SpectaculART 2: An auction of art, jewelry and homeware

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

Calling all art lovers and collectors!

 

The Santuario de San Antonio Parish Francisfest joyfully presents SpectaculART 2:

An auction of art, jewelry and homeware.

Both pristine and pre-loved pieces are up for grabs!

The proceeds of the auction shall assist in the numerous Social Services and development ministries of SSAP and its sister parishes.  

SpectaculART 2 will feature:

Fine Jewelry, Estate, Artisan and an assortment of diamonds, pearls and colored stones.

The homeware collection will feature European, Asian, and locally sourced pieces ranging from antique, vintage, and contemporary furniture and home décor.

This year, SpectaculART 2 shall showcase a carefully curated selection of meaningful works created    by esteemed artists namely: National Artist for Visual Art Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Impy Pilapil, Romeo Tabuena, and Anita Magsaysay Ho. Unique pieces by renowned Filipino Visual Artists Gus Albor, Ramon Diaz, Jojo Guingona, Noli Principe Manalang, Isabel Campa, Ivy Lim and Marivic Rufino are pooled together in a celebration of Philippine Art  in the last few decades.    Unique prints by Salvador Dali and John Lennon will also be for sale.

SpectaculART 2 also gathers numerous up-and-coming artists to give them an opportunity to reach a wider audience and also to showcase their work.  They may just dominate the scene in the years to come.   A bid on their work            gives a heartwarming sense of validation and accomplishment. A ray of positivity and inspiration during these troubled times.  A win-win situation.  

SpectaculaART kicked off

its first edition last year

in response to the pandemic and the quarantine restrictions imposed upon us.

So let us bid, buy and invest in art, jewelry and unique pieces for your home while helping the Santuario de San Antonio Parish Ministries.  Support SpectaculART 2.

ONLINE VIEWING BEGINS on September 25 at www.spectaculartph.com

PREVIEW of SELECTED ITEMS starts on September 25 in the San Antonio Parish Center. By appointment.

ONLINE BIDDING is from October 1 to 3 at www.spectaculartph.com

 

For more information visit us at:

www.Instagram.com/SpectaculArt.ph

www.Facebook.com/SpectaculArt.ph

Or email us at

hello@spectaculartph.com

 

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SOCIAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT MINISTRIES

Livelihood Assistance

Here, impoverished mothers are given the chance to build a source of income through numerous livelihood assistance programs. Hope, for them, is made palpable through empowering opportunities in generating remuneration.

Medical Assistance - PGH

This ministry provides assistance to patients most in need. It assures that the suffering of our marginalized brothers and sisters in need of medical attention is alleviated.

Relief and Rehabilitation

The numerous demand for relief throughout a year normally marred by calamities of all sorts is addressed by this ministry. The unfortunate occurrence of the pandemic has aggravated this need, and donations largely help to touch the lives of others in this light.

Health Care Ministry

HCM seeks to provide and extend compassionate and quality care to parishioners by raising awareness on current health and wellness issues through free seminars, offering regular exercise sessions and extending to sick parishioners healing Masses for spiritual upliftment.

Medical Assistance – Rizal Medical Center

This ministry renders tender loving care and services to the indigent patients in the pediatric ward of Rizal Medical Center. Aside from providing financial assistance by giving medicines to the patients, they also extend health-related and spiritual guidance.

Restorative Justice Program

This ministry strives to show the face of God to persons deprived of liberty (PDL) through spiritual and socially inclusive activities. While all efforts are focused primarily on the PDL, the ministry is slowly transitioning to a more wholistic approach to reformation by looking into the concerns of the PDL’s family and community which is now recognized to be integral to ones restoration and conversion. 

Scholarship Assistance

This ministry is dedicated to provide education, spiritual and moral values formation through scholarships and guidance to indigent youth in order to develop them into responsible Christian Filipino citizens (Kristiyanong Mamamayan) to indigent young Filipino men and women.

Pastoral Care for Franciscan Vocation

This ministry finances the tuition, lodging and other fees of Franciscan seminarians, who are in their last 2 years of their formation. It has been able to produce 12 ordained priests, who are now sent to spread God’s word to the Philippines, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Household Accompaniment Program

A group of household helps gather in the Parish for spiritual formation through regular catechism classes, as well as for activities to promote camaraderie and social development through community.  

Eco-Justice

 

Eco-Justice Ministry currently assists very poor communities in building an environment that can address the problems of climate change, at the same time uplift the lives of the people in the surrounding area. For now, the EcoJustice Ministry supports the aeta community in building their environment as well as their livelihood.

 

WRITE UP ON ART PIECES

Paalam Anak II 

Egai Talusan Fernandez, 2020 

Soft pastel on paper

 

Paalam, Anak II 

Executed by noted social realist Egay Talusan Fernandez, at the inception of the pandemic in 2020, at a time when mystery surrounded the Corona virus. Many doctors and nurses caught the virus from their patients and surroundings. Many died.

Paalam Anak II depicts a mother, tucking in her daughter in bed, shortly before going off to her nightly hospital duties, not knowing whether this goodbye is for now or for all time.

 

CELESTE

by Impy Pilapil

1984

 

Painted during that historical interlude between the assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 and the Edsa Revolution in 1986. The economy was in shambles and people were getting restless. Pilapil's silkscreens on double glass call to mind the confetti floating down in protest from buildings on Ayala Avenue, a prelude to the overthrow of the government.

 

Per noted art critic Eric Torres:

“Tension occurs between symmetrical static vertical stripes and tiny vertical flakes, fluttering across them…..As one shifts his point of view from one side of the work to the other, he experiences optical illusions of lines blending, expanding and contracting, of linear and spatial transmutations, working on him. All this illusionism is but another aspect of Pilapil’s penchant for beguiling the eye…..”

 

Exhibit brochure 1986, featuring “Celeste”accompanies the painting

 

LA JOTA

NA Carlos V. Francisco

1948

Watercolor on paper

 

National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco’s LA JOTA captures the elegance and refinement of this Philippine dance. In this extraordinary work, Francisco portrays not only a dance routine; he also gracefully depicts the characters’ playful spirit. 

 

With a certificate of authenticity signed by Beatriz Ventoza

 

BEADED HEADDRESS

Hand-beaded headdress from the Kuchi nomads of Afghanistan. There aren't very many of them left practicing their traditional nomadic lifestyle since some have become farmers or settled in towns and cities, and with the present situation, they will probably be dispersed further, making this piece a prized cultural and artisanal relic.

 

OTHER ITEMS

Anita Magsaysay Ho print

Mary of Magdala Cross by Miladay

Quartz Marquise by Janina Dizon

Albino horn 3 layer rings necklace by Silnag

Emerald Waves by Seb Chua

Nganga Betel Nut Box Set

Thai Low Chairs and Table set

Ombudsman Martirez willing to be removed from office than make SALNs public

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

Ombudsman Samuel Martires: “Even if I will be bashed, even if I will be removed from office, I will not bat into that.”

Most probably, he already has enough for his retirement that he is willing to be removed from  office. Sa dami ba naman ng missing funds from the government, especially the DOH/PS-DBM/Pharmally billion-worth of contract,  the undisclosed intelligence fund of the office of the president, the many flagged transactions of almost all government agencies, the budgets given to PCOO, NTF-ELCAC, etc., and a lot more.

This Ombudsman “has always consistently been blocking attempts of the public to hold officials publicly accountable by refusing to release copies of the president's SALN.”  

It's the Ombudsman job to promote transparency, an not be the one to encourage our government officials to hide it. The Constitution also guarantees our right to comment on matters of public concern—including the SALNs.

The Supreme Court says while custodians of SALNs like Ombudsman Martires can regulate how SALNs can be inspected or copied, “such discretion does not carry with it the authority to prohibit access, inspection, examination, or copying”

At this point, the Ombudsman's mental capacity is obviously deranged and needs medical help.

Huwag naman masyadong magpahatang may itinatago ang Duterte administration.

#KalmaAkoLangTo: Harry Roque did not truly apologize after going ballistic towards a group of doctors?

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

Filipinos are now poking fun at the hashtag #KalmaAkoLangTo, which is often seen in Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s attempt to be humorous on Facebook, after Roque was seen seemingly having a meltdown while he berates a group of doctors.

Roque blew his top during the online IATF meeting last Tuesday after a group of doctors opposed the government’s decision to relax the quarantine protocols in NCR despite the soaring COVID-19 cases.

A furious presidential spokesperson Harry Roque tells a group of doctors, “Do not sit there as if you’re the only ones right… How dare you think that we are not considering steps to prevent the loss of lives?”

There are so many things wrong in his reply. Here, i’ll list them all down for you:

1. Him raising his voice over a statement of FACTS by MEDICAL EXPERTS is inexcusable. The goal of their meeting is to lay out all the facts and work from there. The facts itself reflect the administration’s poor response! And any good PUBLIC SERVANT would know well to listen to EXPERTS and ACCEPT criticism. They serve the COUNTRY, not their FRAGILE EGOS.

2. GCQ was not for small bussineses (at least not in the admin’s intentions). They refuse to continue the ECQ because then they would be forced to give out Social Amelioration to those constituents on lockdown.

Health and people’s lives WILL ALWAYS be above the economy. We can always find ways to boost our economy. But the people who died because of this poor response will never —be brought back.

So yes, the “wokes” have once again crticized the government for the abrupt change in MECQ. Because so many people have already prepared for GCQ, spending so much on preparations to open their stores and go back to work again, only to be told on a fucking whim that ONCE AGAIN the government has changed their mind.

Roque does not have the right to berate our HCWs since they are the experts who would know better that this government is failing in its pandemic response.

The HCWs have the right to criticize and contradict the government's decision, because the fact is, this administration has not made any logical move based on the recommendations of those who are actually on the ground risking their lives facing the virus head on.

Roque thought he was going to get brownie points for standing up for the "hungry Pinoys" by being abrasive towards what's holding back the Grim Reaper from everyone. How's that working out so far?

Everyone’s tired of this pandemic, but it doesn’t give Roque the license to berate people, especially those in the frontlines fighting this virus and trying to keep us safe.

When you're just a spokesperson yet you have the audacity to berate the very same people who are laying down their lives for millions of people because of the inadequacy of the people you are speaking for. Paano pa pag naging senador ka? Ang yabang mong feelingero!

Ewan ko sa 'yo Roque, burned out ka na ano day. Basta't kami ay kalmado. Kalma pa more is the key!

Sa kasagsagan talaga ng pandemya, may mga taong ang mukha at pitaka, parehong makapal. Paldo sa pondo. Buwis ng tao man o mga inutang ina nyo, mamamayan pa din magbabayad.

O siya, I will say something good about government response. The Office of the Vice President has been responding well with the help of LGUs and private sector. Halos lahat ng tasks pinasa sa LGU but they were able to hold on.

Sa side ng Duterte administration, walang good about the government's pandemic response. Pero dahil laging linyahan ng DDS na gobyerno rin naman daw ang OVP, oh ayan, may nasabi na akong maganda. Tumahimik na si Roque at mamigay na kamo sila ng ayuda mula sa kinita ng Pharmally.

People died(are dying!), Harry. No one gives a fuck about your fragile masculinity. Just say your administration is NOT interested in expertise that do not align with your stupid agenda and GO!

Nakakasuka yung ganitong klase ng behavior from any official and the doctors are right, he should apologize. He is a mere spokesperson whose task is to relay the President’s pronouncement. He is not a lawyer for the president nor the IATF.

 
The truth? Roque DID NOT ask for an apology. Instead, IT asked for an "abiso", or "notice". It is a spokesdoggy at that. IT never apologized. Remember that, medical frontliners. Remember that, Filipinos. We fought for you, and we are losing.

He said he is apologizing for his meltdown, but not if the message he conveyed in a shrieking manner.

Sana gamitin ng teachers ang meltdown video ni Harry Roque to teach kids about anger management, ethics in civil service, political opportunism, and citizen dialogue with public officials.

 

#KalmaAkoLangTo