BC Artscape is currently seeking an Operations Coordinator to join our team. In March 2018 we opened BC Artscape Sun Wah, a community cultural hub in Chinatown. BCA Sun Wah is BC’s largest cultural hub, providing affordable and secure work space for over 60 incredible artists and not-for-profit cultural and community organizations. The design, tenanting, and programming of BCA Sun Wah are a reflection of community needs and aspirations, understood through an intensive engagement process. BCA Sun Wah aspires to be a place to come together, a place for intergenerational and intercultural interaction, and a place that contributes to the existing vibrant cultural landscape in Chinatown.

We’re looking for an organized, resourceful, community focused person to manage the operations of our space. This is a one year contract position with a strong likelihood of being a permanent member of our team.

The Operation Coordinator’s work schedule is from 10:30AM-6:30PM Monday to Friday. Flexibility to work occasional evenings and/or weekends as needed is highly desirable

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the President, and working closely with our staff and partners, the Operations Coordinator’s main responsibilities are to:

Property Operations
· Act as the main point of contact for BCA tenants and visiting guests;
· Have knowledge and understanding of BCA Sun Wah mission and principles, tenant activities, services, and the surrounding community in order to confidently respond to inquiries regarding the building and neighbourhood
· Maintain BCA’s space within the building in a consistently safe, clean and attractive condition, including overseeing utilities, IT and security infrastructure, and scheduling external maintenance and janitorial vendors;
· Develop and update policies and systems for life and safety, shared kitchen use, waste management, key control, procurement, and other building systems policies as required;
· Act as the main point of contact for the building owner to resolve day-to-day issues, coordinate base building maintenance requests, and coordinate BCA systems and policies with base building policies.
· Manage the flex space bookings, including flex space maintenance, payment processing, access card distribution, and client requests;
· Develop and maintain a schedule of building systems and equipment maintenance;
· Develop and implement policies within operating budget parameters to support long-term capital maintenance and repair projects, including research into grant opportunities to offset costs;

Tenant Coordination
· Collect and process tenant rent, parking, storage and other payments, including issuing and tracking invoices;
· Develop and update a Tenant Manual, and ensure tenants are informed about and abide by building rules and policies as outlined in the Tenant Manual;
· Develop and maintain tenant communication system;
· Program access cards and maintain a key schedule;
· Provide information and resources for tenant events to assist with events running smoothly;
· Coordinate tenant maintenance requests in a cost-effective and time sensitive manner;
· Oversee tenant improvement requests and approval process, and maintain detailed records of tenant improvements to suites;
· Coordinate tenant freight elevator requests and tenant move-in/out with building owner.

Other
· Assist with operating budget preparation and reconciliation;
· Produce monthly reporting related to property operations and performance;
· Provide occasional support for after-hours building emergencies;
· Assist with website updates and newsletter preparation;
· Perform other duties as assigned.

SKILLS + EXPERIENCE:

· Language requirements: excellent written and spoken English. Spoken Cantonese and written Chinese is highly desirable;
· Demonstrated interest in BC Artscape’s mission and values;
· Demonstrated interest in working collaboratively and proactively with our staff, tenants, community members, and the building owner to create a community asset through the arts in Chinatown;
· Demonstrated experience with property management and/or building operations;
· Demonstrated experience working with a diverse group of tenants, community groups and/or organizations;
· Strong organizational and time management skills that enable you to thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing deadlines;
· Impeccable attention to detail fueled by a desire to create efficient property management and customer service systems;
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to provide outstanding support to our tenants and visiting guests.
· Familiarity with current health and safety practices and requirements is an asset;
· Facilities Management and/or Building Systems certification is an asset.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Please submit a PDF of your cover letter and resume via email at [email protected]

Interviews will take place the week of August 27th 2018. We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Applicants must be available for an interview in person.

Contract salary range is $38,000 to $42,000, commensurate with experience.

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我們很高興地介紹第一批的租戶，他們將成為「BC Artscape 新華」的一部分，並會通過藝術為唐人街創造一個新的社區樞紐。我們的創建租戶由我們的社區指導委員會的指導下，根據項目的願景和原則細心挑選－包括在社區內敏感性地工作，提供一個鼓勵跨代和跨文化聯繫的平台，積極傳承文化，並歡迎所有社區成員的地方。

Learn about the Founding Tenants of who will be in the BC Artscape Sun Wah community cultural hub below.

Organizations

• Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop 加拿大亞裔作家工作坊
• Groundswell Education Society
• BC Civil Liberties Association 卑詩省公民自由協會
• International Centre of Arts and Technology
• Made in BC- Dance on Tour
• Little Lantern 小灯笼｜小燈籠
• LIVE Biennale of Performance Art Society
• Onion Language Centre 洋聰學堂
• Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration Society
  加太承傳中心暨移民博物館協會
• Pacific Community Resources Society’s Pathways to Education program
• Pride in Art Society
• Senior Chinese Society of Vancouver 温哥华老年华人协会
• Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival

Artists and Artist Collectives

• Alanna Ho
• Clare Yow
• Dina Smallman
• d.June Conley
• Elisa Medina
• Elisa Yon
• Hungry Thumbs Studio
• Jan Bautista
• Janet Wang 王欣恩
• Jen Hiebert
• Katharine Meng-Yuan Yi 易梦原
• Leanne M Christie
• Paul Wong Projects and On Main Gallery
• Yuan Liu 刘源
• Yule Ken Lum 林耀強

Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop

The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) was created out of a need to develop and nurture Asian Canadian writers. Its primary purpose is to foster a community of writers and build a literature. Over the years, ACWW has established a number of successes: writing workshops, literary anthologies, book clubs, mentorship of new writers, one-on-one manuscript development sessions, a reading series, a chapter in Toronto, an Emerging Writer Award, Ricepaper Magazine, and an annual LiterASIAN Writers Festival.

It’s exciting being part of BC Artscape Sun Wah Centre and the Chinatown/DTES neighbourhood because it’s in many ways the birthplace of Asian Canadian literature. Many of the Canadian literary canonical texts are set in this area — with the likes of Jim Wong-Chu’s Chinatown Ghosts; SKY Lee’s Disappearing Moon Cafe; Paul Yee’s Saltwater City; Wayson Choy’s Jade Peony; Denise Chong’s Concubine’s Children; Madeleine Thien’s Certainty — the list goes on and on. To return to the literary roots of Chinatown is an honour and a privilege, and we will be able to work and collaborate closely with other grassroots community organizations in the shared spaces at Sun Wah. I’m excited at the opportunity to be in a new space that will be an incubator to the next generation of writers and cultural activists.

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BC Civil Liberties Association 卑詩省公民自由協會

The The BC Civil Liberties Association, established in 1962, is one of Canada’s leading social and democratic justice non-governmental organizations. With a mandate that includes work on police accountability, government transparency, voting rights, prisoners’ rights, national security issues and women’s rights, we are one of the most vibrant and visible advocacy groups in the country.

We are excited to be part of the BC Artscape Sun Wah hub and are committed to continuing and deepening our work with local communities as we fight for equality, liberty, freedom and justice. We look forward to opportunities to collaborate with other tenants and to be good neighbours in our new organizational home.

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International centre of arts and technology

ICOAAT, the International Centre of Arts and Technology is Vancouver’s Literary Makerspace. We are interested in all things literary and text based. ICOAAT is home to the Dominion Reading Series for marginalized writers, produces Storytelling with Drag Queens and holds other diverse events around the Lower Mainland in various venues.

ICOAAT is an organization that holds space for intersectional LGTBQI2S and BIPOC creatives. The studio space will be set up to provide for small innovative production of chapbooks, sewing projects with text, printmaking and letterpress works.

We have partnered with the Burnaby Public Library, The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, United Church of Canada, Microsoft Metrotown, Café Deux Soleils and Cottage Bistro to put on literary events that seek to bring diversity to Vancouver. We continue to look for new partnerships with unique community members and help those that may face challenges in putting together literary events.

Our monthly book club series looks at work that is written by marginalized writers with a bias towards Canadian Literature and works of a political or social nature. We acknowledge that our events take place on the unceded, occupied, and ancestral homelands of xwməθkwəy əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx wú7mesh (Squamish), Sel íl witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Stó:lō peoples.

We are thrilled to be part of the BC Artscape Sun Wah project in the Chinatown and DTES neighbourhoods and look forward to working on diverse projects that will continue to build an inclusive artistic practice that is community based. For us being back in Chinatown goes back to familial history in the area and it feels like a coming home of sorts. ICOAAT focuses on holding space for LGTBQI2S and BIPOC creatives within the greater context of literature and art.

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Groundswell Education Society

Groundswell is a non-profit society providing accessible education to support the creation of meaningful employment and social ventures. We provide space for young ideas and young ventures to connect, flourish, and contribute to the local economy. Our social venture training and mentoring programs put the emphasis on the individual and the community, helping people build sustainable projects with a little money and a lot of impact. Our program participants includes artists, makers, foodies, designers, educators, healers, and social service providers who are united by a desire to belong to something greater than themselves. Through Groundswell, participants and alumni connect to mentors, industry experts, professionals and other organizations using business as a tool to build better communities and working towards a more collaborative economy. Our vision is a regenerative, collaborative economy where each individual can contribute meaningfully and find purpose in their life through their work.

We can’t wait to connect and make meaningful partnerships with the community in and around BC Artscape Sun Wah. We look forward to learning from each other so that we can make a bigger impact based on the values of social entrepreneurship, and engage more people with Groundswell’s education, events, markets and more!

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Made in BC- Dance on Tour

Made in BC- Dance on Tour is a non-profit industry association dedicated to building a culture for dance throughout the province of British Columbia. Our programs create opportunities for people from all over BC to learn about the arts, express themselves creatively and celebrate a shared humanity through dance performance and activities. We connect BC communities with dance artists; fostering an appreciation of contemporary dance by collaborating with arts presenters, community arts councils, parks boards, schools and community groups across the province. We support dance artists by connecting them to community partners and nurturing and supporting their creative ideas and projects by enhancing their capacity to bring their passion to others. If you want to bring dance to your community through performances, residencies, workshops and community engaged dance projects – we can help make it happen!

Made in BC functions as a network. Our expertise lies in bringing artists and organizations together around common purpose, to amplify their impact. We feel that the arts community is rich, that any artist’s or organization’s success is everyone’s success, and that as a community, we are better off together.

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Little Lantern

Little Lantern is a grassroots group based in the unceded Coast Salish territory of Vancouver. We host youth-centred, youth-driven and youth-led programs that value Chinese youth’s voices and creative potentials. We work with high school newcomer youth who identify with diverse Chinese heritages and experiences. Our capacity-building model creates a safe and inclusive multi-lingual space for Chinese youth to explore their cultural belongings and personal identities. We believe in the strength-based approach of empowering youth to build bridges with peers and all community members.

Our vision is an inclusive community that embraces the intersectionality of every person’s cultural belongings and personal identities. Our mission is to support high school Chinese newcomer youth, who are immigrants, refugees and international students, to make meaningful connections that will sustain and foster into active local and global citizenship. Through sharing languages and cultural knowledge, we support youth to make connections across diverse Canadian communities, as well as strengthen a collective identity within Vancouver’s Hua community at large.

Little Lantern is excited about being a part of BC Artscape Sun Wah, through our partnership with Onion Language Centre, because of the opportunities to collaboratively build an inclusive community hub alongside other creative and like-minded organizations. We recognize the roots, history, and diversity of the Chinatown and DTES neighbourhoods as assets in the process of identity and citizenship-building among newcomer youth, and thus, as assets in the work that we prioritize. We look forward to respectfully incorporating the assets of this physical space into our approach to youth work and community engagement wherever possible.

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LIVE Biennale of Performance Art Society

LIVE, The LIVE International Performance Art Biennale is a showcase and forum of contemporary performance art. Our mission is to encourage ideas around live art through a creative, critically engaged program of activities. We strive to be an internationally focused inclusive site of cultural exchange and collaboration that promote art and ideas to simultaneously engage the public’s imagination and activate their roles within the social body. We are dedicated to servicing multi-cultural engagement by offering new professional opportunities to exceptional artists locally and worldwide, and providing a forum for emerging artists. LIVE enjoys an historic and ongoing relationship with the Downtown East Side and Chinatown community and consciously supports the local art centres and businesses. LIVE is a celebration of cultural diversity and personal identity inclusive of and sensitive to First Nations, visible minorities, sexual orientations, genders, and people of different ages and histories.

Being long associated with Chinatown and the Downtown East Side, I am critical of new changes in the neighbourhood. Rarely do we get it right. BC Artscape Sun Wah, with the participations of the owners, city, and cultural agencies seems to be the exception. Since the beginning of this vision, the organizers have mandated to create a new cultural hub that is inclusive to artists, cultural organizations (like LIVE), and the community. From our tiny office, we will have access to conference and meeting facilities and shared resources. I am impressed that cuisine culture and rooftop vegetable gardens for the local seniors are also integrated. As a new senior citizen myself, I look forward to participating in the tai-chi that will undoubtedly occur in the gardens.

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Onion Language Centre

Onion Language Centre is a place of language services and language instruction that strives to provide translation, interpreting and educational resources to the Chinatown community by working directly with businesses/organisations and providing workshops and classes in Chinese language at varying competencies.

Onion Language Centre is excited to be a part of BC Artscape Sun Wah, particularly because of its location within Chinatown and proximity to the Downtown East Side where language services are a continuing necessity. In light of the increasingly rapid gentrification of the area that has resulted in loss of affordable and accessible retailers, OLC is also excited to provide educational resources and language training for newer residents and business owners/operators needing to work more closely with the Chinatown community they have found themselves in.

洋聰學堂作為語言服務及教學之處，通過與華埠商家及組織直接交流並且提供針對不同水平的中文培訓班，努力增加社區翻譯、傳譯以及教育資源。

洋聰學堂很荣幸能有機會成為位於唐人街並鄰近市中心東端「BC Artscape 新華」的租戶、為這兩個急需語言服務的區域作出貢獻。區域貴族化日益增速並且導致了服務低收入社群的商鋪難以維繫。因此洋聰學堂也非常期待有機會以提高對區域的認知及尊敬為目的，向新來的居民及商家提供語言教育。

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Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration

The Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration (PCHC – MoM) Society is a non-profit society incorparated to build a wider and improved understanding of Canada’s history and growth through intercultural explorations of historic and current trans-Pacific immigration.

Its mission is to establish a Museum of Migration at a site of historical significance for Canadians whose families first arrived in Canada through its western portals, and create a supporting national research network for an interdisciplinary and more inclusive interpretation of Canada’s history.

The PCHC- Museum of Migration will be a hub where Canadians can engage with each other to understand past and current relationship between immigrants and host communities, including their interaction with First Nations peoples, and where Canadians will be able to research their family history and share their stories.

Since 2012, it has functioned as a “museum without walls” and offered a range of activities from workshops, cultural walking tours, to oral history projects and exhibitions throughout Metro Vancouver and Toronto in partnership with its wide networks of collaborators.

We look forward to moving our office to a more convenient location along with some of our long-standing community partners. Being in Chinatown will be a way to support efforts to protect this important heritage site in Pacific Canada. We can’t wait to rub shoulders with the other tenants for the conversations and synergies.

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Pacific Community Resources Society’s Pathways to Education program

The Pathways to Education program, delivered through Pacific Community Resources Society, aims to enhance educational success and supports youth living in the Downtown Eastside and Strathcona community to successfully graduate from high school and transition into post-secondary education, training or employment. The high school graduation rate for the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver, including the Downtown Eastside, is lower than the provincial average and the lowest of all Vancouver communities. According to the most recent census data only 41 percent of young adults (20-34) in Strathcona have a high school diploma. Working in partnership with community partners, local schools, school boards, and many diverse volunteers, Pathways to Education is helping to break the cycle of poverty through education and support strategic, long-term social change. Pathways to Education’s innovative community-based program provides free academic, social, financial, and individualized supports to youth, including: Tutoring and academic support; Mentoring and social activities; One-on-one educational and social support; Bus tickets and grocery cards; Positive relationships with adult role models; and Scholarships for post-secondary education and training. The results of this unique Program have been ground breaking, increasing high school graduation rates by an average of 85 per cent in 20 communities across Canada, with 75% of all Pathways students successfully transitioning to post-secondary education.

We are excited to be a part of the BC Artscape Sun Wah hub for so many reasons, including the wonderful opportunity to be located in the neighbourhood closeby the young people and families we have been supporting since Pathways launched in Vancouver. We are also looking forward to developing new partnerships and opportunities for our young people through the potential collaborations with partners at the BC Artscape Sun Wah hub.

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Pride in Art Society

The Pride in Art Society (PiA) is a professional multidisciplinary art organization dedicated to the presentation and promotion of queer art and artists; inspiring recognition, respect, and visibility of people who transgress gender and sexual norms. Through curated exhibitions, performing arts presentations, readings, artist talks, panels, workshops, and screenings, we bring diverse communities together to support artistic risk-taking, incite creative collaboration and experimentation, and celebrate the rich heritage of queer artists and art. PiA produces the Queer Arts Festival (QAF), recognized as one of the top 5 festivals of its kind worldwide (Melbourne Herald Sun). QAF produces, presents & exhibits with a curatorial vision favouring challenging, thought-provoking work that pushes boundaries & initiates dialogue. QAF has a strong record of culturally diverse programming within its LGBT2SQ mandate, emphasizing prominent representation of artists, staff, and membership from communities who have called the DTES home—notably Asian-Canadian (specifically Chinese and Japanese) and Indigenous communities. Since 1998, PiA has presented 1,735 artists in more than 220 events, welcomed 61,500 patrons & incited the creation of dozens of new Canadian works through commissions, premières & curation. QAF’s programming has garnered wide acclaim as “easily one of the best art exhibitions of the year” (Vancouver Sun), “concise, brilliant and moving” (Georgia Straight) & “on the forefront of aesthetic and cultural dialogue today” (Xtra).

The Pride in Art Society (producers of the Queer Arts festival) is excited about the abundant possibilities and community partnerships made possible through sharing space in an active neighbourhood at BC Artscape Sun Wah. Presenting queer art in multipurpose, public spaces in the DTES and Chinatown increases opportunities to experience art, building greater appreciation for the arts and contributions made by queer artists.

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Senior Chinese Society of Vancouver 温哥华老年华人协会

The Senior Chinese Society of Vancouver is a non-political, non-profit charitable organization formed voluntarily by seniors of Chinese origin in 2004. The Society, with branches across Metro Vancouver, now has over 900 members between the ages of 50 to 90, most of them new immigrants from China (including Taiwan), the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, the U.S. and other places. The society provides a platform for seniors who otherwise would not have known each other to gather and help one another. We organize and take part in various activities to aid seniors in adapting to their new environment and Canada’s multicultural society. Weekly activities such as singing, dancing and music classes aim to alleviate the sense of isolation amongst seniors. We also take part in outside activities with a focus in cultural exchange and community service for the elderly.

温哥华老年华人协会（简称老华协）是大温地区老年华人自愿参加的、非宗派、非政治、非牟利的联谊性慈善社团组织。协会至今已有900多名会员遍及大温地区，其中大部分是来自中国大陆、 香港和台湾地区、菲律宾、印度尼西亚、新加坡、越南、马来西亚、日本、美国、加拿大及其他国家和地区的新移民。年龄层从50到90多岁。协会的发展归功于它的凝聚力。它提供平台让原来互不相识的老人欢聚一堂，互相帮助。协会本着让 老年华人健康快乐的原则，组织会员参加各项活动，以尽快适应异乡环境，融入加拿大多元文化社会。总会和分 会设有各类学习班，包括英语班、绘画班、电脑班、书法班、歌咏班、模特、健身舞蹈班，以及举办各种知识讲座等。协会成立有艺术团、枫华诗社和武术太极拳队，并建立了自己的网站和博客，发行枫华诗社网絡版。 文化交 流是协会活动的重点，每年有数十次去老人院慰问，去社区演出，介绍中国传统文化艺术 。

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Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival

The Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival (VIMAF) is an organization of artists and supporters that raises the profile of Indigenous media arts and facilitates the creation of a community of Indigenous media artists. We do so through an annual festival, along with other events in BC,for Indigenous media artists, as well as others that will benefit from being exposed to Indigenous world views. VIMAF also provides training for youth as well as those new to different Media Arts forms. We want to make space where the next ‘generation of artists’ can get inspired to create some wonderful pieces. VIMAF is founded on the idea of inclusivity, we want community members from all walks of life to participate, and experience all aspects of VIMAF.

VIMAF is excited to take part in this new opportunity in partnership with Pride In Art at the new BC Artscape Sun Wah Building. The opportunity to be surrounded by so many talented Arts Organizations and Artists is of particular interest to VIMAF, as we want to work with the Arts Community in Vancouver to further foster cross-collaboration and understanding between communities throughout the City. This type of opportunity is too far and in between in Vancouver, but we are looking forward to working with BC Artscape, Pride In Art, and everyone else in the new Arts-centric building in creating something that will be surely be uniquely Vancouver.

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Alanna Ho

Alanna Ho (@rainbowforcast) is an educator and performer combining deep play, new media, sound and community engagement. As a freelance educator, she is passionate about engaging a welcoming space for children to immerse into. Strong social collaboration, child-led projects and careful documentation of childrens’ ideas are adapted to each play workshop with a Reggio Emilia-inspired approach. Alanna facilitates workshops for the New Westminster New Media Gallery, bridging elementary school-aged children with contemporary new media art; integrating sound design with Burnaby North Secondary School (Music and Technology program) through the Western Front; and creates play sessions packed with games and digital literacy.

THE PLAYROOM is a new community space which fosters three main components:

• integrates children into the process of creating immersive and sound art (The Rainbow Forecast Project)
• incubates play and pedagogy research
• hosts performance art in the form of community-engaged happenings

The Rainbow Forecast Project aims to share children’s stories and spirit, and generate contemporary art discussions by construction children’s creative ideas into larger scale works.

With the quick gentrification of the DTES, we have to be in a mindset of young creatives contributing to this area, rather than just occupying a space and catering to our own needs. Through the lens of social practice, I am excited to nurture a space that cross-pollinates creative mediums amongst the diverse demographic surrounding the Chinatown area.

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Clare Yow

www.clareyow.com

Clare Yow – Tide is Against Us 2017

I am a Singapore-born visual artist and photographer with an M.F.A. in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia (2010) and an Honours B.F.A. in Photographic Studies from Ryerson University (2008). Since 2003, I have participated in exhibitions and events across Canada including ​at ​the ​Two Rivers Gallery​, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery​, ​Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and​ Brock University.​

My artistic practice has been foregrounded on the everyday, readymade, and seemingly unremarkable as subject matter, material and process. Over time, it has come to encompass navigating the landscape where my subjectivities and personal politics—as a Chinese-Canadian, an immigrant, a settler, a woman, and a concerned citizen—all collide. ​Presently​, I am focused on exploring the relationship between ​the politics​ of identity​ and issues of social justice through visual and written means.

I am excited to be surrounded by other creative and cultural producers where we can be in dialogue and exchange with one another and the established neighbourhoods we are joining. My art practice exists alongside my participation in community activism and social justice, so I ​really ​look forward to strengthening my community relations, as well as discovering how my approaches to art-making can expand in uncharted, meaningful, and mindful ways.

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Dina Smallman

Dina Smallman has been a professional communication designer for over 20 years. She has experience with a wide scope of projects ranging from developing complete product lines for the consumer to working with charities and non profit organizations. She recently attended Emily Carr University of Art and Design receiving her Masters in Design. Her research focused on developing a Visual Communication System for people who are unable to communicate verbally or by signing. Her researched gained her the “IDEA Health Design Award” and acceptance to present at the “International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction”. She has also been accepted to present at the “Global Grad Show” during design week in Dubai. Her passion is inclusive design with her main research focus an inclusive visual communication system. Her work is something that has been a part of her personal life for the past 13 years where she has learned all about the Augmentative and Alternative Communication systems with her son, who has cerebral palsy. She hopes to continue on with this research and develop a system that would one day be distributed.

As my work revolves around inclusion and how design can contribute to reduce barriers to enable people to connect I am really excited to be a part of such a diverse community.

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d.June Conley

I attended Otis Parsons in Los Angeles and graduated from Emily Carr College in Vancouver, 1988 major; Sculpture. I make sculptures out of found, recycled and salvaged objects. I love finding that perfect piece of metal with an acquired patina and forged so beautifully by the many feet and cars that have trampled over it. Or the abandon, broken, discarded pieces that were once part of someone’s coveted possession with it’s own history. I weave them together in a different yet somewhat familiar light with a new story to tell. To me the nature of working with found objects is an ever changing-evolving structure, and I love the complexity of it! When this ‘medley of elements’ come together to create something so different, with it’s own history ‘now’ this is always exciting to me. I live in Vancouver, B.C. with my two lovely cats.

I am so thrilled to be an artist in B.C.Artscape Sun Wah. As a visual artist I love to share my practice and mentor with an open studio and workshops or demos. I also would love to get involved in the rooftop garden for the Chinatown community. The building is so amazing and it’s going to be so exciting to be part of something so much bigger, and important for the Chinatown and DTES neighborhoods.

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Elisa Medina

Elisa Medina is a designer, textile artist, and entrepreneur focusing on a mindful and conceptual approach to the ideation, manufacturing, and consumption of clothing. Under the label Nowhere Studio, Medina’s practice looks to incite dialogues between maker, garment, and wearer in pursuit of ethical production methods, an appreciation for handcraft and digital techniques, as well as meaningful human connections through clothing.

Medina has a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design and Technology from Kwantlen University. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Vancouver (2013) and Toronto Men’s Fashion Week as a finalist for the Emerging Menswear Designer Award (2015).

I am most excited about sharing a space with creative individuals from diverse disciplines that look to build a sense of community as part of their individual practices, generating positive engagements with the neighbourhood and advocating local art.

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Elisa Yon

Elisa Yon is a Vancouver based artist with a practice situated at the intersection of architecture, public art and social practice. She holds a Master of Applied Art degree from Emily Carr University and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Waterloo. Since 2012, Elisa has worked with the City of Richmond as Public Art Project Coordinator.

I look forward to building relationships in the community and utilizing my art practice to learn and engage with Vancouver’s Chinese heritage and the DTES neighbourhood.

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Hungry Thumbs Studio

Hungry Thumbs was established as a studio on the edge of Chinatown, kitty corner to the Police Station and opposite the Provincial Courthouse and city jail on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in the 80’s by sculptor Ken Clarke. Over the years and with the patronage of the community builders at the Anhart Foundation, Ken Clarke was able to carry out his vision for affordable creative space which benefited the local community through the creation of public art on the building, evolving window installations and enlivening a forgotten street in the city. Since the 80’s Hungry Thumbs has slowly subdivided into individual artist production spaces which have focused on a layout which allows casual interaction of artists while maintaining a feeling of privacy to create. Clarke’s vision of affordable space has also lead to an interesting and diverse group of artists inhabiting the building, each with a different medium, different background and at different stages in their careers. Today the Hungry Thumbs Collective is more than a building, it is the synergy of a group of 4 artists who continue the vision of maintaining a diverse studio, open sharing of space and engaging their neighbours by providing public art displays, studio access and through the sharing of their individual practices.

BC Artscape Sun Wah has created a space for collectives like the Hungry Thumbs Collective to thrive, grow and to be optimistic about our ability to have long term space in the neighbourhood which has been our home since the 80’s. We are excited about the physical space and the diverse collection of groups that are sharing the building with us.

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Jan Bautista

Jan Bautista is a fashion designer continuously working on his menswear brand inspired by bespoke tailoring with a mix of fun and play. Born in the Philippines but based in Vancouver, his inspirations are sometimes also rooted from the distinctive lifestyles he has been exposed to from both places. Most of his designs seek delight and challenge the norm. Currently, he is exploring textile design and innovation in hopes to find a medium between sustainability and beauty in the fashion industry. After graduating from Kwantlen Polytechnic University with a degree in Fashion Design and Technology, some of his works has been featured in magazines like Dark Beauty, Imirage Magazine, and C’est Moi Magazine.

Joining BC Artscape in one of the growing artistic neighborhood in Vancouver would be a great platform for my practice. To be surrounded by artists from different backgrounds, yet with the same interest in supporting local arts, would be an honor.

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Janet Wang

Janet Wang is a visual artist working within a traditional painting practice, integrated with sculptural installation practices and digital media. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and her Master of Arts in Studio Practice from the University of Leeds in England. Her work explores the construction of identity through the appropriation and disruption of social patterns and familiar gestures. The artist borrows heavily from the canons and traditions of history, both the artistic and the quotidian, in order to use the familiar as a meeting point with the viewer. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, and the UK, and has been awarded residencies from the Arts Council of England, ArtStarts, the Burnaby Arts Council, and received the Visual Arts Development Award by the Vancouver Foundation. She is currently is an instructor at the Lasalle College Vancouver, Langara College, and Emily Carr University.

I am looking forward to engaging with the vibrant and diverse groups within this neighbourhood, and creating collaborative relationships with community stakeholders.

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Jen Hiebert

Jen Hiebert is a Vancouver-based artist and educator who has been working in textiles for over twenty years. She studied weaving and textile arts at Place Des Arts in Coquitlam, BC, and graduated from the Textile Arts program at Capilano University. Her work and teaching focus on the relationship between material and process, seeking to expand the expected constraints of the medium, while providing new and different entry points into the processes of learning and making. She has been teaching workshops and classes for different community organizations and private individuals around the Lower Mainland since 1999. She is currently working as a Studio Technician and Continuing Studies Instructor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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Katharine Meng-Yuan Yi 易梦原

I am Katharine Meng-Yuan Yi, a Chinese-Canadian visual artist from Vancouver. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. My practice is about seeking to transform rationalized presumptions into works that evoke of sentimentality, identity, and belonging that are inextricably linked to my personal experience of growing up as an immigrant to Canada. A quintessential part of my practice is about creating dialogues and confronting issues of cultural identity and transcultural experience, and Chinatown is a community that has fostered and witnessed the history and personal tales of such experiences. My role as a local Chinese-Canadian artist is to present issues and phenomenon that are little known and seldom represented outside of the Vancouver Chinese community. I am excited to become part of BC Artscape at the Sun Wah building because it is a significant step taken in revitalizing Chinatown through art and culture.
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Leanne M Christie

Urban Oil painter Leanne M Christie has a reputation for complex paintings that are built with powerful brushwork and the sophisticated manipulation of white. She paints full time in her Vancouver studio and her daily 50km cycling commute from her home in Coquitlam, gives Christie an intimate kinship with the flow of the urban streets. The unrehearsed transitory moments provide the abundant source of her paintings.
Born and raised in South Africa, Christie moved to the Canadian West Coast in the late 2000’s after a period of 10 years abroad that had originated as a 2 week holiday after the completion of her Bachelor of Fine Art from Rhodes University.
Christie’s paintings are at first understood by the viewer whose participation is demanded by her relentless harnessing of the communicative properties unique to oil painting.

Chinatown and the DTES have been the incubators of my work over the past 6 years. My first studio was on Keefer, under a staircase, and my second was at the Hungry Thumbs building opposite the courthouse. The BC Artscape Sun Wah building brings the diversity, vibrancy and grassroots community that makes this area unique, into focus and I am eager to explore the new paintings in the new studio in this dynamic building.

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Paul Wong Projects and On Main Gallery

Paul Wong is a media-maestro making art for site-specific spaces and screens of all sizes. Born in Prince Rupert in 1954, Paul is an award winning artist and curator known for his tough engagement with controversial issues and his eye for social context, driven by an insatiable search for identity, community and authenticity. Paul is a pioneer of early visual and media art in Canada, founding several artist-run groups, leading public arts policy, and organizing events, festivals, conferences and public interventions since the 1970s. Writing, publishing and teaching have been an important part of his praxis. With a career spanning four decades he has been instrumental proponent to contemporary art. His works are in many public collections including those of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa),and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Among his many distinctions, Paul is the first recipient of the Transforming Art Award from the Asian Heritage Foundation in 2002 and he received Canada’s Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art for outstanding contributions to the field.

On Main is an artist-run organization (est. 1985) dedicated to encouraging, producing and presenting new art by emerging and established Canadian artists that is challenging, contemporary, diverse and enlightening to local, national and international audiences. On Main democratizes access to art by claiming and recontextualizing conventional and new forms of private, public and virtual spaces for art and artistic practices that encourage intersections between culturally diverse generations of artists, artistic disciplines and the public. Led by Artistic Director Paul Wong, On Main presents projects in and out of conventional art spaces, including by boat, airplane, bus and train; within the hotel, geodesic dome, parks, garden, cemetery and other temporal and site-specific locations.

Location, Location, Location. I love the idea of being back in Chinatown in a long term new creative hub with other artists and arts organizations.

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Yuan Liu 刘源

I was born and raised in China, got my MFA degree from Emily Carr University in 2017 and BFA degree from Xi’an Academy of Fine Art in 2013. By studying and immigrant overseas, this culture transformed experience gives me a deeper understanding towards to my art and identity. Through working with various media including video, installation art and performance, I focus my practice and research on themes of identity, social issues, as well as culture transformation. Many of my projects are related to social issues and everyday life. By mixing art and everyday life, switching identity between artist and others, I looking into art to pursuit the answers for reality life. Moreover, I believe experimentation is fundamental in art. Hence, I have dedicated myself to projects strived to expand the boundaries of art. As an international artist who is looking for start art career in Canada, to have a studio among other artists in such a dynamic community is an exciting beginning.
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Yule Ken Lum 林耀強

Yule Ken Lum was born and raised in East Vancouver. He is a graphic designer turned Community Art Activist. He is self taught, with a special interest in painting, sculpting and street art. Now on a journey towards Art Advocacy. He works to fuse art and its creative processes with community development initiatives, believing that this combination can foster a sense of connection that crosses boundaries of age and culture.

I’m excited to be a part of BC Artscape’s family of artists, cultural organizations and community members to collaborate on bringing people together from Chinatown and Downtown Eastside through community-building art events and projects.

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Development of the BC Artscape Sun Wah has been led and advised upon by a Community Steering Committee made up of Chinatown residents, business owners and community members. While the Committee and its work is ongoing, to date, it has provided guidance on project vision, tenant criteria and selection, intersectional issues, security and accessibility.

Once the BC Artscape Sun Wah is operational, its Community Steering Committee will evolve to include community stewardship and project governance roles. Tenants and community program partners will be enlisted to ensure shared ownership and decision-making.

Read more on Keys to Community Stewardship

我們的項目在社區內由底建成，初步就開始聯繫社區成員，合作夥伴。

BC Artscape新華的發展由當地居民、商戶和社區成員組成的社區指導委員會帶領和指導。委員會仍在持續進行中，到目前為止，已經在項目願景、租戶標准和選擇、交叉問題、安全性以及便利性方面提供了指導意見﹔

當BC Artscape新華開始營運，委員會便帶領項目的治理，確保租戶的共同合作決定能力。

BC Artscape Sun Wah Community Steering Committee Members

BC Artscape 新華 社會指導委員會成員

Bill Yuen 袁毓標, Heritage Vancouver Society 溫哥華遺產協會

Yuriko Iga, Owner 店主, Blim

William Liu 劉偉倫, Owner, Kam Wai Dim Sum 金威南北點心店主

Terry Hunter, Executive Director of Vancouver Moving Theatre and Artistic Producer of DTES Heart of the City Festival

Al Cheng 鄭龍川, Owner, Chinatown Flea Market 新華中心跳蚤市場店主

Rika Uto, Arts Programmer, Carnegie Centre

Kate Armstrong, BC Artscape Board representative

Bill Yuen 袁毓標

Bill Yuen completed a degree in Arts majoring in Asian Studies at The University of British Columbia (UBC), and returned to complete the Accounting program. Bill is particularly interested in the role that markets, normative economics, and behaviour play in heritage, heritage policy, and social outcomes. He has been with Heritage Vancouver Society since 2014 and is involved with all areas of the Society from research, writing, and project development to administration and planning. He is the lead on a report commissioned by UBC to examine ways to sustain Chinatown as a valued cultural landscape.

Bill’s specific focus within the BC Artscape Sun Wah project is to help it enhance the values that are important in Chinatown and to sustain the relationship between culture and place.

Yuriko Iga

Yuriko Iga was born in Winnipeg and raised in Calgary with Japanese parentage. Her experience of the traditional Japanese house and family, combined with her work in the contemporary art field, have led her toward a broadened conception of art as the creation of installation or social space always ignoring the boundary between art, multi-media, design, and life. A graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design, Yuriko’s many artistic endeavours include running a cafe/gallery in Calgary called Kisaten from 1994–1996; working with the collective Colours for Industry on a multi-media dance piece called Microluft ; and curating a music event called Squibb. Now based out of Vancouver, Yuriko’s recent project is called Blim. Blim is a Community Based Art Resource Center which facilitates screen-printing, button making, drawing, local emerging artists, creative workshops, and crafts in the independent field. Blim also hosts the Blim Market, which is a monthly craft event that houses local handmade craft, art, vintage, and organisations. Blim has been active for 9 years and has now moved to a larger location in historic Chinatown. Yuriko is also an active member of the Powell Street Festival Programming Commitee.

Yuriko joined the Steering Committee because she grew up in Japantown and spent much time in Chinatown. She loves cultural hubs of any kind in any city, and wanted to make sure that was being represented and preserved.

Yuriko因為在日本鎮長大並經常在華埠過時間所以參加指導委員會。她喜愛各種各樣各地方的文化樞紐，並希望這能得到代表和保存。

WILLIAM LIU 劉偉倫

William Liu is the second-generation CEO of the family -owned and -operated Kam Wai Dim Sum on Pender Street, started by his father the year before William was born.

In any given day, he folds hundreds of dumplings and makes deliveries to dim sum restaurants and suppliers across Metro Vancouver. William works seven days a week with a break on Sunday mornings to sing in church.

At the time of taking over the family business, William had completed studies in voice performance under Peter Barcza at UBC and was poised to pursue graduate school in New York to study opera. He has performed for audiences across Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Spain and the United States.

William is involved with the BC Artscape Sun Wah project because he sees the potential within its tenants and program partners to make positive contributions to the neighbourhood, culturally and artistically, as well as economically. He serves on the Steering Committee to ensure a measure of community control over the process.

>> See and hear William’s story in the video clip “The opera singer” here

劉偉倫是在片打街的家族企業金威南北點心的第二代店主首席執行官。他父親在偉倫出生前一年開始開舖。

不論任何一天，偉倫都在製造數百顆餃子，送到散佈大溫哥華地區的茶樓餐廳和供應商。他由星期一做到星期日，只在星期日休息一個上午在教會唱歌。

當他繼承家族生意時，偉倫在UBC Peter Barcza下完成了語音表演的學習，並打算繼續到紐約修讀歌劇。他曾在加拿大，德國，義大利，法國，荷蘭，西班牙和美國表演。

Terry Hunter

Terry Hunter, a resident of the Downtown Eastside since 1975, is Co-founder/Executive Director of Downtown Eastside based Vancouver Moving Theatre (1983), and Artistic Producer of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival (2004).

Highlights as a producer include: In the Heart of a City: The DTES Community Play; We’re All In This Together- the Shadows Project, and A Downtown Eastside Romeo and Juliet (2008), a tragic comedy theatre production shedding light on homelessness from a Downtown Eastside perspective; and Storyweaving, paying tribute to First Nations ancestral and urban presence in Greater Vancouver.

Terry plays numerous advisory roles in the community and is a current vice chair of the City of Vancouver’s Arts and Cultural Policy Council. He is recipient of the Jessie Richardson Award for Significant Artistic Achievement in Spectacle Design (1998), BC Community Achievement Award (2008), Vancouver Mayor’s Award (Community-engaged Art, 2009) and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award (2013).

Terry supports the BC Artscape Sun Wah project as the facility supports local DTES/Chinatown community, culture and heritage by ensuring desperately needed and affordable long-term space for local grassroots arts and non-arts organizations in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside.

自從1975年在市中心東端居住的Terry Hunter是市中心東端成立溫哥華移動劇場（1983）的創辦人及執行董事，和市中心東端城市的心節（2004）的藝術製作人。

他的作品包括：In the Heart of a City: The DTES Community Play 「在城市的心裡：市中心東端 戲劇」；We’re All In This Together- the Shadows Project 「我們都在一起－影子項目」，和 A Downtown Eastside Romeo and Juliet 「市中心東端羅密歐與茱麗葉」，一部關於市中心東端無家可歸問題的製作；和Storyweaving 貢獻溫哥華原住民的故事。

Terry 目前是溫哥華社區藝術委員會，市中心東端基金委員會，和溫哥華基金會文化藝術委員會的成員；並是溫哥華市藝術和文化規劃委員會的副會長, 並獲得多項榮譽獎項。

Terry 支持BC Artscape新華項目因為該設施將提供本地市中心東瑞和華埠社會急需的長期和低價空間，支持本地社團組織，文化及歷史。

Al Cheng 鄭龍川, Owner, Chinatown Flea Market 新華中心跳蚤市場店主

Affectionately known as 龍哥 (literally, Dragon bro) in Chinatown, Al Cheng 鄭龍川 studied graphics and packaging design at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) in the 1970s. He moved back to Hong Kong after graduating, working in film and television production for a few years before emigrating to Vancouver.

A Master of the Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu style, Al taught out of his small martial arts studio in Chinatown for over twenty years. He is a long-time director of the Chinese Benevolent Association 中華會館 and the Chiu Chow Benevolent Association 潮州會館. An artist and entrepreneur, Al is the original owner and operator of the Chinatown Flea Market (located on the second floor of the Sun Wah Centre) which specializes in Chinese painting and calligraphy supplies. Al plans to teach calligraphy and possibly kung fu again in his retirement.

龍哥，即鄭龍川, 70年代在溫哥華藝術學院（現在的艾米莉卡藝術及設計大學）修讀設計。畢業後回到香港，在電影行業裡從事了幾年再移民到了溫哥華。龍哥是七星螳螂拳傳人，他在溫哥華的唐人街開了武館教了20多年。他在中華會館和潮州會館當了多年董事。作為一名藝術家兼創業家，龍哥現在主管專賣書法國畫及藝術用品的唐人街跳蚤市場（位於新華中心二樓）。龍哥退休後打算教書法和武術。

Rika Uto
Rika Uto moved to Vancouver from Los Angeles in 1992 and immediately began volunteering at the Carnegie Community Centre. She has been there ever since, first as an adult educator and then as the arts and education programmer. She lives, works, shops and plays in the DTES neighbourhood and has been an active volunteer for 15+ years in the Japanese Canadian community through the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall located in historic Japantown since 1906, and through the Powell Street Festival Society now in its 41st year.

Rika is excited to be on the steering committee for BC Artscape as it brings together heritage, art and grassroots community development, all things that are close to her heart.

Rika Uto 在1992年從洛杉磯來到溫哥華便立即在卡納基中心當義工。她先是成人課堂教師，再成為了藝術和教育節目計劃員，到現今還在那裡。她在市中心東瑞居住，工作，玩樂，並通過在歷史性的日本鎮的溫哥華日語學校，禮堂，和今年41歲的Powell Street Festival Society 日式藝術節在日系社區參加了超過十五年的義工活動。

Rika 很高興成為BC Artscape 的指導委員會的一份子，因為它匯集了文化，藝術和基層社區發展，這所有都是她注重和關心的東西。

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There is one question at the heart of BC Artscape’s work: How can our spaces serve artists, cultural organizations, and community? Understanding local context is central to this objective. We use different tools and processes with stakeholders to build a project vision that reflects the complexity and history of each place our projects are located. These tools include, but are not limited to: workshops, open houses, focus groups, one-on-one interviews and surveys.

The following is an overview of what we’ve heard thus far in our ongoing community engagement for our community cultural hub at the Sun Wah Centre in Chinatown, and how we have responded in the project’s vision, design, tenanting and programming.

WHAT WE KNOW:

Space is under threat in Chinatown. The rapid influx of capital to the neighborhood is threatening heritage, the long history of cultural production, and the existing groups working in the community. Spaces are being lost to redevelopment and sky rocketing property taxes create precarious tenancies.

WHAT WE’VE DONE:

• Secured 49,000 square feet of vacant space in the Sun Wah Centre for a 10 year term with two 10 year options to renew;
• Lease rates are, at maximum, $2 per square foot per month. This is an “all-in” rate that includes rent, property taxes, a proportionate share of common area costs, utilities, wi-fi, access to roof-top garden, kitchen facilities and other amenities;
• Creating three new accessible and affordable cultural spaces in Chinatown that are bookable for community use;
• Held two application processes for potential tenants to inform design and project vision;
• Offering a range of lease term lengths to tenants to accommodate a variety of needs;
• Hired our architect and construction management teams based on social procurement principles.

NEXT STEPS:

• Confirming lease offers with potential tenants;
• Construction period;
• Operations beginning in the fall.

WHAT WE HEARD:

BC Artscape is new to Chinatown. Understanding and appreciating the history and diverse perspectives on the future of this place will strengthen the positive impact BC Artscape can have in the community.

WHAT WE’VE DONE:

• Hired a multi-lingual team with deep understanding and commitment to the neighbourhood to lead our community engagement:
  • Held Open Houses to share information about the project and tour our space;
  • Met 1-1 with community leaders and key stakeholders to hear their perspective on Chinatown and the role of a community arts and cultural centre;
  • Met with the existing tenants of the Sun Wah Centre, who will be staying, to share information about the project and understand their perspective;
  • Held an online visioning survey about the role of a community arts and cultural centre in Chinatown;
  • Held roundtable discussions with community members.
• Formed a Community Steering Committee of local residents, business owners and community members to provide advice on the project. While the Committee is ongoing, to date this has included guidance on the project vision, tenant criteria and selection, intersectional issues, security and accessibility;
• Moved BC Artscape’s office to the Sun Wah Centre to contribute to our efforts to build connections within the building and the neighbourhood;
• Ensured materials and information are available in both English and Chinese.

NEXT STEPS:

• Continue to work with Community Steering Committee to test the project’s mission and principles;
• Hire for a Chinese-speaking staff position that will manage the building and continue to build relationship with tenants and the wider community;
• Working with Heritage Vancouver to understand how to embed cultural heritage values in a new space;
• With the support and guidance of tenants who are long-standing members of the community, create and implement an “orientation” to the neighborhood for tenants who are new locals.

WHAT WE HEARD:

BC Artscape has the opportunity to reflect the complexity and needs of the diverse community through the tenants, programming, and spaces at our community arts and cultural centre.

WHAT WE’VE DONE:

• Set the criteria to be a tenant at BC Artscape according to these principles;
• With community engagement staff and community, evaluated tenant applications and made offers based on these principles. Our selection process emphasized intergenerational and intercultural representation including Chinese-/Asian-Canadian artists and cultural organizations, First Nations artists and cultural organizations, community service providers, and tenants who represent the project’s values of transmission of heritage, different generations, cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds, and programming that supports community;
• Active recruitment of Chinese seniors groups as tenants to ensure Chinese seniors are represented within tenancy and programming;
• Ensured DTES experiences and expertise are reflected in membership of Community Steering Committee, and in tenants and program partners;
• Created safe, welcoming and accessible space in the project’s design for for arts and cultural programming and community gatherings, including a community kitchen for food programming and gatherings, flexible spaces on each floor for short-term bookings such as meetings and workshops, a public lounge area, and an intergenerational garden on the rooftop;
• Consultation with community policing officer on floor plans and space design to ensure security for tenants, balanced with consultation with Chinese Community Policing Centre on soft skills training for staff and tenants;
• Created a staff position for the building to manage the facility and work with tenants on common area programming and connection to the community.

NEXT STEPS:

• Planning tenant adjacencies to reflect intergenerational and intercultural values of project;
• Coordinating programming with tenants and program partners to provide relevant programs to encourage community participation;
• Working with local community organizations to program the rooftop garden;
• Working with Heritage Vancouver to provide signage and wayfinding that is accessible;
• Continuing to work with individuals and groups to better understand and implement a balance between security and accessibility of our space;
• Working with tenants to define a statement of contribution to the neighborhood in response to the project vision and values;
• Developing the Community Stewardship plan, together with tenants and community members, to:
  • Encourage relevant programming that will activate the space and facilitate cross-cultural learning among tenants and their members/patrons
  • Outline how tenants and community members can contribute to the governance and ongoing operations of the community arts and cultural centre and support BC Artscape in the deliver of the project mission.
  • Ensure long-term financial and operational sustainability.
• Developing an evaluation framework for community participation/tenant contribution to measure the impact and success of the project.

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BC Artscape 的工作核心是為了解答一個問題，即我們的空間如何為藝術家、文化組織以及社區服務。實現這一目標的關鍵在於了解當地環境。我們使用不同的工具和過程與社會和相關人士創建反映每個項目所在地復雜性及歷史的項目願景。這些包括研討會、開放日、焦點小組、一對一採訪和調查等。

我們位於唐人街新華中心的社區文化中心正在進行社區參與，以下概述了到目前為止我們了解到的情況以及我們針對項目願景、租戶挑選和項目規劃做出的回應。

我們了解的情況：

唐人街的空間面臨威脅。資本迅速涌入社區，威脅著文化遺產、文化創生的悠久歷史以及現有的社區團體。地產重建和飛漲的地產稅使得很多空間被喪失，使得租賃情況岌岌可危。

我們採取的措施：

• 獲得新華中心4.9萬平方英尺的空置空間，使用權限為10年，並且有兩次續期10年的機會﹔
• 租金最高為每平方英尺每月2加元。這是“全包”價格，包含租金，物業稅，共用設施、共用事業以及無線網絡的費用，屋頂花園、廚房設施以及其他設施的使用權等﹔
• 在唐人街新創建三個便利且價格合理的文化空間，供社區預約使用﹔
• 為潛在租戶進行兩次申請過程，使其了解設計和項目願景﹔
• 為租戶提供各種不同的租賃期限，照顧租戶的各種需求﹔
• 根據社會採購原則聘請建筑師和施工管理團隊。

下一步：

• 與潛在租戶確定租賃報價﹔
• 施工期﹔
• 秋季開始運營。

我們了解的情況：

BC Artscape初到唐人街，了解並珍賞這裡的歷史以及有關未來的多樣化觀點，將會促進其在社區中產生積極的影響。

我們採取的措施：

• 聘請深諳社區情況的多語言團隊，引導我們進行社區參與：
  • 舉辦“開放日”，分享項目相關信息，提供空間參觀﹔
  • 與社區領導和重要相關人士進行一對一會面，聽取他們對於唐人街以及社區藝術文化中心作用的看法﹔
  • 與現有的並將留下來的新華中心租戶見面，分享項目相關信息，了解他們的觀點﹔
  • 開展關於社區藝術文化中心在唐人街所扮演角色的網上願景調查﹔
  • 與社區成員舉辦圓桌討論會。
• 成立由當地居民、商戶和社區成員組成的社區指導委員會，為項目提供建議。委員會仍在持續進行中，到目前為止，已經在項目願景、租戶標准和選擇、交叉問題、安全性以及設施便利性方面提供了指導意見﹔
• 將BC Artscape辦公室遷至新華中心，有助於我們在新華中心內及社區內建立聯系﹔
•  確保同時提供中、英文資料和信息。

下一步：

• 繼續與社區指導委員會合作，檢驗項目的使命和原則﹔
• 聘請華語員工負責新華中心樓層管理，並繼續與租戶和廣大社區建立關系﹔
• 與“Heritage Vancouver”合作，了解如何將文化遺產價值觀融入新空間﹔
• 在社區長期租戶的支持和指導下，為新來的租戶創建並舉辦社區“介紹”活動

我們了解的情況：

BC Artscape有機會通過社區藝術文化中心的租戶、活動和空間來體現社區的多元化、復雜性和需求。

我們採取的措施：

• 根據這些原則，設定BC Artscape租戶的標准;
• 與社區及社區參與員工共同評估租戶申請，並根據這些原則挑選租戶。我們的選拔過程重視代際和跨文化的呈現，包括中/亞-加拿大藝術家和文化組織，原住居民藝術家和文化組織，社區服務供應商，代表傳承價值觀，來自不同年代、文化和社會經濟背景的租戶以及支持社區的節目活動﹔
• 積極招募華裔老年人群體作為租戶，確保租賃和項目發展中有華裔老年人代表﹔
• 確保社區指導委員會成員、租戶和項目合作方都能體現溫哥華市中心東區（DTES）的經驗和知識﹔
• 在項目設計中為藝術和文化活動和社區聚會創造安全、溫馨和便利的空間，包括用於食物有關節目和聚會的社區廚房、每層用於短期預訂（如會議和研討會）的靈活空間、公眾休息區以及屋頂的代際花園﹔
• 向社區警務人員咨詢樓層平面圖和空間設計，確保租戶安全，並與華裔社區警務中心協商，為員工和租戶提供軟技能培訓﹔
• 在新華中心樓層中設立一個崗位，負責設施管理，並與租戶就公共區域規劃和社區聯系進行合作。

下一步：

• 規劃租客鄰接，反映項目代際和跨文化的價值觀﹔
• 與租戶和合作方協調，提供相關節目活動，鼓勵社區參與﹔
• 與青年合作，為華裔老年人規劃屋頂花園﹔
• 與“Heritage Vancouver”合作，提供便利的標識和尋路方法﹔
• 繼續與個人和團體合作，更好地了解和實現空間安全與便利之間的平衡﹔
• 與租戶合作，根據項目願景和價值觀，闡明對社區的貢獻﹔
• 與租戶和社區成員共同制定社區管理計劃：
  • 鼓勵能夠激活空間，促進租戶及其社區成員/顧客之間進行跨文化學習的相關活動
  • 概述租戶和社區成員如何為社區藝術文化中心的管理和持續運作做出貢獻，以及如何協助BC Artscape傳遞項目使命。
  • 確保實現財務及運營的長期可持續性。
•  制定社區參與/租戶貢獻的評估框架，衡量項目的影響及成效。

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Through community engagement, we hope to develop a community-based vision that responds to the needs of the neighhourhood, define the operating plan, and inform the types of partnerships we should build and programs/activities that fit the needs of the community. So far, the themes and values emerged through this process are that the BC Artscape space should:

• Work sensitively in the neighbourhood 
• Be a place where active transmission of heritage happens
• Be a place to connect across cultures and generations
• Be a public place to gather

We understand that our neighbourhood is undergoing a lot of change. The community engagement work also helps us determine what role the hub should play by understanding different perspectives on the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing the community.

Here are some of the things our stakeholders are saying about the cultural landscape in Chinatown:

“The cultural landscape is very vibrant, there are a lot of great artists and musicians. Although many traditional activities may not be publicized and are not as visible on the streets as they used to be, they are still happening.” – Community group

“I am concerned about new businesses moving in blindly and not serving the existing community. I hope to see more businesses drawing people here, but hope that these businesses are ones that honor the cultural stories and welcome the locals that actually live here.” – Resident

“I used to come here with my grandmother and I feel that it would be a shame if some of these traditional places are lost and sad to think that my grandmother will not recognize Chinatown anymore.” – Youth and arts facilitator

About the role of a community arts and cultural hub in the neighbourhood:

“The space should provide an opportunity to bring people together, provide space for sharing stories, bridging cultural differences and deepening cultural understanding through food, education, and the arts.” – Community group

“It should have resources for the low-income and Chinese speaking seniors, as a place for them to gather, have tea, chat or play mah jong.” – Community group

“I’m just glad the space will be filled.” – Business owner

“I hope there would be more focus on creating spaces for gathering that pays homage to heritage and unique character of the neighbourhood.” – Youth

“It is important that it encourages participation from the neighbourhood by being approachable, welcoming and not exclusive. Arts should attract not only people from the arts community but also the surrounding community.” – Gallery

“There is an opportunity for broadening the idea of what Chinatown is. The programs should engage and connect neighbourhood residents, and be inclusive in a way that does not position one group above another.” – New resident

“A new place for seniors to experience, a reason for young people to get involved in the arts.” – Community group

We are committed to community engagement as an essential part of our project development process and will be continuing on with this work as the project develops and moves forward into operation.

If you would like to share your ideas, please fill out our survey or contact us .In addition to the work above, we are also planning roundtable discussions with community groups in the neighbourhood to further inform the emerging vision, design, and operating plan for the centre. If you are a resident of the neighbourhood in Chinatown or Strathcona and are interested in attending, please contact us at [email protected].

BC Artscape 正在與唐人街及附近社區裡的本地藝術家、文化團體、商戶、居民和其他相關人士進行諮詢，為理解社會的需要以及社區目前的藝術和文化環境。

社會參與的活動包括了我們網站上的社會願景問卷調查、一對一的訪問和討論、還有目前在引導租戶選擇過程的社會指導委員會。

通過社會的參與，我們希望建立一個以回應社會的需求和以社會為基本的願景。過程亦會幫助我們決定操作計劃和選擇適合社會需要的夥伴和活動種類。至今，社會參與的過程中呈現了以下一些主題和價值觀：

BC Artscape 的空間應該：

• 敏感地在社區內工作
• 是一個為社區服務的地方
• 活動性傳遞文化遺產
• 個聯繫各文化各年齡的地方
• 個公共聚會的地點

我們明白我們的社區正在面臨很大的變化。我們的社會參與工作亦幫助我們更理解社會在面對的主要問題、困難和機會的各觀點，和幫助決定這個空間在唐人街應該扮演什麼角色。

以下是相關人士對唐人街的文化環境的看法：

“這裡的文化很豐富，有很多藝術家和音樂家。雖然有很多傳統的藝術在街上已經看不到，不像以前，但是還有在發生的。”－社區團體

“我擔心新搬進來的商戶盲目的來到，不為現有的社會服務。我希望更多的商業可以帶更多人來，可是希望這些商店會尊重本地的文化和歡迎在這裡居住的居民。”－居民

“我以前會和我的婆婆來這裡，如果更多的傳統地方遺失了，我會覺得很遺憾。想到我婆婆不會認得唐人街了，讓我感到失望。”－年輕藝術人士

關於一個文化藝術中心在這裡的角色：

“這個空間應該提供機會團結人們，提供空間給人分享故事，橋接不同的文化背景，通過食物、藝術和教育加深文化的共識。”－社區團體

“應該提供資源給低收入的華籍老年人，讓他們聚會、喝個茶、打麻將。”－社區團體

“我覺得有人利用這個屌空了很久的空間已經很好了。”－商戶

“我希望會有更多關注於創造注重這裡獨特的個性和文化的聚會地方。”－青年

“鼓勵社會的參與很重要，空間應該有容易接近，沒有排斥他人的感覺。藝術應該不只吸引藝術社群，亦應該吸引身邊社區的人。”－畫廊

“有機會擴大唐人街的定義，節目應該聯繫附近居住的人，應該包容不同的人和平等 。”－新居民

“一個讓老人家經驗的新地方，一個讓年輕人接觸藝術的原因。”－社區團體

項目的發展繼續發展，我們亦會繼續社會參與的活動。我們的下一步是舉辦一系列的社會會議，與社群討論項目的願景。若有興趣參與，你可以與我們聯繫，亦可以參加我們的社會願景問卷調查。

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For those that have submitted an expression of interest, this process will confirm your interest and ideas.

For new submitters, this application confirms the amount of space you need, what you want to do in the space and what you need to make that happen.

The deadline for applications is Friday, March 24th at 3PM. BC Artscape’s goal is to inform applicants by March 31st if they have been selected as tenants, and have lease agreements signed by May 15th, 2017.

Read the Call for Tenants and submit your application!

BC Artscape現在公開接受租戶申請.

租戶召喚文件說明了專業藝術家，非營利機構或文化與社會團體和組織可以如可申請租出BC Artscape 在奇化街268號的空間。BC Artscape 會出租位於地下，三樓和四樓的單位。單位的用途不限於製作、展覽、教育、社會服務活動、節目和辦公。BC Artscape 也會提供天台的空間作為節目空間及停車用途。

預計2017年10月開始佔用。

對於已經提交了意向函的各位，這次的租戶申請程序是為了確定你的意向。

對於第一次申請的各位，此申請程序將確認你所需的空間大少，空間用途和其他所需。

申請截止日期是2017年3月 24日下午3點。 BC Artscape 的目標是在2017年3月31日或之前通知被選擇的申請人，2017年5月15日之前簽約。

閱讀租戶召喚文件以及申請表格！

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The Community Visioning Survey has now closed, and we would like to thank all those who took the time to complete a survey. The results of the survey will be shared on this site as the vision development process progresses.

社會參與是BC Artscape 的項目發展過程中很重要的一部分。我們正在進行廣泛的社會諮詢活動，為我們在華埠的社會藝術文化中心建立願景。我們推出了一個社會願景調查問卷，為收集大家的意見，例如該中心在社區應該扮演什麼的角色，和在該中心應該舉行什麼類型的活動。

社會願景問卷調查已經結束。感謝大家的參與。問卷調查的結果將會隨著願景的建立過程公報在此網站上。

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Report Back events will be held on the 3^rd floor of 268 Keefer Street* on the following dates:

• Wednesday February 22^nd at 5:30PM (presentation will begin at 5:45PM)
• Friday February 24^th at 9AM (presentation will begin at 9:15AM)
• Sunday February 26^th at 1PM (presentation will begin at 1:15PM)

We look forward to seeing you at the events! If you know someone who is would be interested in attending please share this message with them. Please also note that if you are unable to attend an event we will post the presentation on our website after February 26^th.

*Please RSVP at [email protected] if you plan on attending one of the events.

摘下日子！

BC Artscape 將會舉辦一系列的“給社會的報告”活動，為分享從我們接收意向函過程中提供的結果，以及我們的華埠文化藝術中心的發展和租戶選擇過程的下一步。

給社會的報告活動會在奇化街268號三樓＊於以下時間舉行：

• 2月22日 下午5:30 星期三 （報告於下午5:45開始）
• 2月24日 上午9:00 星期五 （報告於上午9:15開始）
• 2月26日 下午1:00 星期日 （報告於下午1:15開始）

我們期待看到你！請分享以上信息給有興趣的朋友。若你不能夠參加活動，我們在2月26日後會把報告放在我們的網站。

＊若你有意參與其中活動，請發電郵告知我們[email protected]

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