The driving forces behind the exhibition ‘The Patrimony of All: Ang Panublion Sang Tanan’ (l-r): LGFI trustee Narzalina Lim, Sen. Franklin Drilon, Rosalie Treñas, UPV chancellor Dr. Clement Camposano and LGFI president and executive director Cedie Lopez VargasAFTER years in hibernation, selected masterpieces by Philippine art exemplars Juan Luna, Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, Fernando Amorsolo and Juan Arellano, from the collection of the Lopez Museum and Library (LML) are put on exhibition at the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage from Nov. 25, 2024 to April 25, 2025.
L-R: Rina Lopez, Louie Bate and Petty Johannot check out the 18th-century trade routes at the Museum of Philippine Economic History in Iloilo CityAs the Lopez Museum and Library (LML) shares its collection with the Visayas, it also endeavors to introduce people from other regions to the rich culture of Iloilo.
L-R: Jennifer Rivera of Lopez Arts Initiative; Julie Galino, ABS-CBN Film Restoration; Nenita Eraña, granddaughter of LVN Pictures founder Narcisa de Leon, and her husband Rene Reyes; Marga Villanueva, LAI; and Jodinand Aguillon, Pineapple Lab and Fringe ManilaFebruary 20, 2020, marked the first of three installments in Lopez Arts Initiative’s (LAI) Classic Filipino Cinema series. Anchored on a few celebrations such as National Arts Month, 100 Years of Philippine Cinema, and Fringe Festival 2020, the dialogue and screenings were held at Pineapple Lab, a cozy, community-driven venue behind Rockwell Center.
Keeping the ‘Fall’ alive“All were thinking, trying to understand what surrender meant to our country, to our beloved ones left at the mercy of the cruel and ruthless victors, to ourselves. What of the future? Was there a future at all?”—Eriberto Misa Jr., “Philippines Free Press” (April 5, 1947)
Lopez Arts Initiative spotlights restored classics in free film screeningsPASS the popcorn as the Lopez Arts Initiative (LAI) shows three classic films for free as part of the Fringe Festival this year. A combined effort of the Lopez Museum and Library, ABSCBN Film Archives and Ang Misyon, the film screening is the first project of the new initiative.