The art launch, covered by OMNI News and Shaw Multicultural, was attended by several British Columbia Government officials: MP Bonita Zarrillo, Deputy Mayor Peter Meiszner, MLA Mable Elmore, and Coquitlam School Board Trustee Jennifer Blatherwick.
Paulina Constancia is a multidisciplinary artist from Cebu, Philippines, based in Vancouver BC, Canada. Her style is expressive and colorful and evokes personal emotional experiences as reflected in her visual works. Her artworks are in the permanent collection of museums in the Philippines, Canada and Slovenia.
The Taga Isla Exhibit, which is open to the public, starts a day after the Philippines’ commemoration of the 7th anniversary of the Arbitral Award on the South China Sea and runs until the end of September, declared as "Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month" or MANA Mo. END