News

July 16, 2024

The Philippine Village Historical Site is featured in Forecast Public Art’s current FORWARD Magazine Issue #7: Monuments & Memorials in collaboration with New Monuments Taskforce. Read about it under the section “Reinterpreting Sites.”

May 4, 2024

The Philippine Village Historical Site is featured in Rappler in A Closer Look at the Invisible Filipino by Eric Gamalinda.

April 14, 2024

A recording from my presentation at Bard Graduate Center is now available on YouTube.

April 9, 2024

Thank you to Diana Budds for the write-up in New York Review of Architecture about my talk at Bard Graduate Center in March.

March 20, 2024

I’ll be joining some wonderful folks with Pakaraguian Kulitang Ensemble for a panel talk, “Reframing & Reclaiming: A Vital Conversation on Fil-Am History and Artistry,” on March 26 at 2220 Arts + Archives in the Historic Filipinotown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Doors open at 6:30 and panel begins at 7:00 PM. Free event!

Speakers: Dr. Bernard Ellorin, Kim Kalanduyan, Eleanor Lipat-Chesler, Dr. Mary Talusan Lacandale, and guest speakers Kirby Araullo and Janna Añonuevo Langholz. Moderated by Jasmine Orpilla.

“The first public performances of Philippine music in the US at the 1904 World’s Fair was not initiated by Filipinos themselves, but rather by the US colonial government to emphasize that Filipinos were “in need of civilization.” Since the early 20th century, stereotypes about Filipinos continue to circulate in American culture and misinform the broader public’s perception.
In this pivotal time when Filipino Americans are growing more aware of our complicated histories, we invite you to a panel discussion about cultural heritage, performance, and repairing/recentering the legacies of indigenous Filipino forebears. This panel of Fil-Am culture bearers, artists, and authors offers their insights in order to carve a more accountable path together going forward.”

February 13, 2024

I will be giving a public lecture at Bard Graduate Center in New York City on March 13 at 6:00 PM. Register on the website.

January 11, 2024

My work will be part of Moving Stories in the Marking: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives organized by Moving Stories and hosted by The Luminary, February 3–March 30, 2024.

“How can narratives–visual, textual, and oral–bridge divides between migrants and the communities in which they settle? Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives brings together the work of local and national artists who craft narratives of migration, and holds space for migrants and those affected by migration to tell their stories. An experiment in collaborative curating, the exhibition demonstrates how stories can shift entrenched attitudes toward immigration and how art can foster connections between migrants and the communities in which they become a part.”

November 15, 2023

Thank you to Michael Allen and Pulitzer Arts Foundation for the invitation to speak at their class series in conjunction with the current show Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis. Photos kindly taken by Vaughn T. Davis Jr. and Michael Allen.

July 26, 2023

The proposal for a permanent historical marker commemorating the Philippine Village Historical Site was approved by the Board of Aldermen in the City of Clayton on July 25, 2023. Thank you Inquirer.net for the article.

May 31, 2023

Join me at National Building Arts Center on June 28 at 6:00 PM for a free public talk about the Philippine Village Historical Site. Several NBAC artifacts related to the 1904 World’s Fair will also be on display during the event. Thank you to executive director Michael Allen for the invitation to speak. Registration is required on Eventbrite.

February 8, 2022

My video piece Zoom Call with Ancestors is showing as part of the Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity exhibit at Washington University’s Olin Library through July 10. Thank you to curators Geoff Ward and Jessi Cerutti for including us.

February 3, 2022

I’m honored to have been selected as an artist-in-residence at University of Michigan to engage with their Philippine collections alongside artists Maia Cruz Palileo and Francis Estrada this spring.

"ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan, a project led by Professors Deirdre de la Cruz (History and Asian Languages and Cultures) and Ricky Punzalan (School of Information), builds on recent efforts to decolonize⁣ collections by bringing together a diverse group of faculty, librarians, archivists, curators, collections managers, students, and members of the Filipino/Filipinx community to develop models for culturally-responsive and historically-minded stewardship of the Philippine collections at the University⁣ of Michigan. Now, the ReConnect team will add artists to the mix to further reparative connections to community.
From May 14-28, 2022, ReConnect/ReCollect will host a two-week, paid residency at the University of Michigan that invites three visual artists–Maia Cruz Palileo, Francis Estrada, and Janna Añonuevo Langholz–to engage our Philippine collections, exploring the themes of archives, material history, decolonial praxis and restitution, and Filipino, Filipinx, and/or Indigenous identity. Together we will ponder the history of imperialism, collecting, and archives in a process that fosters openness and exploration."⁣

For more information, visit the ReConnect/Recollect website.

March 22, 2021

I’ll be participating in Sowing Agency: Seeding the Future for Environmental Justice organized by Asian American Women Artists Association in San Francisco this spring.

December 22, 2020

My photographs from Manila, U.S.A. are featured in “Not in the Philippines: 22 Places Named Manila Around the World” on Esquire Philippines by Paul John Caña.