"M’goi/Do Jeh: Sites, Rites and Gratitude"

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Image courtesy of the artist.

"pacific synapse"

Lydia Kwa, "pacific synapse," ink on paper, 4"x3".

Opening reception: April 24th at 7pm. A reflection on the two distinct ways to say “thank you” in Cantonese m’goi and do jeh, this exhibition considers rites of passage and gratitude in the contexts of urban transformation in Vancouver’s Chinatown, and, the psycho-social processing of inheritance, loss and change. In so being, M’goi/Do Jeh: Sites, Rites and Gratitude’s participants, community engaged poets Lydia Kwa and Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon as well as neighbourhood elder Mrs. Chang help Centre A in its quest to discover its place in the geographic and cultural space it recently moved into.

Please visit our event website above for a list of public programs, including Saturday School (Cantonese classes) and Game of Couplets.