Art & Culture

Photos by Ferdinand G. Mendoza In most communities, Saturdays are mostly spent lazing around or going out to malls and other entertainment joints. But in Angono, Rizal—hailed as the “Art Capital of the Philippines,” community residents take the time to appreciate art, in this...

The pinnacle of artistic achievement in the Philippines is when you are named a National Artist. This is the reward given to the best and brightest of the nation’s artists—those who have truly given their lives to their art across decades and, in...

There is a boyish light in Toym Imao’s eyes as he talks of an age of innocence. The tall, robust multi-media artist has been honing his craft and balancing the demands of a growing family and the passion for politics and social convulsions handed down...

A posse of students, families, and couples crowded inside the SM Art Center gallery at the 5th floor of SM MegaMall in Ortigas, Pasig City. It was almost lunch time. And while neighboring art galleries inhaled silence in their guests-bereft open spaces, this one...

  Tingguians, they are called. She of the sub-group Illaud. Her name: Norma Agaid Mina, 78. And she has spawned generation after generation of loom masters. “I was in Grade 6 when I learned to weave. Nagbakbak ako ng sinulid, nag-alis ng buto ng cotton...

  When you are the Lit Ed of the Graphic, going where the stories and poems are is part of the job—and it is both an honor and a pleasure to be there where the action is. Keeping any art moving forward takes plenty of...