ABOUT ESKWUWELA KULTURA
Eskuwela Kultura is the cultural arts education program of FilAm ARTS that engages community to share their stories, encourage them to find their voice, and empowers them to develop artistic expression rooted in cultural sensibilities. By providing opportunities to share and hear stories that have shaped the Filipino community in America, we give others a way to foster cultural understanding and self identification.
Eskwela Cultura's programming functions by using artistic expressions such as theater, dance, music and storytelling to share historical significance of the Filipino American experience. In partnership with Pilipino Workers Center and Bridge Delta, we staged "Journey For Justice: The Larry Itliong Story on Larry Itliong Day last October 2019 to community members.
Eskwela Cultura's programming functions by using artistic expressions such as theater, dance, music and storytelling to share historical significance of the Filipino American experience. In partnership with Pilipino Workers Center and Bridge Delta, we staged "Journey For Justice: The Larry Itliong Story on Larry Itliong Day last October 2019 to community members.
SERVICES
Eskuwela Kultura engages youth to learn about Filipino culture through curated media.
By emphasizing a creative focus—namely, artistic and cultural production—FilAm ARTS intends to develop a more positive outlet for at-risk youth through Eskuwela Kultura, while exploring causal links between the arts and skills that enhance learning, motivation, and memory.
Eskuwela Kultura adheres to the California Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Education, aimed to increase literacy and artistic understanding, while imparting important artistic and cultural understandings in a comprehensive series of workshops that enable arts and cultural learning and production.
Eskuwela Kultura also engages youth in the larger context of our communities through multicultural and multi-disciplinary arts production, through partnerships with various elements of the community, including amongst themselves, with families, organizations, and local businesses.
By emphasizing a creative focus—namely, artistic and cultural production—FilAm ARTS intends to develop a more positive outlet for at-risk youth through Eskuwela Kultura, while exploring causal links between the arts and skills that enhance learning, motivation, and memory.
Eskuwela Kultura adheres to the California Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Education, aimed to increase literacy and artistic understanding, while imparting important artistic and cultural understandings in a comprehensive series of workshops that enable arts and cultural learning and production.
Eskuwela Kultura also engages youth in the larger context of our communities through multicultural and multi-disciplinary arts production, through partnerships with various elements of the community, including amongst themselves, with families, organizations, and local businesses.
