Asian Heritage – Edmonton

Dynamic Directions Presented by: Alberta Ballet Featuring: choreography by Wen Wei Wang, Aszure Barton and Yukichi Hattori When: Feb. 19 and 20 Where: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Tickets: Start at $29 available at 780-428-6839, ticket.albertaballet.com Three distinctively different choreographic voices are set to take over Alberta Ballet stages for Dynamic Directions, a contemporary mixed bill … Continue reading Alberta Ballet Presents Dynamic Directions →

Silent Auctions Performances Dinner Ticket $30 each Portion of the proceeds will go to Edmonton KidSport Tickets: Lion Leah at 780 445 9016 leahhenderson@shaw.ca RSVP by February 15

The Mactaggart Art Collection Lecture Series All lectures are held at the TELUS International Centre, Room 134 Registration Required 7:00 – 8:30 pm "Visualizing China’s Imperial Order, Or, Why Paint Architecture?" Guest Speaker: Prof. Nancy S. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) A surprising number of Chinese paintings … Continue reading Visualizing China’s Imperial Order, Or, Why Paint Architecture? →

A riveting documentary produced by anthropologist and filmmaker Dr. Niobe Thompson on the origins of humanity and its path to the present was given life with the music of former Edmonton composer Darren Fung in a series presented on CBC’s The Nature of Things. See a specially-prepared version of the film projected above the musicians … Continue reading Darren Fung Composer – The Great Human Odyssey in Concert →

Guest Speaker: Prof. Kristina Kleutghen (Washington University, St Louis, MO, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) When the Kangxi emperor’s Southern Tours disembarked in Suzhou in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries, the ruler arrived in a city famous across the empire for its optical devices. Popular use of these devices in and around Suzhou … Continue reading Seeing Suzhou in Chinese Painting →

Guest Speaker: Prof. Michael G. Chang (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.) This presentation will focus on the well-known southern tours of the Qianlong emperor (1711-1799, r. 1736-1795), the fourth Manchu emperor to rule over China-proper. Each of Qianlong’s six southern tours, which took place between 1751 and 1784, were extended affairs during which the … Continue reading The Emperor Qianlong’s Tours of Southern China in Painting, Poetry, and Logistical Practice →

Panel Discussion Prof. Nancy S. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) Prof. Michael G. Chang (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.) Prof. Martin Powers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.   1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Mactaggart Art Collection tours

Guest Speaker: Prof. Martin Powers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) (light lunch provided after) In 1741 Richard Hatchett adapted the Chinese play The Orphan of Zhao as a vehicle for exposing Robert Walpole’s corruption and abuse of power. What Hatchett viewed as corruption, most Englishmen saw as … Continue reading Picturing Social Justice in Early Modern China and England →

A specially-edited, hour-long version of the CBC The Nature of Things documentary The Great Human Odyssey – produced in Edmonton by Dr. Niobe Thompson with a magical score by former Edmontonian Darren Fung – will be presented in a kid-friendly format, narrated by Niobe himself. Don't miss this performance full of stunning visuals and the magic … Continue reading Darren Fung – ESO Symphonies for Kids: The Great Human Odyssey →

Time Depth: March 5 - 26, 2016 “Time Depth” is a two-person exhibition featuring new paintings by Edmonton artist, Dick Der and Vancouver artist, Edward Epp. Their works, differently, both demonstrate aspects of time and locale: Venetian colour and architecture in the abstract paintings of Dick Der and bands of atmosphere and horizon in the … Continue reading Time Depth with Dick Der, Visual Artist →