Brunch with BenCab at Topaz Arts

BenCab | photo by: Wig Tysmans

Join us on Sunday, April 7th for a reception honoring Philippine National Artist Ben Cabrera, introduced by writer Luis H. Francia.  As part of our ongoing series, Topaz Arts has presented brunch receptions as a way for our community to meet and greet with prominent artists, most recently AA Bronson, Manuel Ocampo, and now BenCab.

Brunch with BenCab
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 2-4pm
at Topaz Arts > directions

Admission is free: reservations recommended at rsvp@topazarts.org

TOPAZ ARTS is located at 55-03 39th Avenue in Woodside, Queens, NY
Subway: #7 to 61st St; or LIRR to Woodside Station. Detailed directions at  http://www.topazarts.org/directions/

TOPAZ ARTS is pleased to host a brunch reception for an informal meet and greet with the celebrated Philippine artist, in conjunction with his participation in “200 years of identity Bi/Coa: Visions of Latin/American Art” at the Instituto Cervantes, 211 East 49th St. New York, NY,  on view April 4–26, 2013, opening April 4th, 6-9pm.

BenCab, as he is more popularly known, is widely hailed as a master of contemporary Philippine art. A painter and printmaker, he has exhibited widely in the Philippines and in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He has won several major art awards in a career spanning four decades. In 1992, he received the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Cultural Center of the Philippines Award for the Arts). In 2006, he was conferred the Order of National Artist for Visual Arts. His works have been the subject of three books, Ben Cabrera: Etchings (1970-1980) by Cid Reyes; Bencab’s Rock Sessions by Eric Caruncho; and BENCAB by Alfred Yuson and Cid Reyes. The artist lives and works in Baguio City where he founded the BenCab Museum.

Luis H. Francia is a poet, journalist, and nonfiction writer. He is the author of the recently released A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos  (Overlook Press). An award-winning author, Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago won both the 2002 PEN Open Book and the 2002 Asian American Writers literary awards; recently released The Beauty of Ghosts (Ateneo de Manila University Press) performed at Topaz Arts in 2007. His poetry books include The Arctic Archipelago and Museum of Absences. He has written for a number of publications, including the Village Voice, the Nation, and the Inquirer Global Nation. He lives in Jackson Heights, Queens and teaches at New York University, Hunter College and the City University of Hong Kong.

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