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The Albay Arts Foundation Inc. (AAFI or AAF) is a non-government non-profit organization formed in 2022 by private individuals who envision to harness the capabilities of the arts in supporting the development of communities.

Welcome to the Albay Arts Foundation

The Albay Arts Foundation Inc. (AAFI or AAF) is a non-government non-profit organization formed in 2022 by private individuals who envision to harness the capabilities of the arts in supporting the development of communities.

Welcome to the Albay Arts Foundation

The Albay Arts Foundation Inc. (AAFI or AAF) is a non-government non-profit organization formed in 2022 by private individuals who envision to harness the capabilities of the arts in supporting the development of communities.

Welcome to the Albay Arts Foundation

The Albay Arts Foundation Inc. (AAFI or AAF) is a non-government non-profit organization formed in 2022 by private individuals who envision to harness the capabilities of the arts in supporting the development of communities.

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🎟️ FULLY BOOKED! | Ang Pagsurat Pag-uliWe are delighted to announce that all seats for "Ang Pagsurat Pag-uli: Merlinda Bobis Reads and Sings Her Stories" are now FULLY BOOKED!📚✨🗓 20 August 2026 (Thursday)🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM📍 Bicol University AmphitheaterWe truly wish we could accommodate everyone who expressed interest in meeting and listening to Merlinda Bobis, but the capacity of the venue is limited.To those who successfully reserved a seat, thank you for your enthusiasm and support. We hope you enjoy this special afternoon of reading, singing, storytelling, and remembering Bikol through the voice and works of one of our internationally acclaimed literary voices.For those who were not able to secure a seat, we sincerely appreciate your interest and hope to welcome you to more AAF literary and cultural programs in the future.See you at Bicol University as Merlinda Bobis reads, sings, and tells her stories—Bikol stories that have travelled far and found their way home. ❤️📖#AngPagsuratPagUli #MerlindaBobis #AlbayArtsFoundation #BikolLiterature #BikolCulture #LiteraryArts #CreativeAlbay ... See MoreSee Less

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Bringing stories straight to the streets! 📚🎨Albay Arts Foundation is honored to team up with the Albay Provincial Library and Information Center and Legazpi Creative Council for the return of The Book Nook at the Legazpi Art Pop Market.Proud to support initiatives that champion reading, art, and community connection across Albay! ✨#albayartsfoundation #booknookalbay #legazpicreativecouncil #artandculture ... See MoreSee Less
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🏛️ LAKAW–KURIT–RUMDOM 2.0 | Walking Through Legazpi’s Living HistoryLast weekend, the Lakaw–Kurit–Rumdom 2.0 brought students, artists, professionals, and heritage enthusiasts together during the Legacy of Ibalong: Arts Pop Market for two days of walking, sketching, photographing, and rediscovering the historic heart of Legazpi.Organized by the Albay Arts Foundation (AAF), the heritage walk invited participants to look beyond familiar streets and see Legazpi through the layers of its architectural, commercial, and social history.Along the way came many “AHA!” moments-discoveries that connected the city's present landscape with its past.🏛️ Participants appreciated the surviving Art Deco buildings and accessoria-type structures, built during the 20th-century period when Legazpi was developing as a major commercial center in Bicol.👤 They also encountered the remarkable story of Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga, a Basque Spaniard and former Republican Party leader who was exiled to the Philippines. In Legazpi, he became remembered as a benevolent community leader whose contributions included important properties and civic structures, among them Legazpi College, now the University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi, the Headless Monument and more.🚂 At the historic PNR Legazpi Station, participants photographed and sketched a place connected to a defining moment in Bicol's transportation history—the inauguration of the Bicol Express by President Manuel L. Quezon in 1938.What emerged through the two-day Lakaw was a deeper appreciation of how Legazpi transformed from a once-swampy port area into a commercial and metropolitan center of Bicol—and how traces of that transformation remain embedded in its streets, buildings, and stories.Through walking, sketching, and listening, heritage becomes more than something we read about. We experience it, interpret it, and carry it forward.Thank you to everyone who walked with us, asked questions, drew what they saw, and helped keep Legazpi's stories alive.📸 Scroll through the photos and see Legazpi through the eyes of our Lakaw participants.Until the next Lakaw–Kurit–Rumdom.Tara, lakaw kita! 🚶🏛️✏️📸 by Lxie Orbaña, Justine Abiño (Volunteer Photographers)#LakawKuritRumdom2 #LakawKuritRumdom #AlbayArtsFoundation #LegacyOfIbalong #ArtsPopMarket #LegazpiHeritage #LegazpiHistory #HeritageWalk #CulturalHeritage #ArtAndHeritage #CreativeAlbay #NationalArtsMonth ... See MoreSee Less

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📚 ANG PAGSURAT PAG-ULI: Merlinda Bobis Reads and Sings Her StoriesThe Albay Arts Foundation (AAF) warmly invites students, educators, writers, artists, and lovers of Bikol literature to a special afternoon celebrating one of Bikol's most distinguished literary voices.📖 Ang Pagsurat Pag-uli: Merlinda Bobis Reads and Sings Her Stories🗓 20 August 2026 (Thursday)🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM📍 Bicol University AmphitheaterHow is it to travel from Bikol to Australia and back?Acclaimed author Merlinda Bobis**—summa cum laude graduate of the then Aquinas University (now UST Legazpi) and recipient of the Omaw sa Oragon Award from the University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi—returns to share her literary journey through readings, songs, and the stories behind her celebrated works.This gathering offers a rare opportunity for the younger generation to encounter the works of an internationally recognized Bikolana author whose stories continue to resonate across cultures while remaining deeply rooted in Bikol.Beyond celebrating literature, the event seeks to inspire young people to read, write, perform, and value Bikol stories, strengthening appreciation for our region's rich oral storytelling traditions and fostering pride in Bikol culture and identity.📚 Special Feature: Merlinda Bobis' books—including the newly republished Kantada—will be available for purchase during the event.Join us as we celebrate the power of stories to connect places, generations, and people—from Bikol to the world, and back home again.To register: Kindly message us with your name and school or organization.#albayartsfoundation #MerlindaBobis #angpagsuratpaguli #BikolLiterature #bikolculture #CreativeAlbay #readwriteremember #storytelling #literaryarts ... See MoreSee Less

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🚨 TARA! BUKAS NA 'TO! 🚨🏛️🎨 LAST CALL!Be part of LAKAW • KURIT • RUMDOM 2.0 and experience two pioneering heritage activities in Bicol as part of the Legacy of Ibalong Art Pop Market 2026!🗓 AUGUST 8 (Saturday) | 4:00–6:00 PM🏛️ The First Heritage Barter Tour in BicolTrade a meaningful item (worth around ₱200) instead of paying a registration fee, then journey through the historic streets of the Legazpi Port District as we uncover the stories, architecture, and community memories that shaped our city.🎨 AUGUST 9 (Sunday) | 4:00–6:00 PMThe Inaugural Legazpi Art WalkBring your sketchbook, watercolor, pencils, or favorite medium and draw, paint, or capture the beauty of Legazpi's heritage structures alongside local artists, seasoned practitioners, students, and fellow creatives.✨ Whether you're an artist, history enthusiast, photographer, architect, student, or simply curious about our city's rich past, this is your chance to experience heritage in a whole new way.📩 Reserve your slot now!Send us:✅ Full Name✅ Activity to Join (Heritage Barter Tour / Art Walk)✅ Contact NumberLet's walk our history, create art, and celebrate the stories that make Legazpi unique.See you this weekend at the Legacy of Ibalong Art Pop Market 2026!#lakawkuritrumdom #LegacyOfIbalong #HistoryMonth #heritagebartertour #artwalk #legazpiportdistrict #albayartsfoundation #creativelegazpi #HeritageThroughArt ... See MoreSee Less

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🎨 Shape the Future of Arts and Culture with UNC's Bachelor of Culture and Arts Education (BCAED)!The Albay Arts Foundation (AAF) proudly supports the Bachelor of Culture and Arts Education (BCAED) program of the University of Nueva Caceres (UNC)—an institutional partner committed to nurturing the next generation of artists, educators, cultural workers, and creative leaders.It's not too late to enroll! UNC is still accepting applicants for the BCAED program.As the creative and cultural sectors continue to grow, there is an increasing need for professionals who can teach, preserve, manage, and innovate within the arts. The BCAED program prepares students for meaningful careers in:🎓 Arts and Culture Education – Become an arts educator, curriculum developer, or cultural education advocate.🏛️ Museums, Heritage, and Cultural Work – Build careers as museum professionals, curators, heritage managers, cultural officers, researchers, and community development practitioners.🎭 Creative Industries – Lead in visual arts management, festivals, theater, cultural programming, creative entrepreneurship, and other emerging creative fields.At AAF, we believe that investing in arts education is investing in the future of our communities. We encourage aspiring artists, cultural workers, educators, and heritage advocates to explore this pioneering program and become part of a new generation shaping the creative future of Bicol.📌 Enrollment is still ongoing.Visit the University of Nueva Caceres (University of Nueva Caceres) official Facebook page or Admissions Office to learn more and begin your journey.Together, let us cultivate a generation that creates, preserves, and celebrates our culture.#albayartsfoundation #UNC #BCAED #CultureAndArtsEducation #creativebicol #artseducation #creativeindustries #heritage #futurecultureleaders ... See MoreSee Less

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Albay Arts Foundation

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🎟️ FULLY BOOKED! | Ang Pagsurat Pag-uliWe are delighted to announce that all seats for "Ang Pagsurat Pag-uli: Merlinda Bobis Reads and Sings Her Stories" are now FULLY BOOKED!📚✨🗓 20 August 2026 (Thursday)🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM📍 Bicol University AmphitheaterWe truly wish we could accommodate everyone who expressed interest in meeting and listening to Merlinda Bobis, but the capacity of the venue is limited.To those who successfully reserved a seat, thank you for your enthusiasm and support. We hope you enjoy this special afternoon of reading, singing, storytelling, and remembering Bikol through the voice and works of one of our internationally acclaimed literary voices.For those who were not able to secure a seat, we sincerely appreciate your interest and hope to welcome you to more AAF literary and cultural programs in the future.See you at Bicol University as Merlinda Bobis reads, sings, and tells her stories—Bikol stories that have travelled far and found their way home. ❤️📖#AngPagsuratPagUli #MerlindaBobis #AlbayArtsFoundation #BikolLiterature #BikolCulture #LiteraryArts #CreativeAlbay ... See MoreSee Less

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Bringing stories straight to the streets! 📚🎨Albay Arts Foundation is honored to team up with the Albay Provincial Library and Information Center and Legazpi Creative Council for the return of The Book Nook at the Legazpi Art Pop Market.Proud to support initiatives that champion reading, art, and community connection across Albay! ✨#albayartsfoundation #booknookalbay #legazpicreativecouncil #artandculture ... See MoreSee Less
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🏛️ LAKAW–KURIT–RUMDOM 2.0 | Walking Through Legazpi’s Living HistoryLast weekend, the Lakaw–Kurit–Rumdom 2.0 brought students, artists, professionals, and heritage enthusiasts together during the Legacy of Ibalong: Arts Pop Market for two days of walking, sketching, photographing, and rediscovering the historic heart of Legazpi.Organized by the Albay Arts Foundation (AAF), the heritage walk invited participants to look beyond familiar streets and see Legazpi through the layers of its architectural, commercial, and social history.Along the way came many “AHA!” moments-discoveries that connected the city's present landscape with its past.🏛️ Participants appreciated the surviving Art Deco buildings and accessoria-type structures, built during the 20th-century period when Legazpi was developing as a major commercial center in Bicol.👤 They also encountered the remarkable story of Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga, a Basque Spaniard and former Republican Party leader who was exiled to the Philippines. In Legazpi, he became remembered as a benevolent community leader whose contributions included important properties and civic structures, among them Legazpi College, now the University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi, the Headless Monument and more.🚂 At the historic PNR Legazpi Station, participants photographed and sketched a place connected to a defining moment in Bicol's transportation history—the inauguration of the Bicol Express by President Manuel L. Quezon in 1938.What emerged through the two-day Lakaw was a deeper appreciation of how Legazpi transformed from a once-swampy port area into a commercial and metropolitan center of Bicol—and how traces of that transformation remain embedded in its streets, buildings, and stories.Through walking, sketching, and listening, heritage becomes more than something we read about. We experience it, interpret it, and carry it forward.Thank you to everyone who walked with us, asked questions, drew what they saw, and helped keep Legazpi's stories alive.📸 Scroll through the photos and see Legazpi through the eyes of our Lakaw participants.Until the next Lakaw–Kurit–Rumdom.Tara, lakaw kita! 🚶🏛️✏️📸 by Lxie Orbaña, Justine Abiño (Volunteer Photographers)#LakawKuritRumdom2 #LakawKuritRumdom #AlbayArtsFoundation #LegacyOfIbalong #ArtsPopMarket #LegazpiHeritage #LegazpiHistory #HeritageWalk #CulturalHeritage #ArtAndHeritage #CreativeAlbay #NationalArtsMonth ... See MoreSee Less

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📚 ANG PAGSURAT PAG-ULI: Merlinda Bobis Reads and Sings Her StoriesThe Albay Arts Foundation (AAF) warmly invites students, educators, writers, artists, and lovers of Bikol literature to a special afternoon celebrating one of Bikol's most distinguished literary voices.📖 Ang Pagsurat Pag-uli: Merlinda Bobis Reads and Sings Her Stories🗓 20 August 2026 (Thursday)🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM📍 Bicol University AmphitheaterHow is it to travel from Bikol to Australia and back?Acclaimed author Merlinda Bobis**—summa cum laude graduate of the then Aquinas University (now UST Legazpi) and recipient of the Omaw sa Oragon Award from the University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi—returns to share her literary journey through readings, songs, and the stories behind her celebrated works.This gathering offers a rare opportunity for the younger generation to encounter the works of an internationally recognized Bikolana author whose stories continue to resonate across cultures while remaining deeply rooted in Bikol.Beyond celebrating literature, the event seeks to inspire young people to read, write, perform, and value Bikol stories, strengthening appreciation for our region's rich oral storytelling traditions and fostering pride in Bikol culture and identity.📚 Special Feature: Merlinda Bobis' books—including the newly republished Kantada—will be available for purchase during the event.Join us as we celebrate the power of stories to connect places, generations, and people—from Bikol to the world, and back home again.To register: Kindly message us with your name and school or organization.#albayartsfoundation #MerlindaBobis #angpagsuratpaguli #BikolLiterature #bikolculture #CreativeAlbay #readwriteremember #storytelling #literaryarts ... See MoreSee Less

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🚨 TARA! BUKAS NA 'TO! 🚨🏛️🎨 LAST CALL!Be part of LAKAW • KURIT • RUMDOM 2.0 and experience two pioneering heritage activities in Bicol as part of the Legacy of Ibalong Art Pop Market 2026!🗓 AUGUST 8 (Saturday) | 4:00–6:00 PM🏛️ The First Heritage Barter Tour in BicolTrade a meaningful item (worth around ₱200) instead of paying a registration fee, then journey through the historic streets of the Legazpi Port District as we uncover the stories, architecture, and community memories that shaped our city.🎨 AUGUST 9 (Sunday) | 4:00–6:00 PMThe Inaugural Legazpi Art WalkBring your sketchbook, watercolor, pencils, or favorite medium and draw, paint, or capture the beauty of Legazpi's heritage structures alongside local artists, seasoned practitioners, students, and fellow creatives.✨ Whether you're an artist, history enthusiast, photographer, architect, student, or simply curious about our city's rich past, this is your chance to experience heritage in a whole new way.📩 Reserve your slot now!Send us:✅ Full Name✅ Activity to Join (Heritage Barter Tour / Art Walk)✅ Contact NumberLet's walk our history, create art, and celebrate the stories that make Legazpi unique.See you this weekend at the Legacy of Ibalong Art Pop Market 2026!#lakawkuritrumdom #LegacyOfIbalong #HistoryMonth #heritagebartertour #artwalk #legazpiportdistrict #albayartsfoundation #creativelegazpi #HeritageThroughArt ... See MoreSee Less

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🎨 Shape the Future of Arts and Culture with UNC's Bachelor of Culture and Arts Education (BCAED)!The Albay Arts Foundation (AAF) proudly supports the Bachelor of Culture and Arts Education (BCAED) program of the University of Nueva Caceres (UNC)—an institutional partner committed to nurturing the next generation of artists, educators, cultural workers, and creative leaders.It's not too late to enroll! UNC is still accepting applicants for the BCAED program.As the creative and cultural sectors continue to grow, there is an increasing need for professionals who can teach, preserve, manage, and innovate within the arts. The BCAED program prepares students for meaningful careers in:🎓 Arts and Culture Education – Become an arts educator, curriculum developer, or cultural education advocate.🏛️ Museums, Heritage, and Cultural Work – Build careers as museum professionals, curators, heritage managers, cultural officers, researchers, and community development practitioners.🎭 Creative Industries – Lead in visual arts management, festivals, theater, cultural programming, creative entrepreneurship, and other emerging creative fields.At AAF, we believe that investing in arts education is investing in the future of our communities. We encourage aspiring artists, cultural workers, educators, and heritage advocates to explore this pioneering program and become part of a new generation shaping the creative future of Bicol.📌 Enrollment is still ongoing.Visit the University of Nueva Caceres (University of Nueva Caceres) official Facebook page or Admissions Office to learn more and begin your journey.Together, let us cultivate a generation that creates, preserves, and celebrates our culture.#albayartsfoundation #UNC #BCAED #CultureAndArtsEducation #creativebicol #artseducation #creativeindustries #heritage #futurecultureleaders ... See MoreSee Less

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A vibrant cultural center for visual, performing, and literary arts in Albay province.

Established 2022. All rights reserved.

Connect with us

  • 403-A Hampton Court Imperial Ridgeview, Puro 4500 Legazpi City Philippines
  • +639164165335
  • info@albayarts.org

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For information about being part of the AAF community, email us here. 

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We care about your digital security. Read the AAF Privacy Policy.