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Virginia Fil-Am showcases roots in contemporary art exhibit

Rowena Federico Finn highlighted her Filipino roots in a Virginia exhibit.

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<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T8JLOfFuS-M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art has a 30-year history of juried exhibitions presenting the works of art by artists in the state of Virginia.Heather Hakimzadeh, a senior curator at the museum, said their space has become bigger over the year. “We have more artists, we have bigger prizes,&quot; she said. &quot;In the end, we chose 61 artists and 87 artworks from those originally 2,500 to 2,700 artworks that were submitted. So, it was a really challenging and difficult exhibition to get into.”Among the 61 artists featured is Rowena Federico Finn, a Virginia Beach Filipino-American.She created quilts made from Capiz shells and Piña fabric from gravestone rubbings. Her two artworks displayed at the biennial exhibit are The Anitos Quilt and Memories of Green.“Being born in the U.S. but having parents who are from the Philippines, I&#x27;m very Americanized,&quot; said Finn. &quot;I started making these quilts as a way of combining my two identities, being American and being Filipino.”She noted how family-ingrained quilting is in American culture. Finn also thought of creating a quilt for her art using the indigenous materials from the Philippines to weave her two backgrounds together as Filipino and American.&quot;That&#x27;s kind of what I&#x27;m working toward doing: finding a way to reconcile all these different parts of me so that I feel whole, and then I can pass that on to my children,&quot; she added.Finn also said being part of the exhibit and being able to say that her work is distinctly Fil-Am is &quot;incredibly validating.&quot;&quot;It tells me that I am definitely on the right track with my work,&quot; she said.Finn’s artwork and the rest of the Made in VA Biennial exhibit will be on display until Jan. 5, 2025.The biennial art exhibit not only showcases the talents of local artists but also gives them a platform to talk about pressing issues and the community through art.“Artists live in our communities, they&#x27;re part of them,&quot; said Hakimzadeh. &quot;They&#x27;re seeing what&#x27;s happening in their own neighborhoods, and they&#x27;re reflecting that in their artwork.”

Rowena Federico Finn highlighted her Filipino roots in a Virginia exhibit.

Virginia Fil-Am showcases roots in contemporary art exhibit

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Virginia Fil-Am showcases roots in contemporary art exhibit

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Monica Galozo | TFC News Virginia

Published September 25, 2024 11:47 PM PHT

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