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Come enjoy this prestigious Jade Art and Culture event. The WJSA, our non profit association, is very thankful for your support, and in turn, continues to nurture and build on these positive artistic and cultural connections.
 
If you are interested in seeing the diverse collections of contemporary and archaic jades, meeting some of the artists and watching the feature documentary film, please choose just the "Exhibition pass".
 
Should you be interested in attending the 3 day indepth Conference as well as the Exhibition, please choose either the full "Conference and Exhibition pass", or the one day pass of your choice.
 
All ticket holders will also receive $2 OFF the current Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition:
 
"Treasures of the Forbidden City"

VAG exhibition - Treasures of the forbidden City
View of Robson Square and 2014WJS Exhibition and Conference
 

 

 
 
Conference Schedule
 
The conference portion of this event includes distinguished Professors of jade and archaeology, as well as master carvers, gemologists, miners, cultural experts, and many more exciting presentations. Here is the three day schedule:

Catering World Jade Symposium
Lots of restaurants around and a light catering service
UBC Conference room  - world jade symposium
One of the UBC conference rooms

 

Friday, November 21. (6:10 - 10pm)
 

Downtown   UBC  Theater

Presentation

 WJSA

 6:15pm

Welcome introduction and gratitude for the celebration

 

 A welcome from our Sponsors
 6:20pm
Some of BC’s finest prospectors and miners gives insight into the difficulties and rewards of jade mining. 
 Sam Dilts - Sponsor
 BC JADE DESIGNS
 6:30pm

Perspectives from a BC jade Artist.

 

 Andrew Matheson
 ABM Productions
 6:45pm
Introducing and première screening of the documentary film on the big screen.
 Brian Matheson
 WJSA
 7:45pm
A jade philosophy.
 Teng Shu-ping,
Former Director,  Department of Antiquities,
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
 8:15   – 9:30pm
One of the world’s most highly regarded jade specialists, reveals the secrets of the connection between Heaven and Earth through the iconic jade Bi disk.

 

 

Saturday, November 22nd (11am – 8pm)
 
 

UBC  C150

Presentation

 Mike Swenson

 Sponsor

 11:10am

Birthing the stone: a story of the jade boulder that started it all!

 Jing Zhichun

 11:30am – 12:30pm 

 

Intro to Chinese and British Columbian jade archaeology, history and science!

 Jesse Morin

 12:30 – 1:15pm

 Pre-contact West Coast jade trade and tools

 

Lunch Break 1 hr

 Koshon Edzerza

 Allen Edzerza

 2:15 – 2:45pm

 A Tahltan perspective. Creating workshops, apprenticeships and training facilities. 

 BCLS & Lapidary Clubs

 2:45 – 3:15

Facilities, Clubs and Field trips.

 Matthew Glasby

 3:15 – 3:45

 Jade carving in North America

 

Break 15 mins

 Rodney Cook

 4:00 – 4:30pm

Innovative methods for prospecting and small claims mining.

 Lewis Gardiner

 4:30 – 5:15pm

 Jade and culture, the story of New Zealand told by one of the most prominent Maori Pounamu (jade) artists.

 Chris Dobranski

 5:15 – 6:00pm

 Winner of 2011WJS shares his fascinating story. 

 

Break 15 mins

 Sergey Falkin and     Julia Gogol

 6:15 – 7pm

 Two of the finest gemstone artists tell the St Petersburg story of art and community. (translated)

 Michael Peuster

 7 – 7:45pm

 The practiced skills, tradition and gemstone carving in Idar – Oberstein Germany. (translated)


 

 
Sunday, November 23rd (11am – 6pm)
 
 

UBC  C150

Presentation

Jeff Spangler

11:10 – 11:45am

 

 

Jade art now and concepts

Dante Lopez

11:45 – 12:30

 

 

Jadeite and culture in central America.

Ben Peters

12:30 – 1pm

 

 

Archaic jade investigation

Branko Deljanin

1 - 1:30pm

 

Jade and its imposters – gemological analysis

 

Lunch break 1 hr

 

Surprise Guest!

2 – 3pm

 

 

Modern Jade culture in China

Donn Salt

3 – 3:45pm

 

 

Carving Jade and contemporary culture

Judges

3:45 – 4:15pm

 

 

What is art and how can you tell?

 

Break 15mins

 

Award Ceremonies

4:15 – onwards

 

 

Prizes and special recognition of many

Closing ceremonies

 

 

 
 
The World Jade Symposium is only possible because of the generous support from our sponsors:
 
 

Centre for Chinese Research, IAR. UBC
British Columbia Lapidary Association
Association of Mineral Exploration B.C.
Vancouver Art Gallery
BC Provincial Government
Hastings Lapidary Club
StudioStone
Pagodastone
The Coast Group (Chartered Accountants)
Crystalworks
J3 Consulting
Yi Shen (Translating)
The Jade Stores
Eminent Signs
Red Desert Design