For those who are looking for places where one can learn a lot about our culture through visual presentation, Zero In Periphery presents Ateneo Art Gallery, Ayala Museum, the Lopez Memorial Museum, Bahay Tsinoy and Museo Pambata.
This is a celebration of different art niches in different locations aiming to instill not just the love for our culture but the appreciation of the past and its impact on how we are today as a people.
1. Ayala Museum: The Ring of Fire, the First Southeast Asian Ceramics Festival
This exhibit ran from September 21 to October 4, 2009. This featured ASEAN potters, 16 Filipino potters and 10 ASEAN potters. Ceramic artist Hadrian Mendoza convened and organized this event whose primary goal is “to foster a community among Southeast Asian peoples that celebrates both the diversity and unity of the region through the art and craft of pottery.”
Ayala Museum is located at De la Rosa Street, corner Makati Avenue,Greenbelt Park, Makati City.
2. Ateneo Art Gallery: Beyond Frame, Philippine Photo Media
On October 1 till December 15, 2009, this exhibit has 14 different artists spanning three decades of captured scenes through photographs.
Ateneo Art Gallery is located at Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
3. Lopez Memorial Museum : Deleted Scenes, exhibit is running from November 12, 2009 to January 9, 2010.
Deleted scenes include behind the scenes work: editorial sketches, paintings based on films from LVN Productions way back in the 1950s, old books, documentary films and Harper’s Weekly clippings about the Philippines done in the late 1800s.
Lopez Memorial Museum is located at the Ground Floor of Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.
4. Bahay Tsinoy: Remembering exhibit running from November 12, 2009 till January 9, 2010.
This exhibit aims to project images of two cultures: Filipino and Chinese people who suffered during World War II in the Battle of Manila and Nanjing Massacre.
Bahay Tsinoy is located at Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center, 32 Anda corner Cabildo Streets, Intramuros.
5. Museo Pambata: Invisible Children, exhibit running from November 26, 2009 to January 5, 2010.
Museo Pambata’s exhibit zeroed in in Invisible Children, discussing their rights and privileges as stated in the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). These rights are made known and taught to the children through various modes: letters, poetry, videos and other visual presentations.
Museo Pambata is located at Roxas Boulevard corner South Drive, City of Manila.
These are interesting places to visit with your children during the Christmas break. During difficult times likewe are experiencing, it is good to go back to our roots and learn about how we have evolved as a people.
All photos except Zero In and Deleted Scenes by: Arvin Ello
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