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Reclaiming heroes: Toym Imao adds a twist of bitter to true, good and beautiful by Inday Espina-Varona
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...
Elmer Dumlao: A Filipino artist in the Royal Kingdom of Jordan
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...
Weaving the tapestry of life
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...
PH Lit: Young, vibrant, gloriously alive by Alma Anonas-Carpio
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...
Dancing her life: Rosalia Merino Santos by Alma Anonas-Carpio
"I would like that very much, yes.” Dance teacher Rosalia Merino Santos, a dainty woman of 94, said this in reply to the Philippines Graphic’s query about whether she would like to be named National Artist for Dance.
This gracious nonagenarian consented to a...
Of forensic artists & other painters
A janitor, a carpenter, a medico-legal doctor, an agent, a photographer, and a couple of forensic artists—all employees of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). All with their paintings on the wall at the first floor hallway of the NBI office in Taft...
