BE A VENUE PARTNER May is celebrated as Asian Heritage Month throughout North America. The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society coordinates performance and educational events during Asian Heritage Month in May and the rest of the year under the banner of explorASIAN. Some of these events are produced by VAHMS as well as in collaboration with other arts, cultural, and community organizations and educational institutions. A variety of disciplines are presented during explorASIAN including but not limited to visual arts, performance, dance, theatre, comedy, spoken word, literature, music, film and video. We welcome back all our previous venue partners. We are always looking for new venue partners for our festival and educational events. Call for Venue Participation - Deadline: Feb 29, 2008 New venues wishing to participate in the explorASIAN festival should submit the following items: 1. Cover letter expressing intent and containing all contact information, e.g. name, mailing address, telephone, fax, email, website 2. A description of the venue, e.g. type of venue, stage facilities, number of seats, food/beverage capability, liquor license, liability insurance, etc. 3. Indicate if you wish to donate the venue space. If yes, please indicate open dates in the month of May and the times available for use. 4. Indicate if there will be a rental fee charged for the venue. Please indicate if the rental fee quoted is a regular rate or a reduced rate for non-profit use. 5. Indicate if you will provide staff for the specific event. If yes, indicate if this will be a donation or not. If not a donation, indicate the staffing fees. 6. Indicate if you publish your own venue program guide or event listing for distribution to the public audience and/or your members. 7. History of venue participation in previous explorASIAN events and/or other similar arts or performance events 8. Technical specifications, e.g. audio/visual capabilities, sound sytem, internet access, radio/television remote broadcast capability, handicapped access, etc. 9. Supporting documents (promotional material, press clippings etc) 10. A detailed description of the proposed artistic project if the artistic project is dependent on your venue being used. 11. One color photograph each (min size 4"x6" / max size 8"x10") of the venue exterior and venue interior. Additional photos are welcome if necessary. Please mail or drop off your venue information package to: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society 110 Keefer Street Vancouver, BC V6A 1X4 PLEASE NOTE: Submitted materials will NOT be returned. Do not send originals please. Questions? Please email vahms@explorasian.org Here is a partial list of venues that have participated during Asian Heritage Month: (Corrections? Please let us know. Thanks!) Aion Art Gallery Artspeak Gallery Asia Dining Lounge Blackberry Gallery Blinding Light Britannia Heritage Shipyard Café Deux Soleils Cambie Community Centre Centennial Theatre Centre A Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts Chan Centre at UBC Chinese Canadian Military Museum Chinese Cultural Centre Clove Café Coal Harbour Community Centre Concord Pacific Place Coquitlam Public Library Diane Farris Gallery Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Dufferin Hotel Dunbar Community Centre El Cocao Restaurant Gallery 83 Gallery Gachet Gallery of BC Ceramics Gateway Theatre Guildford Public Library Hastings Community Centre Infuze Tea House Kerrisdale Community Centre La Maison de la Francophone de Vancouver Michael J. Fox Theatre National Nikkei Heritage Centre Norman Rothstein Theatre Oakridge Centre Olive Café Our Town Cafe Pacific Cinematheque Pan Pacific Vancouver Pendulum Gallery Plaza of Nations Queen Elizabeth Theatre Renfrew Park Community Centre Richmond Art Gallery Richmond City Hall Richmond Cultural Centre Richmond Museum Richmond Public Library Rime Cafe Roundhouse Performance Centre Scotiabank Dance Centre Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre Sonar Sunset Community Centre/Moberly Hall Surrey Arts Centre Theatres Surrey Strawberry Hill Library Swangard Stadium, Burnaby Central Park Tearoom (Tasting Boutique) The Grind and Gallery The Hycroft Mansion The Jazz Cellar The Palestine Community Centre The Royal Canadian Legion Hall Tonari Gumi Tygers (Cheesecake Etc) UBC Asian Centre UBC Asian Library UBC Library UBC Robson Square Vancouver Art Gallery Vancouver Maritime Museum Vancouver Parks & Recreation Vancouver Playhouse Vancouver Public Library Video In Studios Waterfront Theatre Web Café Western Front Lodge Wise Club Hall YWCA Hotel The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society gratefully acknowledges the labour and efforts of everyone involved with the explorASIAN festival.