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Bianca Kilayko , Doc CJ De Villa-Ragudo, Cyrene Cuenca , Tita Mai , Anthony Tonogbanua, Charlemagne Art, Sugar Cuenca-Tonogbanua, Marlon Bico Domino and Robert De Aro at the cutting of the ribbon to open the exhibit.*"Pinta Pandemya," a group art exhibit of the Mixlada Art group, opened this week at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacood City and will run until May 30.It features works of the Mixlada Art group composed of Anthony V. Tonogbanua, Ariane Nicole Andrada, Charlemagne Gargalicano, Christine Joan Ragudo, Cyrene V. Cuenca, Giljohn Quiamco, Jing Torrecampo, Mai Mai Cuenca, and Sugar Cuenca-Tonogbanua.The exhibit also includes the special participation from Bacolod, Sagay, Cadiz, Escalante artists: Adonis Sollado, Agustin Chavez Jr, Anna Ursal, Beth Ramas, Bien...

Leo Abaya and Joar Songcuya were the focus of ‘Seminar Node 3: Works Disclose | Materialities of Art’ featuring two of the selections of its head curator Dr. Patrick Flores.This caps the third installment of the curated ‘Kalibutan’ exhibition of the Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition & Conference (VIVA ExCon) VCon 2 and the first part of the Saturday discourse.Given the queries on the concept, medium and technique, Leo Abaya talked about his work ‘Unsang Dapita?’ which is durational and serial and intends to capture the changes in a landscape, in his case the medium is diorama and photography.He abides by the principle of camera obscura with which he is looking to create an understanding of the world. He works at finding opportunities to reveal something and since the c...

“Ballerinas” and “Faith” by Chrysee Samillano*The Christian Artists National Various Arts Society (CANVAS) in partnership with Babayi Arts Group will be hold a group art exhibit at Brainy Paintworks located at Door #3 My Corner Home Bldg., 18th St., San Agustin Drive, Bacolod City, on May 9 to 15.Titled “Nanay, Salamat sa Pag Palangga," the exhibit is in line with the celebration of the Mother’s Day and will feature the works of 15 visual artists.The artists are Arthur Bayles, Miriam Bayles, Daniel Bayles, Elijah Bayles, Jasper Bayles, Karen Bayles, Chrysee Samillano, Chin Chin Guanzon, Pablita Guanzon, Juliet Emperado, Noby Juno, Eufemia Penaranda, Nimshi Badrina, Keziah Faith Herbolario and Konica Tracy Faustino.*

About three years ago, four advocates for the environment led by Steven Nelson Segura met and decided that promoting mental health is another worthy cause. During that time, a number of deaths by suicide were reported.Thus, he created a Facebook Group Chat with the idea of raising awareness about mental health and good practices to keep a healthy mental health lifestyle. This little “community” grew from four to forty-six members including this writer.A Facebook page was also initiated where the moderators would share mental health services, hotline numbers and materials on depression, anxiety, positive quotes and other related topics.To further promote mental health, the group was able to join UNOR’s University Week with an exhibit on Mental Health. STI-West Negros University’...

Homegrown artist Miko Zayco will hold a solo exhibit of his unique artworks at the Casa A. Gamboa in Silay City, Negros Occidental, from May 11 to June 11.Miko – or “Michael Nicholas”, his baptismal name as he signs his pieces – comes from local artistic ancestry. His mother is Negrense mosaic artist, Lisa de Leon–Zayco whose works include the collaborative masterpiece “Bao” done with renowned local artist, Paeng Paderna, that is permanently displayed at the Negros Museum, Reena Gamboa of Casa A. Gamboa said Wednesday, May 5.Even with such gifted ancestry, Miko however, has grown into his own artistic persona. The early exposure to his mother’s works combined with having attended workshops with many renowned artists such as Pandy Aviado, Mandy Bugaon, and Ambie Abaño, has moulded M...

Peque directing the opening party scene is his classic Öro, Plata, Mata. Screen grab from Lore Reyes' Tribute To Peque which airs Wednesday on YouTube.*The Peque Gallaga YouTube channel will go live starting noon Wednesday, May 5.The channel aims to be a vehicle for remembering and celebrating the works of Gallaga and hopefully become a discussion platform of his contributions to art, film development and nation building, Eli Tajanglangit, a member of the Busalian group, said.It is a group composed of friends of Gallaga who have come together to promote his work.“Tribute to Peque,” a short film by director Lore Reyes will be the first feature of the channel. It is part of the activities marking the first death anniversary of the acclaimed Negrense filmmaker on Friday, May 7...

“Tribute to Peque,” a short film by director Lore Reyes will be shown Wednesday, May 5, as part of the activities marking the first death anniversary of acclaimed Negrense filmmaker Peque Gallaga.The activities are organized by artists and other friends of Gallaga to celebrate his death anniversary on Friday, May 7 with a remembrance of his works.A Bacolod-based organization, the Busalian Group, is launching several more media platforms in the countdown to the anniversary. It is now running the Facebook page “Peque Gallaga: Bugal sang Banwa.The platforms will be dedicated to the works of Gallaga and their relevance to nation building.Lore Reyes’ short film which focuses mainly on his landmark works will be shown in time for the launch of the Peque Gallaga You Tube channel a...

A question that may cross an artist's mind is whether he can make it in the international scene. An accompanying inquiry would be on the state of the art market so they can assess their chances especially in the context of the present pandemic.The Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition & Conference (VIVA ExCon) VCon 2 endeavored to shed light on this question through the moderatorship of Tin-aw Art Management founder and director Dawn Atienza and the valuable sharing of Jasdeep Sandhu of Gajah Gallery in Singapore and Queena Chu of Mind Set Art Center (MSAC) in Taipei.Atienza started the virtual conference with a situationer that points to difficult realities like exhibitions being postponed and rescheduled, turning more and more to social media platforms, and how the art ...

The continuing virtual observation of the curated ‘Kalibutan’ exhibition has now brought the Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition & Conference (VIVA ExCon) VCon 2 to "Seminar Node 3: Works Disclose | Materialities of Art" featuring the Regions 6 and 8 "Kalibutan" artists.Region 8 curator Mars Briones was the first to present artists RV Sanchez and Popo Amascual.Sanchez main concept for his “figure drawings” project is a drawing that offers a gateway to a more peaceful and happy place, it has become a meditative practice. The proposed project takes its cues from structure and gesture where structure takes the form of leftover food packaging and paper bags as base, surface, or background for drawings.Gesture, on the other hand, is a participatory video performance whic...

CONTRIBUTED BY MARJORIE CANTILLER KOAThe Diamond Princess in Yokohama Bay being boarded by the Japanese Ministry of Health representatives*For three months every year, Henry and I would leave home in Vancouver where we permanently reside, for our retirement home in Bacolod to escape from the cold of the December solstice and migrate to the warm equinox of March to spend our “winter” like typical “snowbirds.”This time, after a long pre-dawn planning, we decided first on a side trip to Yokohama, Japan, and join the “Diamond Princess” cruise from there. The cruise would be a round-trip venture that would take us to 6 ports of call. It would cost us only $699 each for 14 days, so dirt cheap indeed as we were computing a benchmark of $100 per day. On the 1st of January 2020, we took...