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Creating
& Learning
When Teacher Jojo retired from teaching in the academe in 2014, she came back to her first love– the Arts.
Together with her eldest daughter, Teacher Kakay, they immersed themselves in learning different visual art mediums, joining classes, and further exposing themselves in the art scene by joining art groups.
Creating and learning made them happy. It tickled their imagination and made them aware of the kind of self talk they have with themselves. More importantly, creating gave them a sense of fulfillment, it was nourishment for their souls.
The more they enriched their knowledge in doing art, the more they felt the desire to share their learning to their community.
Creative Access
In 2017, Teacher Jojo and Teacher Kakay decided to give summer art workshops in their village in Antipolo, under Kartwheel. At first it was only the kids in the village who joined their workshops.
With the good word & support from their friends, they were able to invite students, now from varying age groups, who came from their neighboring cities– Cainta, Marikina, Taytay, Angono, Pasig, and Mandaluyong.
Perhaps there was something in the way they teach. The two teachers were also perplexed– why students would travel the distance and brave the traffic just to learn with them.
Eventually, the youngest daughter of the family joined their team, bidding the corporate world goodbye. In the summer of 2019, the team founded Art Mama. That year, they were able to expand their reach; catering to family and corporate events even outside Manila.
When the pandemic hit, the team had to pivot and cope with the times. In truth, they were not planning to continue their operations, but their students' requests convinced them to go digital.
Providing online workshops allowed them to reach more individuals within and outside the Philippines. It also forced the team to come up with more progressive, empowering, and fulfilling art programs.
Nurturing
through
art
education.
Their mission became clear: to help individuals build courage and confidence to create.
That is to say, to build on the students' fundamental knowledge about art so they may enjoy the process of learning more and gain the confidence to create (whatever it is they want to create) on their own.
They were often told that their classes became a source of comfort. To some extent, their art workshops gave students the frame of mind from which they were able to gather courage to start something they have been putting off. For others, the delight of discovery allowed them to trust in the beauty of the universe again.
This awakened, in the Art Mama team, the responsibility to reach more people. It motivated them to keep moving forward, to touch more lives and share the many benefits one may get from doing art.
Today, Art Mama has a brighter vision for art, education and for helping build a society with a creative mindset.
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