The Manila Phase
Posted by Ginny Mata on May 24, 2008
June 15, 2008
6:00 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
No.5 Sunnyside Drive Brgy. Kristong Hari Quezon City
All events for the WMH Manila phase will take place at the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) Center, Quezon City on June 15, 2008 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 P.M.
Aside from the four main WMH artists-in-residence, the local artists from KASIBULAN who will be participating at the event include: Cynthia Alexander (singer/painter), Brenda V. Fajardo (painter), Karen Flores (painter), Kleng De Loyola (performance artist), Dom-An Macagne (flute player/painter), Alma U. Quinto (soft sculptor), and Teta Tulay (visual artist who does shadow play).
The artist forum that night will consist of:
*a talk on the theme of woman as (mythical) hero by Filipina scholar Fe Mangahas;
*an open conversation with the WMH artists about the following:
(1) the mythical representations of women in the Ramayana;
(2) Filipina revolutionary heroes, like Gabriela Silang and Martial Law activist Maria Lorena, and;
(3) heroic women in everyday life
The focus of the forum discussion will be about the production of art for social change in public art and community spaces.
Legendary folk singer Cynthia Alexander will also perform.
Here, participating artists from KASIBULAN will be exhibiting their paintings, sculptures or visual expressions on the theme “Babaye-Babaylan-Baganihan” (Being Woman, Being Priestess, Being Hero). It will be open to the public from June 15 to July 5.
