Our Next Publication

Coming very soon!

By the way, you can still see all the works in person at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Gallery until the end of September.  

CARPE FUTURUM!!!

What's Coming Up

Sorry we haven't been able to update you folks... We'll really try and get this blog up and running again.


So to restart, here's a rundown of what to expect in the coming weeks.


1. TEDxDiliman 2012: The Future. September 15, 2012 from 1-7pm at Malcolm Theater in UP Diliman.

This year (our second hosting this gathering for ideas worth spreading), our speakers will share visions and hopes and dreams of the future... of law, peace, visual storytelling, sports, cities, filmmaking, comics, the past, and more...


2. Reflection 1081: Remembering Martial Law 40 Years After. September 21, 2012 at 4pm at CANVAS Gallery and Garden.

We have an ongoing retrospective at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (see details below), featuring  protest artworks from 1972 to 1986. This satellite show will feature new works by selected younger artists (who did not necessarily live through the dark days of Martial Law), reflecting on the lessons and legacies of that period.

"Remember the Days"
by Raymond Legaspi
(Submitted for Reflection 1081: Remembering Martial Law 40 Years After)

3. Blue Stars. The Launch and Art Exhibition for our next children's book. Written by Frankie Torres. Artworks by Liv Vinluan. October 17, 2012 at 6pm at The Podium in Ortigas Center.

As-yet untitled (one half of a diptych)
by Liv Vinluan

Here's an excerpt:  Nadia spent the long night huddled in the dark, with her family, listening to the roaring of the bombs and the crackling of the fire as it burnt through the village. She did not sleep.

And there's more... but we'll leave those for our next posts.

We Have A Winner!!!

We are pleased to announce that Victor Ocampo has won this year's Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition for his story, "HERE BE DRAGONS."

The other finalists were:

• Agay Llanera for "A Story About Stories"
• Edgar Samar for "Ang Batang Naghangad ng Ikatlong Mata"
• Ida Salazar for "The Last Curious Boy" and
• Roxanne Saldana for "Alfonsito and the Magic Bookshop

The decision of the judges: Ms. Mel Tan (Program Officer for UNESCO - Education in Asia Pacific, and former Program Manager of the eSkwela Program of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology); Mr. J Pacena (Creative Director of Hub 2.0 Inc., artist, curator and new father-to-be); and Gigo Alampay (Executive Director of CANVAS) was unanimous.

Congratulations to Mr. Ocampo and all the other finalists!

We look forward to working with artist Jon Jaylo, who provided the inspiring contest piece, to bring Mr. Ocampo's story to life next year. :-)

Big Events Ahead!!!

Sorry we haven't been updating this blog as regularly as we would want. But just so you know, it's not because there's nothing to write about.

Here's a quick rundown of the BIG events and activities that we have in store over the next few months.

Yakap by Jim Orencio (Oil on wood, 2012) for SanLahi

May 18 (Friday) - CANVAS will proudly launch its new artspace, CANVAS Gallery & Garden with SanLahi, a solo show of oil on wood artworks by Jim Orencio. (Other shows at this ArtSpace in the pipeline this year: Anthony Palomo, Farley del Rosario, J Pacena/Marika Constantino and a group show on Tandang Sora.)

B is for Bagumbayan by Elmer Borlongan (iPad Sketch, 2012) for Rizalpabeto

May 26 (Saturday) - Rizalpabeto, an exhibition of letras y figuras artworks by Elmer Borlongan, as inspired by the poetry of Vim Nadera. Handsketched using an iPad, each letter will be collectible as a limited edition series of giclee prints (all sold out, sorry). A new, full color book version featuring all artworks and poems will also be launched on Rizal's birthday, June 19 (Tuesday) at CANVAS Gallery and Garden.

Existence Precedes Essence by Anton del Castillo (Oil on metallic leaf, steel, 2012). For CANVAS' Outdoor Banner Project 2012: Kalayaan

The Hero in the Land of the Lotus Eaters (detail) by Marcel Antonio (acrylic on canvas, 2012). For CANVAS' Outdoor Banner Project 2012: Kalayaan

June 13 (Wednesday) - Now on its fourth year, CANVAS' Looking for Juan Outdoor Banner Project 2012 opens at the Vargas Museum in UP Diliman. Dozens of artists, ranging from fine arts students to emerging artists to mid-career favorites all the way to National Artists will showcase works around the theme "Kalayaan (Freedom". Tarpaulin banner versions of the paintings will also line UP's famed acacia-lined Academic Oval.

Bogie Ruiz, Adi Baens Santos, Fred Liongoren, Norma Liongoren, Biboy Delotavo, Imelda Cajipe Endaya & Alice Guillermo meeting with CANVAS on Clear and Present Danger: 1081.

July 3 (Tuesday) - One of our very biggest shows ever, tentatively titled Clear and Present Danger: 1081, opens at the Main Gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Designed to pass on the memory of the Marcos years on this, the 40th year since the declaration of Martial Law, the show will feature iconic as well as new works by some of the most important artists of this pivotal period in our nation's history.  Tarpaulin versions of the artworks will also be produced and carried around Metro Manila to create virtual walking public art exhibitions designed to encourage discussion, conversation and real remembrance. For more details, and to learn more about how you can be involved, click here.

September 15 (Saturday) -  CANVAS again brings you one of the hottest tickets in town - TEDxDiliman 2012, this year featuring talks by known and undiscovered speakers about big ideas on The Future... of government, comics, Philippine basketball, community theater and puppetry, cuisine, Manila as a city, the church, peace, art and many more...

Works in progress for Blue Stars by Liv Vinluan. Coming in the last quarter of 2012.

October-November (Exact date and venue TBA) - And finally, the fourth quarter will bring to you our children's book launch and art exhibition for the year, Blue Stars by Francesca Torres, with artworks by Liv Vinluan.

We're excited to see this year continue to unfold. Join us!