Freshly graduated from University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UP CFA) in 1985, RM de Leon’s first group show at the old Sining Kamalig in Pasay City was a sellout.
Pinaglabanan. It’s a Tagalog word that means “fought over.” Located in what is now San Juan City, Pinaglabanan is where Andres Bonifacio and his Katipuneros kicked off the 1896 revolution against Spain.
Because he is known primarily as a printmaker—print being an art form which, for various mistaken notions, is given less value than paintings—Pandy Aviado has not received the general public recognition nor the commercial success that his peers have garnered.
With the likes of Jimmy Cliff and Joss Stone playing, it’s the rare music aficionado who can resist the song of the siren beckoning.
“My artistic and intellectual pursuits are grounded in a simple sense of purpose: To be fully alive,” Jana Benitez said in a 2012 interview.
Celebrating 50 years of anything is a big deal. And so it is with the Assumption Convent High School Class of 1967 that is commemorating its 50th year jubilee this year.
