AS PART of Arts Month, the Ortigas Art Festival will be held for its third year.

The festival’s curator is artist Renato Habulan of Eskinita Gallery, and he has put together works by contemporary artists including Arnel Agawin, Julio Austria, Jeho Bitancor, Gala Caki, Reynold dela Cruz, Michelle Dawson, Feliciano Gallardo, Processo Gelladuga, Katrinn Hamann, Sahid Kazi, Leonor RS Lim, Alfonso Medillo, Dengcoy Miel, Rey Padernilla, Made Palguna, Joel Soliven, Art Zamora, and Jose Zulueta.

Works from three galleries will be featured: Eskinita Art Gallery, Kaida Contemporary Gallery, and vMeme Contemporary Art Gallery.

Papelismo Boceto will also showcase 300 works from over 100 artists.

There will be workshops by local and international artists during the festival. Seven workshops await artists of all skill levels. On Feb. 29, there will be a mixed media demonstration by artists Gala Cali, Sahid Kazi, and Katrinn Haman. On March 1, visitors can learn about multimedia from Michelle Dawson, Made Palguna, and Rey dela Cruz.

The first Ortigas Art Festival won the Bronze Stevie for the International Business Awards 2019 — Communications or PR Campaign of the Year as well as a Bronze for the 2019 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, for its success in making art more accessible to ordinary people via Estancia’s immersive art rooms that allowed Filipinos to experience global art.

Admission to the festival — which will be held at the newly opened East Wing of Estancia at Capitol Commons starting on Feb. 28 until March 8 — is free. For details follow Estancia at Capitol Commons on Facebook or visit ortigasmalls.com.

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