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Homegrown illustrator and watercolor artist Edbon Sevilleno was the featured artist at "Kape Pinta?"It is an eco-conscious art workshop spearheaded by SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime).In keeping with the goal to encourage consumers to explore sustainable options, spent coffee grounds provided by local businesses Kape PinTa, Coffee Colony, Coffee Guys, Starbucks, Kuppa, C's by L'Fisher, and Felicia's were used in the sessions.Art lovers were also able to enjoy the work of Sevilleno at "Sugar & Smiles: the Negrense Legacy Beyond 2020," a parallel art exhibit organized by SM Bacolod in celebration of National Arts Month.A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to Kalipay Negrense Foundation.Both events are part of "Connecting Today to Tomorrow," ...

Margarita Araneta Forés serves modern Italian cuisine at her Cibo restaurant in Bacolod City.*CPG photoNegrense Margarita Araneta Forés, who has been named Asia's Best Female Chef, has opened her 17th Cibo branch, which serves Italian cuisine, at Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City.It is also the first Cibo restaurant outside Metro Manila.Forés, who has roots in Bago City, said they are so happy that they opened in Bacolod because of the overwhelming customer response.Forés said 60 percent of the ingredients at her Bacolod restaurant are sourced from Negros Occidental.“The only things that are irreplaceable for us are the parmesan cheese, the good Italian olive oil, some of the cured meats and the pasta from Italy,” she said.Ninety percent of their staff a...

The LGBTQ+ Community – Victorias City Chapter officers and members with the 15 Festival Queen contestants waving their rainbow flags in front of the Victorias City Hall before the caravan.*Councilors Audie Malaga, Hermie Millan, Nity Sta-Ana Bartolome, Daylen Tornea, Virgie Adorio, Provincial Board Member Juvy Pepello, councilor and vice-mayoralty candidate JunB Bantug, candidate for councilor Danilo De Asis, and councilors Dexter Senido and Derek Palanca (l-r) at the Red carpet photobooth (entrance) held at the City Coliseum .Volleyball game at the Villa Victorias Covered Court*The LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) sector of Victorias City recently held the “Victorias Pride 2022: A Vibrant Celebration of LGBTs’ Powerhouse Through Arts and Culture”.Team Asenso V...

By Easter Anne DozaThe Negros Museum stands tall with BAO, icon of TNM, withstanding the tests of time including the pandemic.*The Negros Cultural Foundation (NCF) Inc. and The Negros Museum (TNM) – the seat and mover of Negrense culture and arts, respectively, celebrate their anniversaries this March.The NCF Inc. celebrates its Jade (35th) anniversary on March 28 while TNM celebrates its Silver (25th) anniversary on March 16.Tanya Lopez, Executive Director of TNM, said the celebration looks back to the years and recalls how the organization remained steadfast amidst the hurdles brought by time and significantly, the pandemic.“This serves as a commemoration of all the milestones achieved and the rebirth of the organization as it takes on new forms of creative connection...

“Mixed Signals 6100” is an exhibit featuring 26 seasoned and upcoming Negrense artists in more than 100 recent artworks (2021-2022).Their subjects include the Negros landscape, daily life, people, flora and fauna, contemporary and abstract expressions in several mediums to include watercolor, oil, acrylic, coffee, terra cotta, and mosaic.This month-long exhibit from February 1-28, 2022 is Artfull Gallery’s celebration of the National Arts Month.*Mixed Signals 6100 in celebration of the National Arts MonthMixed Signals 6100 in celebration of the National Arts MonthArtworks by Rodney Martinez and son MichaelYoung artist Yara Sevilleno takes on funky subjectsArtists sketching the artist25-minute sketch of Silaynon sculptor Ian Valladarez by Edbon SevillenoPalupad Burador of Basta...

Artfull Art Gallery and Café26 seasoned and upcoming Negrense artists are joining Artfull Gallery in a month-long exhibit called “Mixed Signals 6100” in Bacolod City, from February 1-28, as part of the National Arts Month celebration.The exhibit will feature more than 100 recent artworks (2021-2022) with subjects such as Negros landscapes, daily life, flora and fauna, people, contemporary, and abstract expressed in all mediums like watercolors, oil, acrylic, coffee, terra cotta, and mosaic.“We have invited different artists to celebrate this year’s arts month because we believe that our Negrosanon artists are continuously cultivating their craft. We, as artists in Negros, are producing many works in whatever global or economic weather we are in,” Artfull’s art director and crea...

The Eksena Cinema Quarantine: COVID-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries 2 will feature 16 films selected to chronicle these filmmakers stories amid varying restrictions and alert levels during the pandemic.This year also marks the culmination of the centennial celebration of Philippine cinema and as a continuation of the first ECQ, the National Committee on Cinema, a sub-committee of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, initiates ECQ2 which will feature two Omnibus Films out of the 16 selected films.Sub Committee on the Arts (SCA) and National Committee on Cinema Chair Rolando Tolentino said the NCC continues to support the efforts by filmmakers from the regions to persevere in their craft and public, to make films in the hardest of pandemic times, to thrive as productive filmmakers...

National University’s Ar. Shaunn Remzzo T. Blanco, led the 1370 (out of 2205) board passers, taking the top spot with an overall rating of 83.50% in the January 2022 Architect Licensure Examination.A son of a registered nurse and an architect, Shaunn dreamt to be an architect since he was young, “When I was a child, I (only) wanted to build my mom her dream house. But when I entered this profession, (I realized) it wasn’t just about building houses or structures, it is actually about creating these and the special experiences that everyone would remember.”His father wanted him to become an engineer, but he was always inspired and fascinated with what his father did. He then talked to his godfather who shared a lot of things about National U. ‘’One thing I remember was when he talke...

“Safe na, Masadya pa” was definitely felt Saturday night, January 15, at the Asenso Bacolod Pasadya sa mga Bacolodnon, as the event garnered 12,000 live viewers and generated more than 400,000 comments on Facebook, a press release said.More than P1 million worth of prizes were given with the purpose of bringing joy and hope to Bacolodnons who are stuck at home, it said."We are not just giving prizes, we are giving happiness and hope. This is the Asenso brand - we bring hope and change", Bacolod mayoral bet Alfredo “Albee” Benitez said.Facebook live viewers also received cash prizes ranging from P3,000 to P50,000, household appliances and a chance to join in the coming week’s game segments, the press release said.A Brgy. Taculing resident won the jackpot prize for the first ...