ARTIST STATEMENT We wanted to showcase and document today’s Filipinos as a way to honor the first major wave of migration from the Philippines to America. Being that we are both of Filipino descent, we really wanted to do something special to celebrate our history and heritage. We decided ...
Yes! This time it is in the Land of the Red Dragon, China, where one of the most remarkable achievements of a Filipino artist has been acknowledged with full honors and felicitations. Our very own, Doc PenPen Bugtong Takipsilim (real name, Epitacio R. Tongohan, MD), the renowned ...
From 100 musicians in 2019 to 300 in 2024see how National Artist Ryan Cayabyab brings together OPM artists for a historic Pinoy Playlist concert – read more here! PPMF 2024 is produced by the Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc. and co-presented with BGC. Admission to the festival is FR...
We improved the designs for Frogee’s Mother Ship and the Tadpole Ship, making the designs close to those used in the game. The artist here suggested giving the two ships’ names, similar to the Millennium Falcon of Hans Solo (Star Wars) and the Star-Lord’s Milano (Guardians of the G...
A third painting related to World War II is entitled “Capas” by Demetrio Diego, a distinguished painter and former chief artist for the Sunday Times Magazine. It depicts the slow and agonizing death of Filipino prisoners-of-war in a Tarlac internment camp. The prisoner in the center seems ...