Mark your calendars on August 16-18, 2019 for the 11th MaArte Fair and first ever MaArte oPEN house at The Peninsula Manila.
Habitues of the Manila party scene especially during the early 2000s would remember the famous open-house parties of the North Syquia apartments, one of Manila's historic buildings from the 1930s.
MaArte oPEN house aims to recreate the laid back atmosphere and inspired energy of that famous Manila address where owners of its posh residential units would leave their doors open once a year to welcome guests for cocktails, comestible, live band music, even for art performances.
Phyllis Zaballero, prominent visual artist and vice president of the fair's organizer Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (MFPI), was a resident of the said iconic building. She reminisces:
"The parties in those apartments were really mellow in mood, very creative, and had a particular warmth to it. Everyone knew each other so it just seemed natural that friends would bring friends along to their homes and their neighbor's homes. It was one big community where everyone felt safe and welcome."
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