Manuel Baldemor visits Art 2 Art today

MANILA, Philippines - Conversations on visual arts, film, music and literature await listeners and viewers of Art 2 Art this month as host Lisa Macuja interviews an array of artists from these disciplines.

Produced by the Manila Broadcasting Company, Art 2 Art airs Sundays at 3:30 p.m. on DZRH (666 khz on the AM band), and can be viewed simultaneously via RHTV and through DZRH live streaming.

Today, painter, sculptor and printmaker Manuel Baldemor — known for his folksy paintings and sculptures — relates how he got started as a carver in his hometown of Paete, Laguna, and eventually established a career that now spans over three decades.

On Sept. 9, filmmaker, film historian, author and teacher Nick Deocampo shares his recent efforts to help spread film literacy in the Philippines, including writing SineGabay: A Film Study Guide.

The Sept. 16 episode will have Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) music director, Olivier Ochanine. He will bare plans for PPO’s 30th concert season which will kick off on Sept. 21.

On Sept. 23, Palanca award-winning poet Mookie Lacuesta talks about Metro Serye, an anthology of literary works that she edits. The Ateneo teacher also explains how poetry can be better appreciated and why she feels literature is particularly exciting now.

The Sept. episode will pay tribute to maestro Francisco Santiago.