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Snake Lantern Debut

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h4>>The 21st December was the winter solstice 2012, the longest darkest night of the year, and the night Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese garden was transformed with hundreds of beautiful lanterns of all shapes and sizes hung in the trees, stationed in the ponds, and guarding hidden alcoves and rock features. The lanterns are traditionally created into a variety of shapes in the form of animals, …

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The Year Of the Snake- Snake Lantern evening

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h4>>The Winter solstice in December 2012 will once again see the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens in downtown Vancouver’s Chinatown lit up with 100’s of beautiful lanterns to celebrate the longest, darkest night of the year.  One of these lanterns was created specially this week in an enlightening and creative evening hosted together by the Gardens and the Eco-arts team. Led by Jacquie …

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Follow the Snake – Feb 8, 10, 17 and beyond…

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h4>>Snake in the News Province http://www.theprovince.com/news/foot+long+sculpture+marks+Year+Snake+Vancouver+garden/7896041/story.html Westender http://www.wevancouver.com/news/190029651.html Metro Vancouver cover photo February 8 on Breakfast TV with Dawn Chubai and on Shaw TV Lunaria snake and artist Jacquie Rolston were interviewed on CBC On the Coast February 8. Have you sighted …

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Snake poems and stories at Sun Yat-Sen Garden

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h4>>***This call is now closed. *** The Community Arts Council of Vancouver's Eco-Arts initiative is looking for poets/storytellers/performers to assist in our event on Tuesday, December 11 at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden where we'll be creating a snake lantern for the Winter Solstice and then the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. To get us in the spirit, Susan Ma, Education Director …

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Call for Artist Facilitators: Snake sculptures

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h4>>***This call is now closed. *** Create snake sculptures from invasive/abundant natural materials Thanks to the Province of British Columbia, we will be offering 5 half-day workshops for community groups to create snake sculptures in honour of Year of the Snake.  This snake sculpture will be modular and made from various natural or invasive species materials. The project will culminate in  the …

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Are you a snake? We need you – and your friends

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h4>>Starting with the Eco-Arts Salon on December 11 at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden and ending with the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, we are getting ready for the Year of the Snake. Are you a snake? If you or someone you were born in the year of the snake, here's some information about what the Chinese Zodiac says about you: http://www.chinesezodiac.com/snake.php Here's some of the …

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