| Please join us for BAYAN - a group exhibition presented by A Space Gallery featuring Kwentong Bayan Collective (Althea Balmes + Jo SiMalaya Alcampo), Hector Barretto Calma, and Jaret Vadera. Essay by Kim Abis. A Space Gallery Mainspace 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110 More info: www.aspacegallery.org BAYAN runs from November 18 to December 17, 2016 |  |
Kwentong Bayan Collective gave a presentation at the Filipino-Canadian Action Research Summit on December 5, 2015. The event brought together researchers, artists and community members whose research initiatives and arts projects examine Filipino experiences in Canada. Photos: JC Bonifacio
 We are excited to be a part of the 5th Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week from October 5 to 9, 2015. The theme is “Social Justice and Democracy: Arts, Activism and the Academy”.
Kwentong Bayan Collective will facilitate the Art Tools Workshop: Cartoons For Social Change on October 6, 2015 from 4-6 PM. Participants will generate ideas through mind-mapping, learn how to combine re-purposed images and doodles to create one-of-a-kind mixed media comics that explore social justice issues. We will have lots of materials to work with and folks are invited to bring their own images!  A Space Gallery and Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts are pleased to present Portrait of Solidarity. This exhibition in the A Space vitrines celebrates 30 years of Mayworks commitment to support labour values and movements in the arts and to showcase the cultures of working people and equity-seeking groups.
The selected artists Carole Condé & Karl Beveridge, Min Sook Lee, and the Kwentong Bayan Collective have been winners of the Mayworks Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Awards. The works chosen for the exhibition deal specifically with the issues of migrant workers and how these artists have engaged in different mediums to empower the voices of these communities. As the artists are at various stages of their careers, the exhibition celebrates the history and intergenerational voices of Mayworks artists. Portrait of Solidarity runs March 28 to May 16, 2015 Reception: May 2, 2015  Thank you to the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts for honouring Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love with the 2014 Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Award for Artists who have captured the values of labour and social justice in their work. We will be accepting the award on November 29, 2015 at the Annual Mayworks Fundraising Gala. We welcome you to join us!
Tickets available at http://mayworks.ca  Illustration by Althea Balmes Kwentong Bayan is proud to co-present Labour + LOVE - A Celebration of Caregivers in collaboration with the Mayworks Festival. This event features storytelling, spoken word, and musical performances.
Kwentong Bayan and CCESO (Caregiver Connections) will share stories by caregivers blended with live illustrations, projections, and audio soundscapes. Special guests include Mahlikah Awe:ri, Lishai, Han Fernandez, PANTAYO, Zak’isha Brown & Randell Adjei. Please visit our event page for more details.  Image by Carlos Bulosan Theatre Thanks to everyone who came out to TALES FROM THE FLIPSIDE: OVER TIME, OVERSEAS - it was so good to see so many caregivers, community leaders, allies and artists, old friends and festival first-timers in the audience. Thanks to our community partners Carlos Bulosan Theatre (CBT), Kapisanan, and the KULTURA Festival; Leon Aureus, Artistic Producer and Martha Ocampo, co-founder of CBT for sharing their words; CBT playwrights, Fely O. Villasin and Bea Palanca for sharing their talents with the community; CBT actors, Karen Ancheta, Victoria Marie Sawal and Leon Aureus for sharing the stage with us; Artists, Leila Pourtavaf and Agata Mrozowsk from OCAD University's Public Action Thematic Residency for presenting their work and announcing our upcoming partnership for this fall; Ed Cortejos, our technician for lighting our stories; The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and Haudenosaunee Peoples for having newcomers and settlers as guests on their traditional territory; and our families/chosen families, friends/kaibigans who love and encourage us. Maraming Salamat Po, to the hard-working and generous caregivers who contribute so much to our community.
We honour your labour. May you be surrounded by love. Althea & Jo Illustrating and Writing Team Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love |
