Corporate world rally around ManilArt 2011
By: Lester G. Babiera
Philippine Daily Inquirer
6:02 am Monday, August 22nd, 2011
From gallery exhibits to lectures and storybook readings and other arts-related events, ManilArt 2011 will offer art enthusiasts and the rest of the public a fuller art experience Aug. 25-27 at the NBC Tent in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
Aside from the conceptual exhibition of the 24 participating galleries, the biggest art fair in the country will hold lectures on the arts.
Delivering the lectures are Gigo Alampay, executive director of the Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (Canvas); and Oscar Campomanes, professor at the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School and Ateneo de Manila University.
Alampay will tackle “How We Turn Paintings into Bicycles: Lessons in Art, Law, and the Internet,” on Aug. 25, at 2 p.m. Campomanes will discuss “Semiotics in Visual Art” on Aug. 26 at 2 p.m.
Poet Vim Nadera will give a talk about Jose Rizal, “Visuals on Rizal Today,” on Aug. 27, 2 p.m.
Art enthusiasts will have a chance to learn about basic drawing through a lecture from Artist in Residence, Inc. founders Jojo Ballo, Cathy Lasam and Jill Arwen Posadas.
Secret Fresh will bring artist JP Cuison for an art demonstration on Aug. 27, 2 p.m.
Book illustrations by different artists will be featured during the storytelling sessions.
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