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For many of us, tea carries the memory of family, home, and the journey in between. 🍃

At 茶頁 Tea Within the Pages, we’ll turn those stories into zines using drawings, writing, and collage inspired by the taste and smell of four different teas. A gentle space for newcomers to Canada to reflect, share, and make something meaningful.

📅 Wednesday, October 21 from 5-7pm
📍 Brighouse library
🗣 English with Mandarin support

Led by artist Wen Wen (Cherry) Lu, in partnership with Cinevolution. Register through the link in our bio.

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Till Buergin @tebetebetebetbtbtb from Basel, student at Justus Liebig Universität gießen , intern assistant-producer at NAFAS, takes over ID Instagram to present artworks.

Tables, stoves, plates, bowls, pans: so many of the things holding or containing our food are circular in shape. At NAFAS, two video works in particular take the circle as a lens to zoom in on our plates, thereby telling about what happens around.

Wen Wen Lu's @cwensquared animation focuses on the rituals the kitchen table hosts; from cutting paper decorations for New Year's to cutting vegetables and sharing the meals. The hours that went into each of the hand-painted frames mirror the hours Lu remembers her grandparents preparing meals. In "Around the Kitchen Table" Lu makes these two languages of love and care coincide, commemorating her childhood in rural China.

Asuka Morita's @_moritaasuka "Ham Scream!" serves us slices of ham, projected onto a circular, black, wooden plate. By tracing the fibres of the slices of meat, the work is telling a story reaching far beyond the plate's edge. A story about grandmother, mother, father, child, the number four, death and more; showing how much can be read in the patterns, packaging and sequencing of our food.

Artworks are available for sale
Norita: 500,000 JPY - $3,200
Lu: Not for sale

Final week of NAFAS TOKYO at @buoy_tokyo until September 26. Open every day this week.

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As this project wraps up, we are excited to continue sharing our memories and stories.

Letters to My (Grand)Parents started as a letter exchange asking "What do you wish to know about your (grand)parents and parents? And what would you share with them now?"

At the open mic and the afterparty with Concerts in Care, mahjong, and printmaking, we shared our emotions through tears, through joy, and through play. Hearing the words and stories being said out loud felt validating but also healing. We were simply there to bond, to grieve, and to connect.

The purpose of our Letters to My (Grand)Parents was to connect young adults with their parents and grandparents and also through surrogate seniors. To understand their story, record a part of history, and begin a conversation. It became an opportunity for many of our writers and ourselves to connect with our elders in a way we weren't able to before. Across language barriers but also the cultural divide.

It became an opportunity for our young Chinese-Canadian adults to connect with their elders and a chance to meet others who shared similar sentiments.

An intergenerational connection that will be cherished and remembered for a lifetime.

Keep in touch, with love and tenderness from Michelle and Shanna.

Video by Annika Walsh @annika.walsh
Music by Neo Harmonia with Sarah Tan and Zhongxi Wu @sarahtguzheng @concertsincarebc

#LettersToMyGrandParents
#LettersProject

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Thank you to everyone who showed up with such tenderness, care, and joy. It was a soft reminder that healing can show up in many ways. We are immensely grateful for celebrating these special moments with you.

To our writers, thank you for celebrating with us and sharing your vulnerable stories, we cried and laughed with you.

Led by Shanna Cheng @shanna.cheng and Michelle Ha @m.jjia
Hosted by Yun-Jou @yunjou.c
Translated by Joyce Deng @cy_v_v
Performance by Neo Harmonia with Health Arts Society @concertsincarebc, @sarahtguzheng
Mahjong taught by Mom and Dad Cheng
Program Partner and Printmaking led by Gal and Chinatown Together @lucky.munyi, @chinatowntogether

FAN Support with Kaya Kurz kayakurz
Videography by Annika Walsh @annika.walsh
Photography by Kimberly Ho @kberlyho

Special thank you to everyone who supported us, this wouldn't be Letters without you.

This event was funded by the Neighbourhood Small Arts Grant @dtessag

#LettersToMyGrandParents
#LettersProject

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Excited to debut “Sawatobi Ishi”live at Margins of Sound festival in Nanaimo. I’ll be blending live electronics with traditional acoustic taishogoto, tin gong, and Suiko st-50 synth.

Big thank you to @cindy_mochizuki and @cwensquared for the animation.
So pumped for the amazing @marginsofsound programming. It’s gonna be a weekend.
Honoured to share the stage with @phasebloom.xy @oracogan @tsimka_martin @michael__red @i__e.o_

#contemporaryanimation #taishogoto #mos26 #kyodaiarts #experimentalmusic

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We are excited to introduce our contributors of Letters to My (Grand)Parents! We are honoured and profoundly grateful to be in this visceral space with you.

Featuring our writers:
阿子 with 爸爸
Shanna Cheng
Carmen Cheung
Allison Chow
Michelle Ha with Baba and Mama Ha
Megan Kwan with 公公
Yan Nok Noelle Lee 李茵諾 with 嫲嫲
Amy Lü 吕嘉仪 with 妈妈
Wen Wen Lu
Yihk Qu

Featuring our seniors:
Jack Chang
Eva Cho
Albert Lee
Lance Lim
Swallow Zhou

#LettersToMyGrandParents
#LettersProject ID: Against a textured jade background with a pop up of a chrysanthemum flower and red rotary telephone, illustrations frame names of our contributors listed into 2 columns. Above on a yellow slab, title reads "Introducing our contributors of Letters to My (Grand)Parents." Names of featured writers (on left) and seniors (on right) are in written description.

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Copied from @cindy_mochizuki s post....)

Under(currency) for @pci_developments and Ambi on Cambie — a public artwork at West 41st & Cambie Street, reflecting the layered past of the Marpole/Oakridge area through mythology, local history, and interactive storytelling. From early Japanese Canadian communities and historic streetcar routes to today’s growing transit-connected neighbourhood, the work brings hidden stories to the surface.

Ten mythical deities appear across the site: nine bronze figures above the entrance, and one ground-level story stone with a QR code connecting visitors to the digital world of Under(currency), where daily fortunes inspired by each deity can also be discovered online.

Created through a community-engagement program with students from Osler Elementary School, this project was made possible by an incredible team of collaborators.

Gratitude to @ballardfineart, Burton Bronze Foundry, @gnwsshop, @cwensquared, @howardai, @cherrywenwenlu, Antoine Bédard @antoine_bedard77 , and all artists, fabricators, educators, and community members who helped bring it to life.

Animation Voice Actors: @howardai, Yurie Hoyoyon @hoyoyon, Hiro Kanagawa @hirokanagawatv, #DonnaSoares.
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As a voice artist, I was so happy to voice Evelyn alongside Hiro-san’s 1000-year-old Shiitake.

Https://undercurrencyworld.com/

#Undercurrency

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Letters to My (Grand)Parents | Saturday, May 30 | 2-6pm

We invite you to the launch of our Letters to My (Grand)Parents publication and Open-Mic! Featuring 10 Chinese-Canadian writers and 10 seniors, celebrate with us with Open-Mic, Concerts in Care, Mahjong, and Printmaking!

2-3:30pm: Book Launch + Readers with MC, Yun-Jou and Co-Leads, Shanna Cheng and Michelle Ha
4-4:30pm: Open Mic
4:30-5:15pm: Concerts in Care with Health Arts Society

After Party
5-6pm: Mahjong Time with Mom and Dad Cheng and Heavenly Beasts Printmaking with Chinatown Together, Gal 敏怡

Access Available: English and Chinese transcribers will be present during our Open-Mic. Our community translator, JD will be supporting us in spoken translation. Nongendered washrooms are located on LG, 3rd and 4th floor. Semi-wheelchair accessible with two elevators. Paid public parking are on Floors 5 to 7. Street parking is available.

Food and Drinks: Maxim's baked goods and tea will be provided.

*This is a mask-optional event, masks will be provided.

Hosted at Sun Wah Centre at Lower Ground Level in Room 001
268 Keefer St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5 (Between Main St and Gore Ave)

RSVP on our LinkTree.

Illustration by: Jia 何家嘉 (@/justjiaart on Cara)

@noael_ly @the.good.imp @megankwn @cwensquared @nat.zip with amyjylu

#LettersToMyGrandParents #LettersProject 5 slides of poster illustration of Letters to My Grandparents. An old red telephone rests on an intricate peony tablecloth with the receiver resting off the hook. Covered on the table are a blue porcelain vase with chrysanthemum blooming, white rabbit candies laid on pink chinaware, traditional green mahjong tiles scattered across and hawflakes out of its wrapper. Behind the living space is a Chinese calendar dated May 30th of the fire horse year, a clock, and textured jade wallpaper revealing a ripped Qing Dynasty motif. Bold title in English and traditional text reads "Saturday, May 30, 2-6pm, Letters to My (Grand)Parents." Details, dates, and location are in written description. Sponsored logos sit below.

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🦐 LITTLE SHRIMP CREDITS 🦐

With our Cantonese episode released, it’s time to let you know who all of the lovey folks that contributed to this special story are!

Huge thank you to our cast as well as our team behind the scenes!

If you haven’t listened yet, what are you doing?!
Check it out now!
🔗 Link in our bio!

#fiveblessings #cantonese #chinese #qingming #littleshrimp

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Did you know that people born in the Year of the Horse are said to be energetic and passionate? Embrace the excitement and good fortune of the upcoming Lunar New Year with us at the Children’s Arts Festival! 🐎✨

👐Horse Cups: Preschool Pinch Pots with Bella Kwiatkowski
Children ages 3-5 can create a pinch pot cup inspired by the year of the horse by rolling, shaping, joining and texturizing clay.
*Space is limited, interested participants must request a ticket at the Richmond Cultural Centre Annex Front Desk before the workshop begins*

🖌️ Chinese Calligraphy with the Chinese Artists Association of Richmond and the Chinese Ink & Brush Society
Immerse yourself in the beauty of Chinese art and calligraphy and explore hands-on practice writing Chinese calligraphy with the traditional ink and brush

🔥 Paint by Numbers: Year of the Fire Horse with Wen Wen (Cherry) Lu (@cwensquared)
Help bring the Fire Horse to life using bold colours and a little creativity! Add your mark to this collaborative painting and watch this community-created artwork take shape throughout the day

📜 Storytelling by Mia Zhou
Take part in this engaging performance of a Chinese legend and also learn Lunar New Year greeting phrases

EVENT DETAILS
📅 Monday, February 16, 10:00am – 5:00pm
📍 Richmond Cultural Centre & Richmond Public Library
📲 https://www.childrensartsfestival.ca/

#RichmondChildrensArtsFestival #ChildrensArtsFestival #BCFamilyDay #HowArtWorks #RichmondBC

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Thank you for a wonderful 2025! We are truly grateful to have played and danced with all of you during this year. We are sure 2026 will bring nothing but amazing moments for everyone.✨
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Merci pour cette merveilleuse année 2025 ! Nous sommes profondément reconnaissants d'avoir joué et dansé avec vous cette année. Nous sommes certains que 2026 vous réserve des moments inoubliables.✨

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tracksuits and olympics with BFFs!

goodnight to 13’2” Between Us and thank you @cindy_mochizuki for making magic worlds and for bringing us together ⭐️

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