 | KBC participates in PS GUELPH‘s annual Rock / Paper / Scissors: Book & Print Fair at the Art Gallery of Guelph. Rest and release: Preventing burnout workshop Saturday, February 22, 2025 1:30 - 4:30pm EST This workshop series is co-presented by PS Guelph and Musagetes as part of Rock Paper Scissors Book & Print Fair. Free event. Space is limited, please register on eventbrite. |
 Kwentong Bayan Collective at the Faith and Fortune exhibit (AGO). Photo credit: Melanya Liwanag Aguila. Kwentong Bayan Collective member Althea Balmes contributed to the Exhibition Audio guide for Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire.
Her piece is entitled "The Philippines" and it accompanies a map of the country that is presented askew for a reason. Faith and Fortune - 14 The Philippines and the entire audio guide can be heard here: https://ago.ca/exhibitions/faith-and-fortune-art-across-global-spanish-empire The exhibition runs from June 8 to Oct 10, 2022 at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
 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.  Please join us on Sunday, October 20th, 2019 for the screening of the feature film, “Becoming Labrador” at the 19th annual Reelworld Film Festival.
SYNOPSIS: A whole generation of Filipino migrants have travelled halfway across the world to work in the icy plains of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, leaving behind families and friends as they struggle to adjust to a remarkably different climate and culture in Canada. Becoming Labrador takes an intimate look at what it means to uproot yourself to try and find a new home. Becoming Labrador Sunday, October 20th, 2019 Screening 6:30pm Famous Players, Canada Square Language: English, Tagalog 70 Minutes Co-presented by the Reelworld Film Festival and Kwentong Bayan Collective Tickets available at <https://www.reelworld.ca/becominglabrador>  HABI: Weaving Stories of Migrant Labour and Indigenous Resurgence A public programming series by Kwentong Bayan Collective June 2019 Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB) Kwentong Bayan Collective’s new project, HABI: Weaving Stories of Migrant Labour and Indigenous Resurgence explores the inaugural convergence of National Indigenous People’s month and the newly announced, National Filipino Heritage Month in June 2019. In the Filipino language, “habi” means "weave” - referring to the practice of weaving, or the patterns found in woven materials. HABI is also the process by which something is kept together and made whole. This month-long public programming series will explore Indigenous history, labour, migration, and our relationship with the land. All programs are free of charge and will be held at the Small Arms Inspection Building, located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation along Lake Ontario’s eastern waterfront. View full schedule Kwentong Bayan Collective acknowledges the generous support we have received from Mississauga Culture and the Small Arms Inspection Building to make this program possible.  |
