Kwentong Bayan is honoured to be part of this NEW BOOK by the Graphic History Collective!
Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle is a collection of new comics
about working class histories in Canada. Available now: https://btlbooks.com/book/drawn-to-change

I am honoured to share Singing Plants Reconstruct Memory at the 4th Annual Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival. Celebrating Indigenous Arts in unceded Algonquin territory.

August 19-23, 2015
www.asinabkafestival.org 
twitter: asinabkafest

Thank you to Jennilee Austria for writing about HILOT MEANS HEALER for The Philippine Reporter. Here's a link to the article. 

Maraming salamat / many thanks to the community of artists, healers, and critical thinkers for helping me grow my play. - JSA


(Photo: Jo SiMalaya Alcampo, Playwright-in-Residence with her dramaturge and Cahoots Artistic Director, Marjorie Chan.  Courtesy of J. Austria)

LIFT OFF! Festival at Cahoots Theatre
All events are free and held at Cahoots Creation Studio





FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015 @ 8pm
Cahoot Theatre presents 
a free public reading of HILOT MEANS HEALER 
By Jo SiMalaya Alcampo 
Playwright-in-Residence, supported by Diaspora Dialogues

Set in World War II in the Philippines, Jo’s interdisciplinary historical drama about one family’s attempt to heal soul wounds born from atrocities and occupation, through the touch of plants and the hope found in the garden of a healer.
 
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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015 @ 7 pm
Storytelling by Hot House Play Creation Unit playwrights
Theme: "Shaken Roots"

Subtle Technologies Conference: 3RD EAR. Expanded Notions of Sound in Science and Art 

Sounding/Surviving: the role of music in health, emotion and memory with panelists
DIPNA HORRA - Media artist
DAVID BOBIER - Founder & Director, VibraFusionLab
JO SIMALAYA ALCAMPO - Interdisciplinary artist 

This panel will explore the ways in which music can be used as tool for therapy and rememberance. In an increasingly globalized world, migration and networked technologies have both diffused and enriched cultures through the fluid storage and transference of sound. What are the possibilities for personal and collective healing through the integration of audio technologies and aesthetic experiences? 

Sunday May 31, 2015
10am – 12 pm
Artscape Youngplace
180 Shaw St. Rm 107

Jo is speaking on a panel at the Diasporic Intimacies conference on the topic of Sexuality, Collectivity and Indigeneity.  She will show work at the group art exhibition and participate in the artist's dialogue. 

All events are free: 
http://www.queerfilipinosincanada.ca/

Thanks to The BUZZ Magazine team for gathering us for this photo shoot for the cover of their inaugural issue. 

http://thebuzzmag.ca/edition-archives/

Jo SiMalaya Alcampo is joining a group of Diaspora Dialogues authors for a day of readings at the secret Heritage Room, a crypt-like space underneath the Metropolitan United Church, as part of Doors Open Toronto.

They’ll read excerpts from their works, as well as selections of works that have been censored or banned, both at home and abroad, and speak about underground writing.  Gain access to this secret subterranean space and experience works — formerly or currently — buried by repressive governments, schools, and religious organizations the world over.

Readings all day, from 11 am – 4 pm. Check out DiasporaDialogues.com for the full list of authors.

When: Saturday, May 24
Time: 11 am – 4 pm
Where: Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East
Cost: Free!

Labour + LOVE is a celebration of Caregivers featuring storytelling, spoken word, and musical performances.

Kwentong Bayan in collaboration with CCESO (Caregiver Connections) will present stories from their comic book combined with live illustrations and audio soundscapes.

Special guests include Mahlikah Awe:ri, Lishai, Haniely Pableo, PANTAYO, Zak’isha Brown & Randell Adjei.

Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love is a community based comic book project, created by Toronto-based artists Althea Balmes (illustrator) and Jo SiMalaya Alcampo (writer) in collaboration with caregivers and supporters, about the real life stories of Filipina migrant workers. Caregivers share how they resist the exploitative structure of the Live-in-Caregiver Program, while creating a community where they can care for their well-being.

Sunday May 11, 2014
2 pm - 5 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street
$5-10 PWYC admission, no one turned away at the door.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible ramp at entrance, washrooms are not accessible

Co-presented by Beit Zatoun.  Co-sponsored by Neighbourhood Arts Network, Another Story Bookshop, and FADO Performance Art Centre

This event is part of the 29th annual Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, taking place from May 1 - 15, 2014 at various GTA locations.  For more details on this year's program, artists, and festival partners, please visit www.mayworks.ca