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Pastoral vs. brutal: The Filipino farmer in Art

Filipino painters have often painted the rural landscape in bucolic settings: a nipa hut by a stream, coconut trees and bamboo groves, carabaos and their mud baths, or the planting and harvesting rice. They have also honored the Filipino farmers in their works.

Pastoral vs. brutal: The Filipino farmer in Art

Reconsidering Emilio Aguinaldo through artifacts

In a recent lecture, historian Ambeth Ocampo challenged his audience to look at Emilio Aguinaldo -- “the hero we love to hate,”-- in a different light as he discussed the Philippine flag, the national anthem, and a narra table

Reconsidering Emilio Aguinaldo through artifacts