200 Larkin Street (between Fulton and McAllister Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94102
In the Civic Center district, across from City Hall.

This is a FREE event! You won’t want to miss this!

I return to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on 10/3 to teach the Baybayin, talk and show some of my work. Also, I’ll be creating FREE custom Baybayin pins! Show up and there might be additional surprise freebies.

I’ll only be there for 2 hours at the North Court 12PM–2pm

Watch master tattoo artists, led by Aleks Figueroa of Dream Jungle Tattoo, in action creating tribal tattoos for the contemporary Filipino Diaspora. Joël Barraquiel Tan will discuss the symbolism in this art form from 1 pm-2 pm in the South Court.

Aleks Figueroa of Dream Jungle Tattoo leads a live tattoo session with a talk by poet Joël Tan. “URBAN SAVAGE: 22nd Century Pilipino Tattoo Ritual” will address Alibata, Kalinga, Tinalak, and Baybayin, common terms referencing contemporary Filipino diasporic tattoos. These pre-Spanish symbols and cultures build a sense of pride and empowerment, as well as a sense of nationhood resistant to colonialism. Perhaps this explains why so many modern-day urban Pin@ys wear tattoos for headhunters, the afterlife, and so on. Explore how the meanings of these symbols are changing and why. Join master tattoo artist Aleks Figueroa, Tony Ancheta of Inkies Tattoo Studio, artist and curator Joël Barraquiel Tan, and choreographer Alleluia Panis in the creation of a 22nd Century ritual for Pilipino Tribal Tattooing.

I’ll be at the Asian Art Museum in downtown San Francisco to celebrate Filipino American History Month this Sunday October 4th, 2009 from 10AM-12PM as part of the activities event – “Writing your name in Baybayin”. I’ll be bringing some free Baybayin chart & art postcards.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT!

200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA? – (415) 581-3500?

Celebrating 422 Years
Filipino American History Month
Target First Free Sunday*, October 4
10:00 am–4:00 pm
Museum-wide
FREE admission courtesy of Target*

If Baybayin isn’t your thing there’s a lot of programs such as galleries, lectures, storytelling, book reading, panel discussion, film screening and much more going on though the day. Mel Orphilla, Oscar Penaranda, Carlos Zialcita, Leny Strobel and others will be there. See you there!

Please see the Asian Art Museum site for additional information.

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. But we are more than just an art museum—we are your ticket to Asia. Here, you can travel through 6,000 years of history, trek across seven major regions, and sample the cultures of numerous countries.

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