Maleta [Suitcase]

Maleta [suitcase] is a collaborative art project tackling the theme of migration, to culminate in an art exhibit in October 2007. Through a framework of community collaboration, critical engagement and developing art practice, Sinag Bayan hopes to engage the Filipino community and Canadian public to look deeper into issues surrounding migration and participation in Canada.

Participants will include Sinag Bayan members, members of community-based organizations like Philippine Women Centre of B.C., SIKLAB and Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance as well as individuals and contacts of the Kalayaan Centre.

Maleta is an opportunity for aspiring Filipino-Canadian artists to use their artistic vision to voice the issues of the Filipino community in Canada. In this spirit, Sinag Bayan in partnership with Gallery Gachet has developed a curriculum that we hope will guide participants through not just an artistic process, but an empowerment process as well.

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Wing Diocson Yap (Montreal) artist in residence installs a large-scale triptych painting addressing the common experiences of Filipinos migrating to Canada.

Sinag Bayan Cultural Collective curates a group exhibition of visual art and video installations by emerging and professional Vancouver artists of Filipino descent.