NCCA Allocates P63.8M for Arts and Culture Programs Amid Pandemic

Manila, Philippines – In addition to The National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) initial P4 million quick response cash assistance program amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NCCA Board of Commissioners has approved a cumulative budget at P63.8 million to support its “Assistance Program in Response to the Call of Bayanihan to Heal as…

ByNewsdeskMay 15, 20200Comments

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Online Auction to Feed Frontliners Extends; Artworks Added

“Healing” by Elyzza Barbosa Manila, Philippines – Online art gallery, FilipinoArt.ph, together with a group of generous Filipino visual artists, is raising funds to feed our health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Via an online art auction, which extends until 10 May 2020, artworks by three Filipino artists Angela Arceo Aquino, Cristabelle Alba, and Elyzza Barbosa have…

ByNewsdeskApril 29, 20200Comments

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Feed Our Health Workers by Bidding; Take Home an Artwork

Via an online art auction, FilipinoArt.ph, together with a group of generous Filipino visual artists, is raising funds to feed our health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Every P85 donation will help prepare a home-cooked meal for our medical frontliners. ACT NOW: Choose your artwork and place your bid in the comment section HERE. Compared to Filipino health…

ByNewsdeskApril 16, 20200Comments

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Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part Three

In the time of the dreaded COVID-19, the world is on a standstill. The expected spread of the disease has been causing fear, anxiety, and uncertainty as to when this ordeal will end. But no matter how bleak the circumstances we’re in, Filipino visual artists can use their time under quarantine in a positive way. Here are some…

ByNewsdeskApril 8, 20200Comments

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Cebu-based Artist Takes Inspiration from the Virus Pandemic

Cebu, Philippines – Self-taught artist Ana Fe Ruiz, who hails from Talisay City, has paid tribute to every person who was forcedly disentangled from the physical world and to every medical frontliner who risks their lives to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Using watercolor, Ana Fe has painted three new artworks that aim to inspire during this…

ByNewsdeskApril 3, 20200Comments

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Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part Two

In the time of the dreaded COVID-19, the world is on a standstill. The expected spread of the disease has been causing fear, anxiety, and uncertainty as to when this ordeal will end. But no matter how bleak the circumstances we’re in, Filipino visual artists can use their time under quarantine in a positive way. Here are some…

ByNewsdeskApril 1, 20200Comments

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Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part One

In the time of the dreaded COVID-19, the world is on a standstill. The expected spread of the disease has been causing fear, anxiety, and uncertainty as to when this ordeal will end. But no matter how bleak the circumstances we’re in, Filipino visual artists can use their time under quarantine in a positive way. Here are some…

ByNewsdeskMarch 26, 20200Comments

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Indigenous Filipino Artist Named One of 40 Contemporary Portrait Masters

Baguio City, Philippines – Renowned indigenous artist Jef Cablog hails from Barlig, Mountain Province. In Barlig, the town’s natives are commonly of Ilocano and Igorot descent, an ethnic group whom Cablog identifies with. Equipped with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines-Baguio, he began his visual arts career about two…

ByNewsdeskMarch 19, 20200Comments

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National Museum of the Philippines Closed Due to COVID-19

Manila, Philippines – Given President Rodrigo Duterte's public address regarding measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the National Museum of the Philippines, including all its affiliated museums, shall be closed to the public starting today, 13 March 2020, until further notice. “All previously-advertised or programmed public events and activities are likewise postponed…

ByNewsdeskMarch 13, 20200Comments

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ART IN THE PARK Postponed Due to Coronavirus

Richard Quebral's "Mang Eric's Kawaiian Island Creations" - Art in the Park featured work Manila, Philippines – As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread - as of this writing, the confirmed cases in the country have jumped to 24 – live events are being canceled or postponed. This year’s Art in the Park, which was initially…

ByNewsdeskMarch 10, 20200Comments

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NCCA Allocates P63.8M for Arts and Culture Programs Amid Pandemic

Online Auction to Feed Frontliners Extends; Artworks Added

Feed Our Health Workers by Bidding; Take Home an Artwork

Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part Three

Cebu-based Artist Takes Inspiration from the Virus Pandemic

Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part Two

Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part One

Indigenous Filipino Artist Named One of 40 Contemporary Portrait Masters

National Museum of the Philippines Closed Due to COVID-19

ART IN THE PARK Postponed Due to Coronavirus

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