WMH Workshops*

DUMAGUETE

June 21 – June 23
Coordinator: Ian Casocot at icasocot@gmail.com and 0929-2086586
Deadline for registration: June 15, 2008

BACOLOD and BAGO

June 28 – June 29
Coordinator: Tanya Lopez at tanyapl27@yahoo.com and 0906-4839898
Deadline for registration: June 23, 2008

WMH project artists will be conducting simultaneous workshops in cultural institutions in Dumaguete City (June 21 – June 23) and Bacolod City and Bago City (June 28 – June 29). Interested parties can register for any of these workshops using the WMH workshop registration form*.

Registration fee is P300.00 for 2 to 2 1/2 days, inclusive of drinks and snacks.

MEDIA ART and EDUCATION

“Documenting Women Heroes with New Media”
Angel Velasco Shaw (United States/Philippines)
Kai Syng Tan (Singapore)

International media artists Angel Velasco Shaw and Kai Syng Tan shall facilitate an interactive workshop for artists and cultural practitioners, where they will discuss their media work in relation to women’s and global issues, and hold critique sessions about the participants’ works in film, video, media installation, performance or in the literary arts.Depending on the composition of their audience, their discussions may also focus on grant writing, media distribution, and media arts practices. Participants will be asked to bring samples of their work (videos) on DVD or mini-DV format for the critique sessions.

VISUAL ART

“Being A Woman Hero”
Brenda Fajardo (Philippines)

An informal community-based arts workshop where award-winning visual artist Brenda Fajardo will help participants to create visual representations the role of women in life, domestic or public and their vision of how the babaye (woman) is both babaylan (priestess) and bagani (hero), in the form of scrolls or accordion books.

PERFORMANCE ART

“Transcending Sita”
Arahmaiani (Indonesia)

Noted performance artist Arahmaiani will conduct a performance workshop, encouraging its participants to interact with their bodies, with space, and with other people.

*To download the WMH workshop registration form, please sign up here to become a member of the WMH project e-group. You will find the forms in the Files section under WMH Workshops.