Our Market Schedule for May 2026! ⬇️
🐎 MaMe Market
Saturday May 2
12pm - 4pm at Thip Khao
@anmadethis@laofoodmovement@thipkhaodc
🤟🏼 The Simple Market
Saturday May 16
2pm - 6pm at The St. James
@simpletosocietyusa
🌿 PLNTR's 1st Birthday
Sunday May 31
12pm - 5pm at their National Landing Location
@plntrdc
We're so excited to see you all 🌺
To those who are new here (and to those who’ve been here), you might know The MAP’D Project through our art that explores our filipino culture and roots, but in reality that’s only a fraction of it!
As Mental Health Awareness Month approaches us in May, here’s a little background of how The MAP’D Project even first came about.
The simplest way I can describe MAP’D: it’s a creative outlet to help us navigate our lives & rediscover ourselves.
We all process things very differently and that’s what makes us all so unique. The MAP’D Project is a space for us to fully express ourselves (unapologetically).
#mentalhealthawareness #arttherapy
The QUEEN is back in the Studio! Wait til you see what she’s working on today 🔥🩸🌿🇵🇭 @jonalines.ink
* Shoutout to @themapdproject for the beautiful shirt! You’re in the studio with us today! 🌺
📍Tribal Korner Studio
𖤓𖤓𖤓𖤓𖤓𖤓𖤓
#batok #traditionaltattoo #filipinotattoo #filipinoartist #ancestral
For now, we’re saying “see you later.”
After an incredible journey, we are no longer operating out of Mess Hall. We’re so grateful for @messhalldc for being such an amazing community kitchen and a place that helped bring our dream to life.
To every customer, friend, and supporter who showed up for us over the years — thank you. Thank you for every order, every kind word, and for being part of the community we built together. We truly loved creating, cooking, and sharing our food with you all.
As we step into new chapters and pursue other dreams, our kitchen will be on hiatus for the time being. This business meant the world to us, and none of it would have been possible without your support.
This isn’t necessarily goodbye forever — you may still catch us at a few pop-ups here and there. But for now, we’ll simply say: see you later.
With love and gratitude, thank you for everything.
💜Maria & Danny
🖼️ Thank you to the wonderful @themapdproject for creating this amazing piece. Maybe we create some merch in the future. Stay tuned 😉
Our Print 'n Press Station is back!!
Design your own merch on some of our blanks (or bring your own) with a selection of illustrations this Saturday 5/16 at @thesimplemarketdmv from 2pm-6pm 🧶
📍The St. James
6805 Industrial Rd.
Springfield, VA 22151
old hands, young hands. matriarchy to the front!
I am so so blessed to be surrounded by mothers, older sisters, girl friends, colleagues, and women that inspire me so much.
Tag a matriarch with “💐💐💐” in the comments ⬇️
With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day coming up, I created these illustrations as a love letter to my parents. 🤍
Back in 1982, they built one of the very first sari-sari stores in our small neighborhood in Antipolo. It wasn’t just a place to buy snacks, canned goods, or toiletries. It became a little hub for the community. Somewhere people could gather, and hang out.
My mom ran the store, and a few years later, my dad started a jeepney service just for students (because let’s be real, riding with a bunch of strangers as a kid on the way to school? kinda scary).
Together, they built these businesses not just to make a living, but to serve their neighbors and keep family and community at the center of everything.
I think that’s why I’m so drawn to doing markets and sharing my art. Hearing their stories reminds me what it means to create with intention and I hope my work can carry even a small piece of that forward (or at least help keep these kinds of stories alive).
The last slide is me & my childhood friends standing in front of our sari sari store 🥹 (the only photo I have of the store).
These illustrations are available as digital downloads or physical art prints ➡️ themapdproject.com
Thank you Captain Bill and @daiseysislandcruises for making my birthday wish come true! We had so much fun seeing wild ponies at Chincoteague Island. Cannot wait to come back 🏝️ 🐎 🚤
