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Strong But Tired by Roy Ingente THE Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc . (RAFI) Culture and Heritage Unit (CHU) demonstrates once again its support to the local art and design scene with its participation at the Tubô Cebu Art Fair 2023. Tubô Cebu Art Fair is on its fifth year. It will be held from Friday, Sept. 15 to Sept. 17 at the Ayala Center Cebu . This year’s outing runs on the theme “Juxtapose.” Rafi’s Casa Gorordo Museum and The Kabilin Center booths feature the work of a young artists collective—15 talents bursting into the local setting with a delightful medley of thought-provoking masterpieces in various media. The exhibits include the works of University of the Philippines graduates and students Venise Galan , Rogene Ygot, Roy Ingente , Khaye Adlao , John Marco Torejos, Jether Seriño, Enric Carl, Riva Ingente, Densen Almeda, Clark Aquio and Jani Tapayan. Roy Ingente copped first place at the 45th National Artist Jose T. Joya Awards in 2021. He has developed a fondness for dep...

Lawyer Jovi Garcia Neri holding an Elorde bread with an article in the Visayan dialect CEBU, Philippines — Cebuano lawyer Jovi Garcia Neri , who is also a dedicated sportsman, artist and writer , will be launching his “Just A Lawyer Drawing Sports Icons” book during the opening event of Tubô Cebu Art Fair on September 15, 2023 4:30pm at Ayala Center Cebu . The hardcover, large size coffee table book showcases the highly-acclaimed illustrations of Neri , totaling 36 sports icons - including nine Filipinos - featured in ready-to-frame, removable pages printed on specialty art paper designed to mimic the look and feel of the actual original art. Neri takes the reader along his own art journey told through drawings, sketches and doodles that span four decades. He provides commentary on each illustration, revealing his creative process and artistic evolution, and recounts his personal encounters and interactions with some of the global sports icons who have acknowledged his depictions of...

   As we bring the 4th installment of Tubô Cebu Art Fair back to its physical format on September 16-18, 2022 at Ayala Center Cebu, we invite the community to ignite their playful side–“Duwa ta,” as we say in Cebuano, Arvin Allen A. Tan , Tubô project chairman and Cebu Art Council Board of Trustees, said. Let’s create a space where we can play and grow together.