KAPWA: Sensing Ourselves In One Another

Philippine Indigenous Arts Festival

May 30, 2014 Friday @ UBC Asian Institute Research Lobby & UBC Liu Institute Multi-Purpose Hall

TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kapwa-sensing-ourselves-in-one-another-tickets-11211454763

Featuring

Vancouver-based Tattoo Artist Mayo Landicho,
http://birthmarktattoos.com/about-mayo/

Award-winning visual artist Bert Monterona,
http://bertmonterona.com/main/news_pdi_mayuga.html

Premiere dancer/choreographer Alvin Tolentino performs excerpt from critically-acclaimed “Colonial!” “Drawing from Indigenous performative forms, Tolentino’s choreography enters historical, mythical,…. ” http://www.companyerasgadance.ca/en/creations/colonial/

Writers International Network Dance Awardee Kathara Canada!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIsmhdaenhQ

And author / artist Philippine cultural icon GRACE NONO!http://www.gracenono.com/index.html

Grace Nono was born in Agusan, Mindanao. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Humanities and a Master’s degree in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines.

Nono released her debut album “Tao Music”, described as “rooted in traditional Filipino rhythms and instrumentation but given modern touches”, in 1993. She has won the Katha award for Best World Music Album three times.

Nono is executive director of the Tao Foundation for Culture and Arts and has taught Philippine traditional arts at the University of the Philippines.

More about her current book,”Song of the Babaylan”:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/319105/lifestyle/literature/grace-nono-s-song-of-the-babaylan-celebrates-our-islands-healers

KAPWA is a collaborative project between Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society, UBC Philippine Studies Series, the Liu Institute for Global Issues, & the Rethinking River Region UBC Social Justice Network.

*Interactive Exhibitions, Engaging Lectures, Amazing Performances, and a Delicious Food Fair

Part One: PAGSAULOG
4:00 – 7:00 PM
Institute of Asian Research Lobby
1855 West Mall, CK Choi Building, UBC Vancouver Campus
Please click the link for directions:
http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=478

Part Two: PADAYON
7:00 – 10:00 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues Multipurpose Hall
6476 NW Marine Drive, UBC Vancouver Campu