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The Bacolod AR Mural*BCCO photoThe Bacolod City government, in partnership with La Consolacion College Bacolod (LCCB), formally launched the Bacolod AR Mural at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds on  Monday, Sept. 14,  providing residents and tourists with a new, interactive way to experience the city’s art, culture, and heritage.Mayor Greg Gasataya, together with the project’s proponents and partners, Councilors Em Ang and Israel Salanga, and other city officials, led the unveiling of the QR signage that activates the augmented reality (AR) experience, a press release from the Bacolod City Government Center said.The Bacolod AR Mural features hand-painted artwork depicting iconic city landmarks, enhanced by an augmented reality layer accessible through a QR co...

Mila C. Chiu, Board Secretary, and Lyn B. Gamboa, President, The Negros Cultural Foundation, Inc., and Angelica U. Berrie, Founder, and Alan S. Gensoli, Creative Director, NEGROSNEX Network Corp. (l-r) signing the MOU*The Negros Cultural Foundation, Inc. (NCFI), which supervises The Negros Museum, and NEGROSNEX Network Corporation, owner of the Negros Season of Culture, formalized their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing held at The Negros Museum on Friday, Sept. 4.Under the partnership, selected digital content from the Negros Season of Culture featuring arts, history, heritage, and culture will be made available as supplemental learning resources for The Negros Museum’s educational tours, programs, and other cultural initiative, a press release said S...

Local artist Doreen Dofitas has launched her first solo exhibition, "Permission To Play, No Expiry Date," at Ugsad Creative Space on Molo-Makiling Streets, Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City.The exhibition features mixed-media artworks that explore the concept of play as an ongoing creative process rather than a stage of life to be outgrown. Through her work, Dofitas challenges traditional artistic constraints and highlights the reuse of discarded materials.A self-taught, Bacolod-based contemporary artist, Dofitas utilizes handmade and recycled paper, fabric, acrylics, pen, and ink in her pieces. Her technique combines textured layering, negative space, and contrasting color backgrounds to form dream-like compositions incorporating folk and botanical motifs.According to the ...

The Buglas Writers Circle (BWC) will hold a Book Launching and Book Signing of "Mahiwagang Bato sa Malagueña," a children's folktale inspired by the rich oral tradition of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, written by Miriam Montero Bayles.The event will be held at the North Block, SM City Bacolod, 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 13. d. Admission is free.This literary event is presented through the partnership of SM City Bacolod, the Office of Councilor Wilson N. Gamboa, and G.E.M. Publishing in celebration of Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa and History Month.It seeks to promote the Filipino language, preserve the rich folklore and cultural heritage of Negros Occidental, and encourage children and families to appreciate local stories that shape our identity as a people.Mahiwagang Bato sa Ma...

Pinoy Pop supergroup SB19 performing at the Lollapalooza 2026 and Major League Baseball on Monday.*SB19 Facebook page photo.Rep. Javier Miguel L. Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) has filed  House Resolution No. 1280, commending Pinoy Pop supergroup SB19 for their appointment as Department of Tourism ambassadors and for their historic performances at Lollapalooza 2026 and Major League Baseball in the United States on Monday, August 3.The resolution was filed with Reps. Nelson Legacion, Sarah Jane Elago, and Kathryn Joyce Gorriceta.The Department of Tourism named SB19 the country's newest tourism ambassadors on July 26, building on their 2021 appointment as Youth and Sentro Rizal Ambassadors by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.On July 29, Josh Cullen threw th...

Bacolod visual artist Kyle Jocson, Vice President of Bacolod Arts, Culture and Heritage Inc. (BACHI), has been appointed artist-in-residence at Tagpuan Art Atelier in Taywanak I Baba, Cavite.Tagpuan Art Atelier is a dedicated space for artistic creation, exhibition and community engagement. Located at the boundary of Alfonso, Maragondon and Indang in upland Cavite, Tagpuan — meaning “meeting place” — serves as a studio, exhibit venue, artist residence and site for residencies. It is a place where artists and dreamers come together to create, connect and inspire, while also opening its doors for workshops that nurture the next generation of creatives.Kyle Jocson’s practice centers on painting and the human figure, informed by an intimate familiarity with the body — how it moves, how...

Negrense artist Revo Yanson.*Chrysee Samillano photoA solo exhibition by Negrense artist Revo Yanson titled "Inner Terrains: The Landscape Within", opened at the Orange Gallery at the Art District, Bacolod City on July 4 and will run through September 26."Inner Terrains:  The Landscapes Within", explores nature not as external scenery, but as lived experience. These works map the emotional and spiritual geographies imprinted upon the self, treating landscape as a state of being rather than a fixed location.As the outer world is absorbed and re-mapped, nature becomes a mirror for inner contemplation and renewal. Recurring motifs of birds - unbound by species - serve as conduits between these worlds. That act as quite symbols of transcen...