Creative work, including visual arts, literature, filmmaking, dance, and music, is a manifestation and demonstration of artistry and originality. On May 24, the first ever Centro Escolar University (CEU) Festival of Creative Works was held. Through the festival, creative work outputs of...
MEET THE ARTIST Trailblazing multidisciplinary innovator and Cultural Medallion recipient Teo Eng Seng National Gallery Singapore, 2024 Revisit local and global events from the mid-20th century to the present through the ironic and sometimes tragicomic lens of veteran artist Teo Eng Seng at...
KOMIKERO FAVORITES AJ Bacar of Sskait and Drew Borja of Hunghang Flashbacks Filipino comic artists and cosplayers gathered in a celebration of creativity and ingenuity at the recently concluded DrawINK Convention. One of the highlights was a panel discussion entitled Komikeros in the Digital...
Today, we have three well-established novelists, with their latest works. For those immersed in literary and popular fiction, the names Matt Haig, Janice Hallett, and William Boyd will be very familiar, and it’s good to find them still in top form. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig ...
I was on a small island in Garchitorena, Camarines Sur a few years back. The island had a small number of inhabitants—fisherfolks mostly, who earn their living from the sea. I would often visit the island as a child and I still do visit, but not nearly as often anymore. During one of...
TALKBACK SESSION Sine Kabataan filmmakers Vynce Ong, Gio Alpuente, Josam Dalman, Gian Arre, and Juvy Ann Clarito The nine short films from the 7th Sine Kabataan Short Film Festival 2024 delivered strong voices from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao as we saw the dreams of our young filmmakers on...
ART FOR ALL 'Improvisations' grants easy access for anyone to view the National Artist's work How one might view art is different from how others might view it. Some might find a certain piece stunning and an absolute wonder to look at, whereas others can view the same piece and deem it as nothing...
REVELATION , oil on canvas, 48x96 inches, 2024 Visual artist Jake Catah’s latest exhibit “Limitless” is the realm of endless possibilities. In this exhibit, creativity knows no bounds and imagination reigns supreme. Drawing inspiration from the art masters like Rubens, da Vinci, and...
When I grow up, I want to be like Vladimir Nabokov, whose early life was a sweep of my dreams of Europe, born to a Russian upperclass family in St. Petersburg, moving to Crimea and then Ukraine and then lock, stock, and barrel to the UK, where Vladimir took up Zoology at Cambridge, and later to...
By Iane Macasieb Photos by Reine Paisley | 9 Works Theatrical Get ready to be transported to a magical land as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Once on this Island , has just premiered on the Manila stage. Theatre fans will surely love this sweet treat as theatre company...
ARTISTS AND WORLDMAKING Simone Leigh (photo by Shaniqwa Jarvis), Baz Luhrmann (photo by Trent Mitchell), and Charli xcx (photo by Harvey Weir) The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announces the date and honorees of its 2024 Art+Film Gala. On Nov. 2, the museum will honor Simone...
Photo: Freepik Culture finally caught up with me that I experienced “wordnesia.” For the first time since I started writing for Manila Bulletin, I encountered a blank. Literally. Surprisingly, I never feared the blank page. I am most comfortable with having mental diarrhea on paper. Sometimes,...
