Art & Poetry​ in the Gallery

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Artist: YongZhen Li
​Tuesday March 24th, 2026
​Pandora's Collective & The JCC Present
​ART & POETRY IN THE GALLERY
Free admission
Poets will respond with original work inspired by the art exhibit. Bring paper and pen. There will be an open mic time when the audience will have an opportunity to write and read poems relating to the exhibit.
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Featured Poets: Ingrid Rose, Rosemary Nowicki, Heidi Greco, Adrienne Drobnies,  and Sophea Heang
Art Exhibit: YongZhen Li: Structures of the Unsaid
Yongzhen Li's work examines the psychological and symbolic violence embedded within Chinese patriarchal culture, focusing on its impact on identity formation, gender expectations, and emotional expression. Grounded in lived experience and informed by a neurodivergent sensitivity to sensory detail, the practice employs traditional Chinese painting materials—ink, rice paper, brush, and mugwort dye—to construct fragmentary, emotionally charged visual narratives.
Painting functions as a direct confrontation. Rejecting habit and repetition, each mark is deliberate, painful, and necessary. Ink on xuan paper allows no erasure, mirroring the irreversible imprints of social conditioning. The brush’s flexibility enables the articulation of quiet tensions—silent resistance, internalized shame, and moments of absurd collapse.
 Host: Bonnie Nish
Location: Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery  
Jewish Community Centre (Gallery Room)
950 41st Ave W Vancouver, BC
Upcoming Dates: April 28, June 2, July 21, August 25, Sept 15, Oct  20, Nov 17
Sponsored by the Yosef Wosk Foundation
Contact: [email protected]
www.pandorascollective.com ​
​Tuesday April 28th
​Pandora's Collective & The JCC Present
​ART & POETRY IN THE GALLERY
Free admission
Poets will respond with original work inspired by the art exhibit. Bring paper and pen. There will be an open mic time when the audience will have an opportunity to write and read poems relating to the exhibit.
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Featured Poets: tba
Location: Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery 
Jewish Community Centre (Gallery Room)
950 41st Ave W Vancouver, BC
Upcoming Dates: April 28, June 2, July 21, August 25, Sept 15, Oct  20, Nov 17
Sponsored by the Yosef Wosk Foundation
Contact: [email protected]
www.pandorascollective.com ​