Escuela Taller Magazine - Issue 1

BELLEVUE THEATRE
117 Pedro Gil Street,
Manila City
1931. The Bellevue Theater is one of
the oldest remaining pre-war standalone
movie theaters in Manila.
Adopted Philippine Islamic imagery as
its art deco theme (perhaps borrowing
inspiration from the tradition of
moro-moro theatrical scenography or
from the set design of LVN Studio’s
Arabesque swashbuckling movies).
Source: Lico, Gerard. Arkitekturang
Filipino: A History of Architecture and
Urbanism in the Philippines. University
of the Philippines Press, 2010.
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MARY IRMA D. LARA
Irma worked in a bank for
some 30 odd years and
eventually broke free to
pursue her life’s passion
- painting. Her love of
nature – flowers, waterfalls,
beaches, koi gliding
in a pond – manifests
through her works done
in watercolor and acrylic.
Irma also does sketches
of cityscapes and other
urban subjects, mostly
of historical buildings
and heritage houses, on
walks with Urban Sketchers
Manila. Her sketch
made during the “Drawing
Manila” sketchwalk
– a project by AECID, the
Embassy of Spain in the
Philippines and Museo
ABC de Dibujo e Ilustración
with the collaboration
of Escuela Taller de
Filipinas- with renowned
Spanish illustrator Luis
Pérez Ortiz and the Philippines’
Mark Lawrence
Andres, is among those
featured on the maiden
issue of Escuela Taller
Magazine.
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