Passion for art, love for gems fuel designer’s jewelry venture

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/15/2017

Pen and paper, guts and a passion for art. This was how a 40-year-old homegrown designer, specializing in creating personalized jewelry pieces, described how she started her business venture — Vero. After 14 years in the business,…

Art Biography of twin peaks

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/07/2017

Art Biography is an art exhibit and a unique reunion of two old friends, Jose (Kimsoy) Yap Jr., the painter, and Arsenio (Arsing) Abella, the sculptor, who are two of the most relevant, significant and valuable Cebuanos…

Moro art exhibit opens in Ayala

USJ-R Intern Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 09/25/2017

An interactive Moro art exhibit with materials sourced from Marawi City and showcasing art work and music representing indigenous Mindanao culture opened at the Ayala Center gallery last Friday evening. The “Manara Interactive Moro Art” exhibit will…

Post-it art promoting Eco-responsibility

Caryll Arcayan 08/14/2017

Grade 7 to 12 students of Cebu City National Science High School (CCNSHS) showcased their creativity through the 3M Post-it Making Contest, with an aim to promote awareness on eco-responsibility. A total of 29 students used colorful…

The art of circles

Apple Ta-as 07/31/2017

A circle reflects eternity—an unbroken line that has no beginning and no end. Japanese artist Sophia Shizuco has found her language, and she expresses her insights through circles in circles using vivid colors. This motif is evident…

Talk about EJK, art show urges viewers

Inquirer.net 05/27/2017

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Bright red, a color easily associated with blood and gore, glared throughout an exhibit mounted by a group of artists based in Los Baños town in Laguna province. The exhibit, entitled “EjaKulated,” features…

SWU PHINMA launches arts and design courses for senior high

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/26/2017

Southwestern University PHINMA (SWU PHINMA), long known for its medical and business-related courses, is taking the “road less traveled” as it offers arts and design programs for senior high school students. John Olivares, SWU SHS Arts and…

Got you under my skin

Margie and Stephen Zenz 04/04/2017

FROM subculture to pop culture. It used to be a thing only for sailors and jailbirds. Now look around and you’ll see not only celebrities and rock stars getting inked but your friends and neighbors, too. Many…

The art of diplomacy

Ryan Macasero 04/01/2017

Hindi daw ako statesman. Excuse me? Hindi daw ako statesman. Ang pagkaalam ko, tumakbo ako ng Presidente. Wala mang posisyong statesman doon sa ’min, bakit mo ko pipilitin maging statesman?” the President said. (Then they said I’m…

Tugging art strings at the Gugma Gitara Competition

PR 03/15/2017

CEBUANOS have always had a knack for music and the arts. As tribute to the ever-evolving Cebuano brand of craftsmanship, the Gugma Gitara “design-your-own-guitar” competition was held last Feb. 18. Over 100 students joined and paid tribute…

A thread-and-wire act

Gerard Pareja 03/14/2017

  THINK of Cat’s Cradle, a geometric quiz-cum-visual tease usually played by kids using a loop of string wrapped around and between the fingers to form complex patterns. Take it up a notch with multiple hands, say thousands…

Raphael’s last painting

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 03/11/2017

Giorgio Vasari called it Raphael’s “most beautiful and most divine” work, this painting—“The Transfiguration”—which now hangs in the art gallery of the Vatican Museums. When Cardinal Giulio de Medici, who later became Pope Clement VII, commissioned it,…

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