Gregory Manalo was in the midst of a personal renaissance in the late 1990s when he discovered Filipino martial arts (FMA). “I didn’t find eskrima,” he told NBC Asian America, referring to a style of ...
A participant sings karaoke inside "TNT Traysikel," a mobile artwork by Paolo Asuncion and Michael Arcega, two students of Carlos Villa. The piece is part of the Villa retrospective at the Asian Art ...
When Rene Latosa was a boy growing up in Stockton’s Filipino community, he often watched martial arts demonstrations during special celebrations and cultural events. He studied the old-timers at the ...
Jaime Ponce de Leon is the founder and director of León Gallery, a gallery and auction house in Manila that specializes in the art of the Philippines. Recently, when Artnet told me that they were ...
While browsing the labyrinth of the Asian Art Museum near Civic Center station, it’s very possible that viewers might look through centuries worth of art from the Asian diaspora before finding the two ...
What’s inside is just as eclectic and vibrant as the sidewalk view hints. The studio’s 3,200 square feet, provided to Balay Kreative by the SFMTA, has been built out to suit the needs of roughly a ...
What is now Dr. José Rizal Park, an outdoor space for the local Beacon Hill community in Seattle, Washington, was once a condemned land. Inaccessible to the public until it was acquired in 1971 by the ...
Based in Manila, DF Art Agency is one of the first artists’ representation firms geared toward guiding and promoting artists’ careers, both emerging and established. Founded by Derek Flores, the ...
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