Globe, Google PH, and CANVAS launch exhibit on online safetyfor kids
The exhibit is based on the NPC-awarded book ‘Safe Space: A Kid’s Guide to Data Privacy.’ The activity book teaches children aged 6 to 12 about personal data and how to protect it. Using child-friendly language, Safe Space shows how social media, online gaming, and other platforms collect and use personal data. A digital copy of the book is available for free at the Globe eLibrary.
Exhibit on safe internet opens at Globe Tower
A pocket museum for kids opened at Globe Tower on May 17, 2022 to promote online safety. Previously displayed at the UP Vargas Museum, the Safe Internet exhibit includes interactive art installations designed by Studio Dialogo, based on books written by Gigo Alampay, and published by CANVAS (The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development) with the help of UBS, Globe, and Google through a partnership with CANVAS’ One Million Books for One Million Filipino Children Campaign.
UnionBank, CANVAS.PH hold two-day webinar to help artists, collectors partake in growing NFT market
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), together with non-profit Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (CANVAS.PH), recently held a two-part webinar series centered around digital art in the age of non-fungible tokens to help artists, buyers, and collectors of digital art gain a better understanding of how these tokens work and how they can take part in the NFT art economy.
Sneak Peek: 10 Must-See Works at the Online Version of ArtFairPH
For the first time since its inception in 2013, Art Fair Philippines 2022 is having a hybrid set-up from March 23 to April 1. Here are the works that caught the attention of Spot.ph at Art Fair Philippines 2022's URL version.
Call for entries: 34th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition
The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the 34th Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Deadline is on May 7, 2022.
UnionBank, CANVAS.PH team up to help artists, collectors explore NFT art space
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is leveraging its expertise in blockchain technology in a partnership with the non-profit organization Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (CANVAS.PH) to help artists and collectors navigate the emerging non-fungible token (NFT) art space.
Call for entries: 33rd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition
The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the 33rd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Deadline is on March 20, 2022.
EXTENDED: International Book Giving Day Raffle
In the spirit of the One Million Books for One Million Filipino Children Campaign, we are giving away books on February 14, to five lucky supporters of our book-giving program. Our partner shop Looking for Juan has also chipped in with some items!
In this new Filipino children’s book, a boy shines in rainbow clothes
“I Like Wearing Rainbows,” winner of the 28th Romeo Forbes Children’s Story Writing Competition, tackles significant themes through its vibrant artwork and sympathetic storytelling. The premise of writer Agay Llanera’s story is simple — a boy indulges in playing with his grandmother’s clothes. He pulls open his closet and picks from piles of clothing: a yellow skirt, a shimmery pink top, a ruffled purple dress. He wears them one by one, running and twirling in jovial innocence, while his grandmother sings and applauds.
Lawyer Emmanuel Rey Cruz wins 32nd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition
The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the results from its 32nd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Emmanuel Rey Cruz won forty-five thousand pesos for his story Maliit pa rin si Marikit.
Congratulations also go to Christopher Rosales for his story Sa Iisang Batya which was selected as a Finalist. A total of 94 entries, all based on the artwork by Renee Avila, were received for this competition.
How do we explain climate change to kids? Start with this activity book
How do we begin to explain climate change to the next generation who is the least responsible in all this and yet the most impacted?
This is a professor’s goal in a new book for children aged 6 to 12. University of the Philippines geology professor Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, Ph.D. wrote the book “I Am the Change in Climate Change” with kids in mind.
New release: I Like Wearing Rainbows
"Boys don't wear dresses."
Since that day, I wore the dresses only when I was in Lola's room. But one day, Lola got sick—with a fever that kept her bundled in a blanket, and a cough I could hear through the wall. I waited patiently for the day I could play in her room again.
A heartwarming story of love and acceptance, this book won the Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition.
Silent Witnesses: illustrated accounts from Martial Law survivors
In this list, [Rappler] rounded up seven graphic literature to springboard a healthy and safe discussion on Martial Law with your kids.
Writer Tanya Sevilla Simon wins 31st Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition
The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the results from its 31st Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition. Tanya Sevilla Simon won forty-five thousand pesos for her story Emong and the Ear.
Congratulations also go to Christopher Rosales for his story Sa Iisang Batya which was selected as a Finalist. A total of 87 entries, all based on the artwork by Edrick Daniel, were received for this competition.
When it comes to saving the earth, there’s no such thing as too young
I Am the Change in Climate Change, a children’s book written by geology professor Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, shows how sustainability and climate change can be tackled at an individual level.
Call for entries: 32nd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition
The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the 32nd Romeo Forbes Children's Story Writing Competition.
Climate change activity book for kids now available online
“I am the Change in Climate Change,” an informational activity book on the environment hopes to make a difference. Geared towards six to 12-year-olds, its pages are filled with child-friendly illustrations, age-appropriate language, and interactive activities. The book encourages children to learn about climate change: its definition, causes, and effects.
Google, CANVAS launch Cebuano magazine to help fight misinformation
This National Language Month or Buwan ng Wika, Google and the Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) launched the Cebuano version of #YOUTHink magazine to highlight the importance of local language diversity in battling misinformation.
Cebuano magazine launched to help fight misinformation
A Cebuano version of a youth-oriented magazine has been launched as part of efforts to highlight the importance of local language diversity in fighting misinformation.
The new #YOUThink in Cebuano is a project by Google and the Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) in celebration of National Language Month.
Book launch: Silim, Prinsesa ng Dilim
At an exhibit featuring the artworks by Luis Lorenzana for the story “Silim, Prinsesa ng Dilim,” the book written by Mark Joseph Bacho was launched on July 16, 2021. A winner of the Romeo Forbes Children’s Story Writing Competition, this mythological tale touches on contemporary issues of diversity, tolerance, and finding beauty and pride in one’s identity.