Nelfa Querubin’s “A Passion for Clay” Book Launch at the Ayala Museum

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Galleria Duemila will be hosting Nelfa Querubin’s “A Passion for Clay” book launch. Co-authored by Patrick Flores and Imelda Cajipe Endaya, the book positions the artist’s contribution to the history and progress of Philippine contemporary ceramic art. Centering on materials and techniques while chronicling her personal evolution as woman artist and her encompassing career as printmaker, painter, and longstanding body of work as potter. The book launch coincides with an exhibition of fifteen ceramic pieces.

In the early years of her artistic career, Nelfa Querubin delved into cartography, graphic design, and printmaking. She developed an affinity with ceramic pottery in the early 1970s and has since been devoted to the medium. Querubin reveres the complex medium for its “complete freedom” and its “absence of rules.”

Nelfa Querubin. A Passion for Clay book launching will be held in The Lobby, Ayala Museum Greenbelt Park Makati City on March 2, 2015. For more information you may reach us at + 632 831 9990; Telefax no. + 632 833 9815, email: gduemila@gmail.com, Twitter and Instagram: @galleriaduemila, you may also visit our website at www.galleriaduemila.com, or like us on Facebook.

Sining-Lahi Polyrepertory Presents Medea

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 “SINING AT PROTESTA PARA SA KAAYUSAN AT PAGBABAGO”—this is the theme for this year’s annual celebration of the National Arts month for the whole country. In line with this, The Polytechnic University of the Philippines’ University Center for Culture and the Arts celebrates the Arts month by having a series of performances given by different cultural organization under it.

This year, Sining-Lahi Polyrepertory, the Resident student theater group of PUP, celebrates their 34th Theater season by adapting a Greek play written by Euripides entitled “Medea”. It was translated and given adaptation by Mr. Alvin Veneracion, an alumnus of the said group.

In the adaptation, Medea was placed in the Philippine setting where the Philippines was conquered by the Spaniards and the lead character was a Babaylan. The play demonstrated the situation of women in the Hispanic Era and how Medea differs from the other women in the society before.

It will be staged at the PUP Theater located at the College of Communications, Sta. Mesa Manila on March 2-4, 2015 at 10:00am, 2:30pm and 6:00pm.

Graduates Get As Much As 60% Graduation Blowout Discount from Techbox

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March is almost here and that means graduation season for many students. It's time to reward our deserving graduates with the much-needed necessities of this digital generation - gadgets in the form of smartphones, tablets or phablets.

Who doesn't want a new gadget for graduation. With almost everyone needing to access the Internet for research, bills payments, taxi, car, restaurant or hotel booking, and a lot of other leisure and utilities that can be done online, it seems the future is worthy for investments on the gadget business.

In celebration of graduation season, Techbox Philippines will be offering a 60% discount on LG G2 and a 50% discount on Nokia Lumia 620 handsets on all Techbox branches from March 1 to 30.

“These days, graduating is a real challenge. The workload is incredible, and the pressure to do well not only on academics but also on extra-curricular activities cannot be underestimated. Those who successfully hurdle all the challenges truly deserve recognition,” said Angela Gutierrez, Business Unit Head for Techbox Philippines. “This is our way of celebrating with them,” she added.