Toronto Philippine Consulate General Painting Session with PAG Artists
Toronto-Canada
September 26, 2019
Consulate staff and their finished paintings with PAG artists Michelle Chermaine Ramos and PAG President Gene Lopos seated in the middle.
The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto held a painting workshop for PCG personnel and attached agencies on September 10, 2019 as part of its cultural diplomacy and Gender and Development (GAD) program.
PAG President Gene Lopos taught a tulip painting workshop
Michelle Chermaine Ramos taught a waterfall painting workshop
Artists from the Philippine Artists Group of Canada (PAG) were invited by Deputy Consul General Bernadette Therese Fernandez to teach the basic two-hour workshops.
Left photo: PAG President Gene Lopos with Cultural Officer Cecilia Santos and the painting she completed during the workshop; Right photo: Michelle Chermaine Ramos with Consul Edna May Lazaro holding the painting she completed during the workshop
PAG President Gene Lopos taught a step-by-step tulip painting workshop and Michelle Chermaine Ramos taught a waterfall painting workshop, the end products of which the participants completed during the session.