The Anthem Philatelist

This coming Saturday, August 27 at 6 in the evening at the third level City Wing, SM Seaside City, SRP, Cebu City , Cebu Artists Incorporated will celebrate its 28th Founding Anniversary with an Art Exhibit entitled: Unity in in Diversity. We are encouraging fellow art enthusiasts and collectors to see the exhibit which will showcase the works of famous artists like Master Cubist Celso Pepito , Portrait Master Jun Impas , Master of Distortion Adeste Deguilmo and many more.  Heading the guests of honor is fellow art enthusiast, heritage preservation advocate and supporter, Hon. Raymond Alvin Garcia and wife Kate Roska Garcia . CAI is known for its diverse memberships, thus, the group promotes the individual style of its members as it totally gives freedom to pursue each of their artistic aspirations. CAI is on its third decade of promoting art awareness in Cebu Community and help develop its members into potential pride of Cebu's art and culture.    

John Dinglasa is one of the member of the notable Dinglasa clan of visual artists consisting of cousins and siblings from Samboan , Cebu which includes Jess Dinglasa , Reynan Dingal , Mimit Carredo , Julieto Angana and his six-year-old son Jian Kenshin, Adonis Bilocura, Hemernio Dinglasa Jr., John Louie Dinglasa, Roel Fisalbon and Alfred Fuentes . After Odette, Acrylic on canvas, 24"x 30", 2022 They were discovered by Cebu Artists Inc . (CAI) members when they conducted an outreach program—a painting workshop in Samboan in 2005. The young Dinglasa came out as the grand prize winner in one of the on-the-spot painting competition organized by the group. Since then, these homegrown artists have been participating in CAI activities, exhibiting their natural artistic capabilities as none of them has had formal art schooling. Although exposed to the conservative vein of painting, Dinglasa paints with his heart as he interprets the scenic beauty of his community. Concerne...