Multi-awarded artist Mr. Sam Penaso’s first solo exhibit in Berlin was formally opened on October 28, at the Philippine Embassy’s Sentro Rizal. The exhibit features more than 20 of Penaso’s collection of paintings with intricate geometric patterns and nature scenes, fictional characters, and human figures vividly depicted on canvas.   Philippine Ambassador Theresa Dizon-de Vega led the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon to mark the opening. She was joined by Penaso and the exhibit’s ... Read more

Filipino historian and best-selling author Prof. Ambeth Ocampo, engaged an international audience at the Asian-Afrikan Institute of the University of Hamburg, Germany at a special lecture on 21 October 2010.   Prof. Ocampo’s talk entitled “Mapping the Philippines: Before Waze and Google Earth” is an examination of how the Philippines’ historical narrative and identity can be read partly through maps and other cartographic depictions across the centuries.   Drawing from his ... Read more