I Like Wearing Rainbows written by Agay Llanera and illustrated by Lui Manaig won the Severino Reyes Medal Best Storybook for 2024. Moon Rising written by Phoebe de Leon and illustrated by Iggy Rodriguez was included in the Honor List for the Storybook category.

CANVAS partnered with Manila Water and Ayala One for the installment of this year’s Art 4 Development Outdoor Banner Show, Waterscapes. This exhibit showcased art that raises awareness on water as a valuable natural resource.

February 24, 2024 was a sunny morning at the opening day of If Trees Could Talk, an International Art Biennale organized by The Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development. This event is one of our initiatives to use art in discussing environmental issues, particularly climate change. At the site of Tumba-Tumba Children’s Museum of Philippine Art, guests of all ages joined the short program which included a curatorial walkthrough and roaming time to view and interact with the art.

CANVAS is featured by media outlets such as Tatler, GMA News Online, and BNN as a significant contributor to the conversation of art and climate change. Snippets of their features on our installment for Art Fair Philippines 2024, “If Trees Could Talk,” are in this article.

The exhibit “I Teach My Child” launched last February 13 at the Ayala Museum. It features Dr. Gémino Abad’s poem, “I Teach My Child”, which was interpreted by Emmanuel Garibay through a collection of paintings and sculptures.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the 37th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Deadline is on February 23, 2024.

Our books I am the Change in Climate Change by Alyssa Peleo-Alampay, PhD and Ang INK won Best in Book Design, while A Bridge for Silay by Agay Llanera and Ronson Culibrina became a finalist for the Graphic Literature category of Gintong Aklat Awards 2022.

The Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development attends the 40th National Children’s Book Day. We took part in celebrating the winners of the PBBY-Salanga and Alcala Prizes for the past years. We also met with the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, beneficiary of our One Million Books for One Million Children Campaign.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the results of its 36th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Christopher S. Rosales shall be receiving the cash prize of forty-five thousand pesos for his story 𝐴𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑤. A total of 90 entries, all based on the artwork by John Marin, were received for this competition. CANVAS also congratulates Edelio P. De los Santos for his story 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎'𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑎𝑙𝑎, which was selected as a finalist for this run.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the results from its 35th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Katrina Macapagal shall be receiving the cash prize of forty-five thousand pesos for her story The Hymn of Leaves. A total of 239 entries, all based on the artwork by Chad Montero, were received for this competition.

The Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is looking for individuals to fill these full-time positions: Marketing Associate, Inventory and Gallery Coordinator, and Executive Assistant. Deadline for applications is on January 27, 2023.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the 36th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Deadline is on February 17, 2023.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the 35th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Deadline is on November 12, 2022.

To commemorate 50 years since the declaration of Martial Law, back-to-back exhibits will be launched on September 21, 2022 via radikal.ph and tumbatumba.ph—Alingawngaw and Usok at Bulaklak sa Panahon ng Martial Law.

Presented by The Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development and Marahuyo Art Projects, each exhibit will be compiled in books that will be given away to children in poor and disadvantaged communities, as part of CANVAS' One Million Books for One Million Filipino Children campaign. These exhibits and books are just some of the many steps that CANVAS and Marahuyo Art Projects expect to take, not only to preserve memory, but more importantly, to imbibe in our children a deeper understanding and appreciation for human rights.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce the results from its 34th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Maria Lorena M. Santos shall be receiving the cash prize of forty-five thousand pesos for her story The Salakot Flowers. A total of 88 entries, all based on the artwork by Abi Dionisio, were received for this competition.

#YOUTHink, a publication that aims to help fight misinformation through media literacy, was hailed as one of the Best Reads for 2020-2021 at the recently held 7th National Children’s Book Awards.

The book was published by the Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) with funding support from Google.

Four books from CANVAS (The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development) were recognized at the 7th National Children’s Book Awards. The ceremonies were streamed live via the Facebook page of PBBY (The Philippine Board on Books for Young People) on the 39th National Children’s Book Day, July 19, 2022.

GLOBAL Business Power Corp. (GBP), in collaboration with the Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (Canvas), distributed books to various public elementary and high school students in Iloilo, Aklan, Cebu and Rizal.

The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the results from its 33rd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Anne Rubio shall be receiving the cash prize of forty-five thousand pesos for her story House of Gold. A total of 150 entries, all based on the artwork by Tiffany Lafuente, were received for this competition.