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 COLORING LIVES AT THE SUNSHINE PLACE

Coloring Lives, the recent exhibit of art students at the Sunshine Place was not only a visual feast, but also brought brightness and joy to their beneficiaries, the elderly residents of the San Lorenzo Ruiz Home in Pasay City.

The exhibit brought together the works of students in two regular art classes in the Sunshine Place: those in the Acrylic painting class of Arts Association of the Philippines President Fidel Sarmiento, and those in the Porcelain Painting class of Mee Lee Casey, a Malaysian expat wife, who has been teaching Porcelain Painting in UK, Hong Kong and Australia for more than 20 years.

Both instructors have developed both senior and non-senior students in discovering their artistic talents, showing that art is for all ages. A few Acrylic painting students have sold a couple of paintings, done commissioned work and joined several national and local exhibitions. Porcelain Painting students, on the other hand, have developed a passion for art, and discovered friendships in the process.

Proceeds from the exhibit will be for the benefit of the San Lorenzo Ruiz Home for the Elderly, which has been managed since 2012 by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The mission of the congregation of French nuns in Manila is to give respect and dignity to the elderly.

The Sunshine Place offers art classes to seniors, as well as adults, teens and kids. At the core of the workshops, are mentoring sessions in hands-on techniques, application of different brushes & basic strokes, and color rendering. Participants get to explore different styles in creating still life, landscape, cityscape, underwater, animals and portrait paintings.