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On Global Filipinos: Kinding Sindaw: Telling the stories of Mindanao for 30 years
By Loida Nicolas Lewis This year marks the 30th year of the inimitable and only indigenous dance and cultural group called Kinding Sindaw, which means “Dance of Light”, from the ancient Austronesian language: Kinding meaning graceful movement and Sindaw which means Light. To shed light to the unwritten stories of Mindanao through this graceful movement. […]
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‘Bari-Bari:’ Respecting the environment through dance, wearable art
“There’s a gargantuan amount of plastic that ends up in the seas and it is causing harm to birds, marine animals and fish…” “Bari-bari” (“We mean no harm”) is a dance series co-produced and co-directed by La Union-based artists Ea Torrado and Chino Neri on rethinking plastics and advocating for environmental sustainability and regeneration. The […]
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Noel Quintana’s New York City
Noel Quintana is a Filipino American non-profit worker who has been vocal about combating Asian hate after surviving a violent hate crime in February 2021. He’s a man of faith, and one of the reasons he ultimately moved to the U.S. from the Philippines over a decade ago was because he asked God for a […]
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Princeton exhibit: What’s next for Filipino American art?
By Vina Orden On October 6, in honor of Filipino American History Month, Princeton University’s programs in American studies and Asian American studies presented the art exhibition, “300 Years in a Convent, 50 in Hollywood.” The exhibit’s title alludes to reverberations of Spanish and American colonization in Filipino culture and society. It features work by […]
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Ma-Yi, 4 theater companies awarded $1.5 M Mellon grant
Five national theatre companies announced on June 28 that their landmark partnership has received a $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create Generation Now. This partnership — Penumbra (Saint Paul, MN), Ma-Yi Theater Company (New York City, NY), Latino Theater Company (Los Angeles, CA), Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles, […]
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Tsinelas-making workshop, a sharing of personal journeys
“Oras Na,” an art installation and workshop led by artist Karl Orozco, was held on June 12 at the Little Manila neighborhood of Woodside, Queens, to celebrate Philippine Independence Day. The event was hosted by Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts. Orozco led three Tsinelas-making workshops, where participants customized the Tsinelas, which means “slippers” in Tagalog. […]
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25 years of KAWS at the Brooklyn Museum
By Tracy Dizon Once again, the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn-based artist KAWS (American artist Brian Donnelly) worked together to give us another influx of great American Street Art that spans 25 years and transcends a wide range of cultural spectacle from graffiti art, cartoons, toy culture, fashion, sculpture and even furniture design. KAWS: What Party […]
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Artist duo to lead sign-making workshop vs xenophobia at Queens Museum
In partnership with the organizers of No Longer Invisible, the Queens Museum is displaying a collectively hand-painted banner, signs, and video documentation created for the multi-racial, multi-faith vigil and community gathering in response to the recent and ongoing attacks against Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. The exhibit will run from May 15 to June 13. […]
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Fearless Filipinas and what success means to them: new book
In honor of women’s history month, new book, Fearless Filipinas: 12 Women Who Dared to Be Different, shares the stories of modern Pinay heroes in the Philippines and around the world. Filipino history has a pantheon of great Filipina leaders, such as Gabriela Silang and Melchora Aquino. In addition to these historical heroes, there are […]