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It is the second day of the tense COVID-19 lockdown in Metro Manila when I get to sit with pottery artist Joey de Castro at the Sierra Madre Gallery in Mandaluyong, which he owns. There is a police car blaring curfew announcements outside the window, but we ignore this and tour the gallery instead. CLICK FOR FULL ARTICLE

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Barcode by Joey De Castro

From a private collection

COMRADES IN CLAY, The Globe Tower Gallery

32nd Street corner 7th Ave. BGC, Taguig 

Opening on February 4, 2016 at 5:30PM

COMRADES IN CLAY is the reunion of potter friends with common mentors Jon and Tessy Pettyjohn. They come from varied backgrounds: Rita Gudiño, Head of Ceramics Studio of the UP College of Fine Arts’; contemporary pottery artist and UP teacher Joey de Castro; noted painter Tensie Bello; Dr. Peppon Rondain, Head of Makati Medical Center’s Nuclear Medicine; Finance Assistant Secretary Didith Tan; Ging Pajaro, founder/owner of Via Venetto; freelance TV commercial producer Sonny Cruz; investment banker Dedette Bautista of ING Bank; ceramics engineer EJ Espiritu; Japanese restaurateur Ritsuko Kikuchi; Kiko Demetillo of St. Luke’s Medical Center’s International Patient Care; entrepreneur Johann Gohoc, and retired public servant Rescy Bhagwani.

Ignite: A Ceramic Group Show

Bar 1951 Photo Exhibit for the benefit of the Jun Lupito Medical Fund

A benefit photo exhibit featuring Filipino rock icons by photographers: EDDIEBOY ESCUDERO, ERNIE FRANCISCO JAVIER and JOEY DE CASTRO. 

Opening on Saturday, September 13, at 8PM. Bar 1951, M. Adriatico Steet, Malate Manila. 

Proceeds will go to the Jun Lupito Medical Fund.

September 2014 Schedule

Did you miss Joey at the MaArte Fair last weekend? 
Catch him at one of these events in September:
Sept 12-14: Zonta Club of Makati's FilipinaZ Art Fair, Rockwell Tent, 
Sept 13: The Bar @ 1951, Remedios Circle 
Sept 16: Gallery Orange, Bacolod City
Sept 26-28: National Art Fair, SM Mega Trade Center

See you there!