Category Archives: Program Archives & Blogs
ARTIST TALK: SONA SAFAEI-SOOREH
Centre A’s executive director/curator Henry Heng Lu will be in conversation with Centre A’s current exhibiting artist Sona Safaei-Sooreh about her practice and research in relation to her Centre A exhibition, Revolving: a family tale. A Q & A will follow. November 13, 2021, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – CARRY-ON! 2021 CENTRE A HOLIDAY ART MARKET
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Carry-on! 2021 Centre A Holiday Art Market Application Deadline: November 13, 2021 Holidays are just around the corner, and wouldn’t it be nice to just Read more…
On Lumbung: Artist Talk with ruangrupa + GUDSKUL
Join Centre A, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and OCAD University for an online conversation with ruangrupa and GUDSKUL, “On Lumbung”, on sharing, solidarities, collectivity, and the lumbung as method towards sustainability. November 24, 2021, 6:00 – 7:30 PM PDT.
TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: WAIKIKI
Centre A is excited to partner with the 25th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival as a community supporter for Waikiki, a film by Christopher Kahunahana. November 10 to 19, 2021.
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.