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Archive for February, 2010

New Artwork by Makoto Fujimura

Visual artist and humanitarian, Makoto Fujimura, created some amazing artwork for the Song of The Bird King trailer. His latest piece is a beautiful lithograph, based on the drawings Mako produced while working on the trailer artwork.

TED Conference Feb. 7 – 13

Susie Ibarra (US/Philippines) Composer, percussionist and co-founder of Song of The Bird King, a production company using music and film to preserve indigenous culture and ecology will present and perform work from Song of the Bird King this week, February 7th through 13th, at the TED Conference in Long Beach,CA. The conference is sold out, [...]

2010 TED Fellow

Susie Ibarra is honored to be a TED 2010 Fellow and will be attending and presenting Song of the Bird King at TED 2010 Long Beach february 7-13. Susie will be tweeting live with Nokia on Friday, Feb 12th, 1pm – 1:30pm. Be sure to log on to Nokia’s Twitter page to ask questions directly with Susie. [...]

Danongan Kalanduyan Broad Fellow Recipient

Congratulations to Master Kulintang artist Danongan Kalanduyan who received National USA Broad Fellow Award recipient in December 2009.

Upcoming Interviews

Stay tuned for interviews featuring: Pastor and Humanitarian Carl Keyes, Visual Artist and Humanitarian Makoto Fujimura, Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Practice of ArtsIan Garrett, World Wild Life Philippines update and advice on conservation, climate change, and environmental issues in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Song of The Bird King Film

A Trailer introduction into the work of Song of the Bird King by EK. The trailer features the music and dance of the T’boli people in Lake Sebu, Mindanao, Philippines. The film will include the music and dance of seven endangered Indigenous groups, the endangered Philippine Eagle, and the environmental issues that are affecting the [...]