Here’s a shot of my papering setup. The technique I’ve been using is to lay a piece of rice paper on a waterproof surface and coat both sides with a liquid starch paste then lay it over the framework and smooth it…
The other day I was lucky enough to have fellow lion restoration artist Ryan Au and UCLA ACA Lion Dance team member Andy Ta come over for a visit after dinner. On their previous visit we were able to spend a couple of hours talking…
Music of the Southern Philippines
Persian Traditional Singing
Read more about the I-Hotel & Manilatown History here: http://www.manilatown.org/ourpast.htm Two local SF BAY ~ Baybayin Artists ~ Christian Cabuay & Christine Balza: http://blog.baybayin.com/ http://www.suku-art.com/…
Well, it’s been almost a month and I haven’t made any progress on the frames I mentioned in my last blog post, but I did make the mouths for them just so I could report some progress. The mouth is actually a pretty easy part to make and only…
If there is one driving message of the late Danongan ‘Danny’ Kalanduyan, who is credited for introducing kulintang music (literally meaning golden sound moving) to the US, it was that he wanted his own people to understand their music. “Three hundred and fifty years of Spanish colonization influenced so…
Leading scholars, elders and artists from across the Bay Area and nation will gather for a series of thoughtful and challenging conversations that will contextualize the intersection of traditional arts, contemporary performance and California’s changing demographics. The daylong symposium will feature a discussion embracing the complexities of African dance, practice,…
In 2012, the Alliance of California Traditional Arts (ACTA) curated an evening of traditional arts performance and exhibition at the California Plaza in Los Angeles, part of the Grand Performance series, to celebrate the grand opening of ACTA’s Southern California office. The performances were mesmerizing, the food was delicious,…
Folk and Traditional Arts
