TAYO, New Filipino-American Magazine

Earlier this year, three students from the University of Southern California conceived TAYO, “the first independent literary magazine in Southern Caifornia dedicated to the creative expression of Filipino-American youth.”  TAYO, which translates into “We,” “Us,” or “to Stand Up,” aims to be an anthology “dedicated to the creative expression of Filipino-American youth.”

The submissions TAYO seeks run the artistic gamut: poetry, essays of all kinds, journal entries, short stories, graffiti, paintings, spoken word — the list goes on. And after the release of their first issue (mid-August), they intend on becoming a print and online magazine, thus expanding their submission guidelines to include vlogs and blogs.

Basically, if you’ve created anything with any media — they want it.

Co-Directors Kristine Co and Melissa Sipin have only been working on this project for 7 months (the idea was born in January ‘09), but they’re an ambitious duo with big plans: they want to become “one of the frontrunners in Filipino-American literary magazines.” They’re in partnership with the Filipino American Library (FAL), are already in collaboration with students from universities all over California (including from our own UC Berkeley), and have been receiving much attention and praise from the Filipino community — all before the first issue. They’re working hard over at TAYO, and based on their work and commitment so far, they seem more than capable of doing great things.

We’re looking forward to their first issue.

TAYO | http://www.tayoliterarymag.com
Blog | http://tayoblog.tumblr.com/

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Fall Classes…

With fall here, and Telebears Phase II well underway, I wanted to point out a class that I think will be of great interest to you faithful readers:

Anthropology 150 (4 units)
Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times
Course Format: Four hours of lecture per week.
Description: Modern times have been dominated by utopian visions of how to achieve a happy future society. Artists in competing social systems played a central role in the development of these visions. But artistic experiments were filled with paradoxes, contributing to the creation not only of the most liberating and progressive ideals and values but also to the most oppressive regimes and ideologies. The course questions: what is art, what can it achieve and destroy, what is beauty, artistic freedom, and the relationship between esthetics, ethics, and power?

TuesThurs 2-3:30p | 155 Kroeber
CCN: 02603

Be sure to check out the History of Art and Practice of Art departments for more great classes. Good luck scheduling!

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iLL-Lit Shout Out

[ thanks to Maganda superhero Adrien Salazar for showing us this ]

Bay Area hip hop spoken word collective iLL-Literacy has traveled the world sharing their words, rhymes, and incredible talent.

They have performed at a Maganda Open Mic or two and now they’re showing some love to Maganda by way of a little shout-out. Check out the post — actually, check out the whole site.

Thanks, iLL-Literacy!

iLL-Literacy post: HERE

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