A TALK WITH LANE WILCKEN
Saturday, January 20, 2024
10:30 AM - 12 PM
Wing Luke Museum
Free to the public, Registration is required
For more information about accessibility, please contact visit@wingluke.org or call 206.623.5124
*This program is at capacity and is “SOLD OUT.” If you would like to be added to the waiting list please email programs@wingluke.org.
Lane Wilcken will take us on a journey through the history and culture of precolonial Philippine tattoos. This talk is part of a week-long visit for Wilcken who will be exploring the archives of the Burke Museum and Filipino American National Historical Society.
Lane Wilcken is a scholar, cultural tattoo practitioner, and advocate for the critically endangered cultural practice commonly known as “batok" or the cultural tattoos of the Philippines. He also has studied other related indigenous traditions of the Philippines and the greater Pacific with over three decades of research and experience. His mother is from the Philippines and his father is of English and Scandinavian descent. Lane is the author of "Filipino Tattoos Ancient to Modern" -and- "The Forgotten Children of Maui." He is also a contributing writer to "Back from the Crocodile's Belly: Philippine Babaylan Studies and the Struggle for Indigenous Memory" and "Shamanic Transformations: True Stories of the Moment of Awakening," as well as several articles for various magazines and journals.
Community supporters: Burke Museum, Filipino Town Seattle, Filipino American National Historical Society, Kultura Arts, Pinoy Brown Box and Wing Luke Museum.