As you can see in the photos, The GSK young visitors to MoNA often followed their gelato stop with a visit to the storytelling room. And there they were quite entertained with a most animated storyteller-educator Cathy Miro-Adalim.
Cathy used a photo storybook created by Paulina Constancia, interpreting the Philippine legend of how the sea became salty.
Ninth stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was the Tasting station of Eliseo Artisan Gelato with free servings of gelato and flavoured milk.
Joel Lee, the CEO of Eliseo Artisan Gelato/JME Food Products Corp was present to answer questions about his new line of fresh milk products.
Local favorites —Tsokolate, Mango, Ube, Macapuno, and Italian classics – Stracciatella Pistachio, Fragola— there was an abundance of delicious gelato flavours to choose from.
Thank you Joel Lee and Eliseo Artisan Gelato/JME Food Products Corp. for generously sharing with us your delicious gelato and flavoured milk products!
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Call or visit them to learn about their range of products:
Address: 1204 Clavano St., Cebu City
Tel. No. 254 0000
Eighth stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was the ukulele workshop with Regie and Venus Bernaldez of TURTULELE.
“Lightweight, music heavy”, the catchy slogan of the TURTULELE line of ukuleles is also the nature of a music workshop with this very kind and talented husband and wife duo. Lightweight – they make learning music fun, easy and appealing. Music heavy – you are guaranteed to be heavier when you come out of their workshop as you will have added a feather in your cap – yes, you can play the ukulele! And that’s within 20 to 30 minutes of learning with Regie and Venus.
Four strings, big smiles and a big 4 word hurrah – “I can play ukulele!” Check out the joy on the faces of these GSK visitors at the MoNA… A big, big THANK YOU to Regie and Venus for sharing your talents and turtuleles with us!!!
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Seventh stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was Pine Art Print, a pineapple-themed monoprinting workshop.
It was fun seeing how different each print turned out even if they all came from the same linocuts. Everybody had their own favourite colors and design sensibilities. Below are some photos of the workshop with participants proudly signing and posing with their creations.
Sixth stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was JEEPity Do! a paint-your own-paper jeepney workshop. It was great to learn about the word origin, history and future of jeepneys. Young and old were so focused in creating their own unique jeepney design. JEEPity Do participants got to color and laminate as many paper jeepneys as they wanted. The best part was they got to take them home for GSK show and tell.
Fifth stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was the photo booth “With Wings, Will Travel”.
Below is the clay bas relief “With Wings, Will Travel” which inspired this photo booth. It was created by Paulina Constancia while on a creative self-exile in Mexico in 1999.
Paulina also wrote a poem with the same title to accompany the piece:
We age through our voyage.
Some forever grounded
with excess baggage.
But those who are bright
travel light.
They fly with courage.
Their wings get stronger.
Eventually,
They fly higher.
(With Wings, Will Travel – poem by Paulina Constancia, from her bilingual collection of poetry entitled Brazos Abiertos/Open Arms, Vancouver 2003 )
Fourth stop for GSK visitors was the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naïve Art (MoNA) where they were able to join in a museum scavenger hunt. Many said that it was a very unique way of exploring and enjoying the museum collection. Winners brought home some pretty cool eco-friendly prizes, like recycled hotel linen shoe bags, recycled tarpaulin pouches, etc.
Third stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was the studio of international naïve artist Paulina Constancia. Here they had the opportunity to view exhibition and travel mementos, photos, newspaper articles, exhibition posters , paintings in the artist’s personal collection, works in progress. Some even got to meet and greet with the artist who was present during the GSK celebrations at MoNA.
Second stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was the viewing room for the MoNA Intro video.
As you can see someone wasn’t quite ready to let go of his heart and wings, hahaha
This MoNA intro video is available on You Tube, click here to watch video now
First stop for GSK visitors at the MoNA was the Flying Hearts photo booth. MoNA guests were all smiles as they posed for this heavenly welcome photoshoot.
This wall/permanent photo booth is inspired by Paulina Constancia’s painting “Setting A Heart Free”. With an echoing heart birdie cut-out and a pair of wings, GSK visitors at MoNA were able to immerse themselves in the world of Paulina’s flying hearts.
Below is “Setting A Heart Free” – the painting that inspired the Flying Hearts photo booth. Now in the private collection of Olive Caday-Fillone. Paulina created this mixed media piece in Toronto in 2001 for her show PULSO in Yorkville, Toronto.
This is the first time that the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naïve art (MoNA) is joining the Gabii sa Kabilin (GSK) or Heritage Night.
And the first assignment for participating heritage sites is to create an individual storyline based on a given theme. This year’s GSK theme is “Forging Peoples”
And below is MoNA’s Individual storyline.
“Civilizations Flourish by Forging Ecological and Cultural Diversity”
Maíz- Mais, Cacao-Kakaw, Piña-Pinya, Plátano-Saging, Mango- Manga, Hibiscus-Gumamela, Fiesta-Pista, Casamiento-Kasal, Procesión-Prosesyon, Virgen María –Birhen Maria, Cochero-Kutsero, Guitarra-Gitara, Chinelas-Tsinelas, Jeepney-Dyipni, , Salvavidas-Salbabida, Feria-Perya, Escuela- Eskwelahan, Tiangue- Tiangi
These are ecological and cultural imports from China, India, Mexico, Spain and the United States of America. They have been ingrained and assimilated in our environment and way of life for centuries that they are now part of who we are, what we eat, what we do and how we live. During your visit to the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naïve Art [MoNA] at West Gorordo Hotel, you will have the chance to see the artworks of Paulina Constancia that depict these symbols, rituals, traditions and celebrations that were forged through ecological and cultural exchange with our colonizers and trading partners.
Check out Gabii sa Kabilin 2016 Guide, MoNA is featured on page 35.
Come and join us as we celebrate our unique ecological and cultural heritage. Start your GSK- Heritage Night Adventure at the MoNA and win cool prizes!!!
MoNA joins GSK 2016
Friday, May 27, 6 pm to midnight
May is a special month at the Museum of Naive Art [MoNA]. We opened our doors to the public in May 2013. That same year we also initiated the Kabilin Fest.
In partnership with various creative practitioners in the community, MoNA endeavoured to give the Cebuano public the opportunity to experience a myriad of interactive cultural heritage workshops under one roof. For those of you who joined MoNA’s Kabilin Fest 1 (2013) & Kabilin Fest 2 (2014), thank you so much for sharing your time and talent with us to celebrate our heritage.
We are happy to inform you that this year MoNA will be joining the greater community of museums and heritage sites in Cebu in the 10th Gabii Sa Kabilin which happens on May 27, 6 pm to midnight.
Come start your GSK Heritage Adventure with MoNA and you will have the opportunity to:
1. Join a Scavenger Hunt
2. Listen to Storytelling of Myths and Legends
3. Make An Original Pineapple Monoprint at our Pine Art Print Workshop
4. Be Part of a Paulina Constancia Painting at our Photo Booth
5. Visit the Studio of Paulina Constancia
6. Participate in LINUSAK Making & Tasting
7. Learn to Play the Ukulele with Venus & Regie Bernaldez of TURTULELE
8. Paint your own Paper Jeepney
9. Taste Local Gelato and Flavoured Milk, courtesy of Eliseo Artisan Gelato/JME Food Products Corp.
10. Meet & Greet with international naïve artist Paulina Constancia
Come and join us as we celebrate our unique ecological and cultural heritage. Win cool prizes!!!
We continue with images from CURVE at the Park
Women’s Month 2016 Culmination Day
“Kaayuhan ni Juana Iapil sa Adyenda ”
(Put Women’s Welfare in the Agenda)
March 31, 2016
at the Family Park, Cebu, Philippines
The CURVE Project was made possible by the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naive Art [MoNA] of West Gorordo Hotel and the Psychology Volunteers on Bikes.
Below are 6 samples of work from Curve at the Park..
Here’s our CURVE at the Park group at the Family Park in Cebu.
Yesterday was the last day of Women’s Month and I had the great privilege of sharing
The Curve Project at the Family Park with the following organizations:
Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking Region 7; Anti-Child Pornography and Violence Against Women & Children (IACAT 7 –ACP- VAWC), Women’s Organizations in Cebu
at the
Women’s Month 2016 Culmination Day
“Kaayuhan ni Juana Iapil sa Adyenda ”
(Put Women’s Welfare in the Agenda)
March 31, 2016
at the Family Park, Cebu, Philippines
The CURVE Project was made possible by the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naive Art [MoNA] of West Gorordo Hotel and the Psychology Volunteers on Bikes.
Learn more about The CURVE Project.
Edna Lee of the Psychology Volunteers on Bikes welcomes the participants
Paulina Constancia gives intro to CURVE Project
PC gives instructions for the CURVE project
Workshop volunteer Cathy Adalim shares her experience and CURVE piece from the first Curve event at West Gorordo Hotel
My wonderful CURVE participants went straight to work on their pieces…
Incredible enthusiasm and focus plus every piece turned out so unique…
Everybody got the chance to talk about their piece.
This lady integrated the popsicle sticks for spreading glue into her artwork, pretty clever!
There were a few male participants too.
Check out next post for more photos…
Yesterday, Paulina Constancia had the honor of being a guest on TV. The show is called “Sa Mata sa Kababayen-an” (In the Eyes of Women) on CCTN- Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN)
Program Host: Atty. Virginia Palanca-Santiago, President of Law Center Inc.
Co-Anchor: Fe Cabatingan
Photos courtesy of Charity Escoton (Production Assistant- Media Advocacy, Law Center Inc)
The program provides psychosocial and legal advice to women in adverse circumstances like domestic violence, human trafficking, marital discord, separation, child custody… Paulina Constancia was interviewed in connection with the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naive Art [MoNA] and its efforts in providing expressive arts programs for women and children in different circumstances including those who are survivors of violence and human trafficking.
The interview begins…
Nice monitoring, Charity Escoton!
PC talks about The CURVE Project and other MoNA outreach projects
It was a live show and there were viewers calling in…
Photo op after the show
Photo op after the show: (L-R) Dolores “Lolet” Alino, Exec Director, Law Center,Inc., Fe Cabatingan co-anchor and Head Psychosocial Unit, Law Inc, PC, Atty. Virginia Palanca- Santiago, President, Law Center, Inc. and Charity Escoton (Production Assistant- Media Advocacy, Law Center Inc)
The full length interview will be available on youtube very soon…
Creative spirits, open hearts, and an eagerness to share life journey reflections made the event on Saturday, March 5th, a most touching and memorable shared experience for all of us who were present. The output of the CURVE art workshop will be on display at the lobby of West Gorordo Hotel from March 8 to 31.
CURVE is an event hosted by West Gorordo Hotel in partnership with the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naive Art [MoNA] and the Psychology Volunteers on Bikes
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One of The CURVE Project participants – Jazmine Llaguno- wrote about the event on her blog “The Curve Project: Celebrating Women’s Essence Through Art” , check it out:
http://cebuspawellness.com/the-curve-project/
Here’s some trivia I shared with the ladies:
CURVE Trivia
All from “Curvology: the Origins and Power of Female Body Shape“
by David Bainbridge
1. Did you know that we are the only species with curvy females?
2. Where do women’s bodies come from?
Female babies are not born curvy. In fact, apart from baby boys being slightly longer and leaner, the two sexes start off with remarkably similar body compositions.
3. When do females develop the curve and why?
(Info from an article about Bainbridge’s CURVOLOGY on The Telegraph)
At puberty women lay down between 10 to 20 kilograms of extra adipose tissue (fat) ,
most of which goes on the buttocks and thighs. Much of this is later converted into
breast milk, which in turn is used by the suckling babe to build up brainpower
(unusually in nature, the human brain grows mostly after rather than before birth).
4. What happens to this fat (and the curve) as women age?
As women age and go through the menopause, this fat is lost or moves into the waist
area, which actually makes women more physically efficient.
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P.S. Women, if you are a mother, nurture the children entrusted to you. And to those who are without children – volunteer and reach out to those who need care in your community. It is our natural talent to nurture, to care, to help and make things better. Life will be more meaningful if we make use of this fundamental gift.
‘Our talents are the gift that God gives to us… What we make of our talents is our gift back to God’
-Leo Buscaglia
Celebrate Women’s Month with us, come see The CURVE Project – March 8-31 at the Lobby of West Gorordo Hotel.
CURVE: An exhibition about the essence of a WOMAN as interpreted by women from different sectors
March 8-31, 2016
The Lobby, West Gorordo Hotel
Gorordo Avenue
Cebu City, Philippines
About The CURVE Project
You can tell a woman’s silhouette from that of a man’s by her curve.
Using the female form as a canvas, women from different sectors, led by artist Paulina Constancia of the Museum of Naive Art, have interpreted the essence of a woman. Each participant has also made an acrostic poem using the letters C.U.R.V.E. to accompany her piece.
Happy Women’s Month to all of you! May you treasure and learn from the female presence in your lives.
Check out this event and other Women’s Day events on the international women’s day website:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/6154/CURVE
Celebrate Women’s Month with us, come see Project Baby Pink – March 1-31 at the Lobby of West Gorordo Hotel.
Project Baby Pink
Baby Pink – a color expectant parents of baby girls know intimately as they prepare the baby room, the clothes and accessories with much excitement for their coming bundle of joy. Unfortunately, not all baby girls are warmly welcomed or treated kindly. Such is the case of the group of girls in difficult situations that artist Paulina Constancia mentors through Expressive Arts workshops.
Project Baby Pink is an opportunity for these young girls to revive and reconnect with the innocence inside them – the spontaneous, creative, playful self before their world was shattered…
They were betrayed and robbed of their innocence and dignity by the very people they trusted most, literally the hand that rocked their cradles. Thanks to the many agencies working together to curb violence against women and children, these girls have been given the chance to be kids again – to learn, laugh and play; to feel safe and to dream again…
The girls were given the liberty to play with an assortment of materials such as paint, paper, fabric, threads, beads, stickers and other add-ons to help them create a freestyle self-portrait.
Welcoming Project Baby Pink will help these girls put their mistreatment firmly in the past. With your support, there is hope for their future to be sweet and bright!
-From Your Friends at the
Paulina Constancia Museum of Naïve Art
Check out this event and other Women’s Day events on the international women’s day website
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/6153/Project-Baby-Pink
A group of 14 university students and 1 professor from Kindai University, Osaka, Japan were in Cebu from February 9 to 16, 2016 for a Sustainability Tour organized by the Psychology Volunteers on Bikes. Paulina Constancia facilitated a Welcome PEACE Workshop called “PANYONG PUTI:The White Handkerchief Project“
PC with her wonderful young Japanese participants
Miyuki says that when Japanese people take a picture they do the PEACE pose, which make them happy even if they are sad. So she thinks the Peace Pose makes a good symbol of PEACE.
Professor Andrew Atkins says of his work:”This picture symbolises the Philippines and Japan sailing from a stormy sea to a peaceful sea with me from the UK in the middle.” (since he was the one who brought the group to Cebu, Philippines)
“These flowers express Japanese and Filipino. So this bouquet shows they live together forever. This is my hope!” – Risa
Here are the PEACE OFFERINGS from the 15 workshop participants from Kindai University.
The Kindai University Students
Shunsuke Abe
Risa Hirose
Chie Inaoka
Yuki Ishizawa
Hitomi Kitano
Taihei Mori
Miyuki Morino
Airi Nishimura
Akari Okushima
Arisa Sadano
Tomomi Sakano
Yuya Takagi
Minori Tanigawa
Kaito Niijima
Their Professor
Andrew Atkins
Thank you very much.
Daghang Salamat.
Domo arigato どうもありがとう
It was a wonderful opportunity to enjoy our heritage and culture as a community. Thank you to all the facilitators and workshop participants at the 2nd Kabilin Fest. The joyful and memorable celebration would not have been possible without your enthusiastic support.
Today we continue with our SNAPSHOTS from the 2nd Kabilin Fest (Part 2)
Day 2 – May 18
3. HUNI / TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Paul Caca and fellow members of the Cebu Ukulele facilitating Ukulele workshop at the 2nd Kabilin Fest
Learning is fun with the Cebu Ukulele facilitators
Ah, recital naman dayon! Special Performance by the participants of the ukulele workshop at the 2nd Kabilin Fest led by ukulele maestro Paul Caca
Pinoy lullabies and more with Jedi and Johann
Learning about Traditional Music and Dance with Madhu and friends
Yes, Mindanao traditional dance is not as easy as it looks.
The TINDAK SUGBO jingle – Composed on May 17th, performed on May 18th during the 2nd Kabilin Fest afternoon program. Yes to a more liveable Cebu! A big Yes to Bike lanes in Cebu!
4. MUGNA/ ARTS & CRAFTS
5. TAWHANONG KATUNGOD / HUMAN RIGHTS
TAWHANONG KATUNGOD “Human Rights” interactive talks with special focus on the rights of women and children.
Presented by Atty. Yvonne Artiaga and representatives of Children’s Legal Bureau and International Justice Mission
6. KASUGIRAN / FOLKLORE
Our animated readers of UTOK PINOY
(L-R) Concordia Lawas, Edna Menguito, Pegie Adlawan and Delfin Buno
7. PAGBATON SA KABILIN / CULTURAL CONSERVATION
8. SUWAT/ ANCIENT WRITING
Pierre Famador leads group of tattoo artists promoting our ancient writing system Balangayan as well as doing henna tattoos on demand at the 2nd Kabilin Fest
9. DEFENSA / TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS
On the left is arnis facilitator Jonas in action
10. AMUMA / TRADITIONAL HEALING
Kabilin fest attendees being massaged at the lobby of West Gorordo Hotel during the Kabilin Fest
PAULINA CONSTANCIA MoNA 