From Instagram posts to street protests, art can be seen everywhere. But what is the role of art in contemporary society?

DASMARIÑAS-  Museo De La Salle celebrates the National Arts Month (2017) with the Pamana Art Exhibit.  “Pamana” (heritage) looks into the w

The Sintomas Traveling Exhibit was launched on February 7, 2017 at the Activity center of the SM Dasmariñas Annex. The theme “Sintomas” (sym

The Paghilom Arts Camp and Festival featured an educational component comprised of workshops and discussions  with topics that range from ar

The walls of the Union Theological Seminary (UTS) were splashed with color on February 9-11, 2017. Street artists from different parts of th

Night at the Paghilom Arts Camp and Festival was celebrated not only through music and dance but also by film showings and talks. Miller Urs

The recent Paghilom Arts Camp and Festival (February 9-11, 2017), included performance art as part of its program. Cross-disciplinary artist

Artists transformed the Union Theological Seminary (UTS) campus grounds with their creative art installations from February 9-March 1,  2017

Artletics visual artists and dancers from the Daloy Dance Co. held workshops that complemented the health talks for the Body + Art exhibit s

More than 30 artists participated in the Body + Art traveling art exhibit. The exhibit aims to generate conversations about HIV in the country. The artworks were displayed in various venues in Metro Manila and Batangas. The exhibit opened with the Body Positive dance production on September 12, 2015, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The gala included an HIV Awareness talk by Dr. Maria Stella Flores of the Shell Pilipinas Foundation and an HIV testimonial from Ms. El

The Daloy curatorial project included an art workshop and a discussion on the environment to complement the visual arts exhibit. Dance Workshop Nejla Yatkin and Daloy Dance Company February, 5, 2016 1F West Wing Gallery, Vargas Museum Multi-awarded, German-American choreographer Nejla Yatkin led the Dance workshop. She emphasized how the body naturally responds to the environment through improvisation exercises. Ms. Yatkin was accompanied by the Daloy Dance Co. in demonstrat

The Daloy art event was launched with the opening of a visual art exhibition at the Jorge Vargas Museum on February 5, 2016. Exhibit curators, Patrick Flores and Ruel Caasi challenged artists to to dissect, respond to and expound on the various aspects of and issues surrounding Water- flow and stagnation, roots and routes, sustainer and destroyer (life and death), and barriers and links. Daloy was a continuation of Project Bakawan, an environmental art festival at the Univers

HOLD EVERYTHING DEAR Curated by: Antares Bartolome Artists: Leo Abaya, Buen Abrigo, Rai Cruz, Kite Maker's Association of the Philippines, Luisita Watch, Paolo Lorenzo, Paloma Polo, Jonas Staal, Pancho Villanueva, WSK.FM This exhibition sought to explore the idea of ‘the commons’, which refers to the natural resources and cultural spheres that all of humanity share. Participating artists were given freedom to create their work, hold talks and facilitate workshops that explore

LUNTIANG TABING ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL Curator: Rolando Tolentino Venues: Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute Bakawan Cinema screened films focused on environmental concerns, both recent and those from the archives of the UP Film Institute in order to reveal just much - or how little - has changed in representing the environment and its attendant issues. Distinguished practitioners from the film industry and academe were invited to give talks at the film screenings which wer

OFF SITE/ OUT OF SIGHT Curators: Claro & Eileen Ramirez Venue: Communities within UP Diliman territory, Materials Recovery Facility Off Site/ Out of Sight took from the idea that much of the mangrove systems, or bakawan, constitute hidden but vital breeding grounds for life. Participating artists were asked to take this aspect of ‘invisibility’ and ‘inaccessibility’ into consideration as they interact with selected communities within the UP Diliman territory. A number of arti

SUBMERGENCE Curators: Wire Tuazon and Boyet de Mesa Venue: Open spaces within UP Diliman Campus Artists: Firefly Brigade, Nick Aca, Waway Saway and the Talaandig Tribe of Bukidnon Artists of different discipline engaged with partner communities and student organisations that devised artworks and performances based on their experiences with climate change. The evolution and outputs of these collaborative processes were the main components of “Submergence”. This project was mad

I remember a time and space When we all would raise, raise, raise Our voices ’til we’ve made A change, a change -Great Escapes, Rizza Cabrera A mob of artists raised their voices in front of the UP Vargas Museum last November 16, 2014. Instead of shouting they made themselves heard [and seen] through their art. The Sangviaje artist collective (John Paul Antido, Daniel Aligaen, Jaypee Samson, Edrick Daniel, Guerrero Habulan, Dennis Fortozo, Joven Mansit, Reynaldo Samson Jr