Jean Vengua

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Filipino American artist/writer. Into ink, pencil, paint, paper, asemics, poetry, experimental stuff. #old #asianamerican #aapi #Filipino #California she/her siya/sila Newsletter: jeanvengua.substack.com
Original #Mailart titled "The Pink Garden of Confused Delight," recently sent to Amalgamated Confusion. #inkdrawing
Recently received #mailart from #amalgamatedconfusion. Thank you for the groovy art! The back side of the postcard shows two dancing bears and a roadrunner (stamped in ink). #postalart #iuoma
From a tiny #sketchbook project titled the Buson (not) 100. #collage #abstractart
Since childhood, I’ve had a pretty dysfunctional relationship with money and promotional or performative situations. Check out my latest post about selling art online: “A Rigged System.” https://substack.com/home/post/p-170658213 #artsales #art #culture #FilipinoAmericans
Issue #5 of A Crooked Mile focuses on #neighborhood icons (a personal take) on a walk through #Monterey. https://acrookedmile.substack.com
#walking #neighborhoods
A Crooked Mile | Jean Vengua | Substack

I'm an older artist and writer documenting what I experience while walking, bussing, and biking, and exploring my relationship to mobility--wondering who we are with and without cars. Click to read A Crooked Mile, by Jean Vengua, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

Small ink drawing with black squares on reddish brown painted background and asemic writing. 2022.
#asemic #inkdrawing
"Palisades Wind Walker" #asemic. India ink on Green Field paper, 18 x 12 in., 1/8/2025. #inkdrawing
"Flying #Asemic with Stinger." India ink and berry ink asemic on Indigo paper. https:// jeanvengua1.wordpress.com/blog/
#inkdrawing
It’s nearly Halloween. The ghouls and skeletons are poised in the front yards of my neighborhood. I’ve been thinking about monstrous parasites, a Disney film called Darby O’Gill and the Little People, and Día de los Muertos. Read more at https://jeanvengua.substack.com
Eulipion Outpost | Jean Vengua | Substack

Intersections of ethnic history, culture, and the arts with updates on my Letter Project. Weekly inspiration from artists and writers--to help us stay curious, open, and creative. Click to read Eulipion Outpost, by Jean Vengua, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Issue #161 of Eulipion Outpost is up: “Bloody Mutiny, Public Folly” — in which I consider Arthur Conan Doyle, a tragic tale of Filipino mutineers in the 1860s, and the media's response. Also: seafaring life, ship building, "ghost signs," music, and more. https://jeanvengua.substack.com
#seafaring #mutiny #pirates #newgate #arthurconandoyle
Eulipion Outpost | Jean Vengua | Substack

Intersections of ethnic history, culture, and the arts with updates on my Letter Project. Weekly inspiration from artists and writers--to help us stay curious, open, and creative. Click to read Eulipion Outpost, by Jean Vengua, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.