The Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles of the Ministry of Culture (MOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) on Aug. 10, marking another milestone to strengthen cultural exchange between both nations.
Chien Teh-yuan (簡德源), the head of the Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, MOV board member Brenda van Engelen, and Director of Collections & Exhibitions Viviane Gosselin attended the opening of the collaborative exhibition "In Reflection Across the Shore."
Taiwan Academy in LA said that the MOV is the largest civic museum in Canada and an iconic museum with more than 85,000 artworks in its collection. MOC hopes to promote cultural exchanges between the two nations by inking the MoU as well as highlighting the spirit of multiculturalism through stories, exhibits, and shared experiences.
During the five-year collaboration, MOC and MOV will be organizing three exhibitions and two series of activities. "In Reflection Across the Shore" runs through November 6 and is centered on environmental sustainability and promoting cross-culture understanding. The exhibition will showcase a total of 46 artworks by Wang Yu-wen (王郁雯) and Edward Juan along with dialogues and workshops held during the event.
Wang holds an MFA from the National Taipei University of Art and held exhibitions at venues including the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, the Jeonbuk Province Art Museum, and more. Wang's creative philosophy and thoughts are influenced and nourished by the natural environment of Taitung; therefore, her creations are closely linked to nature and self-realization.
Juan is as a queer Taiwanese Canadian with ethnic roots from the Hakka and Plains First Nations people of Taiwan. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts and was selected for the BC Culture Days ambassadorship grant program. Juan is skilled at utilizing water-based ink extracted from plant and insect ingredients to make silkscreen and wood printings and is also good at making paper and textiles with plant-based materials.
Sources: Ministry Of Culture
