Category Archives: Program Archives & Blogs
Under the Skin – In conversation with Eshan Rafi
By Jessa Alston-O’Connor Whether it is through photography, video or performance art, artist Eshan Rafi’s art explores themes of community, family, and the body. Born in Pakistan, Rafi Read more…
On Longing, Belonging, and the Changing City: A conversation with Surendra Lawoti
By Jessa Alston-O’Connor Since moving to North America almost twenty years ago, photographer Surendra Lawoti’s work has focused on the dynamics of such social issues as class, race, Read more…
TO|FROM BC ELECTRIC RAILWAY 100 YEARS: Culture Days in Canada Walking Tours
By Jorma Kujala This week two free walking tours of the historic BC Electric Railway building, home of Centre A, takes place on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, Read more…
This Sorrowful World: Artist Marina Roy on Fire/Fire
By Jessa Alston-O’Connor In Fire/Fire, the works of contemporary artists Marina Roy and Abbas Akhavan draw from 19th century Japanese Ukiyo-e prints of Kawabata Kyosai and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Read more…
Finding the origins of Yellow Signal in Jiangnan
by Jessa Alston O’Conner As Yellow Signal exhibitions continue across Vancouver over the next several months, it is worth exploring more about the origins for this city-wide project Read more…
Finding Life & Humor in the World Around Us: Kan Xuan in Yellow Signal
By: Rachel Ozerkevich Kan Xuan is one of the artists featured in Centre A’s current Exhibition, Yellow Signal: New Media in China. Xuan is a contemporary female artist Read more…
Curator’s Talk with Shengtian Zheng
To those who missed it or want to see it again, here are the video documentations of the Curator’s Talk with Shengtian Zheng for Yellow Signal: New Media Read more…