Join us at for the meet and greet for our debut art show as a collective at Chinatown Soup Gallery. It will be a gathering of dreamers and creatives filled with inspiration and connection. Explore your passions, share your dreams, and enjoy a very special show with us. This event is a celebration of imagination and community, where everyone is welcome to dream BIG and speak their dreams into reality.

There will be a community art piece for you to contribute to and art from our six Pinay multi-media visual artists. See you at the show!

Reception ticket includes 2 drinks and tapas-style Filipino food plate by Manang (Chef) Michelle Estacio. Fees go to our food vendor Michelle, gallery space costs for the one-week show, and our six Pinay artists: Christie Rafol, Cassandra Balbas, Christianne Padilla, Casielle Gaerlan, Alitha A. Alford, and Andrea Miralles 💃🏽✨

Reception Menu:

(Each guest will have a choice of one starter bite, one savory bite, and one dessert)

• A Spread of Native Filipino fruits and in Season NYC Vegetables.

Starter Bites:

VEGETABLE LUMPIA

• Corn, Baguio beans, red potatoes, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, Suka Pinakurat (vinegar)

SALMON BALL FRITTERS

• Manong sauce

Savory Bites:

OVEN FRIED CHICKEN LOLLIPOPS

• Coated in Filipino adobo glaze

SLICED EMBUTIDO

• Steamed pork meatloaf roll stuffed with soft boiled egg. Accompanied by BAD FOR BUSINESS Banana Ketchup dipping sauce.

Dessert:

SAPIN SAPIN

• Layered glutinous rice dessert filled with jackfruit, coconut sprout, and ube halaya

MINI TAHO

• Silken tofu, sago pearls, muscovado sugar syrup

Tickets:

Early bird $20 sales end 5/16

GA $30

VIP $40, includes 25% off merch, excluding paintings/original artworks

Reception:

Thursday 5/23 6-8PM

Chinatown Soup

16B Orchard Street New York, NY 10002

Pangarap exhibition schedule and gallery hours:

Tuesday-Sunday, May 21-26 12-7PM

Exhibition Statement
Tsismosas Collective unveils their inaugural exhibition, “Pangarap: Speaking Dreams into Reality.” Through this showcase, they explore their individual relationships to the word “dream” and what it means to create, exchange stories, and take up space in today’s society.

Shared culture, individual identity, and intersectionality are the Collective’s unifying themes. How do these threads shape their individual aspirations and how do their dreams impact their artistic expression? And as advocates of conservation around “taboo” topics, what are the unspoken dreams of their community that have yet to be explored and uncovered?

The artists showcase artwork in a diverse array of mediums, ranging from an abstract use of pastels and watercolor to the whole gamut of the digital arts, including illustration and typography. They also utilize bold colors in acrylics, oil, and mixed-media collage to further share their messages. They also invite their attendees to come together and share their dreams by participating in an on-site community piece that will grow throughout the duration of the show.

By offering up their dreams, they boldly encourage fellow Filipino-Americans and BIPOC communities to dream BIG and aspire for more—for each other, and for their kabayan (countrymen) back home.

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