The Lantern City – We Are Family & Forever Young & Coastal Lunar Lanterns

January 20 – February 7, 2023 | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square (formerly known as the Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza)
January 20 – February 20, 2023 | Granville Island (Ocean Art Works)
January 20 – February 15, 2023 | Jack Poole Plaza

Vancouver is a young city.
Her youth is exhibited in nature, always refreshing and vibrant.
Her youth is displayed by the people, always curious and imaginative.
Her youth is celebrated by the movements, always progressive and provocative.

Lanterns are an art form long in existence.
It functions as a light.
It serves as an inspiration.
It is also known as a celebration.

Vancouver is the Lantern City.
A city that never forgets its origins.
A city that sees no boundaries.
A city that embraces possibilities.

It’s all about the beginning of
the land, the people and our future.

Asian-Canadian Special Events Association is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.

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