Keana A. LabraNov 27, 2019"The Sea That Beckoned" by Filipina Poet Angela Gabrielle FabunanImmigration is now a controversial topic, whether it’s regarding the legality to which groups are “allowed” or “welcome.” The Sea That Beckoned by poet Angel...
Keana A. LabraOct 1, 2019The Clash Between An Acting Career and Family Expectations: An Interview with Joni Jon (JJ) BautistaEnsuring that the family is financially stable is a shared sentiment among most Filipino immigrant parents with American-born children. With this in mind, th...
Chopsticks AlleyJan 25, 2019Chopsticks Alley Art to Feature Underserved Southeast Asian Artists at San Jose City Hall January 25Chopsticks Alley Art, our non-profit organization to promote Southeast Asian art and artists, will be opening our Salt Stained: HOME Exhibit at San Jose City...
Keana A. LabraJan 20, 2019Max DeHart - A Filipino American Artist on Surviving Isolation With NatureThere is a surge of artists of all backgrounds, specifically within marginalized populations, establishing themselves in the art community. It is an exciting...
Keana A. LabraNov 22, 2018Artist Interview with Filipino, Vince Simbe: An Embrace of American CultureThe conversation between the Filipinos who left the island and those who stayed is ongoing and as passionate as ever. The subject of the Filipino identity is...
Kristalyne RullamasNov 21, 2018Coco, Filipino-American Artist, Reflects on a Growing Filipino Presence in the Art WorldCoco is a recent art graduate from Laguna College of Art + Design and has a passion for telling stories through her colorfully, whimsical art style that may ...
Keana A. LabraOct 17, 2018An Interview With Filipino Artist, Amanda Pascual, From Northern CaliforniaAmanda Pascual is a recent graduate of Sacramento State University. Through her love of painting and printmaking, she wishes to represent her Filipino Americ...
Rachel EgoianOct 17, 2018America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and ManhoodIn our recent story on the novel, America Is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, we explore the experiences shared by Filipino women that unravel the perspecti...
Rachel EgoianOct 14, 2018Elaine Castillo's America Is Not the Heart: What Does It Mean to Be a Filipino Woman?In Elaine Castillo’s debut novel, America is not the Heart, it delves into the themes of Filipino suffering and survival in which we explore a generational s...
Rachel EgoianOct 10, 2018Photography and Colonialism in the Early 19th Century Philippines - Art or Documentation?In the Filipino culture, art and photography lack the support from our communities in which we place our focus towards health and business as careers. On the...
Christina AysonSep 25, 2018Salt Stained - the First Southeast Asian Artists Exhibit in Japantown, San Jose, CATaiko drums reverberated through the neighborhood. The smell of fish sauce wafted through the streets of Japantown. The scent and sound greeted excited guest...
Rachel Egoian & Keana A. LabraAug 1, 2018Kenneth Tan Ronquillo, an Award Winning Filipino Artist; Family and Love on CanvasKenneth Tan Ronquillo is a San Jose based Filipino artist whose beginnings started with an unconventional move: he left Southern California, homeward bound, ...
Rachel EgoianJun 11, 2018Monstress by Lesley Tenorio Article; Growing Up as a Filipino MinorityFilipino author Lysley Tenorio’s stories has appeared in The Atlantic, Zoetrope: All-Story, Ploughshares Monoa, and The Best New American Voices and The Push...
Rachel EgoianJun 11, 2018A Review of Dogeaters, a Novel by Jessica Hagedorn, an American Book Award Winner from the Before CHaving read Jessica Hagedorn’s controversial novel, Dogeaters, I found myself struggling with the the novel’s complex structure of the narrative, which uses ...
Amanda PascualJun 11, 2018The Lack of Filipino Artists Featured in Art MuseumsThroughout my studies as a studio art major, I envied my Chinese and Latina friends who had easy access to an abundance of resources on artists to study and ...
Keana A. LabraJun 11, 2018From Bong Bong to Bob: Letters to Montgomery Clift by Noel Alumit and the Americanization of FilipinThe predicament of Filipino Americans, children either born in the United States or immigrated at a very young age, is usually not a lack of knowing the cult...
Keana A. LabraJun 11, 2018Filipino Children's Literature, Tales, Fables, and Oral TraditionsEven with the push for progressive and multicultural children’s literature, it still required a bit of searching to find a Filipino children’s book. I could ...
