Murals were unveiled today in Iloilo City in Iloilo and Isabela City in Basilan to demand decisive and transformative actions from world leaders meeting this November during the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Calling established and emerging poets, seasoned or aspiring climate advocates, or anyone willing to write about time, the planet, and diverse forms of life!
Join When Is Now?—an open, evolving call for creative expression to demand urgent climate action! It is an open collaboration that seeks to create interweaving lines of poetry into a web that stretches across the planet, asking “When?” and demanding “Now.”
Art is a powerful medium of communication. It allows us to peek into the soul, emotions, thoughts, and consciousness of an artist. It connects us to a reality outside the physical realm. It moves us, speaks to us. It connects us further to every human being, to all life around us on this Earth.
February is the National Arts Month, an annual celebration mandated by Presidential Proclamation No. 683 (s. 1991) that aims to promote Filipino artistry and harness the arts as a catalyst for nation-building.
