I am trying to desseminate the deadline info for ART40  to 125 artists and I do not have everyones phone numbers.  Submission is BEFORE JULY 10. 

To those who know the following :

Ajero, Joel
Alcazaren, Juan
Anading, Poklong
Bacolor, Felix
Baen Santos, Felix
Bandoy, Argie
Barredo, Gabby
Barrioquinto, Andres
Cacnio, Michael
Cordero, Louie
Datuin, Joe
De la Cruz, Bembol
De la Cruz, Rolly
Dreo, Norman
Drilon, Rock
Enriquez, Francesca
Garcia, Mark Andy
Garcia, Pedro
Gepte, Noy
LINDSLEE
Ma, Wilson
Manalo, Neil
Montinola, Jason
Obemio, Roel
Oliviera, Jason
Padilla, Vincent
Pama, Noel
Paras, Lynyrd
Parial, Mario
Parial, Mikel
Roslin, Elmer
Roxas, Roxas
Sena, Fernando
SOLER
Valles, Roma
Velasco, Lydia
Veneracion, Roy
Vicaldo, Jun
Villaruel, Alvin
WELBART
Young, Janice
Yu, MM
Zamora, Cristopher

Please inform them

Drop off points are at Art Informal in Greenhills, Boston Gallery in Cubao and Pinto Gallery at Antipolo.

Start:	Jul 1, '08 10:00p
End:	Jul 10, '08
Location:	Greenhills, Makati, Cubao, Antipolo

To all those included in the Art40 lineup, please submit your work in the following galleries BEFORE July 10 (maawa tayo sa ating curator na si kagalang galang na Ruel Caasi) :

Art Informal, Greenhills
Blanc Space, Makati
TinAw Art Gallery, Makati
Boston Gallery, Cubao
Pinto Gallery, Antipolo

Start:	Jul 20, '08 3:00p
End:	Aug 20, '08
Location:	Pinto Art Gallery, No. 1 Sierra Madre , Grandheights, Antipolo city

This July, Babao is mixing all these elements of passion, art, friendship and investments into a palette of noble enterprise.

He has parlayed his connections into donating paintings for a fundraising auction where all proceeds will go into building an entire village for Gawad Kalinga in Bagong Silang, Caloocan.

Gawad Kalinga is a movement for nation-building that aims to transform poverty stricken areas with the goal of building 700,000 homes in seven years (2003-2010).

He has upped the ante and decided to sponsor an entire village. “We’ll be building 25-30 houses and we’ll be calling it Art 40 Village,” he says.

The number 40 holds sentimental value. “I’m turning 40 this year and this is actually my birthday project.”

After the houses are built, Babao plans to invite all the involved artists to paint murals on the façades of the house to inject public art into the community.

By Walter Ang
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:23:00 06/23/2008

Start:	May 4, '08 3:00p
End:	May 31, '08

The Silangan Foundation for the Arts, Culture and Ecology
And Pinto Art Gallery in cooperation with
The Provincial Tourism Office of Ilocos Norte present

ARAMID
a showcase of handmade arts and crafts from bamboo, wood, fibre, and clay


Rocky Camus
Pablo Capati III
Pete Cortes
Sonny Cruz
Joey De Castro
Joe Geraldo
Rita Gudino
Perry Mamaril
Kim Mendoza
and
Anna Varona

Start:	Feb 23, '08 5:00p
End:	Mar 8, '08
Location:	Art Center, SM Megamall, Building A, Mandaluyong City

ALAY 10, The much-awaited art event of Silangan Foundation for the Arts, Culture and Ecology and Boston Gallery, opens at 5pm, February 23, 2008 at the Art Center in SM Megamall. ALAY is an annual show by artists who have exhibited at the Boston Gallery and Pinto Gallery. This year marks its 10th year anniversary.

Alay 10 promotes the establishment of the Silangan Contemporary Art Museum. The museum aims maintain and preserve a collection of significant Philippine artworks from a period covering 1986 to 2010.

Recollections

by

Marika B. Constantino



"Come to me in the silence of the night,
Come to me in the speaking silence of a dream.
Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright as sunlight on a stream.
Come back in tears,
O memory, hope, love of finished years."
-- Christina Rossetti --

Vestiges of the past always strike a chord – discordant or harmonious, a chord nonetheless. The reality is that we are the offshoots of these memories… shared, personal, replete with sentiment.

Marina Cruz-Garcia takes stock of these reminiscences and transforms them into works of art that highlight the significance of these moments and personages. Recollections is a personal journey for the artist. It is her own way of paying homage to the people who have touched her life and those who continue to provide encouragement and motivation in her creative process. The amalgam of artifacts, relics, communal experiences and individual chronicles stimulated Marina to go through this avenue of exploration which in turn resulted into her own self-discovery.

What is more admirable about this assemblage is the fact that Marina not only allows us to travel with her, but, through her compositions, she also invites us to take our own voyage. The potency of the paintings transcends Marina's own intentions towards an experience that are more familiar to the viewer. The canvases delicately engage you to look at the various inspirations of your own personal history. They are not unabashed nor barefaced portrayals, they are subtle… lingering even. The more you stare at the highly textured works, the glaring recesses of your soul are bared.



A unifying element of this montage is the antique effect that the artist employs. Through this, Marina ably evokes a sense of nostalgia. However, despite this vintage wash, one does not get an obtrusive and flagrant depiction of the past. This attenuate quality was achieved because of how she was able to creatively incorporate her innovative compositions, temperate palette and contemporary symbolisms with the elements of memory into the pictorial plane. The combination of which, results into a balanced and ethereal window into the past, present and even the future.



The sheer intensity of the works in Recollections engages your senses to come attuned to the message that each canvas puts forth.

Simply put, a memory is one manner wherein we can embrace those whom we love, it is a retelling of who we are and more importantly, it is a way to hold on to what we never want to lose. Marina Cruz-Garcia's Recollections ably reminds us about what matters.