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Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture presents
Balikbayan Renaissance: Ways of Weaving
with Cynthia Alberto of Weaving Hand
in partnership with Kapwa Collective
Learn and Play: Philippine Weaving in the Homeland and Diaspora
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
6 – 9 pm $30 General
Tickets are available via Eventbrite at the link above. There are limited spots available! Buy your ticket now to avoid disappointment.
Cynthia Alberto, the founder and director of Brooklyn’s Weaving Hand, a studio and healing arts centre that embraces global weaving traditions, joins Kapisanan and Kapwa Collective in Toronto for a unique dialogue on traditional and contemporary Philippine weaving, as well as a hands-on weaving workshop!
Be inspired by Philippine textiles and express yourself in your own woven creation made on a backstrap loom. Participants are also encouraged to bring pictures of images that inspire them. Weaving materials, light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
This event is open to all ages, but we do kindly ask that children under the age of ten must be accompanied by an adult.
We regret that our venue is not wheelchair accessible. Participants will also be expected to sit on the floor for an extended period of time, and while mats will be made available, participants are welcome to bring their own.
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About Cynthia Alberto
Cynthia Alberto is an artist, teacher and the founder and director of Weaving Hand. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology F.I.T. in New York City, she studied textile surface design with a specialization in weaving. Her personal work as a weaver and fiber artist is to bridge traditional and contemporary forms of weaving, working with conventional materials as well as wires, hairs and other materials. Cynthia is also a backstrap weaver and works with Mayan Guatemalan weavers in Guatemala, Indonesian weavers in Flores Island and New York. Collective Communal Consciousness is the central tenet of her practice. Collective Communal Consciousness is an art movement that brings the community together by spreading the message of Art Therapy through healing. CCC was founded in 2008 by Cynthia Alberto.
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About Kapwa Collective
The Kapwa Collective is a group of Filipino Canadian artists, critical thinkers, and healers who work across different academic and applied disciplines. We practice the values of inclusivity and accessibility, and we work towards bridging narratives between the Indigenous and the Diasporic, and the Filipino and the Canadian. We facilitate links among academic, artistic, activist, and other communities in Toronto.
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