Stay updated with breaking news from Tessy pettyjohn. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Filipino ceramic arts is expanding during the pandemic cnnphilippines.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnnphilippines.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published July 23, 2021, 11:55 AM A special edition for these extraordinary times Art in the Park Online returns on July 25 to Aug. 1, 2021 for an anniversary special edition. The eight-day online fair will feature over 10,000 artworks from 62 galleries, four special exhibits, and a variety of special online activities. Art in the Park Special Edition Ever since 2006, an exponential amount of about P20 million have been raised by the country’s premier affordable art fair. It has been allocated by the Museum Foundation of the Philippines for its projects to expand awareness for the National Museum and its wide network. The funds raised enabled the Museum Foundation of the Philippines Inc. (MFPI) to run a program to provide grants for varied cultural endeavors, including publications support and international benchmarking tours by executives of the National Museum. ....
Art in the Park celebrates 15th anniversary with a second online fair bworldonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bworldonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CORNERSTONE POTTERY FARM Owned by husband-and-wife tandem EJ and Eva Espiritu, this shop in Silang, Cavite creates food-safe stoneware and ceramics such as dinnerware, tea sets, mugs, chimes, oil burners and sculptures. “Our glazes are lead-free,” says Eva who, together with her ceramic engineer husband, started the business in 1996 for an exporter. In 2001 however, they began producing for the local market. Four years later, EJ started his studio pottery while Eva continued to be on top of the design and marketing. Made by the traditional process of casting and hand-forming, each Cornerstone item is painstakingly created with much accuracy, time and effort. The clay preparation alone is crucial as wrong proportions or formulations can make or break a batch. “In casting, we prepare a mixture of powdered clay, water and a dispersing agent; in hand-forming, we mix a sold wet clay with other types of clay. The sturdiness of the clay body must withstand the following bak ....
Alee Garibay, Disrupt In this time of pandemic and varying levels of community quarantine, the best way to stay sane is to find creative inspirations while stuck at home. And what better way to save ourselves during this time of lockdowns than to explore more ways to see the world, such as virtually? Thank you to Art in the Park, the country’s most popular and affordable art fair for heeding our call during these desperate times. This annual treasure hunt is exhibiting artworks on an online platform (www.artinthepark.ph) until Feb. 28 to allow art aficionados to access artworks while properly observing health and safety protocols as Manila remains under general community quarantine. ....