Duterte’s move of clearing classrooms of “unnecessary decorations” gets DepEd-7 chief’s support

Futch Anthony Inso 08/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio’s directive of keeping the classrooms clean and free from any unnecessary artwork, decorations, tarpaulins, and posters has the backing of DepEd-7 regional director Dr. Salustiano Jimenez. Duterte’s move was…

Young Cebuana artist uses Rubik’s Cube for artwork

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 03/25/2021

  Dumanjug, Cebu — Solving a Rubik’s Cube is a fun and challenging mental game. But Mel Ann Shane Lauron, 19, from Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu, wanted to do more with the colorful cube.  So, she came…

Artworks to inspire our frontliners

Immae Lachica 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–How do we boost the morale of our frontliners? There are several ways of doing so.  One of which is by sending them inspirational cards or artworks to brighten up their moods after a day’s…

Artwork done in 1 hour: Cebuano artist shows how to help save ailing planet

Immae Lachica 08/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — How can a Cebuano artist raise awareness to the “wildfire crisis” in the Amazon rainforest in South America and the plight of Mother Earth in general? Well, create an artwork that can touch…

10-year-old makes artwork out of photo of unique cloud formation in Cebu

Immae Lachica 06/26/2019

Cebu City, Philippines— A kid’s mind is certainly filled with imagination. This was proven by Shunte Sanchez, 14, who shared with CDN Digital an artwork made by her 10-year-old cousin Heleigna Rev R. Arizobal. Arizobal’s drawing was…

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…

Dagit Arts Fest: a gathering of kindred spirits

03/01/2017

BY Raz Salvarita IMAGINE a circle of creative souls telling stories. And then a curious crowd gathering. Dagit Arts Fest has once again brought together the creative community of visual storytellers, craft makers, musicians and young digital designers…

Turning waste into creative artworks

01/19/2017

The Aboitiz Foundation successfully held its first ever “gARTbage Ville Mixed Media Art Competition” last December 17 at the University of the Philippines – Cebu campus. The activity is named gARTbage with emphasis on the word ‘art’…

Leonardo’s unfinished painting

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 12/31/2016

In March 1481, the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopelo in Florence commissioned Leonardo da Vinci, then 29 years old, to make a painting for their altar. Leonardo began working on the Adoration of the Magi,…

‘Ship of Fools’

Juli Ann M. Sibi 05/24/2016

Recreating Philippine Society ON BOARD a vessel with no direction, powered by frivolous men and women, closed to opinions astray from their own. In their joint art exhibit, 20-year-old University of Philippines Cebu Fine Arts students Janine…

Students draw to raise funds for street kids

03/11/2016

AFTER seven months of special and self-expression art classes for the elementary levels 1 and 2 and Erdkinder level 3 (high school), the Abba’s Orchard School (AOS) Cebu launched an art exhibit of 60 selected artworks of…

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