Workshop: Playing with Palm Weaving

 

Many associate palm weaving with a religious holiday such as Palm Sunday during the Easter season. This workshop, led by Diyan BukoBombo, will share the ways palm weaving was used in the so-called Philippines prior to Christian colonization. In ancient times and to this day, palm weaving is used to create items for special gatherings to daily living. Some weaving designs range from household goods, hats, mats, cooking ware, baskets, fiesta decor and more. This workshop will teach folks how to make their own palm weaving creations, and hopes to inspire a connection to their ancestors and ancestral art practices. Please RSVP - spaces are limited. 

 

 

Diane Valencia (AKA Diyan Bukobomba) is a diasporic multimedia DIY artist, musician, community organizer, cultural worker & “chronic-iLL creatrix.” Her family are immigrants from the Bicol region of the Philippines. She was born on Tongva territory and raised in the neighborhoods of Historic Filipinotown and East Hollywood in Los Angeles. As a chronic-iLL creatrix, her superpowers are continually shedding, transforming and regenerating into all kinds of creations. Her artwork uses creation as a way of finding freedom from inner pains and colonial traumas. She enjoys working with an intergenerational audience of young folks and old; loves collaborating with the cosmos, flora and fauna; and loves exploring the interconnections across cultures and species. She’s a sou(L)ar pyromaniac interested in sparking curiosity and opening doors of earth, ancestral wisdom, and ways through art and community collaborations.

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