Sinag Bayan Vancouver, Canada

Heart of the City Festival, http://www.vcn.bc.ca/cai
Gallery Gachet, 88 East Cordova St. http://www.gachet.org
Presented by Gallery Gachet and the Kalayaan Centre http://www.kalayaancentre.net

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

8 PM

Location: Gallery Gachet

Sinag Bayan is a cultural arts collective that combines performance, theatre, song, spoken word and visual arts, and is dedicated to bringing to light the stories and experiences of the migrant Filipino, while promoting community development, empowerment and solidarity with the Filipino people. Some previous performances include projects at the Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Commercial Drive Days and the
Chinese-Canadian Cultural Centre.

As part of the Maleta [Suitcase] project the Sinag Bayan collective will be producing a mural at Gallery Gachet with Montreal artist-in-residence Wing Diocson Yap and presenting the outcome of the residency with Mideo Cruz and Racquel De Loyola at the DTES Heart of the City Festival.

Sinag Bayan is a cultural arts collective that combines performance theatre, song, spoken word and visual arts, and is dedicated to bringing to light the stories and experiences of the migrant Filipino, while promoting community development, empowerment and solidarity with the Filipino people.