Tabi Tabi Po

I found out about this art exhibition featuring Filipino and Filipino-Amerikan artists work centered around Filipino folklore – and a portion of the proceeds will be donated towards typhoon relief in the Philippines. If you are in the Bay Area or will be during November 13 – December 12, head out to 1:AM Gallery and check out the exhibit. There’s a lot of dope artists in the line up!

1:AM gallery presents “Tabi Tabi Po,“ a multidisciplinary group exhibition that explores the rich and colorful creatures of Filipino Folklore through Urban Contemporary art, featuring artists who are either Filipino or have Filipino ancestry. The Kapre, Manananggal, Dwende, Tikbalang, and Aswang are just a sampling of these haunting creatures that will be brought to life in this exhibit. This exhibit will explore the cultural significance of Filipino folklore- both myth and reality. It aims to explore the migration of native Filipino tradition, from its rural origins of the countrysides of the Philippines, to the urban cities of Metro Manila, and across the Pacific and Atlantic: the San Francisco Bay Area, the streets of Los Angeles, the Boroughs of New York, the beaches of Hawaii, and the mountains of Norway. Tabi Tabi Po will be a multi-media installation, incorporating sound, structures, murals, indigenous craftwork and, of course, original 2-d art.

A percentage of proceeds will be donated to relief efforts in the Philippines who have been affected by Typhoons Ondoy (Ketsana) and Pepeng (Parma). Donations will be going directly to the communities that have been most impacted by the Typhoons. Proceeds will go to BAYAN Philippines and BALSA (Bayanihan para sa Sambayanan / “People’s Cooperation for the People”) Relief Operation.

For more information, visit Rogue Magazine.

Posters from the Day Job

Dan Matutina

a designer/illustrator from the Philippines has dope work:

I made this poster in protest to the recent move by our crazy congressmen to change the Constitution through an illegal Constitutional Assembly (CON ASS) here in the Philippines. They want to change our government system to Parliamentary so their Boss (our President) can become Prime Minister once her term is over. It’s a devious plan. It’s pretty sure that once we elect a new president… our current president will go to jail. So yea… I think this is a fitting protest poster for them.

Check him out at www.twistedfork.me

Looking for a place to donate to Typhoon victims in the Philippines?

Here’s your best bet:

8 Posters/Flyers in 17 Days

That’s roughly a poster/flier every other day. I made the following posters/fliers in a span of 17 days, starting on September 21st to today, October 8th. As an artist, it is important that you are able to react to your surroundings and conditions as fast as time does and a lot has been happened these past 17 days.

Half of these upcoming events will be taking donations directly to Typhoon Ondoy relief efforts in the Philippines through BALSA (Bayanihan para sa Sambayanan, or “People’s Cooperation for the People”), a grassroots human rights advocacy organization in the Philippines that works directly with the most devastated areas and people affected by the Typhoon. Please be assured your donation will 100% guaranteed go to where it should be, in the hands of the people who need it the most. Learn more here: http://bayanusa.org/?page_id=252

Native Guns Reunion Set!!!

Not only did I design the flier (last minute, mind you) but I am personally promoting the shit out of this show just because of the performers alone! October’s Filipino-American Heritage and History Month is just around the corner and nothing better than to hit up the Native Guns reunion set at Nectar Lounge in Seattle on October 11, along with more dope acts on the bill – all of whom are Filipino! Celebrate our culture and history through the music these artists produce. See you there!

Chchchanges

Half a year since I posted? My how time flies and my how things change. I’ve been working at my school over the summer, redesigning the Student Leadership marketing material. Fun stuff. And just so you have something to look at, I am in the working stages of finalizing a HappySlip Live! event poster/flier this week! Stay tuned for details, Seattle.

Junk Junk Junk VFA

I created these graphics/poster to promote awareness of the horrible policies of the Visiting Forces Agreement in the Philippines. Junk the VFA! (For high-res version of poster, click here.) For more info on the VFA – after the jump.

My Suite Stuff

Very nerdy. But very cute. Though overpriced, you’re better off creating these in a little DIY project. Cute concept, nonetheless. If you are somehow not feelin the depression, you can cop them at www.mysuitestuff.com.

Film in the Blanks

Film in the Blanks blog takes popular movie posters and converts them down to it’s simplest shapes, colors and placement. And you the viewer get to film in the blanks! Kinda filthy kinda cool. It’s great way to kill time and have [visual] fun doing it. Here’s some of my favorites:

Actual posters revealed behind the jump!