Vancouver Art Book Fair – Centre A Virtual Table
Centre A will be an exhibitor at this year’s Vancouver Art Book Fair from October 18 to 26, 2021. Come visit our VIRTUAL TABLE, where we will have various art books and items for sale from a wide range of local and international artists.
Revolving: A Reading Group
We are inviting Dr. Dallas Hunt and artist Reyhan Yazdani to lead a reading discussion on texts chosen by the speakers. The discussion will fall under the themes of environment and ecology, colonial history, storytelling, revolution, cultural resistance, and love. October 30, 2021, 3:00 – 5:00 PM PDT.
Resistance as an Act of Public Pedagogy
This virtual panel “Resistance as an Act of Public Pedagogy” will bring together five artists with African origins – Rikki Wemega-Kwawu, Laiwan, Linda Mvusi, Shaheen Merali, and Zainub Verjee – for an active engagement about the panellists; practices, experiences of resistance, and histories of decolonization. The event will be moderated by Narendra Pachkhédé. Co-presented by Centre A and Western Front.
TEHCHING HSIEH: FREE THINKING
Presented in partnership with Centre A, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s 19th Heller Lecture features New York-based, Taiwan-born artist Tehching Hsieh. Join us on June 3, 2021, at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST. Register within.
Whose Chinatown? A Virtual Conference
Whose Chinatown: A virtual conference brings together a weekend of collaborative panels and talks facilitated live over zoom, brought to you by Griffin Art Projects, Centre A, The New Gallery and the Asian Canadian Writer’s Workshop with collaborative support from Tea Base, aiya, and Youth Collaborative for Chinatown. April 10 – 11, 2021.
Fugitive Images: A Lecture by Chris Hamamoto & Federico Pérez Villoro
Join us on Friday, March 5, 2021, at 4:00 PM PST, online, for “Fugitive Images”, a lecture by Chris Hamamoto & Federico Pérez Villoro.
Migration, Memory, Land: A Panel Discussion
Join us on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at 2:00 PM PST, online, for “Migration, Memory, Land: A Panel Discussion”, with Dr. Chris Lee (UBC), Dr. Xiaoping Li (Okanagan College), and Mr. Gu Xiong. Register today.
FIRECRACKER: A Centre A Online Art Sale
Centre A is proud to launch FIRECRACKER, an online art sale featuring the works of more than 20 artists. 50% of the proceeds will go towards Centre A, and the rest goes to the artists. Available NOW until March 2021. Buy art at centrea.org/firecracker.
The Spirit Keepers of Makuta’ay: An Artist Talk with Yen-Chao Lin
Join us for an online artist talk by Montréal-based artist Yen-Chao Lin via Zoom in conjunction with the current group exhibition, We cast Spells on the Mothers of our Daughter and Daughters of our Mothers. Friday, September 25, 2020, 6:00 PM PST via Zoom.
JUSTIN SHOULDER PRESENTS PHASMAHAMMER / IN CONVERSATION WITH HENRY HENG LU
Join us for this lecture-performance illuminating Phasmahammer, an ecology of alter personae in their main body of work based on queered ancestral myths. Friday, August 7, 2020, 5:30 PM PST via Zoom. Register within.
