Anu Chouhan and Jag Nagra have each welcomed the Year of the Horse with imagery that speaks to the central tenets of their culture.
Poitras-Jarrett, a retired teacher, says that as a Métis woman, she has always felt horses running through her blood.
Lefan will perform songs made famous in Asia by Teresa Teng, Tsai Chin. Chyi Yu, Richie Jen, and Jay Chou.
In 7Horses, Briones features a vibrant combination of colours that seem ideally suited to welcome the Year of the Horse.
In this New Year’s ode for the Year of the Horse, The Brave Spring weaves a warm fable around the thread of “sugar”.
“For Eid we have to call in sick and I don’t like that,” says a student in Albera. “You should have the day off school.”
In recent years through her design studio, the Malaysian-born Wu has painted many murals and designed packaging for major brands.
Following the talk, there will be a guided tour of Ruan Guang-min’s exhibition, Comics on the Island – Taiwan, at the Pendulum Gallery.
LaRose says that snakes are often depicted as really scary or intense in artwork, so she decided to create something cute and colourful.
A professional artist for 16 years, Mackenzie enjoys helping others learn about Indigenous culture, artwork, and protocols.
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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