The stage is set. BURNING MAN Guirhem Usog Sa Kalayo Multi-awarded artist Melvin Guirhem of Iloilo would stitch together his personal experiences on canvases, but for Art Fair Philippines 2022 his works went beyond the familiarities of his personal life and evolved into a collective study of the...
A photographic throwback of the Western Visayan region during the American colonization CAPTURING ILOILO Pedro Casanave, an American photographer and painter Over the past several years, there has been a growing enthusiasm for learning Iloilo’s history. That is largely thanks to burgeoning...
Bringing the love of reading closer to the community is the focus of the fourth Iloilo Mega Book Fair (IMBF). It will no longer be confined to malls or academic institutions. Instead, it’s going to communities in the seven districts of Iloilo City. In the project dubbed as “IMBF Sari-sari...
FOR THE LOVE OF TEACHING Despite the school year being held entirely online, Sir Jessie goes the extra mile and emulates the physical classroom setup by putting up the image of his students on chairs The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the educational landscape, and yet teacher Jessie S....
Individual and corporate donations keep the soup kitchen-styled feast of Iloilo staples going and going for the benefit of frontliners Photos by Ray Tabafunda COMFORT FOOD One of the dishes served in the program is Deco’s La Paz batchoy The sixth annual Sabores de Visayas might not have been the...
For this year’s National Arts Month celebration, Ilonggo artists have collaborated in creating a mural that speaks of realizations since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out early in 2020. In the “We Hide No More” exhibition at SM City Iloilo, Himbon Contemporary Ilonggo Artists group unveiled the...
