Japanese Tea Ceremony & Demonstration

A traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony will be presented by Sakaino Sensei from 3:00pm to 5:00pm on Sunday, March 14, 3-5pm

Introduction to the Art of Chinese Tea

by Gina Zuiten
Saturday, March 13, 3-6pm
a demonstration of a modern tea practice followed by Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony and tea offering

WORLD TEA PARTY- Part deux


Centre A presents
WORLD TEA PARTY- Part Two
a celebration of global tea culture

Open: Friday, March 12 – Sunday, March 14
Thursday, March 18 – Saturday, March 20
3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Admission: by donation

Centre A is pleased to present the World Tea Party – Part Two, featuring installations by local artists and a number of special events (see detailed schedule below).

Animated by tea master and calligrapher Bryan Mulvihill (aka Trolley Bus), truly one of Vancouver’s “living cultural treasures”, The World Tea Party has been presented for publics large and small in a wide range of contexts, including the Winnipeg Pan Am Games, the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Canada, the Hollywood Bowl and the Eiffel Tower.

The World Tea Party is based on the notion that humanity shares in the drinking of tea a spirit of generosity and exchange that both celebrates and transcends our cultural diversity. Tea is the most popular beverage in the world.

Installations

Blue by Project Rainbow
(http://www.projectrainbow.typepad.com/)

Replay Your Tea With Me by Luke Moloney & Darren Stone
(http://www.pandorabenevolentsociety.org/twiki/bin/view.pl/Public/ReplayYourTeaWithMe).

The Good Old Days […] When Times Were Bad by Vancouver art collective, DRIL.
(http://www.drawnfestival.ca/Drawn_News_Release_090706.pdf)

Special Events

Friday, March 12, 7-10pm
Pact 4 – TRADE
, a one-day open-call, non-juried exhibition
organized by 221A Artist Run Centre
(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=327171820255)

Saturday, March 13, 3-6pm
Introduction to the Art of Chinese Tea
by Gina Zuiten
a demonstration of a modern tea practice followed by Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony and tea offering

Saturday, March 13, 7-9pm
Teeth Party
by DRIL
A Birthday Fundraiser Extravaganza for Leisha O’Donohue organized by DRIL
(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=356640022358&ref=mf)

Sunday, March 14, 3-5pm
Japanese Tea Ceremony & Demonstration
by tea master Sakaino-sensei

Sunday, March 14, 3-4pm
Skype Tea
with 161 Gallon Gallery (Halifax)

Thursday, March 18, 6:30
Arty World Tea Party

A fundraising event for the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts
Live and silent auction, entertainment, fun
Entrance by donation

Friday, March 19, 4-5pm
Le thé de l’amitié

Skype Tea with Oboro (Montreal) featuring parlour games and other surprises.

Friday, March 19, 7-9pm
The Good Old Days […] When Times Were Bad

Campfire Social Gathering
organized by DRIL
(http://www.drawnfestival.ca/Drawn_News_Release_090706.pdf)

Saturday, March 20, 2-4pm,
The Japanese Way of Tea

Presented by the Urasenke Society Vancouver Branch

Saturday, March 20, 7-9pm
A Listener’s Lab
Sound artists talk and trade their favorite play-lists, organized by Debra Zhou.

BRIGHT LIGHT – in partnership with 15 Downtown Eastside arts groups

The World Tea Party is Centre A’s contribution to the City of Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic public art program, Bright Light.

Bright Light includes performances, video projections, exhibitions, social events and a parade. It is produced by artist-run centres, a fashion artist, an architecture studio, a commercial gallery, and a magazine.

More information: http://bright-light.ca/


Come have a cup of tea!

World Tea Party is presented in partnership with the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad the City of Vancouver and the British Columbia Arts Council.

Tea generously provided by

“T”  www.tealeaves.com

DAVIDsTEA www.davidstea.com

Pari Azarm Motamedi

Centre A would especially like to thank Anndraya T. Luui for her support of this project.

Centre A gratefully acknowledges the support of its patrons, sponsors, members, partners, private foundations, as well as government funding agencies, including the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural Affairs.

World Tea Party: 2010 Winter Olympic Games

Feb 12 to March 21
2:00 pm to 10:00 pm daily

Tea, one of China’s great contributions to world culture, has traveled 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 tea house 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE OLYMPIC EVENT SCHEDULE

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, by donation, 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

The World Tea Party is a “social sculpture” that involves the creative empowerment of the audience and the general public. Its interactive aspect makes the World Tea Party an effective vehicle for a debate about the relationship between the Olympics and the Downtown Eastside.

Free Tea and Large Scale Video Projections
During gallery hours, tea is offered for free, both inside the gallery and at times on the street, while video projections are shown on the building’s exterior windows daily from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

Two 5,000 lumen video projectors will be used to project images 40 feet wide across the front windows of the gallery. Content will include works by commissioned artists, live images of performances, pre-recorded tea images, documentation of the World Tea Party in different contexts

Special Events
The World Tea Party features a number of special events, including Skwxumesh First Nations artist Cease Wyss, who will host a First Nations welcome event on Sunday, February 14, featuring indigenous herbal teas. On Saturday, February 20, Jun Oenoki, who is Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Tokyo Keizai University and artist-in-residence at Centre A, will produce a teleconference with partners in Yokohama which will be streamed live to the Internet and edited for outdoor display. The traditional Japanese tea ceremony is presented by the Urasenke society of Vancouver. The relaxed atmosphere of the World Tea Party invites conversation and informal performances. New additions to the line-up will be posted to the website.

Local Network – “Bright Light” partnership of 10 DTES arts groups

World Tea Party is key station in the City of Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program: Bright Light, an initiative that provides pedestrian friendly light-based public art works, projections and performances along Carrall Street, Hastings Street and in the neighbouring area. The project brings together a consortium of 14 creative partners, including Access, Helen Pitt, Downtown East Cultural Centre, Artspeak, LIVE, UBC Architecture and others. Centre A acts as a hub and meeting place for Bright Light.

Come have a cup of tea!