Lunar New Year

The Year of the Horse

The Canucks’ annual Lunar New Year game is part of the team’s commitment to the NHL’s Hockey Is For Everyone initiative which strives to use the game of hockey for positive social change and foster more inclusive communities. Lunar New Year is a holiday that marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar traditionally used in many East Asian countries including China, Vietnam, Singapore, and South Korea.

In addition, the Canucks For Kids Fund will be donating $20,000 to the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, a registered charity founded in 2011 with a vision of a prosperous, vibrant, and inclusive Chinatown where people want to live, work and play.

THE ARTIST

Carolyn Wong is an illustrator and mural artist based in Vancouver, and has collaborated on design projects with national institutions, local municipalities, and small businesses.

Carolyn has a deep love for storytelling and thrives to create vibrant illustrations that celebrate nature and community values. As a first generation Chinese-Canadian, her work is a reflection of both eastern and western influences as she draws on nostalgic themes that resonate with diaspora communities. Her artwork celebrates the beauty of nature using colourful graphic forms combined with dynamic natural elements.

THE VISION

Carolyn’s artwork brings colourful graphic forms together with dynamic natural elements. Her interpretation of the Canucks’ Orca logo bursts with motion, elegance and power. The Year of the Fire Horse is all about unstoppable momentum, fearless ambition, and raw energy. The logo design depicts a Fire Horse galloping with the wind, igniting a year of resolve, grit, and passion.
Elegant and exciting flames surround the horse, igniting a year of drive, ambition, and raw power. Galloping into the wind, the horse moves forward to greet the year ahead with confidence.
The mouth shape of the horse aligns with the original Orca logo in a fluid and resonant way, maintaining the imprint of the other animal.
⾺到功成:
The literal translation of this Lunar New Year phrase is “Horse / Arrives / Success / Accomplishment”, forging an outlook for the year that will reward ambition and action.
 
Carolyn’s eye-catching work delivers beautifully on this theme and sentiment.
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