What is your passion? Are you an artist, calligrapher, type lover or lettering enthusiast? Do you love to make handmade crafts and printed goods? Do you want to meet talented exhibitors and artists in just one event? If yes, then this will be the perfect gathering for you.
TYPE KITA will be holding the 3rd installment of their annual typography exhibit on December 12 and 13. The previous Type Kita exhibits offered visitors with an incredible showcase of local typographic art pieces, on-the-spot workshops by some of the country’s well-known hand-letterers and calligraphers, and for the bargain hunters, a slew of handmade crafts and printed goods from local entrepreneurs.
The 3rd Type Kita exhibit promises to be even bigger than before, with over 60 participating exhibitors and artists sharing their talent for this event-for-a-cause.
Set during the holiday season, the Type Kita Exhibit will serve as a big Christmas gathering for type enthusiasts around the metro! With live art, demos, art trade and gift giving activities, it’s the perfect holiday feast for type lovers!
With the theme “Pass on the Passion,” the event aims to foster camaraderie and to strengthen the local type community during the Christmas season by focusing on the value of collaboration and sharing! With this event, type-enthusiasts can give back to the community and share their passion to others as well. Proceeds from the event will be for the benefit of PEARLS- a non-profit organization that aims to provide unprivileged kids with Peace, Education, Aspiration, Respect, Love & Smiles.
Activities for the event are as follows:
* PASS ON THE PASSION EXHIBIT
For this leg, exhibitors are encouraged to work and collaborate with other artists to share their talent and trade skills as they develop their pieces, strengthening the idea of sharing one’s passion through art.
* ART TRADE/ TOOL SWAP
Art Trade Manila will lead an art-exchange activity where artists and guests can bring their works or writing tools and trade it with fellow type-enthusiasts. It’s like a massive exchange gift activity but more fun!
* LIVE ART
Some of your favorite local letterers will also be invited to paint on wooden panels as part of the live art exhibit. Glass panels will also serve as a big doodle wall canvas! And because the venue will be bigger, Zig Philippines will also be displaying large scale art murals as part of the exhibit.
* INSTAGRAM EXCHANGE
Type Kita exhibits are also the best place to build your network with fellow type-geeks! To further promote camaraderie, participants will be given name tags for their IG handles so they can easily follow each other and keep connected even after the event!
* GIFT AND CARD DRIVE
One portion of the event will allow guests to write Christmas cards, design covers of blank notebooks and leave behind hand-lettered pieces as part of gift kits for the kids of PROJECT PEARLS.
* LIVE DEMOS AND ACTIVITIES
Pass on the passion for type with free demos such as lettering, calligraphy, watercolor lettering and many more! There will also be a scheduled film showing, some live art & for the hoarders, there will also be pop-up shops for tools and type merchandise.
* CHRISTMAS POTLUCK
To keep the Christmas spirit alive, they will be holding a simple get-together/Christmas potluck to celebrate the community this holiday season. You may bring food and drinks too if you want to join in the feast!
The exhibit will be held at 1161 Pasong Tamo St., Makati City (formerly Bosch Building, in front of Ambers) on December 12-13, 2015, 11am to 8pm with an entrance fee of P100. Proceeds will be for the benefit of Project Pearls.
For more updates follow them on facebook and instagram.
https://www.facebook.com/typekitaexhibit/
https://instagram.com/typekita
26 Comments
Very nice event but unfortunately I can't check this event because December is busy month for me, spell holiday rush. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely an awesome opportunity for people who love typography. It's so in these days and it would be nice to see some of the country's best!
ReplyDeleteType ko to. =) I'm not in PH right now, but i'll be sharing this info. =)
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting event! Will try to go or invite people to come along... :)
ReplyDeleteSounds fun!(: Typography is so IN these days!(:
ReplyDeleteAn interesting event. gusto ko to, kung wala lang akong makulit I will go there and participate this event.
ReplyDeleteSo interested to attend this event. Hoping they will have events like this here in Cebu too!
ReplyDeleteUy parang I like this a! :) Will check my sched nga.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting event. People with the same passion mingles to help others in need at the same time. Good job!
ReplyDeleteCalligraphy workshop's in my wishlist! Thanks for sharing this :)
ReplyDeleteWow, typography has gotten so big there have been a lot of events dedicated to it :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an awesome event! I hope I can join. :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds exciting! Will spread this to my artist friends. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletereminds me about what my passion is really about. would have loved to join this event though, if not for our december christmas schedule.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! I've waned to try calligraphy. I'll check this out :)
ReplyDeleteNice sana kaso parang di ko hilig eh
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MrsMartinez
Interesting event to attend.. I'm sure it be very fun if you are attending.
ReplyDeleteI like typography. When fonts of different types nicely come together, I consider an art form.
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting, I'm so tempted to attend. Though going to Makati is a hassle for me, I guess it'll be worth it.
ReplyDeleteIt looks nice :-) pero parang hindi me :-) and december is the busiest month ever
ReplyDeleteI'm outside the Metro in December, we'll go to Davao. Sayang pero I'm sure it'll still be a successful event. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I weren't that far from the event's place, I will surely go here. I will surely love this because I am into handcraft as well.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of this event. Its nice to share your passion and also to learn from others. Great event! I hope we have something similar here.
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too bad i just read this. it was something i would look forward attending to.
ReplyDeleteGreat event. For sure many attended this one.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was there, I'm sure, I enjoyed that great event!
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