Just a year after it hit Calgary with a blitz of Filipino artist events, from the launch of its magazine to organizing artist festivals and exhibits, Salingpusa is leveling up! It now has a space at The Grand, the historic building at the heart of Calgary’s downtown - the “Salingpusa Central”.
In this space, Salingpusa will have a base from which it can continue championing Filipino-Canadian artists in Calgary. More importantly, it will be the site of a Filipiniana Library and a Tagalog School. As the second largest minority group in Calgary, numbering over 80,000, it would be wonderful to have a dedicated place for culture learning, connection and collaboration in the Filipino diasporic community.
Salingpusa is launching this crowdfunding campaign to raise the initial funds needed to purchase books, furniture, art materials, and office supplies, pay instructors, and defray administrative costs of getting these projects off the ground. Salingpusa is a non-profit organization which could only perform these community services with your help.
