What we want...
How we'll get it...
*** Letras y Figuras artworks by Elmer Borlongan, inspired in part by the poetry of Vim Nadera. For "Rizalpabeto". Coming in 2012.
Friday, December 23, 2011
What We Want and How We'll Get It
What we want...
*** Letras y Figuras artworks by Elmer Borlongan, inspired in part by the poetry of Vim Nadera. For "Rizalpabeto". Coming in 2012.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Where We Are
Let's see... since we last posted in September (not counting yesterday's return):
1. TEDxDiliman 2011 is officially done. You can view all the talks here. We had so much fun so we'll do it again next year... at least we hope to. Right now, we're thinking of a unifying theme, and then we'll begin curating the talks. Will keep you posted.
2. We officially launched three new books. Tahan Na, Tahanan is the latest in our roster of original children's stories.
3. The other two books - Kulayan and CANVAS Collection - are from our Global Giving initiative. And we're happy to report that this one is up and running. We raised enough funds to publish 5,000 copies of each book, ALL of which are going to be donated to public schools, orphanages, daycares and directly to disadvantaged children all over the Philippines.
We've already started by giving with organizations and people who do work directly with these children. Over 1,200 of the books have already been coursed through Museo Pambata, Sarilaya Foundation, the Joey Velasco Foundation, BenCab Art Foundation and the Onesimo Foundation. And we will be giving away all the books in the next few weeks, hoping to get them all in the hands of kids before Christmas.
The only thing that we've asked all our partners is to take good pictures, so we hope to post them soon!
A big thanks as well to MasterCard and to the BenCab Art Foundation for their support! Speaking of which, at least for Kulayan, MasterCard partnered with the Ayala Malls to make Christmas shopping more meaningful - every P2,500 purchase at any Ayala Mall using your MasterCard gets you a copy of Kulayan for free, which you can then keep or donate back. So we're hopeful that it's actually much more than 5,000 copies that are going to children.
4. Rizalpabeto is a bit delayed. No excuses. But we promise, it will be worth the wait!
Next time... where we're going... :-)
1. TEDxDiliman 2011 is officially done. You can view all the talks here. We had so much fun so we'll do it again next year... at least we hope to. Right now, we're thinking of a unifying theme, and then we'll begin curating the talks. Will keep you posted.
2. We officially launched three new books. Tahan Na, Tahanan is the latest in our roster of original children's stories.
3. The other two books - Kulayan and CANVAS Collection - are from our Global Giving initiative. And we're happy to report that this one is up and running. We raised enough funds to publish 5,000 copies of each book, ALL of which are going to be donated to public schools, orphanages, daycares and directly to disadvantaged children all over the Philippines.We've already started by giving with organizations and people who do work directly with these children. Over 1,200 of the books have already been coursed through Museo Pambata, Sarilaya Foundation, the Joey Velasco Foundation, BenCab Art Foundation and the Onesimo Foundation. And we will be giving away all the books in the next few weeks, hoping to get them all in the hands of kids before Christmas.
The only thing that we've asked all our partners is to take good pictures, so we hope to post them soon!
A big thanks as well to MasterCard and to the BenCab Art Foundation for their support! Speaking of which, at least for Kulayan, MasterCard partnered with the Ayala Malls to make Christmas shopping more meaningful - every P2,500 purchase at any Ayala Mall using your MasterCard gets you a copy of Kulayan for free, which you can then keep or donate back. So we're hopeful that it's actually much more than 5,000 copies that are going to children.
4. Rizalpabeto is a bit delayed. No excuses. But we promise, it will be worth the wait!Next time... where we're going... :-)
Thursday, November 24, 2011
A New Start
Sorry for being out for so long. We've been quite active, not just with events and activities, but also on social media - it's just much much easier to update people on Facebook.
But there are a few things that a blog does better.
First, we can write longer posts. Facebook, and even more so, Twitter are basically just a collection of teasers, feeds and links. It's a good way to keep the community engaged, but it doesn't allow us to get as much depth.
Second, it's easier to get a sense of what we've done in the past (and therefore where we stant, through a blog than through Facebook.
And third, and probably most important, writing posts gives us a chance to focus without too much distractions from our other friends. Not that we don't like the distraction. It's just good to focus in quietly by and for ourselves every now and then.
And so we're back... hopefully more regularly.
But there are a few things that a blog does better.
First, we can write longer posts. Facebook, and even more so, Twitter are basically just a collection of teasers, feeds and links. It's a good way to keep the community engaged, but it doesn't allow us to get as much depth.
Second, it's easier to get a sense of what we've done in the past (and therefore where we stant, through a blog than through Facebook.
And third, and probably most important, writing posts gives us a chance to focus without too much distractions from our other friends. Not that we don't like the distraction. It's just good to focus in quietly by and for ourselves every now and then.
And so we're back... hopefully more regularly.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
A Brutal (But Fun!) Four Weeks Coming!!!
It's going to be an exciting, and for us quite brutal, four weeks filled with major activities.
This week, on Friday at 6pm, at the Ayala Museum, we will launch our latest children's book, Tahan Na, Tahanan by Maria Isabel Alarilla-Arellano simultaneously with an exhibition of artworks by Don Salubayba.
The following week, on October 8 will then come TEDxDiliman, at Malcolm Theater at the UP College of Law. It's by-invitation only, sorry - so please make sure you've been approved of a slot before you come. We're limited by our license from TED.com to just 100 guests, sorry. But, we are going to livestream the event, and eventually upload all the talks on YouTube, so no worries about missing out on the big ideas!
The two weeks that will follow TEDxDiliman will then filled with a flurry of activities - from the launch of CANVAS Stories (our project with the Global Giving Foundation);
Kulayan - our coloring book; and two other events whose details we're finalizing so more on that later: an artist exchange with Vietnamese artists; and a first one-woman show.
And after that?
We'll launch Rizalpabeto, and then gear up for major major changes to scale up and expand CANVAS in 2012.
Exciting!
This week, on Friday at 6pm, at the Ayala Museum, we will launch our latest children's book, Tahan Na, Tahanan by Maria Isabel Alarilla-Arellano simultaneously with an exhibition of artworks by Don Salubayba.
The following week, on October 8 will then come TEDxDiliman, at Malcolm Theater at the UP College of Law. It's by-invitation only, sorry - so please make sure you've been approved of a slot before you come. We're limited by our license from TED.com to just 100 guests, sorry. But, we are going to livestream the event, and eventually upload all the talks on YouTube, so no worries about missing out on the big ideas!The two weeks that will follow TEDxDiliman will then filled with a flurry of activities - from the launch of CANVAS Stories (our project with the Global Giving Foundation);Kulayan - our coloring book; and two other events whose details we're finalizing so more on that later: an artist exchange with Vietnamese artists; and a first one-woman show.And after that?
We'll launch Rizalpabeto, and then gear up for major major changes to scale up and expand CANVAS in 2012.Exciting!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
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