Do you think you have some VHS/Hi8 tapes, audio recordings, photographs, and documents somewhere that are related to your lived experience or a story about Chinatown? But where are those things? Dispersed over unknown basements, garages, the back of a bottom drawer, and landfill sites (real-life example of what happened Read more…
Multi Voices, One Heart returns with a bigger cast! The Pacific Canada Heritage Centre is delighted to be a co-presenter of Multi Voices, One Heart’s annual trans-pacific concert. Included as part of explorASIAN Festival, the event will also be livestreamed May 22nd & 23rd (HK time). Learn more on their Read more…
City of Calgary illustrations for the new temporary corridor for the construction project on 3rd Avenue SW have been issued. To look at the finalized designs check this website. engage.calgary.ca/3avenue
From February 16 – 28, 2021, there will be an additional engagement opportunity to provide feedback on public realm improvements for Centre Street South from the Riverfront Avenue to 4 Avenue South. This work is being done in coordination with the North Central BRT Study to ensure plans are integrated. Read more…
Pink Flamingo與SPECTACLE和The New Gallery一起，希望您對卡爾加里中國文化中心（在1 St SW和2 Ave SW的拐角處）對面的公共空間進行設計。 這個空間是藝術家Jae Sterling在唐人街新版《指南與保護者》壁畫的所在地。 該空間以前是卡爾加里原住民友誼中心的所在地，是卡爾加里BIPOC社區的交匯點。 以下問題將為您提供機會，設想一下不久的將來空間會變成什麼樣。 調查-“指南和保護者”- 調查 Pink Flamingo together with SPECTACLE and The New Gallery would like your input in the design of the public space across from the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre (at the corner of 1 St SW and 2 Read more…
Joining the murals throughout Chinatown are two new painted utility boxes. Transformed with a depiction of a tiger, these two new pieces highlight the vibrant nature of our community and adds just one more colourful piece to the downtown cityscape. Completed in partnership with project organizer Fung Ling, the two Read more…
Local blogger and free-lance journalist Richard White wrote a post about the latest mural added to Chinatown’s cityscape. Touring Chinatown recently with a few of its community leaders, I was surprised to find how welcoming they were of the mural. They message that Chinatown was not just for Calgary’s Chinese community, Read more…
Stay tuned to our website as we showcase the incredible work being done on the side of our building. The mural’s creator, Jae Sterling, has been painting this artwork for the last week. Named the “The Guide and Protector,” the piece is a homage to John Ware, a legendary Black Read more…
Positivity, harmony vs the forces that push us apart. Contrast this news coverage (below) with what happened recently in Calgary’s Chinatown. THINK: community representations, prejudice, art vandalism, western cowboys legacy, immigrants ranchers and farmer settlers. Street Art: engagement, excitement, invigoration vs status quo. How we perceive things is a product Read more…
After a long afternoon working with Chinatown community leaders, Fred Lau, (L) Director and Jack Yee, (R) CEO of the Calgary Chinatown Development Foundation pause to be photographed. They are standing in front of the nearly completed Jae Sterling mural done as an art commission for a backdrop to a Read more…