Closing Reception & Celebration | Tayeba Begum Lipi: Unveiling
Join us for the Closing Reception of Tayeba Begum Lipi: Unveiling, curated by Mohammad Zaki Rezwan! As we wrap up a phenomenal year at Centre A, we will also be celebrating the closing of the final slate of our 2019 exhibitions, including Haruko Okano: Homing Pidgin, and Unstable Oscillation by Dahye Kim and Ye Eun […]
Haruko Okano’s Homing Pidgin Workshop
Saturday, December 7, 2019, 1 – 4 PM — Homing Pidgin, a project by Centre A’s current artist-in-residence Haruko Okano, uses the Carrier Pigeon as its symbol. It introduces visitors to words and phrases she has recovered from a hybrid language that Japanese Canadians developed and spoke during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Through […]
Artist-In-Residence: Haruko Okano
October 21 – December 14, 2019 — Artist Haruko Okano‘s residency at Centre A, titled Homing Pidgin, introduces visitors to words and phrases she recovered from a hybrid trade language that was developed and spoken by early settlers during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pidgin on the west coast incorporated snippets from Chinese, South […]
CENTRE A SHOE PARTY 3.0
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019Time: 7 – 10 PM | Doors 6:30 PMPlace: John Fluevog Shoes in Gastown – 65 Water St, Vancouver BC Early Bird Tickets – $24 (only until Sept 28) Regular Tickets – $30 The only thing better than a great party is knowing that you’re doing good while having fun. That’s […]
Film Screening: Stephanie Comilang and Club Ate
Centre A is delighted to present a screening of films by Stephanie Comilang and Club Ate (Justin Shoulder & Bhenji Ra) on August 24, 2019, at 4:30 PM. United by placemaking and knowledge/story-sharing, the program explores collective identities and kinship in the diasporas, rendered through the lens of futuristic realities. This event is presented in […]
Listening Vessels Workshop
______________________________________________________________________________ Dear Guest, We would like to extend an invitation for you to participate in a gathering hosted by us (Aaniya Asrani and Reyhaneh Yazdani), in conjunction with Centre A’s current exhibition: (dis)location (dis)connect (dis)appearance, taking place on the 9th of August between 5:00 – 7:00 pm. You have been invited to participate in this […]
Stitch n’ Bitch Workshops
**Part of (dis)location (dis)connect (dis)appearance, June 20-August 10, curated by Diane Hau Yu Wong.** As a method to explore and rediscover their roots, a number of artists in the exhibition have employed textile, an often time-consuming medium, to explore familial relationships and their diasporic identity. Join us in reflecting upon craft as a cultural medium […]
Film Screening: All Our Father’s Relations
As part of (dis)location (dis)connect (dis)appearance, Centre A will be hosting a film screening of All Our Father’s Relations on Tuesday, July 23rd from 7:00-9:00pm. Come early to join us for refreshments and the Centre A Annual General Meeting from 6:00-7:00pm. —————————————————————-Schedule of events:6:00 – 7:00 pm – Centre A AGM7:00 – 8:00 pm – […]
Centre A x Rungh: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
April 27, 2019 12-5PM We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Centre A and Rungh are partnering to support increasing the representation of women and non-binary artists on Wikipedia by hosting an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon […]
Centre A x Rungh: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Centre A x Rungh: Art + Feminism Wikipedia April 27, 2019 12-5PM We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. ? Centre A and Rungh are partnering to support increasing the representation of women and non-binary artists on […]
