On Sept. 26, the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc will hold a timely forum called “Ningning sa Dilim: Usapang Sining at Lusog-Isip” or Light in the Darkness: A Conversation on Art and Mental Health at 2 p.m. on the second floor of Arete (Ateneo Art Gallery), Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.
If her oncologists and other medical specialists had their way, they would remove Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte’s remaining jaw and seal her mouth permanently shut.
For three years in a row already, painter-art educator-cancer survivor Yasmin Almonte has been holding solo exhibits in her birth month of January. It is her way of “expressing my gratitude for being here, being alive,” she said.
Painter and art teacher Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte isn’t called a survivor by friends for nothing. She has gone past the pain of cancer that claimed part of her jaw and prevailed over other physical and psychological challenges.
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos courtesy of the artist Painter and art teacher Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte isn’t called a survivor by friends for nothing. She has gone past the pain of cancer that claimed part of her jaw and prevailed over other physical and psychological challenges. If there’s a song to describe her, it may
