Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love

Caregiver Appreciation Day

9/19/2017

In partnership with Kwentong Bayan Collective, the Library will host Caregiver Appreciation Day - an event for caregivers and friends to create postcards to send home (stamps will be provided) and relax to music in a supportive environment.

All caregivers are welcome to come share their experiences, enjoy some refreshments and feel thanked for their contributions.

This is a free, all ages, Nuit Blanche in the day event!

Date: Saturday September 30, 2017
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place: 239 College Street, Lillian H. Smith Branch, Toronto Public Library.

Neighbourhood Arts Network

8/24/2017

Kwentong Bayan Collective has joined the Neighbourhood Arts Network, an organization that supports community-engaged artists and arts organizations whose interests or mandates embrace the idea of community engagement, arts for social change and community building through the arts. View our profile here

Leadership Training for Caregivers

7/22/2017

Past and present members of CCESO

Congratulations to our friends at Caregiver Connections Education and Support Organization (CCESO) for receiving Groundswell funding to offer a free training and education program for caregivers, newcomers and migrant workers. Participants will learn leadership skills that will serve their communities.

Comics / Komiks Meet-Up

6/27/2017

Kwentong Bayan Collective is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Toronto Public Library! Please join us for Comics / Komiks Meet-Up - a regular workspace for those wishing to network, create and bring their comics/komiks to completion.

This is a space to meet other creatives and share resources in a supportive community! Some materials will be provided by the library but please bring your own tools and a sample of your work (or work in progress) to share with the group.

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Place: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St. (at Spadina)

Upcoming Dates:
Mon Jul 10
Mon Jul 17
Mon Jul 24
Mon Aug 14
Mon Aug 21
Mon Aug 28
Mon Sep 11
Mon Sep 18
Mon Sep 25
Mon Oct 02
Mon Oct 16
Mon Oct 23

Call 416-393-7746 for more information or visit http://bit.ly/2tgSvf9

Filipino Komiks featured on CBC Arts

6/7/2017

"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

Conversation on art and social change

6/4/2017

Kwentong Bayan Collective will be in conversation about art and social change with Marisa Jahn (CareForce Project) and Christine Shaw (Blackwood Gallery). Moderated by Marissa Largo. Presented by A Space Gallery + Yyz Artists' Outlet.

Monday, June 12th @ 7 PM
401 Richmond St. W, Suite #140

Celebrating Filipino Comics/Komiks Tradition

4/20/2017

Kwentong Bayan Collective will present a talk at the Toronto Public Library as part of Asian Heritage Month and the Artists in the Library Program.

We will explore the work of Filipino Komikeros (traditional komik-makers) of past and present and how we use comics as Fil-Canadians to reframe Filipinx narratives in Canada.

We will share how we understand colonialism through readings of historical cartoons and comics during the American occupation of the Philippines.

And we will share excerpts of "Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love", our on-going community based comic book project -developed in close collaboration with caregivers, advocates and community allies - about the real-life stories of Filipinx migrant caregivers who came to Canada through the Caregiver Program (formerly known as the Live-in Caregiver Program). These are stories of love, struggles, friendships, and community empowerment.

Monday May 8, 2017
7 - 8 PM
Toronto Public Library
Lillian H. Smith Branch
239 College Street
Free event. Accessible space.
Please come scent / fragrance-free.

For more info: <https://goo.gl/9HBiSi>

Remember | Resist | Redraw - Poster #03

3/8/2017

Check out the full poster & essay online: https://goo.gl/Tre1jC

For International Womxn's Day, we are launching new work that examines the 150+ year history of care work performed by racialized women in Canada, including Live-in Caregivers

We created this artwork for Remember | Resist | Redraw - a radical history poster project produced by the Graphic History Collective (GHC) that aims to intervene in the Canada 150 conversation. Collectively, we hope to encourage people to critically examine history in ways that can fuel our radical imaginations and support struggles for radical change.

Thank you to Dr. Ethel Tungohan, GHC and all the caregivers, advocates and community allies whose support makes our work possible.

Cup Doodle - Pop-up Shop & Exhibition

3/1/2017

Check out the Cup Doodle Pop-Up & Exhibition on March 10, 2017 from 6-9 pm at SKETCH Studios, 180 Shaw St. - it's free & open to the public! Artists from the Cup Doodle - 9-week Comic-Making Workshop & Residency Program will be sharing their comics, doodles, and noodles!

This 9-week Comic-Making Workshop & Residency Program provides financial, cultural and mutual support to marginalized Asian youth interested in building an art community and developing their story-writing and image-creation skills. This project is coordinated by Althea Balmes, and supported by SKETCH Working Arts and the Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario.

Remember | Resist | Redraw: Radical History Project

1/2/2017

Kwentong Bayan Collective is honoured to be part of Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project produced by the Graphic History Collective. This collaborative project features works by artists and writers committed to promoting art, activism, and alternative history in what is today known as Canada.

Remember | Resist | Redraw posters offer alternative perspectives on well-known historical events, and highlights histories of Indigenous peoples, women, workers, and the oppressed that are often overlooked or marginalized in mainstream historical accounts. Starting in January 2017, posters will be published monthly at http://bit.ly/2jZfdAC

Kwentong Bayan will create Poster #03 to be launched in March 2017.
Poster illustrated by Kara Sievewright

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