Upcoming Events
Documenting Chinatown: a conversation with Morris Lum and Suzanne Girard
Join two Canadian artists live over zoom for a conversation focused on the photographic documentation of Chinatowns across North America. Morris Lum and Suzanne Girard will deliver short fifteen-minute presentations, followed by a group conversation and live audience Q/A Session.
Whose Chinatown? A Virtual Conference
Griffin Art Projects is thrilled to present a weekend of collaborative panels and talks facilitated live over zoom in partnership with Centre A, The New Gallery and the Asian Canadian Writer's Workshop with collaborative support from Tea Base, Aiya哎呀 and Youth Collaborative for Chinatown.
Chinatown Speculative Futures with Linda Zhang
Join Linda Zang, professor in the School of Interior Design at Ryerson University in Toronto ON, to learn about the story and process behind her recent project ChinaTOwn, a multi-player board game that prompts participants to put their heads together to negotiate what is worth including in a community space.
Identity & Cultures of Resistance in Printed Media with Gord Hill, Rachel Lau, Jenny Lin and Cole Pauls
Join four Canadian comic artists, illustrators and storytellers for a collaborative panel discussion exploring means of defining identities, retelling histories, creating cultures of resistance and reclaiming space through creative practices in the world of print and publishing.
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain with Karen Cho
In the Shadows of Gold Mountain features filmmaker Karen Cho as she travels from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, a set of laws imposed to single out the Chinese as unwanted immigrants to Canada from 1885 to 1947.
Printmaking with Marlene Yuen
Join Vancouver-based artist Marlene Yuen for a letterpress printing demonstration and artist talk streamed live over Zoom from WePress, a community artspace in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
In Chinatown with Stephanie Chong and Bryce Quan
As development threatens Chinatowns across the globe, In Chinatown captures the enduring stories of the people and places of one of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhoods through the eyes of local residents both young and old.
Conversations on Collecting with Catherine Clement, Tom Carter, and Julie Jai
Join three Canadian Collectors live over Zoom for an intimate look into their personal collections and the narratives they reveal surrounding Chinese Canadian cultures, communities and histories, both real and imagined.
Curator’s Tour with Karen Tam
Join guest curator Karen Tam for a live virtual tour of Griffin Art Project’s current exhibition “Whose Chinatown?Examining Chinatown Gazes in Art, Archives, and Collections”. This exhibition brings together an art history of Chinatowns and their communities by historical and contemporary Canadian artists such Emily Carr, Unity Bainbridge, Paul Caron, Yucho Chow, Fred Herzog, Paul Wong, Mary Sui Yee Wong, Morris Lum, and Aiya! Collective, among others.