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Watch out for the Coming Cebuano Art Exhibit on May 6 Asdang Uswag (Move Forward to Progress) on May 6, 2023 6pm at SM Megamall Art Center Exhibit. Participating artists include Masters Celso Peipito , Jun Impas , Adeste Deguilmo , Antonio Vidal . Established artists abstract expresssionist Lucilo Sagayno , cubist Joel Cristobal , watercolorist and coffee artist Cesar Castillo and many more. An up and coming artist and World Youth Art Festival winner in Korea, Leodito Bongo III , will also be participating.  Thank you to our guests of honor Marilou Veloso-Galenzoga Baligod , Levi Baligod and Ambassador Jose Maria Cariño   Exhibit Rationale A challenge to artists and viewers alike, ASDANG, USWAG invites us to think about how we can move forward in our lives and embrace change.  It's meant to celebrate our different journeys of personal growth, through the exploration of new ideas, creating art that inspires positive change and societal improvement.  Cebu Artists I...

  Opening on April 14, 2023 at 4pm. Exhibit runs until May 23 KINAIYAHAN  (NATURE) a group exhibit by: JONATHAN ABELLANA LEODITO BONGO III JESS DINGLASA JOHN DINGLASA RAMON DE DIOS CELSO PEPITO FE PEPITO JOSE MARI PICORNELL MARLOWE VILLAGONZALO MARLONE YLANAN   BONG FRANCISCO Abuhan Mini Gallery Ground Floor, One Mango Square Mall , General Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City   The idea behind the KINAIYAHAN (Nature) Exhibit is simply to acknowledge the innate skills and talents of the eleven exhibitors, who are mostly engrossed in painting nature as the main subject of their artworks. Most of them have so much fun in doing plein air painting, like landscapes, seascapes, still life, etc, if only to commune with the environment, but above all, being in front of their subject, have given them utmost freedom to manifest their creativity without inhibitions. As our existence is synonymous with the existence of nature, we ought to do our share to nurture, protect, and takes care...

Eggman's Mumbo Assignment, 16x12, Mixed Media (Ink and Gold Leaf), 2023 The Artist Name Mean Mustard came from the song of The Beatles in Abbey Road Album. The name was decided to carry when the artist's nick name is roughly the same with the Song title and artworks subject mainly focuses on The Beatles . Mean was born in 1988 and is a proud Cebuana .  At an early age, she started working with colored pens and oil pastels due to her fascination with anime characters, but this halted for a while due to other priorities. In 2014, she tried doing sketches again using charcoal pencils, this time of human portraits which led to her first commission. Black Bird Fly, 9" x 12", Mixed Media (Watercolor and Ink), 2023 The following year, she was invited to display her artworks for Music and Arts Night with local singer Kitchie Nadal . This was her first exhibit. She has then on been invited to exhibit in other events with other local visual artists. A huge fan of the ban...

FRUITS OF MY BOROBUDUR, INDONESIA JOURNEY. The privileged to be invited to join the EXPRESSION exhibit at Limanjawi Art House in Borobudur, Indonesia was one great opportunity for me to learn and appreciate the arts and culture of the Indonesian people. But being in Borobudur for a week has given me more reasons to be steadfast in my creative journey as art in this area is more alive, most artists has their own studio , embracing the contemporary mode of expression as they  actively create their art. The warmthness and great hospitality of our Indonesian counterparts have even made our stay more precious and enriching. But what really made this trip more fruitful was transforming my time into moments of productivity through SKETCHING . From Cebu , to Manila , to Kuala Lumpur , to Yogjakarta to Borobudur and back, sketching has always been a part of my passion to document this trip. I was happy that our layovers in KLIA2 has given me more time to create. It was indeed another...