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CELEBRATING ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH:
CANASIAN ARTS ON THE MOVE
MAY 8, 2025 @ 6PM (MDT)
VIEWING PARTY:
Como Se Dice Studios (Chinese National League Building)
110 3 Ave SE, Calgary
Doors at 5:30 PM | Live Stream at 6PM
FREE Admission
Food and drinks from Calgary Chinatown provided
ONLINE STREAMING LINK:
Coming Soon!
CanAsian Arts On the Move is a national showcase and celebration of Asian artists from different disciplines, through a live simulcast event, streaming from Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.
This event aims to celebrate and showcase the work of artists from the Asian diaspora in Canada and is held during Asian Heritage Month. There are five organizations and cities involved who will each present an artist at the event, showing a pre-recorded video segment of the artist’s work, followed by a live Q&A with the artist afterwards.
For the Calgary viewing party, we are excited to offer a free in-person event with our featured artist Jose Macasinag, who will have a projection installation at the historic Chinese National League building, in the heart of Calgary’s Chinatown, with food and drinks from Chinatown provided.
This project is also in partnership with CanAsian Arts Network (Edmonton), Festival Accès Asie (Montreal), Asian Heritage Month Society of Manitoba (Winnipeg), and InnerGenerational (Toronto).
Featured Artists:
Jose Macasinag (Calgary)
Herman Lau, Jia Jia Yong (楊佳佳), Paul Giang (利炳坤), and Vanessa Jong (Edmonton)
ZiZhou Wang (Montreal)
MOKSHA (Toronto)
Manitoba Great Wall Performing Arts Inc. (Winnipeg)
This event is made possible by the
City of Calgary’s Chinatown Activation Grant.
About Jose Macasinag:
Jose Macasinag is a queer Filipino media artist based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, Alberta). His practice utilizes digital media, craft, and installation. Often his work explores ecological interconnectedness through themes of rhizomatic networks, organic cells, wildlife, minerals, and elemental patterns. Drawing from deep ecology and feminist theory, Jose’s art advocates and creates narratives engaging with these unique earthly embodiments. Through XR technology, and animation, he creates immersive installations that deepen ecological awareness and critiquing systems of power that threaten to harm the environment.
Jose has produced public art installations with STEPS, Chinook Blast, and Night Light Festival. In 2023, he co-produced an experimental cabaret performance during the LIVE Biennale in Vancouver. Additionally, he has exhibited work at the PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival hosted by EMMEDIA Gallery and Production Society.
For more information, go to josemacasinag.com
SAVE THE DATE:
AMAAS MEDIA ARTS CONFERENCE
JUNE 26 – 29, 2025
RED DEER, ALBERTA
We are so excited to announce our next media arts conference will be happening on June 26 – 29, 2025 next year in Red Deer!
AMAAS hosts media artists and cultural workers from across the province at this biannual conference, which provides a gathering space for professional development and organizational capacity building opportunities, as well as excellent artistic content. Experience shared learning and networking, resource exchanges and collaborations at this highly anticipated event.
More information will be released soon, but in the meantime, save the dates as you don’t want to miss this opportunity to connect with the media arts community in Alberta!
Media Artists at the UFO Landing Pad!
Attendees at the previous AMAAS Media Arts Conference, OUT OF THIS WORLD, held in St. Paul, Alberta, on June 30 – July 2, 2022.
Photo credit: Noel Begin
Media artists at the Coutts Centre!
Attendees at the previous AMAAS Media Arts Conference, ON SOUND, held in Nanton, Alberta, on June 6 – 9, 2019.
Photo credit: Noel Begin
BECOME A MEMBER OF AMAAS
AMAAS membership consists of media arts organizations, collectives and individual artists. By being a member, this grants you access to our programs and services including our Sponsorships & Bursaries, One2One Grant Mentorship program, and our biannual media arts conference.
MISSION
AMAAS exists to advocate, educate, and celebrate the media arts in Alberta.
VISION
The media arts in Alberta is advanced through the generation of awareness, strengthening of connections, and continuous advocacy. AMAAS builds a sustainable and vibrant future for media arts in Alberta.
DEFINITION OF MEDIA ART
AMAAS defines media art as independent artist initiated and controlled use of film, video, new media, audio/sound art and related media.
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