There’s a brand new art exhibit that you can visit every Sunday. A storytelling Chinatown exhibit is occurring to showcase how Chinese-Canadians created their identity during a period when Chinese-Canadians were heavily discriminated against.

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One of the main pieces being shown here will be an emerald green, stain uniform, with silver sparkly threads embroidered into the uniform. The uniform was created by Donna Chan, a currently 84-year-old Chinese-Canadian who created a girl’s drill team was the pride of Vancouver’s Chinatown back in 1959. During a parade at the PNE, the team took home the top trophy of that parade. 

All members of that team had the exact same uniforms. All of them will now be displayed at a new art exhibit called “Raised in Chinatown”. The event will continue up to mid-June, with the exhibit occurring every Sunday. 

Next week Sunday on February 26th, Chan will publicly speak about the experiences she went through to create this identity and how she went about gathering her trophy-winning team. There will also be special guest appearances from Elwin Xie and Peter Joe.

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The whole purpose of this event is to story-tell the memories that these 3 individuals went through while growing up in Vancouver.

The event is already sold out, despite the event occurring 1 week from today. The exhibit is taking place at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre from 4 pm to 5 pm. Tickets were $10 per person or $5 per ticket if you are a Chinatown Storytelling Centre member. While the 3 guest speakers will only appear for this date specifically, you can still visit this upcoming event next Sunday if learning the history of Chinese-Canadians in Vancouver intrigues you. Tickets will still be $10 per person or $5 per person if you’re a member. Since this event goes on until mid-June, you still have lots of time to plan a Sunday aside for this amazing storytelling event.