by Frances Phillips | Feb 3, 2020
Master Philippine dance choreographer Sydney Loyola is collaborating with The Filipino American Development Foundation to create Sayaw sa Ilaw-Dancing in the Light, honoring the indigenous deity of fire, Kanla-on, who is believed to live in Mt. Kanla-on, an active...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 15, 2019
Binh Danh and the Visual and Public Art Department (VPA) at California State University Monterey Bay (CSU, Monterey Bay) are collaborating on I Am Chinatown Salinas | Yo Soy Chinatown Salinas, a participatory project documenting Salinas’s Chinatown from a social,...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 15, 2019
Jewlia Eisenberg was collaborating with The Contemporary Jewish Museum to develop and present Fierce as Death, an exploration of the ancient biblical Song of Songs. Project partners sought to illuminate the text’s traditional meanings and reveal additional layers that...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 7, 2019
Desi Mundo collaborated with The Greenlining Institute (Greenlining) to create an eight-story mural titled AscenDance that was painted on Greenlining Institute’s 360 Center building in downtown Oakland. The completed mural was celebrated on October 16, 2021. Mural...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 7, 2019
Tibetan elder Bhalu Bhaloo and Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company will collaborate to preserve the previously undocumented and at-risk performing heritage of the Kongpo region of Tibet, produce an authentic Kongpo Losar Festival, and honor Kongpo elders. The...