Kuwento Engkuwentro – Angelo Folklore, Legends & Sidewalks Stories

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May 14 – May 31, 2015
Pico House, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument

In celebration of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, FilAm ARTS and El Pueblo Historical Monument invite visual artists to participate in an exhibit that explores the folklore of the multicultural people who have come from all over to make Los Angeles their home.

folk·loreˈfōklôr/
noun

• the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
• A body of popular myth and beliefs relating to a particular place, activity, or group of people.

When we hear ‘folklore’ we think about hushed stories told around a fire – legends, tall tales, fables, and other seemingly unbelievable stories. But folklore is also traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice. Every group with a sense of its own identity shares folk traditions – the things that members of the group traditionally believe (‘how the world began,’ family traditions), do (dance, play music), know (how to cook, how to build homes), make (weave, art, craft), or tell (stories, riddles, and legends).

ARTIST CALL OUT!: DUE MAY 01, 2015
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