BALAY/BAHAY
Creating Our Home

BALAY/BAHAY: Creating Our Home is an exhibition examining the meaning of home, featuring work by nine emerging Filipinix-American artists. Through investigations of belonging, memory, identity & contemporary issues, these artists share their diverse interpretations of home and the multi-layered diversity of Philippine culture & experiences as FilipinXs in the US diaspora.

The November 1st show will include an interactive public altar. We encourage you to bring an offering to your ancestors for ‘Araw ng mga Patay,’ or Day of the Dead. The exhibition’s artists will be participating in a call to the ancestors, including an opening ceremony by Eagle Rock native Filipina musician, Gingee.

Featuring work by:
Nica Aquino
Vanessa Briones-Englund
Champoy
Sara Chao
Christine Hipolito
Jacqueline Lee
Marissa Lynn
Diyan Valencia

Curated by Nica Aquino with the assistance of Vanessa Briones-Englund


Balay meaning home in Ilokano – a language spoken in the northern Philippines & in Visayan – a language spoken in the central & southern Philippines.

Bahay meaning home in Tagalog – the national language of the Philippines.

Exhibition Dates:

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 8-10PM.
Procession starting at 9PM.
Please bring an offering for our interactive public altar.

On View: November 1-29, 2019

Closing Reception: Thursday, November 29, 2019 from 6-9PM.
Artist led walkthrough moderated by Jade Phoenix Martinez.

Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Gallery Hours: 11AM-5PM, M-F, closed weekends

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Photos courtesy of CFAER.