LIKHAAN 2024: A Filipinx Arts & Culture Festival

LIKHAAN is a Calgary-based arts and culture festival celebrating the vibrant communities of Filipinx creatives in Calgary and beyond.

In the spirit of similar emergent community gatherings in Toronto and Vancouver, this collaborative project between and will feature Filipinx-Canadian artists engaging in a broad range of disciplines — including literature, visual art, theatre, and music — with a particular emphasis on storytelling and the significance of the written word.

Likha is a Tagalog word that means “to create,” and likhaan means “a place to create in.” This inaugural event aims to honour the act of creation and creativity by highlighting the diversity of Filipinx artistic talent through panels, presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions scheduled over the course of three days.

Join us for three days of free events, open to the public! Each day, we'll be featuring presentations, panels, and workshops that center around specific themes.

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Day 1: kahapon (yesterday)
The many histories of Filipinx art literature, language, and culture

Highlights:

• Introduction to Likhaan, feat. Harvey Nichol and Arianna Alcaraz
• Histories of Filipinx Arts and Culture, feat. Mar Cortez, Arianna Alcaraz, Marcus Madelo, and Aby Quan
• Opening reception + mixer

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Day 2: ngayon (today)
What's happening in Filipinx-Canadian arts and culture today

Highlights:

• Comic Books and Graphic Novels showcase, feat. Harvey Nichol, Daniele Pieroni, Allan Matudio, and Sho L. Uehara
• Salingpusa Creatives showcase, feat. Cecilia Ortiz Luna, R. Melvin Alcaraz, Arianna Alcaraz, and Julie Alati-it
• A presentation of theater work-in-progress Magpahayag, feat. Linda Kee, Tet Millare, Bianca Miranda, Keith Boniol Perez, and Joseri Mae
• A screening of the locally-produced documentary Hiraya, feat. Harvey Nichol and Paolo Oliveros

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Day 3: bukas (tomorrow)
Looking to the futures of the Filipinx-Calgarian art community

Highlights:

• Back-to-back workshops on Baybayin and neon sign making, facilitated by Mar Cortez and Harvey Nichol [paid event]
• Roundtable discussions with Salingpusa Creatives and Anakbayan Alberta
• A screening of the Aklas documentary, feat. Harvey Nichol and Daniele Pieroni
• Artist panel featuring our many exhibiting artists

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We're excited to share the vibrant creativity of our Filipinx-Canadian community. More information to be released in the coming weeks!

Host or Publisher Likhaan YYC