Malaya Project x DTLA ArtWalk

Come celebrate with The Malaya Project as we launch our first public exhibit. Be a part of sharing your voice and your stories with the biggest Downtown Art Walk night in California!

We will be representing selected photos from each of our series 
to represent the diversity of our LGBTQ community.
In collaboration with FilAm Arts and Barangay LA, expect to have a great time!
Also we are partnering up with The Saysay Project, 
giving you the chance to share you story in the middle of the gallery.

Oepening reception from 7-10pm with music and drinks.

DTLA Artwalk October 10, 2013
Hatakeyama Gallery
905 South Hill Street, LA 90015
http://www.HatakeyamaGallery.com 
https://www.facebook.com/events/227389957416877/

Coming to UCLA

We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with the students at UCLA. For one week, UCLA will host The Malaya Project at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery and have a two night event. On Thursday November 15 there will be a reception and an interactive panel and on Friday November 16, we will have an interactive workshop with a special feature. 

So please join us! Can't wait to meet you!

Our wonderful collaborating partners:

Samahang Pilipino, Pan Asian Queers, API-SAN, LGBT CRC, USAC Cultural Affairs Commission and Barangay Los Angeles

Ongina

Her notable stage presence, signature hats and gender-bending style; 
Ongina stands with pride as an advocate for Filipinos here and abroad. 
She's living proof you can be fierce inside and out!

LA Pride - Sneak Peek

It’s Pride month! The one time out of the year the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer communities come together to celebrate their identity and be proud of who they are.  It’s a tradition that extends all the way back to the 1970s to commemorate the gays, lesbians, transgenders and drag queens who have fought for their freedom, from the infamous Stonewall riots to the streets of Los Angeles.  All across this country, our community has been reclaiming how the world views them by standing up to proclaim, “We are beautiful and we are proud.” 

Barangay Los Angeles invited The Malaya Project on this journey at LA Pride, to capture the story of Ongina.  A Filipino Drag Queen who has captivated audiences throughout the world on RuPaul’s Drag Race season one, and had one of the show’s most memorable moments by coming out as being HIV positive.  We remember this particular story because it was one of the first times in American television a gay Filipino shared their HIV status with the world.

Here’s a sneak peek!