Filipino American Artists Network

You are browsing the archives of 2008 July.

The creation of FilAm Artists Network blog/directory stems from the fact that there is no Art organization that seems to encompass all the arts across the nation that focus on FilAm artists. Believe me, I’d searched high and low. Maybe that’s one of the reasons there isn’t much visibility among FilAm Artists. And I thought, I can start a dialogue about this to help pave the way in giving more recognition to FilAm artists and show to the world the diverse talents and dispel any negative myths within the Filipino Community.

Chicago-based Fil-Am band Lost Poetics is reported to be close to winning the MTV’s contest “I Want My Music on MTV II”. This is really exciting!
Music fans have been listening and voting and the competition has been narrowed down to just 20 artists. It’s up to us to get their music heard in an MTV [...]

Marianne Villanueva writes and publish stories about the Philippines and the lives of Filipino-Americans abroad. She was born and raised in Manila. She was accepted at the University of the Philippines Writers Workshop when she was only 17, and the Creative Writing Program at Stanford when she was 25.

Her critically acclaimed first collection of short [...]

From The Diwa Publications Committee:
CALLING OUT TO ALL WRITERS, ARTISTS, PROFESSIONALS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY!
DIWA: Illuminating Pilipina Voices© would like your contributions!
Diwa [Tagalog]: “essence,” or intrinsic nature of things; “soul,” or cause of inspiration and energy; “spirit” or a human being’s moral, religious or emotional nature; “thread” or main thought that connects different parts; “sense”; “consciousness”; [...]

My friend Don Tagala reports about The Three Filipino Tenors of Los Angeles. They’re the next big thing in the Asian American Music Scene. They’ll be featured on East West Players’ One Night Only! DIVAS vs. Tenors – A Face-off for Tim’s Fifteenth! For more information, visit http://eastwestplayers.org/onenightonly.ht

Cristeta Comerford, the first woman chef in the White House is also the first of Filipino descent. She has been trained in culinary arts in the Philippines, Austria and the United States. Her specialty is in French classical techniques, ethnic and American cuisine and has experience working with chefs in San Francisco and the California [...]

Everybody knows it always rain in Seattle and that’s where the Starbucks was born. There’s really more to Seattle than that. Even spending only 3 days and 2 nights already imprinted a different kind of impression what the city is all about. Everytime I’m in a different town or city, I really want to do [...]