Exhibits
Hysteria
Artery Art Space, Quezon City
Ongoing until May 7
Three women come together in this group exhibit to dismantle the conventional muscle of painting with expressive aplomb, clever comebacks and sexy bravado. Valeria Cavestany, Lara de los Reyes and Maria Jeona Zoleta share many same things together: They are all graduates of the University of the Philippines, all have shown locally and abroad (at Musée International des Arts Modeste in France and at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, among others), and the three artists represent the cutting edge of Manila’s painterly crop.
Cavestany’s works illustrate the divided self in the moment of global financial crises and religious terrorism. De los Reyes’ paintings, on the other hand, explores the gender divide between intuitive femininity and the macho strutting of techniques to give an old man painting an arousal, while Zoleta’s pieces epitomize bad painting as a contemporary conceptual stance on medium specific self-awareness and post-internet tactics.
For more details on this ongoing exhibit, contact the gallery at (02) 725-2837.
Liwanag sa Kawalan ng Kulay (Light in the Absence of Color)
Lobby, Yuchengco Museum, Makati City
Ongoing until June 25
Visual and performance artist Aze Ong exhibits her 8.83-meter-high crochet installation that was inspired by her trip to the United Arab Emirates. The installation is accompanied by a video of Ong performing on the sand dunes of Abu Dhabi, which also features the crochet butterfly wings she made.
The series belongs to a particular part of Ong’s life as a woman who tackles challenges and overcomes difficulties and displacement in a different culture. She was inspired by the Grand Mosque’s metaphor for her sense of “self,” by the desert where she found peace and connection in the warmth of sand, by the silence of the winds and within, and by the traditional weaving kept alive by women.
Visit www.yuchengcomuseum.com to know more about this display.
Workshops
Travel Writing
Ayala Museum, Makati City
April 20 and 22; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Those who have been bitten by the travel bug and wanted to share their experiences through writing can learn how to tell their tales with the help of avid travelers April Yap and Camille dela Rosa in this two-day workshop.
Yap, who has written two books and maintains a food/travel blog, and Dela Rosa, an editor of a local travel magazine, will go over the basic of travel writing for various platforms which would be beneficial whether for personal or professional purposes. Participants to this two-day workshop are required to bring or submit a draft travel piece of 300 words on the first day of the session.
The P3,500 workshop fee is inclusive of materials, handouts, snacks, a certificate, one-day free admission to the museum and one-day free access to the library. For more inquiries, contact Marj Villaflores at (02) 759-8288 local 25 or email villaflores.md@ayalafoundation.org.
Shui Mo: Chinese Painting Workshop
Yuchengco Museum, Makati City
April 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18 and 25; 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Chinese painting instructor Arsenia Lim (Tsai Shiu-Yuin) is teaching once again the techniques of traditional Chinese painting in this 10-Saturday class. Shui Mo (water and ink) is a freestyle technique using a brush dipped in ink and water and onto rice paper.
In this painting class for intermediate students with Western or Chinese painting experience, Lim will demonstrate the techniques and coach participants as they create their own brush painting, focusing on dahlia, narcissus, azalea and bougainvillea flowers, as well as grapes. Weekly assignments will be given, which will then be submitted the following session.
Workshop fee is P6,500, exclusive of materials. Supplies can be purchased from the instructor on the first session. Call (02) 889-1234 or email emabrina@yuchengcomuseum.org for inquiries and more details.
Recycled Summer
Yuchengco Museum, Makati City
April 25, 28, May 2, 5, 12 and 16; 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Kids will learn the value of recycling while letting their imagination fly in this workshop that will teach them how to make toys from trash, dollhouses from cardboards, and figures from plastic containers.
Apol Lejano-Massebieau of La Pomme and Fiona Fajardo-Hernandez of Heartmade will teach children aged five to 12 to explore a wide array of crafts during the six-day class that will culminate with an exhibit of the participants’ selected works.
The P5,800 workshop fee includes craft supplies and a certificate of participation.
Kids are encouraged to bring additional recyclables. For more information, call
(02) 889-1234 or email emabrina@yuchengcomuseum.org.
Concerts
PPO Season Ender: Odin Rathnam
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
April 22; 8:00 p.m.
Outgoing music director Olivier Ochanine leads the season ending concert of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra together with guest soloist, American violinist Odin Rathnam.
The concert features Jules Massenet’s Scènes de Féerie, George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No.1 and Alberto Ginastera’s Estancia Ballet Suite. The Ginastera suite will be a preview of the Carnegie Hall performance by the PPO which Ochanine has put together for their June 18 tour in the United States.
Ochanine has been music director and principal conductor of the PPO since April 2010, when he took the helm as the youngest music director at the age of 30. Under his leadership, the orchestra has repeatedly brought to Manila audiences new listening experiences with countless Philippine premieres.
For inquires and subscription, call the CCP Marketing Department at (02) 832-1125 loc. 1806, or the CCP Box Office at (02) 832-3704 or TicketWorld at National Bookstore at (02) 891-9999.