“Mabuhay, Friend!”

An art installation by Ramon Abad.

Mabuhay (pronounced “mah - BOO - high”) In the Filipino dialect of Tagalog, mabuhay can translate to “welcome” or “cheers to life!”

Funded by a San Francisco Artist Grant by the San Francisco Arts Commission, Ramon’s installation is a series of interactive sculptures or puppets that gallery visitors of all ages are welcome to gently touch and make move

 Gallery of the San Francisco Arts Education Project, 2nd floor of Minnesota Street Project: 1275 Minnesota St., San Francisco, CA

 October 7 to November 18, 2023 Gallery open Wednesday–Saturday 11am–4pm

 Free admission for all ages. Kid-friendly art exhibit.

 Opening Reception: October 7 Saturday 3-6pm

Co-sponsors of the reception will be the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) with delish sweets by Marahuyo Confections and music to shake yo puppet bootie by DJ Bitesize.

️ Ad design: Julie Munsayac

 Maraming salamat (big thanks):

San Francisco Arts Commission

San Francisco Arts Education Project

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

CAST SF

Balay Kreative Studio, Kultivate Labs

 Invaluable production support:

Pete Belkin, installation

Mark Letang, Mass Factor Media, graphics print production

ChiChai, sewing

Cir Sayoc, woodwork

Joaquin Duca, production assistant

Anila Jain, everything else

 Awesome puppet characters:

Badri Valian

Cristina Mitra

Aimee Espiritu

Michael Letang