Filipino American Artists Network

FilAm ARTS (The Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture) is holding it’s yearly event, 17th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture (FPAC) this coming September 6-7, 2008 at Pt Fermin Park, San Pedro, CA from 10am to 6pm.

FilAm ARTS is a multi-disciplinary community arts organization whose mission is to advance the understanding of the arts and diverse cultural heritage of Filipinos in the United States. It’s primary programs are the FPAC, Pilipino Artists Network, and the arts education program, Eskuwela Kultura.

17th Annual Festival Philippine Arts and Culture

FilAm ARTS started the production of the Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture (FPAC) 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. It was initially organized by about 100 artists and community leaders, where 3,000 participants braved the aftermath of the L.A. riots that occurred the week before. Since then, FPAC has grown into the Southland’s premiere showcase of Filipino American and Philippine contemporary and traditional visual, performance, media, culinary and literary arts. And yet the wonderful thing about FPAC, it’s still a grassroots and community-led effort, produced by a core group of volunteer professionals, in collaboration with community based and civic organizations, and involving over hundreds of volunteers.

Source summarized: http://www.filamarts.org