Kwentong Bayan Collective

Faith and Fortune

6/13/2022

Kwentong Bayan Collective at the Faith and Fortune exhibit (AGO). Photo credit: Melanya Liwanang Aguila.

Thanks to the curatorial team, Adam Levine, Ana Barajas, Bianca Weeko Martin, Gillian McIntyre, and Tahnee Pantig for inviting us to collaborate.

Jo SiMalaya Alcampo and Althea Balmes of Kwentong Bayan Collective were honoured to serve as community consultants (along with many other artists, academics and community folks from the Filipino and Latinx communities) for the exhibition, Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire.

The exhibit brings together more than 200 works of art from Latin America, the Philippines and Spain made between 1492 and 1898. It runs from June 8th to Oct 10th at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Kwentong Bayan Collective member Althea Balmes contributed to the Exhibition Audio guide. Her piece is entitled "The Philippines" and it accompanies a map of the country that is presented askew for a reason. Listen here.

Kwentong Bayan Collective at the Faith and Fortune exhibit (AGO). Photo credit: Melanya Liwanang Aguila.

Filipino Canadian Comics Symposium

2/27/2022

Watch online:
https://fb.watch/cIgY2LSm3Z/

Congrats to the Institute for the Humanities - University of Manitoba and organizers for hosting the virtual Filipino Canadian Comics Symposium on March 18, 2022.

Agyamanak / Many Thanks to Professor Eleanor Ty for including our comics in her keynote address and congrats to all the artists and comic makers.

“Padayon / Onwards Together!”

Photo: Keynote Address by Prof. Eleanor Ty

Together While Apart

2/25/2022

Thank you to Megan who added colour to colouring page! Megan’s mom is a migrant care worker and community organizer.

Together While Apart
Workers Arts and Heritage Centre
March 5 – April 2, 2022
(Extended to May 14th)

Kwentong Bayan Collective is honoured to contribute to Together While Apart an exhibition of interactive colouring pages and original stories based on experiences that women and gender-diverse people have faced during the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artists: Abby Nowakowski, Amber Williams-King, Dalawang Babae, Edith Chavez, Kwentong Bayan Collective, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Natalie King, Pink Angel, Sab Meynert, Sahra Soudi, Shira Spector, Z’otz* Collective.

Here and There

3/31/2021

Kwentong Bayan Collective and Care Worker Connections Education and Support Organization (CCESO) have reunited for Myseum Intersections 2021 to present, “Here and There” a collaborative storytelling event that will be live streamed on YouTube.

Sunday April 25, 2021
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
Watch video:
http://bit.ly/3u4z5WR

Home is in the Body

12/1/2020

Kwentong Bayan Collective contributed to the book, Home is In The Body featuring 2SLGBTQIA stories & artwork from across the Filipinx diaspora. Althea and Jo contributed interviews, and Jo wrote the closing text for the book.

Please contact Anak Publishing for more info

Care Work Stories - June 21, 2020

6/5/2020

Archival photo: Intercede at IWD March 2020

CARE WORK STORIES: DIGITAL EDITION
SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

A discussion with Filipino Care Workers and allies to explore their long history fighting for (and winning) human rights in Canada.
Register online at https://rb.gy/nsujtc

Migrant Care Workers are more than the "care" they provide to children, the elderly and our most vulnerable family members. Their stories are complex and as varied as the people who live them - past and present.

Kwentong Bayan Collective hosts a discussion with Filipino Care Workers and allies to explore their long history fighting for (and winning) human rights in Canada. We will learn about the recent movement that boldly calls for "Full Immigration Status for All".

We will meet artists who support migrant communities to tell their stories. And listen to the personal stories of Migrant Care Workers whose labour is currently keeping communities safe during COVID-19.

Migrant Rights Network - June 14, 2020

6/1/2020

On June 14th join the Migrant Rights Network as they launch a campaign by over 40 migrant-led and allied organizations for full immigration status for all: www.MigrantRights.ca/June2020

Join a massive digital and social media gathering of migrants, poor and working class people, and allies. The global COVID-19 pandemic has proven that migrants are essential to our communities, but are exploited and excluded. Together, migrants from across Canada will raise our voice for healthcare, decent work, family unity and equal rights for all.

Actions will take place all day on social media and in the streets, learn more and get involved: https://migrantrights.ca/june2020

Stories of Collective Care in the Time of COVID-19

5/5/2020

Kwentong Bayan Collective is honoured to be Myseum of Toronto's 2020/2021 Artist Collective in Residence.

We have collaborated with Myseum to present Stories of Collective Care in the Time of Covid-19 a series exploring collective care in Toronto and beyond through panel discussions and storytelling.

Please join us for a series of online conversations with essential workers, food justice advocates, and community educators from May to June 2020.

Learn about grassroots strategies of community care and mutual support. Experience some of the cultural practices being created during this time of global transition.

Free events, register online.

Covid-19 Response Must Leave No One Behind

3/16/2020

From Migrants Rights Network: "Canada is seeing a rise in Coronavirus / COVID-19 cases, accompanied by growing levels of xenophobia and racism. Crises do not affect us all equally – migrant, poor, and racialized communities will be the first excluded from response measures and the worst affected by the economic downturn.

We must demand collective responses that leave no one behind, including migrant workers, undocumented people, low-waged students, poor people, and refugees. Pandemics know no borders, neither should our solidarity.

We call on individuals and organizations across the country to join us in uniting against racism. Groups from across the country call on federal, provincial and municipal leaders to ensure worker & migrant Justice as part of the COVID-19 response.

Please sign this Call to Action and "Leave No One Behind"

Digital Literacy Drop-in for Migrant Workers

2/29/2020

We're glad to support this free Digital Literacy Drop-in for Migrant Workers in partnership with IntersectTO (a BIPOC tech community), Caregiver Connections, Education and Support Organization (CCESO) and Parkdale Project Read.

Sunday March 15, 2020
12-4 PM
This free event is designed for the Migrant Care Workers / Caregiver community.
Registration is required. For more information, please visit www.cceso.org

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