The 15th Annual
Sept. 9-10, 2006
10am to 6pm 
FPAC is sponsored by 
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EK YOUTH PAVILION
Eskuwela Kultura Youth Pavilion Join us at the Eskuwela Kultura Youth Pavilion for two days of jam-packed fun as we celebrate our community’s art with a number of workshops, games, and activities. Come paint your own masterpiece, make a kite, and learn traditional folk dances of the Philippines! We’ll share stories with Pilipino American children’s book authors and get up and moving as we play Pilipino games. Also, don’t miss out on creating your own costume and taking part in our annual Ati-Atihan parade! As we tell stories, create our own art pieces, and dance together, the Eskuwela Kultura Youth Pavilion hopes to use art to educate the youth about the rich history of the Philippines and Pilipinos in the United States. ATI-ATIHAN PARADE The Ati-Atihan is a festival held every January in the town of Kalibo,Aklan on Panay Island. In the 13th century, ten datus, and their tribes, fleeing tyranny came to Panay from Borneo and purchased land from the Ati Marikudo. The Atis were a dark pygmy people who lived in the mountains on Panay. Local stories say there was a drought in the mountains and the Atis had to come down to the lowlands and asked the Marayons (descendants of the Borneans) for food. Ati-Atihan (which means to be like the Ati) is a celebration of the friendship between two communities, where the darker skinned Atis painted themselves with mud and the lighter skinned Marayons painted themselves with soot. BIBAK WORKSHOPS ON NATIVE MUSIC AND DANCE BIBAK is an acronym for the five major mountain tribes (Bontoc, Ifugao, Benguet,Apayao, and Kalinga) of the Grand Range of Cordillera range in Northern Luzon, Philippines. INTERACTIVE STORY-TELLING Come and share stories both young and old! Listen and watch Filipino folk tales and Filipino American stories come alive. PILIPINO GAMES Join us and play your favorite Pilipino games, such as Patintero and Tumbang Preso. SINING KAMBAYOKA DANCE WORKSHOP Sining Kamayoka Cultural Arts Foundation aims to introduce Filipino arts to the youth and offer them a space to explore their artistic talents. Learn about the arts and culture of the Minsupala Region of the Southern Philippines through music and dance in this workshop! PAINTING WORKSHOP Come and learn to paint! Express how ARTS = CULTURE = COMMUNITY on your own canvas! KITE MAKING The mission of the Filipino American National Historical Society is to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation, and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States. To commemorate the contributions of Uncle “Roy” Royal Morales, his friends from FAHNS-LA continue his FPAC tradition of kit making and parols. Join us after the workshop as we fly the kites. RONDALLA WORKSHOPS Workshop is designed to expose the attendees to the different instruments in a rondalla ensemble, the various methods used in learning how to play a rondalla instrument and a hands-on demonstration on how each instrument is played. JAMES DAOS James Daos lives in Southern California with his wife and five children. He is an avid surfer, and has enjoyed riding waves up and down the California coast and Hawaii. Over the years James has spent countless hours telling his children bedtime stories.To hear them laugh and see them smile gave James the enthusiasm for the next evenings story. In 2002 James combined his passion for surfing and his talent for story telling into the ultimate tale about a colony of ants that love to ride waves. His dream is to bring a sense of fun and adventure to all his readers, while introducing them to the wonderful world of surfing. DAN MANALANG Dan Manalang lives in Los Angeles with his wife Lisa and two daughters, Abigail and Sofia. His writing qualifications come from his everyday journal entries from growing up Filipino- American in Venice, California.The main character in his first book,“Ambrosia”, is a coconut and was inspired while Dan was shopping for groceries. PATRICIA JUSTINIANI MCREYNOLDS Patricia Justiniani McReynolds is a Filipina- Norwegian (Norwegipina) Californian. She attended UCLA and SDSU. She taught Art History at MiraCosta College, specializing in Traditional Arts from 1982-2005. Her memoir “Almost Americans” tells of growing up half- Filipino in 1930s and '40s L.A. “Folk Tales of the Pacific Rim” was inspired by painting, writing and researching native arts. (www.Califmall.com/pmcrey.)
Youth Performance: ESKUWELA KULTURA HIP HOP
WHAT IS ESKUWELA KULTURA? Eskuwela Kultura (EK) is the program that advances the education component of FilAm ARTS’ mission. Funded by the City of L.A. Community Development Department through their Neighborhood Action Program and the California Arts Council in the past three years, EK developed as a cultural arts education program that engages low-income and underserved youth in urban Los Angeles to explore their multicultural voices through the arts as an alternative to drugs and violence. HOW DOES ESKUWELA KULTURA BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY? EK brings together multidisciplinary artists and cultural bearers with at-risk youth of color and their families for the purpose of teaching / learning art-making, production and presentation—to reinforce positive behavior through arts participation and cultural sharing, as well as to promote cultural understanding and tolerance through healthy dialogue. WHO TEACHES ESKUWELA KULTURA? EK is taught by educators, artists and cultural bearers, who bring years of experience working with youth and the general community to our Program. EK arts educators are trained to meet California Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Education aimed to increase literacy. WHAT KIND OF CLASSES WILL BE AVAILABLE? Currently, EK classes are offered in two locations: Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Historic Filipinotown: Classes recently offered recently include Philippine Folk Dance and Hip Hop class, Oral History Interviewing Skills, Mural Painting, Face Masks, Papel Picado, Costume Making, Poetry Writing Workshops, CD Production, Native American Weaving, and Theater Performance Basics. Hollywood Youth & Family Center: Classes recently offered to both adults and high school youth include Philippine traditional martial arts taught by the Kapisanang Mandirigma, and Creative Writing to be taught by the PEN USA Fellows. For updates on classes, log onto www.FilAmARTS.org.
Eskuwela Kultura Youth Pavilion Programming Schedule SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 9 10:00 am Movement Activity with Heath & Wellness SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 10 10:00 am Pilipino Games |
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