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EVENT: Southern California FPAC 9/12-9/13

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FilAm ARTS traces its roots to the production of the Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture (FPAC) first conceptualized in 1990 as part of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department’s Festivals Program, an arts program designed to address the multicultural constituency of the city.

Organized by about 100 artists and community leaders, the first FPAC took place at Los Angeles City College on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1992, where 3,000 participants braved the aftermath of the L.A. riots that occurred the week before. Since then, FPAC has only grown stronger and bigger, moving to Cabrillo Beach in 1994, then finally to its current location, Pt. Fermin Park, in the historic district of San Pedro in 2001.

Updates: Free consulting, Baybayin book, Prints, LA, Gallery

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Been pretty busy for the last 3 months getting the 1st of my planned Baybayin books ready. I have a few project updates coming this this month….

FREE Consulting via Yahoo Messenger
I’ve setup a Yahoo Messenger account to answer any questions you have about Baybayin. Add BaybayinSchool on YM.

An Introduction to Baybayin
I just received a production copy of my Baybayin manual today. I’ll look it over to make sure my spelling and grammar isn’t too bad 🙂 I plan make it available for ordering online this week. A digital version will also be available. Check out the video below.

New prints
I haven’t really displayed my prints on this site. They are mostly for sale at my events. Anyway, I’ll have a couple more this month as part of my “Baybayin Sand Series”.

Los Angeles
I’m planning to make it down south for the 1st time to promote my artwork at a couple Filipino festivals in September and October. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.

Gallery
I finally put up a gallery of my artwork. It’s a bit disorganized but should suffice for now.

EVENT: Union City 50th Anniversary | July 18

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Visit my Baybayin booth and learn about the script.

Christine from Suku-Art will also be there

Event Highlights:

o Live music and dance all day long
o Taste of the World food event
o International Marketplace
o Health Fair with Free Medical Screenings
o Kid’s Carnival with 30 game booths and a bounce house
o Great food and beverages

Featured Entertainment:

o LAVA Latin Rhythms
o Big Cat Tolefree and the Hipnotics
o Hiyas Philippine Folk Dance Company
o Indian Bhangra and Gidha Dancing
o Merahi O’ Tehani Polynesian Dancers
o Choi’s Martial Arts
More info

EVENT: Barongs of Our Fathers benefit – Vallejo, CA 6/28

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I’ll be in Vallejo to participate in an showcase benefiting Bayanihanclinic.org.

More info

Date: Sunday June 28th, 2009

Title : “Barongs of Our Fathers”

Honoring our Great Filipino Fathers

Extended celebration of Father’s Day

The milestone of the event will be an exhibition of displays created by Filipino Families in the Vallejo Community. The event will also include stations for sponsors and vendors. The evening will conclude with performances by local Filipino performers. As for the desired outcome of this event, I would like to foster a sense of unity and compassion within the families and overall community.

Proceeds will go directly to the Bayanihan Clinic located in Sacramento, CA. This Clinic is a UC Davis student based clinic that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive primary care to the underserved Filipino population, particularly Filipino World War II Veterans who were stripped of their benefits by FDR. Since more of them, sadly, are dying, they have expanded their mission to include recent immigrants and the general uninsured population. For more information, please visit Bayanihanclinic.org.

Time: 5:00 to 9:00pm

(Times are subject to change)

Location:

Foley Cultural Center

100 Setterquist Avenue

Vallejo, California 94590

Tickets:

Pre-sale: $10 & At Door: $15

TO PURCHASE TICKETS: brownpapertickets.com/event/68661

EVENT: Fiesta Filipina – San Francisco – June 6-13 &14

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I’ll be at the Fiesta Filipina Festival in San Francisco, CA this Saturday and Sunday 6/13-6/14.

FiestaFilipinaUSA.net

Philippine Independence Day Celebration
Organized by Fiesta Filipina USA

CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
1 DR CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

June 13 & 14, 2009 (Saturday & Sunday)
10am – 6pm
(For Driving Directions, please go to Site Layout)

(Take BART to go the Festival)

DONATION: $10.00
” Early Bird Prize Eligibility for the first 2500 attendees”
(1 MacBook and 1 iPod touch each day)

CHILDREN
(12 years old & under): FREE

EVENT: Baybayin conversations (workshop) 6/7/09

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I’ll be hanging out at the premier Filipino clothing store “JJ Clothing” at Great Mall, Milpitas, CA providing FREE name translations and talking Baybayin. Drop by and learn the basics of our pre-Filipino writing system. Free worksheets and other goodies.

You can also donate a pair of shoes for less fortunate kids in the Philippines at the store. Check apairforcare.com for more info. Salamat

Facebook event

Date:
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Time:
1:00pm – 5:00pm

JJ CLothing – Great Mall
408-586-8702
447 Great Mall dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035

The store is right across Jollibee and next to Starbucks.

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JJClothing.com