We invite you to join SOMCAN’s Reclaiming Our Space (ROSe) Art Unveiling, an evening to celebrate and pay tribute to Filipino culture, legacy, and history.

In partnership with the Children’s Creative Museum, artist Mel Vera Cruz and Charlene Tan, we will hold a ribbon-cutting and unveiling of the “S/Heroes in Our Windows II” mural and "Kumot ng Bata" (child’s blanket) weave design.

Schedule of Event:

5:15 PM Welcome

5:30pm - 6:10pm Ribbon cutting & program at Charlene Tan’s "Kumot ng Bata" (Child’s Blanket) Unveiling

   ((short walk to the other unveiling site))

6:20pm - 7pm Ribbon cutting & program at Mel Vera Cruz “S/Heroes in Our Windows II” mural Unveiling

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Open House with light food and beverages

For everyone’s safety, mask is required to attend, and attendees must RSVP: https://bit.ly/ROSe_rsvp

((Event will be live on FB live stream, please join our FB event page to get a notification at https://fb.me/e/1Qo2cXTc8 )) 

**SOMCAN’S ROSe program uplifts Filipino language, culture, and history by combining art and design with community planning to educate, organize, empower, and strengthen the Filipino community's civic engagement in shaping their neighborhood and City.

**Mel Vera Cruz’s mixed media stencil mural will feature 35 s/heroes that have impacted the Filipino community as organizers, veterans, seniors, mothers, workers, farmers, professionals, and residents. Their everlasting work & contributions continue to position Filipino-American life as an inextricable part of the story of San Francisco, the Bay Area and/or the South of Market. “S/Heroes In Our Windows II” is a project dedicated to the leaders and legacies that have helped build, empower, engage, and continue to inspire our community’s ongoing contribution to a just society. 

**Charlene Tan’s weave design is based on a kumot ng bata (child’s blanket) labeled “Banda para llevar al niño” by José Rizal, a polymath, and Filipino nationalist. This kumot ng bata is an example of Mindanao tritik cloth that is created with waxed thread embroidered into patterns that act as a resist during the dyeing process, only to be cut and removed. Leaving undyed patterns to integrate into CCM’s architecture.

Workshop participants:

Anthony D Bongco, Cecilia Dela Cruz, Emelita Torio, Juliana Lacap, Ligaya Novicio, Lualhati Novicio, Mary Ann Masagca, NinaQuezel Cacayorin, Raisa Solis, Remily Francisco, and Tim Ryu.

For more information contact Janine Lacap at jlacap@somcan.org