Quarantine Qapsule project showcases Asian-Canadian stories during pandemic
Quarantine Qapsule is a collection of digital artwork and stories reflecting on life for Asian Canadian s during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted: May 16, 2021 9:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 16
Toronto-based actor Nightingale Nguyen is the creator of the original Quarantine Qapsule.(Submitted by Nightingale Nguyen)
As arts and culture shifted online during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto-based actor Nightingale Nguyen wondered how Asian Canadians would remember this time. I was honestly just waiting for an organization or someone with influence to start a community initiative to champion Asian Canadians, she told
Why embroidery?
In my last year of study at Emily Carr University of Art and Design [in Vancouver, British Columbia], I began experimenting with fiber arts such as table-loom weaving, embroidery and natural fiber dye. I started using embroidery thread as a means to paint. My life at the time was fairly nomadic and embroidery tools were tidy, small and mobile.
How does each piece start?
I begin by sketching. Once I’m happy with the composition of the image, I sketch it with graphite on a stretched piece of linen. If I decide to paint [the background], I’ll do that next. If that paint is too thick, piercing it with a needle would be difficult. Each thread of the floss I use contains six individual threads that are spun together to create a singular, thicker floss. For greater detail, I cut and split the floss so that I only work with a maximum of three threads for thickness.
Posted: May 08, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 8
Self portrait by Yukon artist Cole Pauls. (Cole Pauls)
Cole Pauls was just starting his career when he came up with the idea for his Pizza Punks comic strip.
He was in his second year of art school, studying at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, when a friend asked him to submit something to a local alternative paper. His strip about some punks who really, really love pizza caught on, and Pauls drew the strip for five years before taking a break to work on other projects.
Now, he s back at it.
Participate in an artists’ talk with Seham Gedrabo and Amber Ross to learn about their art and process.
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Participate in an artists’ talk with local Burnaby residents, Seham Gedrabo (Libya) and Amber Ross (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and a member of Crow Clan) and learn about their art and process.
You can view their work during the Festival outside the South Burnaby Neighbourhood House. The Many Nations Mini-Galleries consists of two moveable display cases built explicitly to display art at multiple locations throughout Burnaby.
The galleries will feature a scannable QR code to access expanded information about the art and the artists.