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Archive for October, 2009

An Art Exhibition Of New Paintings By Christina Hayes Exploring Familial Stories From The Philippines

Inspired by the life of her Filipino grandmother, Esther De Veza Alindato Edwards and a recent trip to the Philippines, artist Christina Hayes has joined forces with sister Esther Marie Hayes, an up-and-coming costume designer, (Rockabye, MTC 2009) to create a theatrical show of paintings exploring tragedy, lost love, and the catastrophic power of nature.

Live Filipino music and folk dances at the opening
Pandanggo Sa Ilaw (the Candle Dance) and Tinikling (the Bamboo Dance) will be performed live at the exhibition opening at Bus Projects. The dances, performed by The Filipino Silayan Dance Academy, require grace, balance and great poise to avoid injury (think rhythmically pounding Bamboo stalks and hot wax), and should not to be missed. And, like all good Barrio Fiestas, there will be plenty of beer and Lumpia (Filipino spring rolls).

Opening Tuesday, 3 November, during the Philippine season of Remembering the Dead. The exhibition and opening celebrations will reflect the tenuous balance of lives, lived and lost, amidst rising flood waters.

This is the third major show where Christina Hayes has collaborated with artists from other disciplines (including actors, costume designers and production designers) to create works that reflect a cross pollination of storytelling methods with painting. Last year, she worked with actress Sarah Mainwaring from Back to Back Theatre to tell the story of Saint Christina in The Astonishing at TCB art inc in Chinatown. In 2007, Christina worked with ten production designers for the acclaimed collaborative show Inhouse at Platform Artist Group.

Opening Night 6-8pm, 3 November, 2009
Until 20 November, 2009

At Bus Gallery, Level 1, 117 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne

http://www.busprojects.com.au

Bahay Tuluyan Philippines Australia is an organisation committed to supporting the work of Bahay Tuluyan. Bahay Tuluyan Philippines is a Filipino non government organisation working for children in need of special protection through the promotion, protection and fulfillment of children’s rights

Clare Scerri (for general enquiries)
clare@aus.bahaytuluyan.org
21 Cooper st, Essendon, Vic 3040
Ph (03) 9337 2124
Fax 8600 1708

Bahay Tuluyan
info@bahaytuluyan.org
Bahay Tuluyan – Kibo Children’s Center
Barangay Masapang, Victoria, Laguna, Philippines
0011 63 917 827 6889

For more information, please visit their website,www.bahaytuluyan.org.

Can you help Maria in her research project

“My name is Maria Tolentino. I am currently doing research on Fil-Aussie migration during the Marcos regime in fulfillment of my MA in Political Economy in the Philippines. Although it is true that the common notion of Filipino migration is driven by greater economic needs that the country is unable to provide, I would like to believe that there are those who went/want to go out of the country because of political reasons- such as the declaration of Martial Law causing the significant emigration of Filipinos. There have been literature supporting and suggesting this type of movement as well, which inspires me more to pursue this field of study. I am in the process of data-gathering, and with this I would like to speak to as much Fil-Aussie migrants as I can who fall under this category of Filipino immigrants. Please contact me at mvatolentino@yahoo.com. Your response will be greatly appreciated and will be guaranteed confidentiality. Thank you very much. God bless”

Thank you so much again.
God bless.

Maria

The Centre for Philippine Concerns – Australia is a national network of Filipino individuals and organisations in Australia committed to advancing the Filipino people’s interests. It was formally established in November 1991. The CPCA national office is located in Melbourne. There is also a Brisbane Branch office. There are CPCA members currently living in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territories and in the Philippines itself.

Centre for Philippine Concerns-Australia, Victoria Branch
Office Address: 186 Foster Street East Dandenong VIC 3175
(Inside Dandenong Citizens Advisory Bureau, Tom Houlahan Community Centre)
Tel: (03) 9791 8366
Fax: (03) 9792 2111
Website: www.cpcavictoria.org.au
Email: southeast.cpcavictoria@gmail.com
Email: eastern.cpcavictoria@gmail.com

Centre for Philippine Concerns-Australia, Brisbane Branch
Mail Address: Justice Place 84 Park Road Woolloongabba QLD 4102 AUSTRALIA
E-mail: cpcabrisbane@cpcabrisbane.org
Website: http://www.cpcabrisbane.org