CANVAS - Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development

22/09/2026

We’re kicking it 90s style on Saturday! 🛼💽✌🏻 Show up dressed in a nostalgic outfit, and you might win cool and artsy prizes from Looking for Juan!

We are hosting a Block Screening Fundraiser for Forgotten Island Movie, the much-anticipated Dreamworks film that puts Filipino culture and mythology in the spotlight.

By watching Forgotten Island with us, you are helping us build our Tumba-Tumba Children's Museum of Philippine Art in Ibaan, Batangas.

🗓️ September 26, 4 PM
🎥 Cinema 3, 6F
🍿 EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Mandaluyong

🎟️ PhP1,000 per ticket inclusive of snacks and one raffle entry.

Register and buy your tickets through:
🔗 https://bit.ly/CANVASForgottenIsland
➡️ Scan the QR code
🔗 Link in bio

With Tumba-Tumba Children's Museum of Philippine Art and Looking for Juan, we hope to make this movie experience an unforgettable experience with a lasting impact.

22/09/2026

22/09/2026

21/09/2026

21/09/2026

It has been over fifty years since Martial Law was declared in the Philippines. The calls for justice, human rights, and memory echo until today.

Through art and stories, we welcome young readers into the conversation. It is every Filipino child’s history to carry, not just those who lived through the 1970s. This is why we share books for generations to read together, to educate ourselves about atrocities committed under the Marcos Regime. Through books, we empower ourselves to stand for truth.

Add Hanapin ang Sagot and Silent Witnesses to your shelves by purchasing copies at lookingforjuan.com. All books are downloadable online for free at canvas.ph/art-and-stories.

16/09/2026

In the province of Batangas, a children's museum is coming to life.

The Tumba-Tumba Children's Museum of Philippine Art will be the culmination of a twenty-year dream: to build a place of wonder and curiosity, where children are free to be themselves, surrounded by trees, and art, and stories.

A major initiative of the Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS), the Museum will showcase and promote child-friendly Philippine art as a medium to encourage and instill in children a love for books and reading, and to encourage discussion and reflection on the key issues of our times.

It is the home of the If Trees Could Talk International Art Biennale, and since 2024, Tumba-Tumba has welcomed guests from all over the world and across all ages, for art workshops, performances, film screenings, and even just for a simple afternoon outdoors. 🌿🌸🎨

Visit tumbatumba.ph to learn more about how you can help — and join us for our film screening of Forgotten Island Movie on Saturday, September 26. Proceeds will support the development of the Museum. Reserve your tickets now at bit.ly/CANVASForgottenIsland or tap the link in bio and we'll see you there! 🍿

16/09/2026

16/09/2026

Our book, Ode to a Young Reader, won Best Reads at the 9th National Children's Book Awards! We thank the National Book Development Board - Philippines and The Philippine Board on Books for Young People for this honor.

Read the press release here:

The National Children’s Book Awards recognizes distinguished children’s and young adult literature published in the past two years. Ode to a Young Reader is one of three titles named Best Reads.