian Research, York University Funded by Canadian Heritage and Toronto Arts Council
Second Annual Asian Heritage Month Lecture
At York University and Launch of Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH)
Description: Dr. Joy
Kogawa, CM, famous Japanese Canadian author, will
give the lecture on her new memoir entitled "Gently to Nagasaki".
Admission FREE.
Discussant: Professor Mona Oikawa
Performance: Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers
Date: June 4, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Venue: Robert McEwan Auditorium, Schulich School of Business,
York University
Organizers: Asian Heritage Month--CFACI and York Centre for Asian
Research, York University Funded by Canadian Heritage and Toronto
Arts Council