Our series "A Day in the Life" is a documentation of creative process straight from the artists themselves. Submit your feature request through thriveartorg@gmail.com. Yanni Ysabel is an artist who lives and works in Iloilo. Grounded on themes of gender and sexuality,...

Over the past few months, I’ve found myself reflecting on my journey as a writer and cultural events organizer. A deep sense of exhaustion crept in, prompting me to pause, step back, and reconnect with myself. I needed solitude, a break...

An approach to the exhibit I first came across the term "tayog-tayog" when I was studying in Iloilo City. When someone tells an “out of this world” story or claim, that person is "tayog-tayog mag-isip/mag-istorya." A person who shares these "tayog-tayog" stories...

Through dreams, visual trickery of commonplace things, and creative imaginings, Surrealism as an art movement established a rarefied presentation of artistic practices.  Though mostly associated with dream-like and absurdist images, Surrealism is in fact rooted in political resistance.  It can be...

Ah, the Italians! The surreptitious allure of the Mona Lisa’s smile and the overwhelming magnitude of the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel – ask anyone with a sprinkling of art education about Italian art and you would hear about these...

Dágtà, translated to English, may refer to a stain, a blot, or anything that taints. In its verb form, it may be understood as the act of blemishing or painting a certain object or material. Construed through an artistic lens, it...