Vinta Gallery

The idea for VINTA Gallery was conceptualized by Caroline Mangosing, who at the time, was the executive director (and founder) of Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture in Toronto (2007-2015), a registered Canadian charity. As the only active and accessible Filipino cultural centre in the city, she often was yielding a lot of calls from Filipino-Canadian moms looking for traditional Filipino "costumes" for their kids to wear to multi-cultural events at school. Since Caroline has close ties back in the Philippines, she set on starting a social enterprise within Kapisanan that would provide the cultural product to the market in Toronto and Canada.

After much research, she realized that the demand wasn't just for children's Filipino "costumes," but rather formal Filipiñana. So many 2nd generation Filipinos are turning to their culture for their wedding inspiration, especially Filipino-Canadians who are marrying into a different culture. 

Founder: Caroline Mangosing