Lifestyle

Upon the onset of this pandemic, the artist’s faculty was in a jarring state of novelty and isolation. Veering away from conventional setups and the usual hubbub, he finds refuge in the hushed walls of a home, in the company of coffee, and the warmth of family. The webinar “Lockdown Art” with Mark Salvatus was the fourteenth session of V-Con 2. The speaker was supported by moderator Vincent Rose Sarnate and ExCon Director Mariano Montelibano.Sarnate highlighted how the art community grappled with forms of confinement. It has been nearly 450 days since the national lockdown and artists have employed as much, or even more ways to thrive despite bounds. Art that demands physical spaces, mobility, and mass interaction gradually migrated to virtual platforms with an even d...

A strong offering of the Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition & Conference (VIVA ExCon 16) Virtual Conference 2 is the island specials, this one featured Negros Occidental.It was moderated by Negros Occidental Island Coordinator Moreen Austria who tapped young artists Brandon Braza and Bea Dolloso.Austria aims to empower art practices by highlighting its profound effects on the younger generation. She expressed her willingness to help and support other artists and emphasized that art has no retirement age and Art District has evolved into a school of life for artists.Brandon Braza shared that he had stayed committed to the arts ever since he was young, way back when he was starting with calligraphy. He found the community in Bacolod to be very welcoming and said that he f...

Sixteen Ilog beauties staged a virtual Santacruzan at Hacienda Vargas in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on May 26, Ilog Councilor Mark Vargas said Thursday, June 10.The virtual Santacruzan featured tourist spots of Ilog, to promote local tourism, he said.The beauties also did charity work by delivering food assistance to the poorest of the poor affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ilog barangays, he added.They also gave food assistance to the inmates of the Ilog Municipal Jail and abused children under the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Vargas said.The beauties in their Virtual Grand Santacruzan walked in the middle of sugar land wearing Filipiniana gowns made by fashion designers Steve Genzola and Bon Ryan Gonzales from Ilog, Edwin Benitez,Leonard G...

"Claustrophobia" is a group exhibition by four young artists from Talisay City Karl Arnaiz, Miles Floreza, Dennis Occeña, and Paul Occeña. Some people believe that opposite attracts, however, a maxim says, “like poles attract each other.”The artists have known each other since childhood growing up as friends. They may have taken different paths but they gravitate back to each other in their art practice.They shared that "not until that one event in our Barangay, the poster-making competition led us to this point, i.e., after that, we established a strong connection. Perhaps, time just comes in the life of a person when he encounters someone and without knowing it, something different occurs. We can say that the main reason why our group was built is certainly not because of the ine...

Silay City Mayor Mark Andrew Arthur Golez married his girlfriend of 16 years at the Virgen Sang Barangay Chapel at Sta. Clara Subdivision in Bacolod City, Wednesday, May 16.Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon officiated the wedding of Golez, 51, to Anna Maria Fe Piccio Azcona, a dialysis nurse who worked in Long Island in New York State, USA.The mayor said he proposed to her on her birthday on a bridge in New York’s Central Park on Aug. 5, 2019.“I chose a bridge without water beneath it so if she rejected me and threw the ring away I could still pick it up,” the mayor joked.They were supposed to get married last year but it was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.His wife retired and came home in November 2020 so they were able to plan their wedding, Golez said.He m...

Art is a green pasture. But sometimes, the artist is sown into barren land.Down the sparse earth, under the quiet sky, he waits for a sign of life. It did not take long for the sun to shine and the rain to pour steadily, and as the artist soaks up both water and warmth, he grows a small, steadfast leaf.The webinar “Kalibutan Seminar Node 3: Works Disclose – Materialities of Art” with Region 7 curators and moderators Jay Nathan Jore and Maria Taniguchi, and art collective Solitaryo Cinco (Khriss Bajade, Bastinuod, Mark ‘KDLT’ Copino, and John Villoria), artists Mona Alcudia, Retired Artist, and Gabi Nazareno was the twelfth session of V-CON 2. The speakers were supported by ExCon Director Mariano Montelibano.The two previous nodes provided a walk-through of the exhibition propos...

We are invited to come and visit the Marian Exhibit at the Talan-awon ni Maria Shrine in Murcia, Negros Occidental prepared and organized by the Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross (MMHC).The exhibit has more than twenty images of Mama Mary. We are encouraged to pray to our Mother - Mary. She helps us pray to Jesus and Our Father in Heaven. The exhibit will end on Monday, May 31.Talan-awon ni Maria Shrine also houses the big and beautiful Mama Mary statue. The shrine is a peaceful and relaxing place to visit. It is also a popular venue for weddings and retreats.If you need prayers, you may send your prayer intentions by contacting them through their Facebook page: Talan-awon ni Maria Shrine Official. The MMHC priests and Novices will include you and your loved ones in their d...

‘Fleeting Moments’ is Julia Lopue’s 1st solo exhibition, an unveiling of a lifelong passion. The collection is composed of 64 works spanning five decades of prolific artistic engagement in a variety of mediums to include watercolor, coffee painting, pen and ink, pastel, and mixed media in sizes spanning 17x25 cm to 35x47 cm.It covers a lifetime of impressions that is representative of meaningful markers in the journey of a woman who has chosen to document the unfolding of life through images of captured moments.A visual feast of portraits, flowers and birds, still life, seascapes and landscapes, as well a selection of abstract works speak of a deep appreciation for all the God-given beauty around us that constantly provide inspiration.Amai, as she is warmly known to family and ...

The last stretch of the Ironman Asia Pacific virtual reality race will start at 7 a.m. Friday, May 21, and leading the Philippine team is a Negrense battling to win the top prize to help a Negros-based foundation feed thousands of undernourished children.The winning team will win $5,000 to be given to its charity of choice.The public can add extra points to the Philippine team, led by Negrense Ines Santiago, by voting for it online during the race.The Philippine team has chosen the Negrense Volunteers for Change as its charity-of-choice for the prize money which is equivalent to 40,000 Mingo Meals, NVC president Millie Kilayko said.Kilayko is urging the public to vote for the Philippine team by going to https://www.facebook.com/IRONMANnow/videos/468318764461885/ at 7 a.m. F...