Manila Design Week aims to bring Philippine graphic design into the mainstream. More than that, it wants to establish the Philippines as a hub of graphic design and creativity in the region by galvanizing local talent and giving it a voice, year after year. Everything and anything graphic design, in all media, will be featured: from print and publication design to web and motion graphics passing through its applications in photography, advertising, music and fashion. Daily activities in venues around the metro are scheduled, like last year, for one whole week this month (from August 7, Saturday to August 13, Friday). Each one revolves around a core message chosen by the Manila Design Week team.

With this year’s theme: Design Everyday Everyday. Everyone and everything are great places to find good design. Over the years, the relationship between the general population and graphic design has grown familiar and comfortable. Design has been democratized. It is no longer exclusive to luxury items and large institutions that can afford both beautiful form and outstanding function. Everyday, everyone and…

The seminar will tackle the message about the Aphorisms of Love, also known as “Kama Sutra”.  The Love Guru Krishna will essentially give an introduction on an Indian literature, “A Classic of Love” written by an Ancient sage, Vatsyayana.  “Kama”, which means carnal pleasure is one of the main objects of the existence of a human being.  Unfortunately, the essence of Kama Sutra has been disregarded and misinterpreted by the unlearned.

Guru Krisha will educate on its discipline and the importance of the spiritual aspect between the union of a man and a woman, wherein as married couples, sexual pleasures is one of the basic foundations for having a good marriage.  At the end of the fruitful seminar, the message of Guru Krishna—-which is on the individual’s correct perception on a new humanity with a good life and vibrations of love that exudes respect and loyalty to one another—-will be achieved. Namaste!

On July 21, Wednesday at Quantum Café, 9590 Kamagong cor. Bagtikan St. Makati. Registration is at 7PM.  The workshop fee is P1650, which already includes…

Kabbalah can make a difference. Based on teachings that have been developed and discussed by some of the world’s leading thinkers for 4,000 year, Kabbalah is about improving your life and the lives of others. Kabbalah is a distinctive way of seeing the world that could revolutionize the quality of your life. If you want to make a difference to your life and the lives of others, come along and join the Kabbalah meeting on Monday, July 5 from 7-9PM at U-View Theater, Fully Booked Bookstore, Bonifacio High Street. Admission is free.

Perk up your summer with ufo Workshops offering a wide variety of activities for those who particularly want to enhance their abilities in whatever talent they have; let it be acting, directing, script writing, painting, film making and other forms of art. The best part is that they got the right mentor for you.

ufo Workshops is proud to have mentors who are well-known in the film industry namely Armando “Bing” Lao, respected writer/director of the indie film Biyaheng Lupa; Jim Libiran, director of Tribu –a film which who bagged three of Cinemalaya’s 2007 coveted awards, will handle the Indie Bootcamp. Total Filmmaking will be handled by Patrick Purugganan, a teacher who has taught the subject in various venues.

Basic illustration techniques and applications will be taught by Electrolychee, full time visual artists who merge illustration with design. Financing your film might be difficult but tips from Jourdan Sebastian, author of the Dreamer’s Manifesto will take care of that. Raymond Lee, producer of indie hit Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros and writer of commercial successes like In…

Pursue your passion this summer with SoFA’s Fashion Workshops and Classes like Basic Pattern Making & Sewing; Fashion Arts & Crafts for Kids; Basic Fashion Illustration; Basic Pattern Making & Sewing, Fashion Arts & Crafts for Kid; Basic Fashion Illustration; Introduction to Fashion Styling; Fashion Styling Apprenticeship; Basic Modeling; Basic Make Up and The Art of Beading & Embellishment. Classes will start on May 3-29 at SoFa, 55 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City. For inquiries, please call 892-8807 local 106/7 or log on to www.sofamanila.com and www.sofamanila.multiply.com.

The Clara Ramona Centro de Danza Flamenca invites all dance enthusiasts to experience the heat of flamenco this summer.  The Flamenco Fever Summer Dance Workshop with Clara Ramona will be conducted on May 3-29 for children, students and adults alike. Classes will be offered in Flamenco: Introduction, 1 & 2, Clasico Español (Spanish classical dance with castanets), Sevillanas (Spanish popular dance) and Children’s Flamenco (ages 9-12).

The workshop will culminate with a show party entitled, “Flamenco Fever”, May 30, Sunday at 7PM. Classes are limited. Sign up until April 26 to avail of the Early Bird Discount. Both the workshop and show party will be held at the Clara Ramona Centro de Danza Flamenca studio at 5062 P. Burgos St. corner Guerrero, Makati City. (near A-Venue Mall, Makati Ave.)

For more information, please contact 899-1346, 890-8030 (fax), 0915-434578(mobile); email info@clararamona.com or visit www.ClaraRamona.com.

In celebration of the International Museum Day, with the theme Museums for Social Harmony, the UP Vargas Museum will hold its annual Summer Workshop for Junior Museum Guides for the sixth time. Dubbed as the JMG6, the workshop is open to kids ages 10-14 years old and will run from May 4-7 and 11-14 (Tuesday-Friday), 1-4:30PM. Participants will be introduced to basic museum activities such as guiding museum visitors, cataloging, preparing, and mounting exhibitions. The course also includes basic workshops on drawing, pottery, and printmaking to provide young participants an experience on art production. The graduation and culminating activity will be held on May 15, 2010.

Registration fee is PhP 3,000 including workshop kits, materials, and snacks.

Deadline of registration is on April 26, 2010. Due to limited slots, interested parties are requested to register early.

For inquiries on the workshop program, reservation, and registration, please contact 928-1927 (direct line), 981-8500 local 4024 (UP trunk line), 929-19-25 (fax), 0929-8567909 (mobile), email vargasmuseum@gmail.com and www.vargasmuseum.org.

Patricia Eustaquio continues her exploration of memory with Dear Sweet Filthy World, bridging Elvis Costello’s song of the same name with oil paintings, cardboard sculptures, and boats cut from felt and cast in epoxy resin. Through these objects, Eustaquio expresses memory as an idea, and memory as she made it.

On April 17, Saturday from 3-5PM, Eustaquio elaborates on Dear Sweet Filthy World, where the construction of memory is built alongside her narrative “to convey the irony of our feeling towards reality, the realities in life, the world.”

Understanding how one’s recreation of the past is built on fragments, Eustaquio also allows her own memory of the Typhoon Ondoy tragedy to express itself, however limited and isolated it may be. Watching from Delft, The Netherlands, where she was completing her art residency, Eustaquio realizes the difficulty of reconciling isolated ideas with a precise recreation of the past.

Join Eustaquio as she describes how she filled in the gap. Taking a turn towards reaction, Dear Sweet Filthy World accuses the world, and questions the sweet and the filthy in…

A Free Fashion Camp brought to you by the School of Fashion & the Arts and Bonifacio Global City. Activities include Free Workshops in Make-up, Haute Couture Draping & Fashion Trends; Kids’ Fashion Sketching & Headband Making; Mini-Fashion Show by SoFA Student Designers; Fashion Photo Shoot Booth; Fashion Caricature Booth and more. On Saturday, April 17, from 4-9PM at Bonifacio High Street. Pre-registration is Free. For more details, please call 892-8807 local 106.

The Writing Section, a private writing workshop for adults and teens, will be holding a series of lectures on poetry and essay writing. The classes, which will run through most of April, will be held on the HQ (Unit J, 154 Maginhawa St., Sikatuna Village in Quezon City). Book author Jose Wendell Capili will hold a 5-day lecture on essay writing on April 12, 14, 19, 21 and 26. While broadsheet columnist Carlomar Arcangel Daoana will also hold a 5-day lecture on poetry on April 17, 24, May 1, 8 and 15. For inquiries, please contact 666-5774 and  09193188031 or visit www.thewritingsection.multiply.com.