Presenter Highlight: Katrina Villavicencio

Katrina Villavicencio - artist, Filipino tribal tattoos

Katrina Villavicencio is an award-winning artist, creative strategist, graphic designer, and tribal arts practitioner. She is passionate about storytelling through a creative lens, and has been researching and experimenting with indigenous Filipino tribal art for over 10 years. Through her work, she passionately advocates for education and preservation of Philippine ancestral arts.

She will give a talk and demonstration at the Asian Summer Festival. Participants will learn about the lifestyles and history of ancestral Filipinos, their use of tribal symbols, their connections to indigenous communities globally, and their relevance to contemporary Philippine culture. Through a henna demonstration, participants will be taught how symbols are used today to represent an individuals' stories—their family, career, identity, past, present, and future.

Meet her and other presenters at the Asian Summer Festival!🎐🏮🧧