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ENTRE A: FIRECRACKER Continues IN 2021 Centre A: Vancouver Worldwide Centre for Modern Asian Artwork carries on with FIRECRACKER , an on line artwork sale that includes the performs of more than 20 artists. 50% of the proceeds will go to Centre A, and the rest goes to the artists. Offered NOW until finally February 2021 Obtain artwork at centrea.org/firecracker. About the Sale The sizzle, bang, and smoke of the firecracker creates an exhilarating act of transformative combustion. Centre A’s Firecracker Art Sale seeks to empower artists in our communities and to overcome the climbing anti-Asian xenophobia spurred by COVID-19. The bold and various will work offered right here, from each emerging and recognized artists, arrive alongside one another to unsettle adverse stereotypes and preconceptions regarding Asian and Asian-diasporic cultures. Your order will make a important contribution at a vital time for the arts – 50% of the proceeds will go right towards the artists though the other 50% will go toward progressive and youth-oriented programming at Centre A for 2021. In lots of pieces of Asia, the act of lighting firecrackers normally takes on ritual powers – to mark a victory, or to ward off evil spirits and demons on exclusive instances these kinds of as birthdays, weddings, funerals, seasonal festivals, and new year celebrations. We invite you to be part of us in this lively celebration of art and range as we adapt to the extraordinary moments we are living in. The initially five customers will acquire a complimentary publication from the Centre A boutique. FIRECRACKER POW! 1 ARTISTS HANK BULL • CHRISTINE CHEUNG • PATRICK CRUZ • PIXY LIAO • ALVIN LUONG • PARVIN PEIVANDI • BERNADETTE PHAN • SONA SAFAEI-SOOREH • KAREN TAM • LAM WONG • MICHAEL NICOLL YAHGULANAAS • SAMSON Youthful • CLARE YOW FIRECRACKER POW! 2 ARTISTS PAUL DE GUZMAN • GU XIONG • JAYCE SALLOUM • BAGUA Association • MAKIKO HARA • KA-SING LEE • HOLLY KIM • ROMI KIM • SONA SAFAEI-SOOREH • KIRA WU • KATHERINE MENG-YUAN YI • DAMLA TAMER • DEBRA ZHOU • TOMOYO IHAYA + Extra TO Appear! The complete checklist of artists and artworks will be disclosed over the up coming couple weeks in the final phase of artists – POW! 3, signalling the festive soundscape created by the firecracker. Remain tuned on centrea.org/firecracker!