Art&Culture Arts Management lecture
PROF. Sun Man Tseng will be giving a lecture called “Why Artists Should Bother with Arts Management” on Monday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m. to noon, at the 6F Blackbox, School of Design and Arts, De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, 950. P. Ocampo Street, Manila. For inquiries or reservations, e-mail evangeline.binarao@benilde.edu.p, jazmin. tugas@benilde.edu.ph or rachiel.villarosa@benilde.edu.ph.
Concert, exhibit for a cause
ON Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m., the Center for Possibilities Foundation, Inc., will open a one-man exhibit called Not About the Dog, featuring a series of paintings by 17-year-old painter, Juno Santos, a child with special needs. This will open for a special benefit concert Love &
Luck: Bach Vs Beatles, a fund-raising effort for the many endeavors of the Center for Possibilities, an organization dedicated to uplifting the lives of children with special needs, most especially those from the poorest families, who live in far-flung rural areas. The Center currently operates a Special Education (SPED) facility in Sagada, Mountain Province. The concert will feature the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Molina. It will be held at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Ave., Makati City. For details, contact Marica Diokno at 0918-8881759 or 723-1242.
Salvatus at 1335Mabini
1335MABINI presents Mark Salvatus’ solo exhibition Mark Salvatus: Salvage Projects. For the current solo show, Salvatus will look both back and forward to continue the project he started back in 2006: Salvage Projects. The exhibit runs until Feb. 10. Meanwhile, final installment of MABINI Projects’ oneyear long exhibition series Cumulus Blimp: A
Transnational Platform of Discourse features works by New York-based Federico Solmi and Manila-based Dexter Sy. Solmi creates installations of different media, such as video, drawings, mechanical sculptures and paintings, and uses bright colors, satirical aesthetics and absurd narratives to portray a dystopian vision of our present-day society. Sy creates carefully arranged paintings which emphasizes cultural patchwork. Mabini Projects is at Casa Tesoro, Mabini Ave. Ermita, Manila while 1335Mabini is at 1335 Mabini Ave., Ermita, Manila.
Pobadora at Altro Mondo
ALTRO MONDO Arte Cotemporanea presents Murmur of the wind, a solo exhibit by Nile Pobadora at Altro Mondo at The Picasso (Picasso Boutique Servied Residences, 119 L.P. Leviste St., Salcedo Village, Makati. Pobadora does acrylic paintings on paper which explor the realms of the subconscious and man’s perceived realities. The exhibit runs until March 18.
Group shows at Blanc
INTENSION: Capturing Tension and Making It
Visible at Blanc features the latest works of artists Arturo Sanchez, Jr., Isidro “Manong Jon” Santos, Michael de Guzman, Siefred Guilaran, Hamilton Sulit, Gretel Balajadia, Severino Baring III, Mark Francisco, Leonardo Oria Jr. and Lyndon Maglalang. Three things are common in Intension works and the participating artists. One, the works are done by Angono and KUTA artists belonging to the third generation of painters in Angono, the Art Capital of the Philippines. Two, most of them were participants in the historic Cultural Center of the Philippines exhibit in 2016 which highlighted the contemporary and modern art-making process in this town. And three, the younger participating artists have looked upon the elders as their teacher in a mentor-apprentice relationship. Also on view is We Do
Everything We Can to Avoid Trying, organized by Allan Balisi and featuring the works of Rolf Campos, Gab Ferrer, Vladimir Grutas, and Bryan Pollero. Blanc is at 145 Katipunan Ave., St. Ignatius Village, Quezon City. For details, visit www.blanc.ph.
Cristobal at Gateway
Gateway Gallery presents Vestigium, Scriptorium, the fourth solo exhibit of Geronimo Cristobal. The artist presents eight paintings and 12 drawings in his style of “unprogrammed free abstraction.” The exhibit is on view until Feb. 2 at the Gateway Gallery, 5F of Gateway Tower, Araneta Center, Quezon City.