Canada at 150: Trauma, Memory and the Story of Canada


DATE
Friday September 29, 2017 - Saturday September 30, 2017
TIME
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Artists’ Roundtable
Date: September 29, 2017
Time: 3:00PM – 5:00PM
Location: Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall

Join artists curator Raghavendra Rao K.V., and members of the South Asian Canadian Histories Association to explore this artistic intervention in the story of Canada at 150+. Sameer Farooq’s work for the exhibition, entitled Pouf, Sausage, Weight, Arc (2017), will be on view. Free event with light refreshments.

 

Art Exhibition Opening and Art Walk
Date: September 30, 2017
Time: 12:00PM – 4PM
Location: Punjabi Market & All India Sweets and Restaurant, 6560 Main Street, Vancouver.

Join artists and members of the South Asian Canadian Histories Association for a public art display, performances, and art walk that explore the “Canada at 150+: Trauma, Memory and the Story of Canada” works in Punjabi Market. Free event.

Both events made possible by a generous grant from the Canada 150 Fund, and additional support from, at the University of British Columbia, the Department of Asian Studies, the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program, the Centre for India and South Asia Research, and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies; Simon Fraser University Woodward’s, and the City of Vancouver.

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