Toronto artist Ursula Handleigh and Edmonton artist Mary Escano talk through the ideas behind Salinlahi: Generations, their new exhibition at Gallery@501 in Sherwood Park.

The pair work with photography, weaving and material experiments, drawing on their mothers’ histories and ancestral knowledge to find their own way into Filipino culture. Traditional forms like banig (woven mats) and Binakol weaving appear reimagined rather than reproduced.

The show treats cultural identity as something each generation keeps reshaping through its own experience, not something handed down intact.

The talk, the reception and gallery admission are all free.

Salinlahi: Generations Artist Talk and Reception