The Art Gallery of Alberta joins our community in celebrating Asian Heritage Month, a wonderful opportunity to highlight Asian communities, culture and learn about them through art, tours and workshops! Join us for a series of programs and events throughout the month, offering various ways to connect with the art gallery and learn about Asian heritage in Edmonton.
AGA Main Hall Exhibition
Emily Chu: Preserving Fragments
Emily Chu: Preserving Fragments is a story of immigration on the prairies. Drawing upon her own experience moving to Alberta in the early 1990s, Edmonton-based artist Emily Chu uses illustration to reflect upon her upbringing and the time spent with her grandmother as they each got to know their new home and community. The mural touches upon themes relevant to all diasporic peoples including language, assimilation, grief, cultural erasure and how one’s identity is shaped by their surroundings and community.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta and curated by Danielle Siemens.
Programming
Cinema for Seniors | Everything Will Be (2014)
May 9, 2-4:30pm
Seniors! We invite you to experience our feature film Everything Will Be (2014) in celebration of Asian Heritage Month. This feature-length documentary by Julia Kwan follows a year in the life of Vancouver’s Chinatown and its business owners as they navigate the many changes in this historical neighborhood.
This screening is free to attend; please register to ensure your spot in our theatre!
Hanji Workshop with Eunju Park
May 24, 12-2pm
$30
Limited spots available
Participants will be guided by Eunju Park, local artist, in creating meaningful art using Hanji, traditional Korean paper, and Hangul, the Korean alphabet. You will learn about Korean culture and language while creating your own artwork with a Korean word or phrase that resonates with you. A creative and accessible way to connect with Korean heritage!
Limited spots available, register today!
SAAM Dance
May 29, 5-6pm
Free
Join us during our free admission hours of 4 to 7pm (which occur on the last Thursday of the month) for a series of amazing performances by the talented students at South Asian Arts Movement Society (SAAM)! SAAM is a local dance school with the mission to increase awareness of the variety of South Asian performance arts.
They’ll be offering three short performances between 5 and 6pm in the Main Hall of the AGA:
- 5pm
- 5:20pm
- 5:45pm