Vancouver, B.C., Canada (April 12, 2022) – Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art launches its first-ever Arts Writing Mentorship Program, which will run from April 28 to July 18, 2022.
About The Mentorship
Centre A’s Arts Writing Mentorship Program aims to build an inclusive community for self-identifying Asian youth (16-30) while fostering a greater understanding of evolving cultural experiences and ideals.
This 12-week program is designed to give 6-10 young and emerging Asian Canadian writers the practice, feedback, and exposure they need to launch or grow their professional writing practice.
Participants will receive exclusive networking opportunities, mentorship, supervision, and feedback on their writing in a professional setting. And as a result of this mentorship, chosen participants will produce two pieces of critical writing and get to publish their works, compensated with industry-standard writer’s fees.
As part of the mentorship, participants will learn from established writers, editors, artists, and curators such as Bopha Chhay, Allan Cho, Monika Gagnon, David Garneau, Su-Ying Lee, Yaniya Lee, Cecily Nicholson, John Tain, and Rita Wong. Weekly programming will also entail special guest speaker talks, field trips and site visits to local artist studios and galleries, guided workshops with main mentors, and peer-to-peer reviews.
Location
Unit 205, 268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6A 1X5
*The Mentorship is a hybrid program that will be conducted both ONLINE and IN-PERSON.
Centre A’s Acknowledgements
Centre A is situated in Vancouver’s Chinatown, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. We honour, respect, and give thanks to our hosts. Centre A gratefully acknowledges the support of all of our funders, donors, programming partners, and Centre A members, and especially, the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council for their support of this Mentorship Program.
About Centre A
Centre A is the only public art gallery in Canada dedicated to contemporary Asian and Asian-diasporic perspectives since 1999. Centre A is committed to providing a platform for engaging diverse communities through public access to the arts, creating mentorship opportunities for emerging artists/arts professionals, and stimulating critical dialogue through provocative exhibitions and innovative public programs that complicate understandings of migrant experiences and diasporic communities. In addition to our exhibition space, we house a reading room with one of the best collections of Asian art books in the country, including the Finlayson Collection of Rare Asian Art Books. Subscribe to Centre A’s newsletter here.
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