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Panagawid launch

4/2/2023

Panagawid is a short komik in colour by Althea Balmes

Panagawid - a new komik by Althea Balmes launches at TCAF!

“Feeling depleted and lost in the city, Tala finally connects with her ancestors who takes her on a journey of spirit retrieval. Inspired by the Ilocano soul retrieval practice.”

Althea will be reading Panagawid this Saturday April 29th at TCAF - the Toronto Comics Festival. Please drop by and pick up a copy: PWYC $10 min.

April 29th, 2023
3:00 PM EST
Toronto Reference Library
798 Yonge St., Discussion Room (3rd floor)
Free event

Arts Everywhere Festival

1/7/2023

Kwentong Bayan Collective will be tabling at the Rock/Paper/Scissors Book and Print Fair, as part of the Arts Everywhere Festival.

Date: Saturday Janurary 28, 2023
Time: 1-6 pm E.S.T.
Place: River Run Centre, Guelph ON

More info:
https://festival.artseverywhere.ca

The Philippines - exhibit audio guide

9/30/2022

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.

Faith and Fortune

6/13/2022

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.

Exhibition runs from June 8 to Oct 10, 2022 at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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

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

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

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