Filipino playwright, novelist and writer Dean Francis Alfar lead MCAD’s four-hour Worldmaking through Speculative Fiction workshop last November 16 that had both beginners and published writers focusing on the unusual genre of speculative fiction. The group worked on the prompts given by Mr. Alfar, who is an advocate for ‘spec fic’ which is a growing…
Do you want to learn how to write fantasy?
Over a hundred guests joined us last Sunday, 27 October 2019 for MCAD Open House.
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How could you recreate an underwater ecosystem through crochet?
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 do you sign “museum tour” in Filipino Sign Language? Last 4 October, MCAD conducted a museum tour for students of the Benilde Deaf School. Led by the museum’s invigilator and an interpreter, the works of Mel O’Callaghan (Australia), Laurent Grasso (France), Suzanne Treister (UK) and Pamela Rosenkranz (Switzerland) were discussed.
Building on content presented within Mel O’Callaghan’s (Australia) work titled Centre of the Centre, MCAD conducted Verde Island Adventure in Recycled Art, a talk and workshop last 27 September. Joal Ascalon and Zach Garcia of the SEA (Science, Education and Advocacy) Institute enlightened students, creatives and young professionals on the unique food web of the…
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…
MCAD’s Print Art of the Plant Kingdom, a half-day printmaking workshop held last 14 September, was inspired by HFT The Gardener, a work by Suzanne Treister which features botanical prints. Facilitated by Benjie Cabrera and Mars Bugaoan of the Philippine Association of Printmakers, the workshop taught participants the history of Botanical Illustration which was widely…
