Paint your own pots workshop
AS PART of BGC Arts’ #YouARTNotAlone Art Workshops, A Paint Your Own Plant Pot online clay pot painting workshop with artist Janica Rina will be held on Oct. 3, 10 a.m. to noon, via Zoom. The class is recommended for participants age eight and above. Access to this workshop is by donation (the requested donation is P500). The contribution supports programs that champion the arts in the community and helps artists affected by the pandemic. Inquire via email at programs@artsatbgc.org.
Webinar discusses weaving industry
THE MUSEUM Foundation of the Philippines will hold its first Usapang MaArte webinar — “Weaving Through a Pandemic: Sustaining in the Industry in the New Normal” — on Oct. 3, 2-3:30 p.m. via Zoom. The panel is composed of social entrepreneurs Kylie Misa and Mike Claparols to be moderated by fashion designer Jojie Lloren. Admission is free, but slots are limited. To register,visit http://bit.ly/UsapangMaArteWeaving. The webinar will also be streamed via Facebook Live through the MaArte Fair Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/maartefair.
BP video pays tribute to the CCP
TO KEEP ballet alive during times like these, Ballet Philippines (BP) offers an uplifting tribute — Pagsasama: 50 Years Together — to honor the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) as it commemorates its 50th anniversary. The performance features Ballet Philippines’s Joseph Phillips, Denise Parungao, and guest choreographer Joseph Phillips, and soprano Lauren Liechtenstein with the Manila Symphony Orchestra performing music by Ennio Morricone. The video can be viewed here: https://ballet.ph/creations/pagsasama-50-years-together/
Four exhibits at Vinyl on Vinyl
VINYL on Vinyl has four ongoing exhibitions. Every Day is a Battle by Reen Barrera focuses on images, both sculptural and paintings, of warriors. Relationships of Force features the works of Dennis Bato, Chill, and JJ Zamoranos, graffiti artists who now explore beyond the boundaries of spray paint and public spaces. Strolling through Life by Carl Modelo features a series of paintings showing humorous scenarios with conehead characters. Laro is a group show featuring sets of works depicting nostalgia for childhood. The exhibits are on view at Vinyl on Vinyl, 2241 Pasillo 18, La Fuerza Compound 1, Chino Roces Avenue, Makati.
Nilo Ilarde at Mo_Space
ONGOING until Oct. 18 at Mo_Space gallery is Nilo Ilarde’s current installation entitled In the Middle of Things But at the Center of Nothing. The artist utilizes numbered foam puzzle mats laid out in a seemingly random sequence across the gallery floor and covering most of the entire surface. The infinite numerical figure plotted in the puzzle mats is, in actuality, a geodetic computation of the entire surface area of the planet in square feet. The gallery space thus functions as Earth substitute surveying from a topological vantage point of a satellite and plotting flatness of the earth like a supine painting on canvas on the gallery floor. The gallery is open daily except on Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For any inquiries, call 8856-7915, 0917-572-7970, or email mospaceph@gmail.com. To learn more, visit https://www.mo-space.net/.
NCCA’s Buhay na Buhay returns
AN EIGHT-PART documentary series about the eight sub-cultures that shape the Filipino returns on its second season beginning Oct. 3, 8:30 p.m., in its new home, the ABS-CBN News Channel, with replays on Sundays, 10:30 a.m. It is hosted by Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda. Buhay na Buhay is based on the life study of former chair of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and culture expert, Prof. Felipe de Leon, Jr. on the following sub-cultures: Kultura ng Pagdidiwata (Harmony with the Deities, Creative Forces of Nature and Ancestral Spirits); Kultura ng Pag-uukir at Pag-uuma (Poetic Mysticism and Devotion to Islam); Kultura ng Pamamanata (Devotion to the Patron Saint and Village Community); Kultura ng Pananahan (Devotion to the Home and Family); Kultura ng Paglilining at Pangangatwiran (Culture of Reflection and Reasoning); Kultura ng Pag-aaliw (Culture of Entertainment or Sensations); Kultura ng Pamumuna at Pagtutol (Culture of Social Criticism, Concern, Protest); and Kultura ng Pagka-Filipino at Pagkabansa (Devotion to the Nation and Being Filipino). After defining what these subcultures mean in the first season, Buhay na Buhay Season 2 explores the stories of groups and individuals in various parts of the country and how being Filipino emanates in their lives through arts, crafts and practices. Buhay na Buhay Season 2 is written by playwright, director and advocate for traditional arts and indigenous peoples, Floy Quintos. It is directed by Jon Steffan Ballesteros and produced by the NCCA through Marcus Phoenix Media Production Corp. led by Jonard S. Vital.
CCP launches 20/30 Limited Edition Print Portfolio
THE CULTURAL Center of the Philippines (CCP), through its Visual Arts and Museum Division, marks the closing of its year-long anniversary celebration this September by partnering with the Association of Pinoyprintmakers to introduce 20/30: A Limited Edition Print Portfolio in Celebration of the 50th Year Anniversary of CCP. 20/30 will feature prints by 40 artists who have contributed to the development of Philippine contemporary printmaking, namely National Artist Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera, with Ambie Abaño, Leonard Aguinaldo, Alfredo Juan Aquilizan, Virgilio Aviado, Elmer Borlongan, Mars Bugaoan, Benjamin Torrado Cabrera, Kristen Cain, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Salvador Ching, Joey Cobcobo, Fil Delacruz, Janos Delacruz, Yas Doctor, Neil Doloricon, Noel EL Farol, Jess Flores, Ofelia Gelvezón-Téqui, Raul Isidro, Eugene Jarque, Vilia Jefremovas, Lenore RS Lim, Angelo Magno, Hershey Malinis, Manuel Ocampo, Jonathan Olazo, Caroline Ongpin, Renan Ortiz, Henrielle Pagkaliwangan, Radel Paredes, Rod Paras Perez +, Christina Quisumbing Ramilo, Rhoda Recto, Rodolfo Samonte, Juvenal Sansó, Jun-Jun Sta. Ana, Suchin Teoh, Wesley Valenzuela and Anton Villaruel. 20/30 will be offered to special patrons to raise funds for the programs of the CCP and the Association of Pinoyprintmakers. For inquiries, e-mail culturalcentershop@gmail.com.
