North Fork Arts Projects

"Kadilian (Coral Reef)"  JUAN ELANI TULAS December 2019 - January 2020 North Fork Arts Projects is pleased to share the art of Philippine-based artist Juan Elani Tulles. He first came to our attention with lovely colorful works that he crafts by upcycling styrofoam (styropor). We are delighted to welcome four of his small artworks to North Fork. As you can see in the above shot, we chose to install his works on the floor rather than hanging on the wall. We placed them on the floor to refer to the under-the-sea/underground location of corals which inspire these works. While we show his evocations of coral reef images above, we also share them below as the artist portrayed them in his studio in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, followed by an interview conducted in English and Ilocano: (click on all images to enlarge) Eileen Tabios (ET): How did you get started with your styroart? How long have you been doing this? Juan Elani Tulas (JET): My first exposure to art...

“Poetry Ekphrasis” JEAN VENGUA October 2019 North Fork Arts Projects is pleased to celebrate October as Filipino American History Month by presenting an exhibition of four new paintings by Jean Vengua. Jean’s exhibit is entitled “Poetry Ekphrasis” as each of her paintings is rooted in poems by four Filipino-Pilipinz poets: Nick Carbo, Eric Gamalinda, Barbara Jane Reyes, and Eileen R. Tabios. Ekphrasis is art inspired by another art form, in this case paintings inspired by poems.  From bottom right and going clockwise, the paintings are “Calle de Recuerdos” by Jean Vengua, inspired by Nick Carbo’s poem “Directions To My Imaginary Childhood” “Lunar Night” by Jean Vengua, inspired by Eric Gamalinda’s poem “Zero Gravity” “Heartlines” by Jean Vengua, inspired by Barbara Jane Reyes’ poem “Having Been Cast, Eve Implores” “Hourglass and Ellipsis” by Jean Vengua, inspired by Eileen R. Tabios’ poem “Kapwa’s Song” All paintings are 10 x 10 x 1.5 in...