Fill up your calendar with these exciting events
Now until January 15
What: Silk of Light Exhibition
Where: Phuong My Flagship Store, 81 Le Thanh Ton, D1
About: Silk of Light: Ngo Dinh Bao Chau opened at Phuong My Flagship Store commemorating San Art Production’s second collaboration with fashion designer Phuong My. San Art Productions, the very first program of its kind in Vietnam, aims to realize a longstanding partnership between visual art and an external creative organization where an open dialogue between two innovative forces commissions new artistic projects.
Silk of Light is a body of work inspired by light as both a physical and metaphorical medium. Bao Chau carefully studies the process of light as it covers, disperses and adjusts to the surface of different materials. The artist’s preoccupation with light arises from her deep interest in architecture, and its relationship to form, shape, line and structure. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Bao Chau’s living environment is filled with manmade light and she is fascinated by its role in human forms of labor and urbanization.
Contact: For more information, email hello@san-art.org
January 16
What: Canvas & Wine: Monet and The Impressionists
Where: VinSpace Garage, 95 Pasteur, D1; 6:30pm - 9pm
About: This will be a fun and creative class for everyone, no matter what your painting level is. Start the night with a wine tasting session to uplift your creativity and confidence, and then enter the studio to learn how to paint. With the help of VinSpace Garage’s instructor and some images of paintings as a reference, you will enjoy painting like the impressionists.
Contact: Access www.vin-space.com or call 090 772 9846
January 16
What: Ninth Annual Crystal Ball International Business Luncheon
Where: New World Saigon Hotel, 76 Le Lai, D1; 11am – 2pm
About: This will be CanCham’s Ninth Annual Crystal Ball business luncheon event. Well-known guest speakers from a variety of business sectors will present their general outlooks and identify challenges and likelihoods for the coming year. Guest speakers include Nicola Connolly of Adecco Vietnam, Mark Fraser of Frasers Law Company, Victoria Kwakwa of The World Bank, Don Lam of VinaCapital, Ralf Matthaes of TNS and Tareq Muhmood of ANZ Bank Vietnam. The entrance fee is VND850,000 (members and co-hosts) and VND1,050,000 (non-members).
Contact: For tickets, contact hcmc@canchamvietnam.org or call 3824 3754
January 16 - 21
What: Encounter lecture with Associate Professor Thanes Wongyannava
Where: Hoa Sen University, 8 Nguyen Van Trang, D1
About: Thanes Wongyannava will discuss his ideas concerning ‘Buddhocentrism’, which embraces the idea of Buddhism as a system of ideas in contemporary life that has moved away from a focus on ‘enlightenment’ towards a belief in all things ‘delightful’ – meaning a focus on anything that entertains, satiates desire and is popularly in demand. He will look at how visual art illustrates such an attitude, including an examination of how we understand the ‘self’ and ‘truth’ within such a society.
Contact: For more information, email hello@san-art.org
January 18
What: Special Tet Calligraphy
Where: VinSpace Garage, 95 Pasteur, D1; 10am-12pm (kids), 2pm-4pm (adults)
About: To celebrate Tet, VinSpace Garage Art Studio presents the Special Tet Calligraphy event where you can learn to write traditional Vietnamese calligraphy with popular New Year wishes such as “Phuc – Good Fortune”, “Loc – Prosperity” and “Tho – Longevity.”
Contact: Access www.vin-space.com or call 0907729846
January 23
What: Canvas & Wine: Paint like Paul Klee
Where: VinSpace Art Studio, 6 Le Van Mien, D2; 6:30pm - 9pm
About: Paul Klee was a unique artist. He cannot be identified clearly with any art movement and often worked in complete isolation. His works show an extraordinary use of color and tone. With the help of VinSpace Garage’s instructor, you will create your own abstract impressionist painting in the style of Klee.
Contact: Access www.vin-space.com or call 090 772 9846
January 23
What: Saigon Single Malt Club’s 1st Burn’s Supper
Where: Casablanca Restaurant, 58/9 Thanh Thai, D10; 7pm till late
About: Saigon Single Malt Club is holding its first Burn’s Supper featuring bagpipes, Robert Burn’s poetry, girls in tartans and lots of single malt scotch and haggis. The supper costs VND1.2 million for members and VND1.4 million for guests.
Contact: For more information, call 0168 990 0905
Now until January 24
What: Right Fiction Exhibition
Where: San Art, 3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh
About: Right Fiction features painting, photography, installation and video by artists Nguyen Hong Ngoc and Phan Thao Nguyen that concludes their time with San Art Laboratory: Session Three.
Contact: For more information, email hello@san-art.org
January 25
What: San Art Laboratory Session 4
Where: San Art Laboratory, 40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, Binh Thanh
About: San Art Laboratory is a studio/residency program initiated and managed by San Art. It provides three artists with an art studio and living quarters for six months each. Session 4 welcomes Lai Thi Dieu Ha from Hanoi, Le Phi Long from Hue, and Nguyen Van Du from Ho Chi Minh City. This will be the first time they open up on their creative processes to the public. Come visit their studio, get to know the artists, enjoy the creative dialogue, and become part of art in the making.
Contact: For more information, email hello@san-art.org