Kwento’t Kulay: Stories & Colors

Join us for a one-of-a-kind celebration that weaves together community, culture, and creativity.
 
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights will come alive with color, creativity, and community as it hosts Philippine Historical Society of Canada Inc.’s Kwento’t Kulay: Stories and Colors, a one-day celebration of Filipino culture, migration stories, and artistic expression.
 
At Kwento’t Kulay: Stories and Colors, we honor the journeys that shape us—through stories shared, colors created, and connections built.
 
This special event brings together two meaningful experiences in one space:

✨ 1. Filipino-Style Market (Tiangge)

Step into the lively spirit of a Filipino tiangge—a vibrant marketplace filled with local vendors, delicious food, handmade crafts, clothing, and artisanal goods. It’s a space to shop, eat, and support small businesses while experiencing the warmth of Filipino culture.

🎨 2. Migration Stories Through Art

Alongside the market, we are hosting a series of hour-long art & storytelling sessions led by speakers who will share their personal migration stories.

Each session weaves together storytelling and art-making: as you listen to journeys of resilience, belonging, and identity, you’ll be guided to create your own freestyle artwork in response.

Each session blends storytelling with hands-on creativity:

• Listen to heartfelt journeys of resilience, identity, and belonging.

• Create your own artwork inspired by the stories shared.

• At the end, participants are invited to share their pieces, turning the event into a living gallery of migration and memory.

📅 Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025

🕑 Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

📍   Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights

This event is open to all—immigrants, families, artists, allies, and community members. Whether you come to shop, create, or listen, you’ll leave with something meaningful.

For more information, please contact Jomay at (204) 509-2491 or email us at philippinehistoricalsociety@gmail.com.

Kat Daaca (baybayin baby) is a baybayin educator, artist, and revivalist.

Kat’s work embodies an intuitive approach to baybayin- one where she simply guides participants in the remembrance of sacred knowledge.

Her teaching of baybayin attunes us to ancient ways of being, expressing, and connecting with one another. Remembrance and connection are at the core of her work.

Her workshops leave participants feeling held, refreshed, and longing for more opportunities to connect to a re-awakened self.

Dante is a School Trustee for the Winnipeg School Division since 2022 and the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees.

He was 18 years old when he moved to Canada together with his parents in September 1984 and settled in Winnipeg.

He has been volunteering in the community since the mid-80’s. He served as Board Member of the Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba and was the founding Executive Director of Musica Singers of Manitoba, a vibrant, leading community based local vocal ensemble made up of dedicated Filipino Canadian volunteers based in Manitoba.

He is passionate in promoting Philippines arts and culture in the community, organizing fundraising events and mentoring youth and students in the pursuit of their chosen interests. Currently he is attending at Red River College Polytechnic taking Social Innovation and Community Development (Indigenous Education).

Antoinette and Charles began collaborating in 2023, united by a shared passion to celebrate their Filipino heritage. Together, they created KATAUHAN, the first local Filipinx-led art exhibition—volunteer-driven and fueled by community spirit. The show gained significant momentum and was reimagined the following year as SEREMONYA, continuing its mission with renewed spirit and support.

As independent artists/designers, both center their practices on Filipinx identity. Antoinette holds a Master’s in Interior Design, using cultural identity to inform culturally informed environments. Her community-based work bridges community and design, through the Filipino lens. She actively contributes to the local community as a good standing member of Ace Art. Inc., Mabuhay District ınc., and a contributor of the Forks Design Panel and KA design collective. Through her roles, she advocates for inclusive design and representation of the Filipinx community in creative spaces.

Charles Romero Venzon holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) and is an award-winning photographer and interdisciplinary artist. His work explores themes of (im)migration, assimilation, cultural loss, and cultural repatriation within the Filipino diaspora. His decolonial practice centers on reconnection—to ancestral knowledge, the land, and those who have cared for it long before colonization.

Charles and collaborator Antoinette Baquiran share a strong commitment to amplifying Filipinx voices. Through each project, they blend creative, technical, and cultural insight—driven by care, collaboration, and a shared responsibility to community and heritage.