I am pleased to show you my first hand-knitted stuffed animals. I have been knitting hats, sweaters, dresses, booties, and blankets as welcoming gifts for babies of friends and extended family for decades. I will continue to do so, because knitting keeps my fingers and mind engaged and there are so many interesting designs to […]
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I am writing this on June 21st, the summer solstice. It is also National Indigenous Peoples Day, and special events have been happening all across Canada, recognizing the rich and varied traditions and cultures of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. In last week’s post, I mentioned the exhibit at the Art Gallery of
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It’s International Museum Week and I have five museum discoveries to share: one by a friend who attended the Chinese Canadian Museum in Victoria, two new (and the last for 2022 and the next few years) exhibits at the Royal British Columbia Museum that I attended, and two from on-line sources. My friend May
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If you want inspiration to ignite your own creativity, whether it be dance, choreography, playing an instrument, musical composition, singing, sculpture, painting, drawing, videography, photography, acting, fabric arts, or writing, the digital photo album below, of 130 Asian-Canadian artists might be the right source. You will be introduced to artists from around the country,
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This past week, listening to the news around the world, I felt like I was living under a dark cloud. The ongoing war in the Ukraine. The number of people forcibly displaced due to violence or protracted conflict in countries including Ukraine, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Nigeria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
