Media coverage
CBC Arts
"Filipino 'komiks' have always been a political act - a form of resistance against our colonizers." - Althea Balmes, Kwentong Bayan Collective
Thank you to Amanda Parris, the host of Exhibitionists on CBC Television and Marvin's Room on CBC Radio, for featuring our work in her weekly column for CBC Arts.
Read: The newest comic-book heroes are real-life Filipino caregivers
Filipino Komiks Zine Fair
"Kwentong Bayan believes that a new model for komiks and pop culture events will take shape over time."
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Thank you to Ysh Cabana for writing about the first Filipino Komiks Zine Fair in Toronto for The Philippine Canadian News.
Read: Filipino Zine Fair launches in Toronto |
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Review of Bayan Exhibition
"This to me is what a movement looks like, when art, culture, education, and organizing come together, engage, and interact with one another for a unified cause." - Kiwi Illafonte
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Salamat to Kiwi Illafonte for reviewing the BAYAN exhibition at A Space Gallery!
"As a child of Filipino migrants, I feel deeply connected to the struggles of our kababayan who are forced to leave our homeland to places all over the world in order to feed their families and seek a better life. The result of this history has multiple consequences: the departure of skilled workers and educated professionals leaves the Philippines with less of these people to serve our own, and those who do leave end up facing exploitation and oppression in the places they migrate to." Read the full article and essay by Kim Abis. |
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Drawn to Change review in Truthout
Thanks to Eleanor Bader for reviewing Drawn To Change in the July 2016 issue of Truthout:
"Like Domestic Workers United in the US, Canadian domestic laborers have begun to mobilize for higher wages, protections against sexual harassment, time off and other benefits. The graphic looks at the solidarity they've forged as they trumpet their demands. It also presents the incremental victories they've won, including passage of the Juana Tejada Law, which makes it easier for caregivers to establish permanent residency as immigrants to Canada."
Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we will spur the revolution in consciousness and inspire the direct action that is necessary to save the planet and humanity.
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"Like Domestic Workers United in the US, Canadian domestic laborers have begun to mobilize for higher wages, protections against sexual harassment, time off and other benefits. The graphic looks at the solidarity they've forged as they trumpet their demands. It also presents the incremental victories they've won, including passage of the Juana Tejada Law, which makes it easier for caregivers to establish permanent residency as immigrants to Canada."
Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we will spur the revolution in consciousness and inspire the direct action that is necessary to save the planet and humanity.
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Drawn To Change published by Between the Lines
Kwentong Bayan’s mini-comic on the history of the Live-in Caregiver Program and contextual essays by Conely de Leon and Zenee May Maceda has been published in the anthology, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle.
Available now from Between The Lines Press:
https://btlbooks.com/book/drawn-to-change
Available now from Between The Lines Press:
https://btlbooks.com/book/drawn-to-change
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thanks to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for covering the Filipino-Canadian Action Research Summit held on December 5, 2015.
Kwentong Bayan was honoured to connect with inter-generational academics, community workers, activists and artists doing great work in the community.
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Kwentong Bayan was honoured to connect with inter-generational academics, community workers, activists and artists doing great work in the community.
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Our Times Magazine
Excerpts from our comic book, Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love are featured in the Aug/Sept 2014 Labour Day issue of Our Times Magazine - an independent, pro-union Canadian labour magazine dedicated to promoting workers' rights and social justice, Our Times is read by over 8,000 trade unionists, community activists and union supporters across the country.
Read: "Writing Pictures, Drawing Stories - A Caregiver Comic Book" by Haseena Manek
http://ourtimes.ca/Newsletter/ourtimes33_3_45_53.pdf
Read: "Writing Pictures, Drawing Stories - A Caregiver Comic Book" by Haseena Manek
http://ourtimes.ca/Newsletter/ourtimes33_3_45_53.pdf
Ricepaper Magazine
Excerpts from our comic book, Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love are featured in Ricepaper Magazine Issue 19.4 on the theme of on Asian and Asian Canadian activism. Ricepaper is a Canadian magazine that showcases Asian Canadian literature, culture, and the arts.
Available now at http://ricepapermagazine.ca/19-4-issue
Available now at http://ricepapermagazine.ca/19-4-issue
Briarpatch Magazine
An excerpt from our comic book, Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love is featured in the Nov/Dec 2013 Work & Labour edition of Briarpatch Magazine - one of Canada’s leading independent voices on issues of social justice and the environment. The cover art was drawn by Kwentong Bayan comic book illustrator, Althea Balmes.
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The Philippine Reporter
Caregiver comic book wins contest
By Dyan Ruiz
The Philippine Reporter
June 28, 2013
Two Filipino-Canadian artists have won a contest to help fund their project producing a comic book about caregivers.
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By Dyan Ruiz
The Philippine Reporter
June 28, 2013
Two Filipino-Canadian artists have won a contest to help fund their project producing a comic book about caregivers.
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