We're excited to announce the first instalment of PARCEL, a digital anthology considering Access Gallery’s place as a cultural venue at the crossroads of multiple histories, neighbourhoods, and waterways. In 2023, we invited artists and writers to consider our layered role as an artist-run centre in Chinatown. Our first offering, a poem by Kitty Cheung (@kitscatastrophe), follows elders through Chinatown’s changing food landscape, lingering in the cash-only cafés that serve as sites of connection.
Click here to access the digital publication.
Kitty Cheung (she/她) is a Cantonese Canadian writer living and creating on unceded Katzie, Tsawwassen, Stó:lō, W̱SÁNEĆ, and Kwantlen land. Her work explores themes of cultural identity, immigrant family dynamics, and belonging within the Asian diaspora. Her writing has been published in SAD Mag, Ricepaper Magazine, and Best Canadian Poetry. She has trained in writing cohorts such as Arts Club’s LEAP, the frank theatre company’s Telling It Bent, and Centre A’s Arts Writing Mentorship. Kitty has also performed poetry at the IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival, Under the Table, and APTPOP Poetry Floodlight. She completed her studies in Interactive Arts & Technology and World Literature at Simon Fraser University. Kitty finds solace in zebra pens and drag shows.
PARCEL is edited by Meera Eragoda, with support from Katie Belcher.
The digital publication of PARCEL was designed and published by Kitt Peacock, Farah ElAfifi, and sevin shabankareh.
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PARCEL is made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Hamber Foundation.
