Arts

The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) has recognized Canadian Filipino visual artist Esmie Gayo McLaren for her “significant contribution to Pan-Asian Arts and Culture in the community and beyond”.

Scarborough, a film based on Canadian Filipino author Catherine Hernandez’s debut novel, led this year’s Canadian Screen Awards held virtually on April 8, 2022 winning awards for best motion picture, achievement in direction, actor in a leading role, achievement in casting, adapted screenplay and sound editing.

Two Canadian Filipino films have been nominated in this year’s Canadian Screen Awards (CSA).

Canadian Filipino theatre director Nina Lee Aquino will lead Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) English Theatre as its artistic director beginning August 29, 2022.

Martin Edralin’s Islands opens this year’s Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (TRAIFF) for a special in-person screening on November 10, 7:30 pm at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in downtown Toronto. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Martin Edralin and several cast members.

Sofronio Ylanan Mendoza, better known by his initials S.Y.M., passed away peacefully on September 21, 2021. He was 87.

I want to pay tribute to a great artist, mentor and friend.

Maria Makiling, a widely known deity in Philippine mythology, becomes the inspiration for an upcoming virtual multimedia exhibition by the Filipino Canadian Art Museum beginning September 24.

The widely acclaimed novel Scarborough by Canadian Filipino author Catherine Hernandez has been adapted into a movie that premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Allan Matudio traded nano-chemistry and analytical chemistry for pencil and paper in his quest to learn more about his Filipino heritage. His debut graphic novel Kasama (companion) chronicles the adventures of Kia and Allison in the fictional city of Orkidias where they come across dark forces belonging to Filipino mythology.

The year 2021 has been a busy and rewarding one for Charlie Frenal, a Canadian Filipino artist based in Kelowna, B.C.