The Anthem Philatelist

  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...

It’s time to hail Havana as one of the world’s great art cities. The Cuban capital has never lacked artistic credentials, but a growing band of small private galleries, fresh interest in outlandish street art and the emergence of the extraordinary art collectives has sparked a creative renaissance that has truly put the city on the map.  Havana’s artistic roots go deep. The city is home to the olde st arts academy in Latin America, the Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro , housed in a colonnaded building in Marianao. Founded in 1818, the academy has bred generations of precocious talent, most notably in the 1920s when it spawned the Vanguardia , a loose collection of painters and sculptors who, rejecting the contemporary penchant for mundane landscapes, invented Cuba’s avant-garde. ( Lonely Planet )  Sand Art Mural in Habana Vieja (Old Havana)