Asian Heritage – Edmonton

University of Alberta Botanic Garden Admission until 8:30 pm; Garden open until dusk. Two hearts beat louder than one! Take a mini Taiko drumming workshop in the gorgeous setting of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden, led by Booming Tree Taiko. Advance registration is recommended to ensure your spot in the workshop. Regular admission applies. Passes and … Continue reading Date Night – Taiko Drumming →

Mr. Lin is an experienced gardener and presenter. He has been offering these well-attended workshop for a few years at Edmonton Chinatown Chinese Library.

This summer, the Mitchell Art Gallery transforms into a studio space, where artists from Edmonton, Montreal, New York, and Hong Kong are exploring new dimensions of their artistic practice. Join us for Olivia Chow’s free open studio event. Conceived during Chow's five week long residency at the Mitchell Gallery, We Do Chicken Right is a … Continue reading Olivia Chow: Performance and Reading →

For our fourth Intercultural Gathering this year, Our McCauley is hosting space for Chinese and Indigenous histories in the McCauley area to be shared through presentations, a sharing circle, ceremony, photographs, arts, food and dance! If you are interested at child care at the event, please email Sheryle at ourmccauley@gmail.com.

Ms. Wen Chi Ma, an expert musician in guzheng and guqin will present a workshop to introduce this amazing instrument to the public in Edmonton. This is a free of charge event.

Join artist Florence Yee as she introduces the project she is developing while in residence at the Gallery for a month. Visitors are also invited to participate in a crash course on ethnic kitsch, authenticity and memory. You will be invited to create bad forgeries of so-called "ethnic or cultural objects" that are found in … Continue reading Meet the Artist and Workshop: Navigating Authenticity →

Prepare to embroider! After an introduction to the craft, participants will join Florence Yee in the meditative act of tissue embroidery. You will not only have the opportunity to create something new, but also to consider your own visual narrative and past stories. About the Artist Florence Yee is a 2.5 generation, Cantonese-struggling visual artist … Continue reading Tissue Embroidery with Artist in Residence Florence Yee →

During Florence Yee’s last workshop as Artist in Residence, participants will be asked to reimagine an entrance for the Chinese-Canadian diaspora. Through a comparison of Montreal’s and Edmonton’s Chinatown gates, Yee will discuss gentrification, tourism and self-Orientalism. About the Artist Florence Yee is a 2.5 generation, Cantonese-struggling visual artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, unceded Mohawk territory. … Continue reading Workshop with Artist in Residence Florence Yee →

We are "crawling" into Chinatown on August 2nd (Thu), 2018! Tickets are live until July 29th. Presented by the McCauley Revitalization, we are going to bring participants in a staggered eating process in one night by having one course of a meal at each of the four eateries. The goal of the Chinatown Food Crawl project … Continue reading Stories Behind the Chopsticks: An Edmonton Chinatown Food Crawl →