At Ricepaper we work with a large number of artists, organizations, and community members. Here are some of the people we know and love. Check back often for updates!
Asian Canadian Writers Workshop
Publisher of Ricepaper since 1995/Supporter and promoter of Asian Canadian writers in publishing and showcasing their work since 1969.
Twitter: @acww
Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Asian Canadian adventures in inter-cultural Vancouver and home of Toddish McWong’s Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner.
Over the years, hundreds of volunteers and staff have worked with Ricepaper. Here is a way for us to give them our thanks and recognition.
Chino Kino – Cinema, reviews, film industry, music, arts
Film and Arts blog by David Eng. David is a frequent contributor to Ricepaper. Read his profile of Lixin Fan (director of Last Train Home) in our 15.1 (Trade Routes) issue!
Justin Chen Illustrates
Vancouver based comic artist and illustrator who’s drawn for a variety of magazines and publications, including Ricepaper and the Canadian Literary Review.
Flickr portfolio: www.flickr.com/photos/jkhc/
Michelle Kay
Michelle Kay is a freelance writer and online editor in Toronto.
Patrick Kyle Illustration
Patrick Kyle is an illustrator and comic book artist from Toronto. He graduated from The Ontario College of Art and Design in 2009 and is the co-founder and editor of Wowee Zonk, a comic book anthology.
Rob Machida
Ricepaper's lovely and talented Art Director.
Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Asian Canadian adventures in inter-cultural Vancouver and home of Toddish McWong’s Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner.
Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture
The K is Canada’s premier Filipino-Canadian arts & cultural facility located in Toronto. They are a gathering of hyphenates, empowering artists and entrepreneurs through positive and critical cultural identification.
Tulayan (Vancity Workshops on Filipino Language, History & Culture)
Tulayan’s mandate is to roll out workshops designed to encourage and assist Filipinos in reconnecting with their culture, heritage & history. The aim is to provide an all inclusive environment where this can be accomplished without political/religious
Your Kontinent Richmond International Film & Media Arts Festival
The mission of the Festival is to exhibit a spectrum of films and multi-media art works, to give voice to our community through creativity, and to broaden our viewers’ film experiences both locally and internationally.
The Ugly Chinese Canadian
Initiated by a “lonely banana… but has since expanded to a number of like minded bananas and FOBs,” this blog explores what it means to be “banana” and celebrates real Canadian heroes – Asian flavoured or otherwise.
Organizations supporting the arts and media
Canadian Society for Asian Arts
The purpose of the Society is to promote the appreciation and understanding of the arts of Asia by bringing quality programs, exhibitions and publications to interested groups and individuals in Canada and by exploring links among the cultures of Asia.
FYI Arts – For Your Inspiration
An arts outreach initiative created by the Canada Council in collaboration with 22 of Vancouver’s most vibrant culturally diverse arts organizations.
Simon Fraser University - The Writer's Studio
The Writer's Studio is a one-year, part-time certificate program based out of Simon Fraser University. At TWS, writers receive "high-quality training in craft, critical thinking and professional skills while remaining inside the demands of their lives."
Partner Publications
The Canadian arts and literary magazine scene is blooming with vitality. We are honoured to have these publications as partners and friends.
Lester's Army Magazine
Lester’s Army is an inter-generational publishing project. Our aim is to make connections between youth and seniors through creative writing, story telling, art, photography; finding common social ground where these two generations can pass time together.
Montreal Serai
Serai is a Persian word which means ‘resting place’ or a ‘place of transience’ for a traveler.
Founded in 1986, Montreal Serai is an arts magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews of film, music, art, exhibitions, theater and dance. Along with our theater group of the same name, the Serai collective strives to promote works that are not exclusively franco, anglo, allo — works that reflect and assert the diverse world we live in.
Sadmag
An emerging arts and culture magazine to support Vancouver's diverse culture and young artists.
Twitter: @sadmag
Links
At Ricepaper we work with a large number of artists, organizations, and community members. Here are some of the people we know and love. Check back often for updates!
Allan is Program Services Librarian at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia and Co-Chair of the ACWW.
Twitter: @allancho
Publisher of Ricepaper since 1995/Supporter and promoter of Asian Canadian writers in publishing and showcasing their work since 1969.
Twitter: @acww
Asian Canadian adventures in inter-cultural Vancouver and home of Toddish McWong’s Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner.
Over the years, hundreds of volunteers and staff have worked with Ricepaper. Here is a way for us to give them our thanks and recognition.
Film and Arts blog by David Eng. David is a frequent contributor to Ricepaper. Read his profile of Lixin Fan (director of Last Train Home) in our 15.1 (Trade Routes) issue!
Vancouver based comic artist and illustrator who’s drawn for a variety of magazines and publications, including Ricepaper and the Canadian Literary Review.
Flickr portfolio: www.flickr.com/photos/jkhc/
Ricepaper's lovely and talented Director of Photography
Portfolio: http://melissadexguzman.ca
Michelle Kay is a freelance writer and online editor in Toronto.
Patrick Kyle is an illustrator and comic book artist from Toronto. He graduated from The Ontario College of Art and Design in 2009 and is the co-founder and editor of Wowee Zonk, a comic book anthology.
Ricepaper's lovely and talented Art Director.
Talented illustrator and designer. She drew the backpage illustration in our15.2 RepresentASIANS issue: Here
Asian Canadian adventures in inter-cultural Vancouver and home of Toddish McWong’s Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner.
The K is Canada’s premier Filipino-Canadian arts & cultural facility located in Toronto. They are a gathering of hyphenates, empowering artists and entrepreneurs through positive and critical cultural identification.
Celebrating the arts and culture of Japanese Canadians and Asian Canadians, based in Vancouver
Twitter: @powellstfest
Tulayan’s mandate is to roll out workshops designed to encourage and assist Filipinos in reconnecting with their culture, heritage & history. The aim is to provide an all inclusive environment where this can be accomplished without political/religious
The mission of the Festival is to exhibit a spectrum of films and multi-media art works, to give voice to our community through creativity, and to broaden our viewers’ film experiences both locally and internationally.
A comprehensive and frequently updated site of Asian-Canadian history, authors, arts, events and organizations.
Initiated by a “lonely banana… but has since expanded to a number of like minded bananas and FOBs,” this blog explores what it means to be “banana” and celebrates real Canadian heroes – Asian flavoured or otherwise.
The purpose of the Society is to promote the appreciation and understanding of the arts of Asia by bringing quality programs, exhibitions and publications to interested groups and individuals in Canada and by exploring links among the cultures of Asia.
An arts outreach initiative created by the Canada Council in collaboration with 22 of Vancouver’s most vibrant culturally diverse arts organizations.
The Writer's Studio is a one-year, part-time certificate program based out of Simon Fraser University. At TWS, writers receive "high-quality training in craft, critical thinking and professional skills while remaining inside the demands of their lives."
The Canadian arts and literary magazine scene is blooming with vitality. We are honoured to have these publications as partners and friends.
Geist Magazine - Canadian Literary Publishing
Twitter: @geistmagazine
Lester’s Army is an inter-generational publishing project. Our aim is to make connections between youth and seniors through creative writing, story telling, art, photography; finding common social ground where these two generations can pass time together.
Serai is a Persian word which means ‘resting place’ or a ‘place of transience’ for a traveler.
Founded in 1986, Montreal Serai is an arts magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews of film, music, art, exhibitions, theater and dance. Along with our theater group of the same name, the Serai collective strives to promote works that are not exclusively franco, anglo, allo — works that reflect and assert the diverse world we live in.
An emerging arts and culture magazine to support Vancouver's diverse culture and young artists.
Twitter: @sadmag