PRESS RELEASESept 9 – 30, 2020, Online Screenings & DiscussionsGeneral Public Highlighting the difference offered by recorded documentation and oral history in the appreciation of performance art and moving image, MCAD Platforms presents the works of artists Lena Cobangbang, Katya Guerrero and Jean Marie Syjuco, along with discussions on the artists and their works. Curated…
A visitor’s experience of an exhibition is due in large part to the work of the curator. In this Public Lecture, Pauline Yao shares her experiences as a curator at Arrow Factory, an independent art space in Beijing , and M+, the new museum for 20th and 21st century visual culture being built in Hong Kong….
In this online workshop, filmmaker Anya Zulueta from Benilde’s Digital Filmmaking Program introduced teens to the techniques of film production. She began the session by distinguishing the three main storytellers of filmmaking—the screenwriter, the director, and the editor. She explained how, in the hands of these three key figures, a story conceptualized from reality would…
Stories could be found at the core of an artist’s creation, whether it was a historical piece or an example of new media. In this workshop, children ages 8 to 13 learned how to tell stories using video with the community-based initiative Lost Frames as guides. The group piqued the children’s imagination, tapping first unto…
Over 450 artists, art professionals, academics and guests joined us for the opening of ‘Constructions of Truths’ on the evening of the 6th of February 2020.
Join the MCAD team and support the Museum’s vision of making art accessible to all. A Chance to Join the Team For over 10 years, MCAD has collaborated with museums, galleries, institutions and visual arts organizations from around the globe to offer an experience of and exposure to contemporary art. As Operations Assistant your role…
MCAD’s Council of Advisor member and Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney, Alexie Glass-Kantor has been selected as the curator for Australia’s representation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2021).
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What possibilities and limits do institutions offer when critically considering race and place within the production of contemporary art? This coming October 16, the Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with Michelle Lopez: Ballast & Barricades, will be holding a talk that examines strategies used by Filipinx artists and curators…
How can a rhythmic breathing ritual influence human consciousness? Last 22 September, Mel O’Callaghan’s (Australia) work titled Respire, Respire immersed a 200 strong audience from the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centers with her 20 minute performance that uses “breath as a material form, accumulating and reverberating…
