Upcoming Burmese Art Events in Canada

Ottawa: Damning the Yin Ta Lai at One World Film Festival 2008

(A rare glimpse indigenous population and biodiversity, which are both threatened with extinction by the military regime’s plans to dam the Salween River)

Presented by Inter Pares

Time: 7:45 – 9:00pm

Date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2008

Place: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa

Ottawa: Celebration of 20th Anniversary of ABSDF

Presented by 20th Anniversary Organizing Committee - Ottawa

Date: Saturday Nov. 1, 2008

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Place: Plant Recreation Centre, 930 Somerset West, Ottawa

Toronto: Art Exhibition - Quiet River by Chaw Ei Thein

(Burmese artist Chaw Ei Thein undertakes her art residency project, Quiet River.)

Time: noon - 7 pm, 3 pm (Closing performance)

Date: November 1, 2008

Place: Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor Street West, Toronto

Chaw Ei Thein writes,

“Living under a dictatorship and in a closed country I am not used to describing gender or social issues, or politics more than my personal existence in my art work. So in this time I hope that (this) is a big chance to express what we, Burma are facing as problems everyday in life in my project too.”

Chaw Ei Thein is a Burmese currently living in Viet Nam. In addition to holding a law degree and teaching art to children and mental health patients, she was the founder and curator of the Sunflower Art Gallery in Yangon. In recent years she has gained a reputation for her work in performance art, working in Burma as well as Thailand, Taiwan, China, Japan, and the U.K

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