by Shannon Pawliw | Oct 26, 2020 | News
Second Printing of Ho Sun Hing Printers! Ho Sun Hing Printers first began as a rubber stamp company founded in 1908 by Lam Lat Tong. Lam grew his business to become Canada’s first Chinese-English print shop; the shop provided Vancouver’s Chinatown community with fine...
by Marlene Yuen | Oct 6, 2020 | News
Vancouver Art Book Fair – 2020 I will be an exhibitor at this year’s Vancouver Art Book Fair, Oct 17 + 18. It will be a virtual book fair, so please stay tuned for further details. I will be selling a few zines and some copies from my first printing of Ho Sun...
by Marlene Yuen | Oct 6, 2020 | News
Cheap! Diligent! Faithful! I currently have an exhibit, Cheap! Diligent! Faithful! at the grunt gallery. It is a strange time for exhibitions, but this is a reiteration of pieces that have shown previously at the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre. This exhibit is...
by Marlene Yuen | Jul 17, 2019 | News
Ho Sun Hing Printers In 2014, Ho Sun Hing Printers, Canada’s last Chinese-Canadian letterpress print shop, closed down. This print shop operated for over 106 years in Chinatown. As the neighbourhood changed, the demand for letterpress printed stationery dwindled....
by Marlene Yuen | Jul 17, 2019 | News
Mom and Kid Camp 2019 School is out! Last summer, I took my daughter to Mom and Kid camp at Camp Fircom on Gambier Island. She had a blast swimming in the ocean, playing games, making tie-dye t-shirts and meeting new friends. As an exchange for camp tuition, I teach...
by Marlene Yuen | Nov 15, 2013 | News
Ho Sun Hing Print Shop Vancouver Chinatown’s oldest print shop is closing down. Ho Sun Hing Print Shop started out as a rubber stamp company that evolved into a full-time print shop; this family run business is over a century old. This past week, my colleagues and I...