PRESS RELEASE: Nueva Ecija-born and Toronto-based calligrapher and Pinay Collection founder Jovie Galit to launch month-long 'Maarte, Maldita, Maganda' workshop series for community healing
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Pinay Collection, a Toronto-based Filipina-owned clothing line that aims to celebrate, own, and reclaim Filipina identity, is launching itscalligraphy workshop in Metro Manila and Rizal Province starting on October 13. The workshop uses brush calligraphy and art as a tool to address the impact of hurtful and derogatory words in Filipino culture that are often rooted in colonization and intergenerational harm.
“The goal of this workshop is to provide a safe and supportive environment where participants can explore the art of brush calligraphy while addressing the impact of painful and derogatory words that have often been used to put us down,” says Jovie Galit, founder of Pinay Collection. “The workshop is meant to create a space for empowerment and collective storytelling.”
While cultivating play, the workshop series encourages participants to explore the role of language in developing our self-worth, as well as practicing creative healing in community. For instance, workshop participants look at words and phrases likethat have been used to shame Filipinas and transform them into words of resistance. The workshop series have been popular among diasporic communities in Canada and aims to reconnect to Filipinos in the homeland.
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