Tea, one of China’s great contributions to world culture, has travelled far and evolved in many ways, but regardless of tradition, language and race, the sharing of this aromatic beverage celebrates both diversity and humanity. The World Tea Party will temporarily transform an art gallery into a teahouse and performance space, engaging a diverse array of communities in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in collective art production.
Tea parties will be presented in the Centre A gallery, in local parks and community gathering places, and online. Projects include participatory Japanese tea ceremonies organized by the Urasenke Tea Foundation, and Squamish Nation herbal tea events featuring artist and herbalist Cease Wyss. Singers, dancers and a mobile tea trolley will acknowledge the ancient Luk Luk-i campsite and recognize and involve First Nations people living in the neighbourhood today.
Lead artist Bryan Mulvihill is a veteran creator known for an inimitable style that combines the role of tea master, calligrapher and facilitator of artistic encounters. Along with Su Schnee and Daniel Dion, Mulvihill is co-originator of The World Tea Party, a seminal exploration of “relational” art launched as an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in 1993.
Presented With:
Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A) and British Columbia Arts Council
When:
2/12/2010 – 3/21/2010
2:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
Entrance fee after 6:00 pm.
Where:
Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A)
2 West Hastings, Vancouver
Map
Ticket Type:
Ticketed
Ticket information:
Price(s): 2:00 to 6:00 pm: Free
6:00 pm to 10pm: $5 adults, $3 students.
Tickets available at the door.
Telephone: 604 683 8326
centrea.org
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