Taking Root: A Filipino American Art Exhibition
@ The Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago (FAHSC) | 3rd Floor Gallery
Mana Contemporary, Suite 316, 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 11th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, April 26th
Organized by The Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago (FAHSC) Museum, Taking Root is a group exhibition that explores the tangled, yet intermeshed, layers of Filipino American identity, memory, migration and lived experience.
The exhibition aims to center Filipino American artists who astutely reimagine and confront the state of being uprooted and taking root in a strange place called America.
In these precarious times, these artists address the vulnerability, as well as the adaptability, of rooting oneself in America through painting, photography and sculpture.
The exhibition’s title “Taking Root” exemplifies how Filipino Americans flourish and thrive as they re-connect with their cultural identity and history.
Taking Root: A Filipino American Art Exhibition will be displaying artworks from these five Filipino American artists:
Set Gozo
Lawrence Leopoldo
Peter Stover
Jonathan Andrew Taala
Lisa villa-Moser
Curated by: James Mamuad & Set Gozo
Admission is free. We kindly ask that you RSVP in advance to help us plan accordingly.
Cover art:
Jonathan Andrew Taala
Atang
Backlit Ektachrome Transparency 8” x 10” 2025
Poster art created by: James Mamuad
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Tags: Chicago, James Mamuad, Jonathan Andrew Taala, Lawrence Leopoldo, Lisa Villa-Moser, Lower West Side, Peter Stover, Set Gozo, Taking Root, The Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago
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