Tugging at Artstrings: How Wagas Ukuleles Keeps Cebuano Craft Alive and Playing
From Apo Whang-Od strumming a C chord to Juan Luna’s Spolarium on a travel ukulele, Wagas Ukuleles keeps finding new ways to carry Filipino identity.
From Apo Whang-Od strumming a C chord to Juan Luna’s Spolarium on a travel ukulele, Wagas Ukuleles keeps finding new ways to carry Filipino identity.
What do you do with the feeling of staying when staying isn’t simple? Six Cebuano artists have thoughts.
For John Rey Sanchez, weaving was never a low-skill trade. It was always a legacy worth owning.
From a jail turned museum to a house built in the 1730s, Cebu’s museum scene is more interesting than you think.
Ube gets mispronounced. Banig bags give HaloHalo. At what point does appreciation become performance?
They survived trends, crises, and the pandemic. What keeps these Cebu food places standing?
The tsinelas you grew up with just had its main character moment.
It started with friends, a sport, and a court. The rest took care of itself.
She paints from the soul and fights for the rights.
Doing it all is possible. It’s just exhausting. And maybe, not the point.