Filipino American Artists Network

Profile of an artist of the week

Michael Golamco is a critically acclaimed, emerging young writer. He was selected by the Tribeca Film Festival for the All Access program in both Film and Theater. He was also a Top 50 Project Greenlight screenwriter, and was a top 15 finalist for the ABC/Disney Writing Fellowship. His works garnered rave reviews from critics. Theater [...]

One of the fresh faces gracing the Broadway stage these days is Emily B. Morales. She will be playing the principal role of Liat in the South Pacific Broadway Revival (tomorrow) on Aug. 12-17 2008. South Pacific, which is based on James Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific, starred Mary Martin as Nellie and Ezio [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

She was born in Juneau, Alaska. Her mother, is Tlingit Indian from the village of Hoonah, Alaska; and her father, William, is Filipino American from Seattle, WA.  She was introduced to Alaskan Native art in her early years and worked on different artforms including Tlingit dancing. She’s also the owner of Kahtahah Landscape Gardeners, a [...]

An excerpt from Wikepedia: Allan Pineda Lindo better known as apl.de.ap, is an original member and the main composer of the American hip-hop group and three-time Grammy-award winning The Black Eyed Peas from Los Angeles, California. His father was a U.S. airman stationed at nearby Clark Air Base, and his mother, Cristina Pineda, raised him [...]

Filipino Arts & Music Ensemble (FAME) in Brooklyn, New York, contributes to the preservation, presentation, and promotion of the arts and musical heritage of the people of Filipino descent in New York and neighboring states. It was organized on August 8, 2003 by Maria Bella Locsin and Maria Ruth Manligoy. Their objective is to preserve [...]