Many thanks PRISM International and Clayton Longstaff for the thoughtful and generous review. And always, gratitude to Talonbooks! Discovering the Syntax of Sensuality: A Review of Laiwan’s “TENDER”
Emily Carr University of Art + Design is pleased to announce 2021 Honorary Doctorates will be bestowed upon educator, scholar and writer Eve Tuck; and director, writer and producer Nettie Wild. This year’s Emily Award will be presented to cultural activist, interdisciplinary artist, writer, poet and educator Laiwan, a 1983 alumna. “It is our great honour to recognize […]
To accompany the exhibition Thought, outside curator Amy Kazymerchyk recorded conversations with the artists Craig Berggold, Laiwan, Melinda Mollineaux and Susan Stewart. Podcast # 1 Laiwan and Melinda Mollineaux discuss the historical context and conditions within which their respective artworks African Notes Part 1 & 2 (1982) and Cadboro Bay: Index to an Incomplete History (1998) were made; and the formal and technical […]
Here’s a link for yesterday’s interview/reading on CBCs North by Northwest with fabulous host Sheryl MacKay:https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest/clip/15814005-sunday-december-13 I start at 54:20 minutes (after the choir). Thanks Sheryl MacKay, CBC Radio North by Northwest, and Talonbooks On this episode you’ll hear from Greg Joy about playing the hammered dulcimer, from Laiwan about her book of poems, from […]
Gratitude to Rebecca Peng and Rungh Magazine for the generous and attentive review in the latest issue:https://rungh.org/a-return-of-a-new-medea/
Thought, outside Nov 12 – Dec 19, 2020 Curated by Amy Kazymerchyk, Thought, outside is composed with an eye to how each artwork thinks the phenomenon of the outside. This concept is variably expressed as the condition of being out-of-doors, beyond a geographic delineation, without legal recognition or unfamiliar with social custom. It is a position […]
Much gratitude to Caitlin Main, summer intern for Artspeak Gallery, for Postscript number 75 on my project Maple Tree Spiral now online, big thanks for the lovely attentive and literary text! Appreciations also to Bopha Chhay, Erik Hood, and all at Artspeak for the wonderful support. And to the participating artists / speakers Cease Wyss, […]
Appreciations to Talonbooks for selecting this image for the cover of their 2020 Full Catalogue. There’s amazing upcoming titles including the story of Dukesang Wong, on the music of thinking by Fred Wah, new poems from Colin Browne and many other works of prose, poetry non-fiction, plays! Support local publishing and writers. You can download […]
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Thanks to Henry Heng Lu for this timely article, for reaching out to me, and to fellow colleagues doing the work, supporting Asian Canadian and Chinese communities across Canada, to counter increased anti-Asian racism during this pandemic. Part 1 of the article is here. And you can find Part 2 of the article here. My […]