By Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen It is perhaps providential that an art exhibit that showcases the exquisite artistic tradition of the Philippine South is currently on view in no other than New York City. After all, a specific region– Lanao– has suffered its fair share of bad press owing to the fighting that has been […]
By Percival Cunanan Humble palm trees, some soil, an earthen vase, and a hushed audience. With these, Professor Noritaka Noda of NYC’s Ikenobo Society of Floral Art began to create elegant Ikebana, as diplomats around him expressed their hope for peace and the “art of bringing people together.” The event was dubbed “PEACE Is…Beautiful,” a […]
The Philippine Madrigal Singers is currently touring the United States, as part of their goodwill concert tour, before heading to Europe. They will be performing at the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola at 980 Park Avenue, on October 6 at 8 p.m. as part of the 29th Sacred Music in a Sacred Space concert series. […]
By Tricia J. Capistrano When I was 6, my mom sent me to ballet class in dark green leotards and tights while all the other girls wore pink and black. The ballet studios were in an L shaped building in Quezon City, in the Philippines. Each wing had several dance studios whose mirrors reflected the […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Philippine-born international artist Lolita Valderrama Savage was awarded with the distinguished Premio Lorenzo Il Magnifico for 2017, a prestigious award granted by the Academia Internazionale Medicea (The International Medici Academy) in Florence, Italy. Lolita, a painter noted for her lively landscapes and nature scenes, was one of the 10 international recipients […]
MoMA presents a survey of Philippine film from around 2000 to the present, a period known as the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema (following the first golden age, in the 1950s, and the second, from the 1970s to the early 1980s). The Philippines’ current wave of sustained creativity is unusual in its diversity of […]
By Cristina DC Pastor In the 1970s, a group of Fine Arts students from U.P. exhibited their paintings at the garden estate of noted neurologist Dr. Joven Cuanang in Antipolo outside Manila. It was martial law, and none of the established galleries in Manila wanted to showcase art that unmasked the ugliness of poverty or […]
By Cristina DC Pastor It began in the basement of a Catholic church. Twenty-eight years later, the Filipino-founded Ma-Yi Theater Company is a flourishing and ethnically diverse organization that has earned esteem and acclaim for its steadfast promotion of Asian American theater. “Twenty-eight years ago, we couldn’t find an Asian American writer,” said founder and […]
By Cristina DC Pastor America’s comic book industry is going through a painful evolution, ditching print, migrating to web and film, forcing Filipino illustrators to either abandon the trade, become independent, or learn to adapt just to survive. Sales of comic books are shrinking, according to insiders, although they have been sustained by a growing […]