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Far and Near: the Distance(s) between Us Programming

Programming for Far and Near: the Distance(s) between Us

An archive of Asian Canadian exhibition catalogues and ephemera will be on display behind the front desk in the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.

Re:Visiting Desires

Friday, September 15, 7-9 pm
Video screening followed by Q & A
Featuring works by Jennifer Chan, Richard Fung, Brenda Joy Lem, Ho Tam, Lisa Wong, Wayne Yung
Music Room, Hart House

Artist Talk: Chih-Chien Wang

Tuesday, September 26, 1-2pm
Room AA304, Arts & Administration Building, UTSC

Chinese Diaspora in Canada: Chinese Canadian Art as an
Apparatus of Revisiting History, a talk by Henry Heng Lu

Saturday, October 14, 2-4pm
Hinton Learning Theatre, Toronto Reference Library

Public lecture: Ken Lum

Thursday, October 19, 6:30-8pm
Room 200, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

Discovering and preserving the history: Chinese Canadian
Archives at Toronto Public Library, a talk by Annie Fan

Saturday, October 21, 1-2pm
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery

Curator’s Tour with Henry Heng Lu

Saturday, October 21, 2-3pm
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery

Artist Talk: Karen Tam

Thursday, October 26, 2-4pm
Moderated by Professor Lily Cho
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery

Off-site Projects

Gu Xiong’s photographic intervention “I am Who I Am” and a selection from Karen Tam’s Chinese restaurant menu collection
John M. Kelly Library, St. Michael’s College, 113 St Joseph St, 1st floor

Gu Xiong’s work will also be on view at the E.J. Pratt
Library, Victoria College, 71 Queen’s Park Crescent


Title Image: Morris Lum, Wong Kung Har Wun Association, 40 X 50″. Archival Pigment Print. 2016.
Page Image:Karen Tam, Gold Mountain Restaurant Montagne d’Or (2004) As installed at MAI (Montréal arts interculturels) (Montréal, Québec), Photo credit: Mathieu Chartrand

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