WELCOME TO OUR STUDIOS
Balay Open Studios
Sat, 4/30/22 from 1p-6p
863 Mission St @ 5th St
In SOMA Pilipinas
We’re opening our doors to the community to give a sneak peek of our secret workshop to view our amazing art, meet our artists, shop, get down with DJ’s, and learn about our grants programs.
Balay Kreative is a pop-up artist studio and streaming hub that was stealthily built during the dark days of the pandemic. We have a mission to accelerate the growth of Filipinx artistic expression in SOMA Pilipinas.
During our open studios we’ll be hosting workshops around our Kreative Growth Grants and giving tours of artist studio spaces in the CAST building that will be given to our awardees.
Learn all about our Kreative Growth Grants launching this Spring!
Featuring
HideeMode is a DJ from Union City and is currently based in the South Bay representing The Modes (a Husband/Wife DJ duo), Cuffin All Thangs R&B Party and Ladies1st DJ Club, Bay Area Chapter. She started her DJ career in 2020 amidst the pandemic and has recently emerged in the scene playing all over the Bay Area. Her favorite genres of music to play are all varieties of R&B, Hip-Hop, & Indie. Check out her first solo mix, entitled FLY featuring an all female artist lineup of modern r&b/soul/hip hop.
DJ ET IV is the co-founder and co-curator of ASTIG. ASTIG is a monthly party that celebrates and pays tribute to different eras and genres of OPM (Original Pilipinx Music). ET plans to expand ASTIG into an independent record label and lifestyle brand. His inspiration behind ASTIG was to share music that had inspired him from his time living in the Philippines, as well as to help build bridges across the diaspora and beyond.
In the world of puppetry Ramon Abad has carved out a singular niche, creating productions steeped in Filipino-American culture that entertain audiences of all types and ages. His latest work, Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show, is a puppet-booth diversion marked by his appealing sense of humor and expert characterizations. Ramon got his start as a puppeteer, artist and teacher in the mid-90s performing solo shows at Bay Area Filipino-American festivals.
Event Schedule
Grant Workshops at 2p & 4p
CAST artist studio tours at 2:30p & 4:30p
Tito Ramon’s Puppet Show at 5p