NO

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SELF UNDIAGNOSING
Olive Villanueva
08–25 Aug 2024

Opening:
08 Aug | 6PM

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(1/10)
Psychosis Diaries 12/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(2/10)
Psychosis Diaries 6/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(3/10)
Psychosis Diaries 7/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(4/10)
Unmasking
Acrylic on canvas
9 x 12”
2024

(5/10)
Psychosis Diaries 8/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(6/10)
Psychosis Diaries 9/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(7/10)
Whute Horse
Acrylic on canvas
9 x 12”
2024

(8/10)
Psychosis Diaries 10/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(9/10)
Psychosis Diaries 11/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(10/10)
Psychosis
Acrylic on canvas
11.7 x 16.5”
2024

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To self-undiagnose is to accept your diagnosis as a part of your whole being. It is to see the symptoms of your disorder as something that helps you with your empathy. It is to recognize that it is a tool that drives your creativity. Self-undiagnosing is finding love in yourself and freeing yourself without peeling your skin off.

–Excerpt from artist’s notes

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Olive Villanueva (b. 2002), is an artist from Quezon City, Philippines. She studied art through being immersed in the Philippine contemporary art scene by her mother since she was 10 years old. She started her art practice in 2018 through a collaboration with Xeres Tanya Villanueva called Mama’s Boy. Through this collaboration, Olive has been part of exhibits in the Philippines and in Canada. These include exhibitions in CCP (2018), Art Informal (2022), UP Fine Arts Gallery (2024) in the Philippines, and Paradise Theater (2024), Gallery TPW (2024) in Toronto, Canada. Her works have been featured in group shows in Finale Art File (2012), Kaida Gallery (2022), NO (2023). She has also been featured in Les Urbaines 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland, acting in the play Veteratrix directed by Cammisa Buerhaus.

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SELF UNDIAGNOSING
Olive Villanueva
08–25 Aug 2024

Opening:
08 Aug | 6PM

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(1/10)
Installation View

(2/10)
Narcissist
Acrylic on canvas
12x4in
2024

(3/10)
Psychosis Diaries 1/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(4/10)
Bipolar Disorder 2 Electric Boogaloo
Acrylic on canvas
8”
2024

(5/10)
Psychosis Diaries 2/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(6/10)
Psychosis Diaries 3/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(7/10)
Un-Neurotypical
Acrylic on canvas
15 x 17”
2024

(8/10)
Psychosis Diaries 4/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(9/10)
Psychosis Diaries 5/12
Acrylic on canvas
Varied
2024

(10/10)
It Can’t Follow
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24”
2024

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To self-undiagnose is to accept your diagnosis as a part of your whole being. It is to see the symptoms of your disorder as something that helps you with your empathy. It is to recognize that it is a tool that drives your creativity. Self-undiagnosing is finding love in yourself and freeing yourself without peeling your skin off.

–Excerpt from artist’s notes

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Olive Villanueva (b. 2002), is an artist from Quezon City, Philippines. She studied art through being immersed in the Philippine contemporary art scene by her mother since she was 10 years old. She started her art practice in 2018 through a collaboration with Xeres Tanya Villanueva called Mama’s Boy. Through this collaboration, Olive has been part of exhibits in the Philippines and in Canada. These include exhibitions in CCP (2018), Art Informal (2022), UP Fine Arts Gallery (2024) in the Philippines, and Paradise Theater (2024), Gallery TPW (2024) in Toronto, Canada. Her works have been featured in group shows in Finale Art File (2012), Kaida Gallery (2022), NO (2023). She has also been featured in Les Urbaines 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland, acting in the play Veteratrix directed by Cammisa Buerhaus.

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SELF UNDIAGNOSING
Olive Villanueva
08–25 Aug 2024

Opening:
08 Aug | 6PM

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*details from Villanueva’s works

Narcissist
Acrylic on canvas
12x4in
2024

(2/3)
Psychosis
Acrylic on canvas
11.7x16.5
2024

(3/3)
Unmasking
Acrylic on canvas
12x9
2024

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To self-undiagnose is to accept your diagnosis as a part of your whole being. It is to see the symptoms of your disorder as something that helps you with your empathy. It is to recognize that it is a tool that drives your creativity. Self-undiagnosing is finding love in yourself and freeing yourself without peeling your skin off.

–Excerpt from artist’s notes

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Olive Villanueva (b. 2002), is an artist from Quezon City, Philippines. She studied art through being immersed in the Philippine contemporary art scene by her mother since she was 10 years old. She started her art practice in 2018 through a collaboration with Xeres Tanya Villanueva called Mama’s Boy. Through this collaboration, Olive has been part of exhibits in the Philippines and in Canada. These include exhibitions in CCP (2018), Art Informal (2022), UP Fine Arts Gallery (2024) in the Philippines, and Paradise Theater (2024), Gallery TPW (2024) in Toronto, Canada. Her works have been featured in group shows in Finale Art File (2012), Kaida Gallery (2022), NO (2023). She has also been featured in Les Urbaines 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland, acting in the play Veteratrix directed by Cammisa Buerhaus.

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SELF UNDIAGNOSING
Olive Villanueva
08–25 Aug 2024

Opening:
08 Aug | 6PM

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To self-undiagnose is to accept your diagnosis as a part of your whole being. It is to see the symptoms of your disorder as something that helps you with your empathy. It is to recognize that it is a tool that drives your creativity. Self-undiagnosing is finding love in yourself and freeing yourself without peeling your skin off.

–Excerpt from artist’s notes

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Olive Villanueva (b. 2002), is an artist from Quezon City, Philippines. She studied art through being immersed in the Philippine contemporary art scene by her mother since she was 10 years old. She started her art practice in 2018 through a collaboration with Xeres Tanya Villanueva called Mama’s Boy. Through this collaboration, Olive has been part of exhibits in the Philippines and in Canada. These include exhibitions in CCP (2018), Art Informal (2022), UP Fine Arts Gallery (2024) in the Philippines, and Paradise Theater (2024), Gallery TPW (2024) in Toronto, Canada. Her works have been featured in group shows in Finale Art File (2012), Kaida Gallery (2022), NO (2023). She has also been featured in Les Urbaines 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland, acting in the play Veteratrix directed by Cammisa Buerhaus.

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KANAYUNAN PATUNGONG KALUNSURAN
Mike Olea

22 Sep–08 Oct 2023

OPENING RECEPTION:
22 SEP / 4-9PM

More info at bit.ly/no-communityrunspace
Viewing hours: Wed–Sun, 6PM-9PM

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ABACUS
Kat Medina
23 Aug–09 Sep 2023

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𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗰𝘂𝘀

An abacus is an ancient counting board that was used thousands of years ago, before the Hindu-Arabic numeral system we know today. Although it is often touted as the predecessor to the modern calculator, the abacus is not an automaton–not a self-operating mechanism following an automated set of instructions. Instead, with the abacus, a bead is assigned a unit, and its bearer actively does the computing: placement making, by the one counting, then becomes the process and material itself for arriving at value.

In a similar vein, Kat Medina’s 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘴 places making as an experience that weighs and calculates events, time, and relations as much as it considers materials and processes. The artworks in the exhibition invite us to consider physical formats (made with thread, found objects, acrylic, canvas, and recycled paper) and the experiences projected onto them (through biological, psychological, sociopolitical, and temporal-spatial processes) as units. When viewing them, the end goal seems to be to derive value—or meaning—from the work as a whole, yet the individual units to be measured hold as much weight as their totality.

How then does this tension inform the way we look/read/experience artworks? What kind of personal abacus do we draw upon when engaging with the world around us?

—KM + FC, 2023

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More info at bit.ly/no-communityrunspace
Viewing hours: Wed–Sun, 6PM-9PM

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ABACUS
Kat Medina
23 Aug–09 Sep 2023

🟡 Open Studio
15–20 Aug / 10AM-2PM
**Visitors requested to book in advance:
bit.ly/no-communityrunspace

🟢 Exhibition Launch
23 Aug / 4PM–9PM

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Details from Medina's works:

(1-2)
Cotton thread on found textile
69.5” x 2”
2023

(3-5)
Cotton thread on found textile
34” x 4”
2023

(6-7)
Cotton thread on found textile
68” x 2”
2023

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ABACUS
Kat Medina
23 Aug–09 Sep 2023

🟡 Open Studio
15–20 Aug / 10AM-2PM
**Visitors requested to book in advance:
bit.ly/no-communityrunspace

🟢 Exhibition Launch
23 Aug / 4PM–9PM

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Details from Medina's works:

(1-2)
"balm and palliative (1/2)"
Graphite, watercolor, acrylic on canvas
12 in x 18 in
2023

(3-4)
"balm and palliative (2/2)"
Graphite, watercolor, acrylic on canvas
12 in x 18 in
2023

(5-7)
"Paradise/Terror (Watches my mother sent over the years)"
Found watches, thread
Size variable
2018

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ABACUS
Kat Medina
23 Aug–09 Sep 2023

🟡 Open Studio
15–20 Aug / 10AM-2PM
**Visitors requested to book in advance:
bit.ly/no-communityrunspace

🟢 Exhibition Launch
23 Aug / 4PM–9PM

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Details from Medina's works:

(1/3)
"pulse"
Acrylic on recycled paper (acid-free)
8.25 in x 11 in
2023

(2/3)
"vein and vessel"
Acrylic on recycled paper (acid-free), glass frame
14.5 in x 18 in
2023

(3/3)
"thoughts bearing a body"
Thread on plastic crate
10 in x 8 in x 3 in
2023

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ABACUS
Kat Medina
23 Aug–09 Sep 2023

🟡 Open Studio
15–20 Aug / 10AM-2PM
**Visitors requested to book in advance:
bit.ly/no-communityrunspace

🟢 Exhibition Launch
23 Aug / 4PM–9PM

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ABACUS
Kat Medina
23 Aug–09 Sep 2023

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🟡 Open Studio
15–20 Aug / 10AM-2PM
**Visitors requested to book in advance:
bit.ly/no-communityrunspace

🟢 Exhibition Launch
23 Aug / 4PM–9PM

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Kat Medina (1984, Manila) paints and makes installations that are informed by the sentience of the hand and negotiations of looking. She explores the performative aspects of objects through its current presence in contemporary society. Her work has been shown in a number of solo exhibitions such as Forever Folding To Temper A Window To A Siphon Or A Knife, The Drawing Room, Makati (2016); The Solution Before Itself, ESC Project, 98B, Manila (2015) and It’s Hard Being A Being (2013), own studio and residence.

In 2017, Medina was an artist-in-residence at the Programa de Residencias Matadero Madrid (AECID). She was nominated for Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation Signature Art Prize in 2018. She has been included in international and local group exhibitions: Motions of this Kind: Propositions & Problems of Belatedness, SOAS University of London (2019); Soft Pockets, Sampaguita Projects, Quezon City (2018); Casting Stones Into Still Waters, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei (2018); Elephant In The Room, Salon, Madrid (2017); Traffic, Articulate Project Space, Sydney (2017); The Earth Has Wet Dreams, Baler, Aurora (2018); Mani Obra, Mabini 1335, Mabini, Manila (2018); Yielding Nodes, Para Site Projects, Silang, Cavite (2018); Ganggo, PAN/// 98B Collaboratory (2015); Rugbees, Green Papaya Projects, Quezon City (2013); and Kamias Triennale (2014), Kamias St., Quezon City.

She graduated from Far Eastern University and is currently pursuing a post graduate diploma in Archaeology at the University of the Philippines. She resides in Quezon City.

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PAGGAWA NG ALAALA,
ALAALA NG PAGGAWA
Philippine Labor Movement Archive
15 Jul–05 Aug 2023

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CLOSING EVENT
05 Aug, Sat | 4PM-9PM

● 6:30PM–7:30PM | Film Screening
> Indigo (dir. by Ace Balbarez)
> Kino Kalye (dir. by Joel Andrei Ramirez)
> Invisible Labor (dir. by Joanne Cesario,
produced by Mayday Multimedia)

● 8:00PM-9:00PM | OST (Obrero Soundtrack): Mga Awit at Kwentong Manggagawa // co-presented with Dang A Dang Radio

**Limited seating, pre-registration required:
bit.ly/no-communityrunspace

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For online reservation of artworks:
https://forms.gle/ex4ZTAQgjUcQ6c5CA

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PAGGAWA NG ALAALA,
ALAALA NG PAGGAWA
Philippine Labor Movement Archive
15 Jul–05 Aug 2023

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NO Community-run Space
#45 Matimtiman St, Teachers Village East, QC

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For online reservation of artworks:
https://forms.gle/ex4ZTAQgjUcQ6c5CA

Onsite reservation also available at the gallery, Wed-Sun / 6pm-9pm.

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PAGGAWA NG ALAALA,
ALAALA NG PAGGAWA
Philippine Labor Movement Archive
15 Jul–05 Aug 2023

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Opening Reception:
15 Jul | 4PM–9PM

NO Community-run Space
#45 Matimtiman St, Teachers Village East, QC

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For online reservation of artworks:
https://forms.gle/ex4ZTAQgjUcQ6c5CA

Onsite reservation also available at the gallery, Wed-Sun / 6pm-9pm.

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RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
Closing Event
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BOMBA RADYO
24 Jun 2023
8:30PM–11:30PM

Back-to-back DJ sets by:
ch3x B2B ärängkäda
balinggeto B2B veggie paras

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Exhibition:
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
Francis Espiña
31 May-24 Jun 2023

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17 Jun 2023
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
Public Program
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📚 3:00 PM
On Archiving:
Presentations on Community Archiving Practices

Presenters:
Adrian Mendizabal (UP Film Institute Archives & Library)
Tel Delvo (Philippine Labor Movement Archive)
Ancestral Swamp

🥁 6:00 PM
Drums & Samples Performance
Benny Carrot + Veggie Paras

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⚠️‼️ ROAD CLOSURE
The baranggay will be closing off portions of Maginhawa St.and some side streets on 17Jun from 6AM–12MN in celebration of the parish fiesta and other partner events.

**ALTERNATE ROUTE**

https://www.maps.ie/map-my-route/viewMap.php?route=258050

From Kalayaan Ave (QC Circle-bound) :
➡️ Turn right at Malingap St.
⬅️ Turn left at Mapagkawanggawa St.
➡️ Turn right at Magiting St.

NO is located along Magiting St. corner Matimtiman St.

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RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
Francis Espiña
31 May–24 Jun 2023

NO Community-run Space
#45 Matimtiman St, Teachers Village East, QC

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RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FRANCIS ESPIÑA

31 MAY — 24 JUNE 2023

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Opening Reception
31 MAY | 4pm–9pm

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Details from Espiña’s works:

(1/4)
“Ilijan, Batangas. 2 November 2017 / 10:44 AM” (Edition of 5)
Print on photo paper (framed)
24 x 36”
2017

(2/4)
“Sampaloc, Manila. 15 March 2014 / 3:59 PM” (Edition of 5)
Print on photo paper
24 x 36”
2014

(3/4)
“Batasan Hills, Quezon City. 24 July 2017 / 5:45 PM” ( Edition of 4)
Print on photo paper (framed / black)
24 x 36”
2017

(4/4)
“Batasan Hills, Quezon City. 24 July 2017 / 6:10 PM” (Edition of 4)
Print on photo paper (framed)
24 x 36”
2017

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RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FRANCIS ESPIÑA
31 May — 24 JUNE 2023

Opening Reception
31 May | 4-9pm

Closing Reception
24 June | 4-9pm
May | 4-9pm

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B4h@L@ nA K@u
MITY DELA PEÑA
28 Apr–14 May 2023

Opening Reception
28 Apr | 4pm–9pm

Closing Reception: Sound Buffet
14 May | 6pm–9pm

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Misery after misery in Philippine history, our national consciousness has "bahala na" as a coping mechanism. The uncertainty of hope amidst an aggressive feudal landscape seemingly posits liberation in the realm of romantic fiction. "Bahala na kung hindi manalo manok natin sa eleksyon!", "Bahala na kung hindi pa siya ma-overdose!"

In contrast to fatalism, the late psychologist Dr. Alfredo Lagmay argued that "bahala na" is a pledge to solve life's problems. Complementing this, medical anthropologist Dr. Michael Tan suggests we use "bahala na" to embolden ourselves in facing adversity; a similar vein to the "All is well" mantra of Rancho from the movie Three Idiots (2009, dir. Rajkumar Hirani).

The nearest ATM isn't working because Windows 10 forced an update? Bahala na! I'll find another ATM. Big boy's gotta eat!

Impressario changed the band lineup in the last minute because he's a tasteless moron?
Bahala na! The band would still perform the best they could out of a sheer duty to its audience and professionalism.

Bad public transportation system not being a more comfortable alternative to private vehicles? Unite and struggle for better infrastructure and kick the du*****es out.
Bahala na anong kalalabasan ng mga debate.

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Bahala na sa balanse.
Bahala na anong mapupulot ng mga habangbuhay na estudyante.

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Bahala na anong mangyari sa exhibit na ito.

Bahala na kayo sa analohiya ng musika't pinta.

Bahala na kung may nabago sa pananaw ninyo sa "bahala na".

All is well. B4h@la N@ KAu (sa buhay nyo).

—Exerpt from exhibition writeup by Dominic Laxamana of MusiKolektibo

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Mity dela Peña is an artist and musician based in Quezon City who practices his craft in Bulakan. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree - Major In Painting (Studio Arts) from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts.

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@nAK@u

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Details from Dela Peña’s works:

(1/4)
“Self Portrait sa Panahong Malamig”
Acrylic on canvas
23 x 26”
2020

(2/4)
“Buwelo bago Bumanat sa Tag araw”
Acrylic on canvas
23 x 29”
2023

(3/4)
“Mukha na Iginuhit ng Balintataw”
Acrylic on wood
2021

(4/4)
“Larawan ng Mga Asong Ayaw Magpatali”
(Series of 3)
Acrylic on board
19 x 26”
2021

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B4h@L@ nA K@u
MITY DELA PEÑA
28 Apr–14 May 2023

Opening Reception
28 Apr | 4pm–9pm

Closing Reception: Sound Buffet
14 May | 6pm–9pm

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@nAK@u

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Intermission Alert! 🚨

We are taking a short break between exhibits in observance of Holy Week and to prepare for our next show.

The gallery is temporarily closed from April 5th to 25th and will reopen with a new exhibit on the 26th.

Stay tuned for details about the upcoming show, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Buwan ng Kababaihan:
Workshops and Discussions
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SAT, MAR 25 | 3PM–5PM
• Host: Sama-samang Artista para sa Kilusang Agraryo ( SAKA )
• Workshop: An introduction to weaving on a cardboard loom using scrap fibers and materials to create a small woven pieceㅡbookmark, coaster, or a tiny wall hanging. Materials will be provided for participants. Workshop by Judith Basco of The Art of Yarn
• Discussion: Philippine Peasant Women Situationer by Cathy Estavillo, Bantay Bigas spokesperson and member of Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women
• Limited slots only. Register: https://bit.ly/no-mar25

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SUN, 26 MAR | 2PM–4PM
• Host: Panatang Luntian
• Discussion on Women and the Environment
• PL Volunteers are invited to join as well as walk-ins

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Public program as part of the group exhibition KABABAIHAN, SA BAGONG MUKHA NG LIPUNAN, which runs from 16 Mar–04 Apr 2023.
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Buwan ng Kababaihan:
Group Exhibition

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KABABAIHAN,
SA BAGONG MUKHA NG LIPUNAN
16 Mar–04 Apr 2023

Cindy Aquino
Cookie Bacalla
Chesca Co
Kat Medina
Patreng Non
Chi Pepito
Adela Ramirez
Gladys Regalado
Sara Rivera
Saya Villacorta
Olive Villanueva

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(Image 1-4)
Kat Medina
About Anger
8.6 x 11 in
Inkjet print, thread, graphite, wax pencil on linen   paper, 4 pages
2023

(Image 5-7)
Patreng Non
🌱
Hardbound children's book
and paper toys
Book: 7 x 7 in 
Paper toys: Dimensions variable
2023 
*Limited edition print run

(Image 8-9)
Gladys Regalado
acts, occurrences, states of being
Paper, inkjet print
A4 folded to ~10cm x 29.7cm
2023 
Edition of 25

(Image 10)
Exhibition QR Code
bit.ly/no-mar2023

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Buwan ng Kababaihan:
Group Exhibition

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KABABAIHAN,
SA BAGONG MUKHA NG LIPUNAN
16 Mar–04 Apr 2023

Cindy Aquino
Cookie Bacalla
Chesca Co
Kat Medina
Patreng Non
Chi Pepito
Adela Ramirez
Gladys Regalado
Sara Rivera
Saya Villacorta
Olive Villanueva

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(Image 1-4)
Saya Villacorta
DURUGIN 
Rubber Print on Textile 
5 x 7 ft 
2023

(Image 5-7)
Olive Villanueva
Trans Femme Fatale
Acrylic on Canvas
24 in x 18 in
2023

(Image 8)
Exhibit QR Code
bit.ly/no-mar2023

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Buwan ng Kababaihan:
Group Exhibition

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KABABAIHAN,
SA BAGONG MUKHA NG LIPUNAN
16 Mar–04 Apr 2023

Cindy Aquino
Cookie Bacalla
Chesca Co
Kat Medina
Patreng Non
Chi Pepito
Adela Ramirez
Gladys Regalado
Sara Rivera
Saya Villacorta
Olive Villanueva

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Opening Reception:
16 Mar | 5PM–10PM

Educational Discussions & Workshops:
TBA

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(Imahe 1)
Litrato ni Cindy Aquino
08 Mar 2016

(Imahe 2, 3, 4)
Tula ni Lorena Barros, isinalin ni Ergo Tinio sa Filipino para sa eksibit na Kababaihan, Sa Bagong Mukha ng Lipunan.

Basahin ang orihinal sa Ingles:
bit.ly/documentaryofawar

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UMAAPOY ANG LUPA
KUNG SAAN AKO NAKATAYO
Khalil Verzosa

Artist Talk & Film Screening:
Sat | 25 Feb 2023 | 4PM–6PM

**Limited seating only

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Images are stills from Verzosa's film:

"Bawal Magmasid sa Bahay Ligaya"
Digital film shot using DSLR, spycam, iphone 5s, black magic pocket cinema camera
40 mins
2019-2023

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Exhibition runs until 06 Mar 2023.

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