INKcredible: Ang Panublion Museum Brings you the Art of Terry Gavino

Artist Terry Gavino interacts with students who marvels at her work.

When artist Marika Constantino curated Pagtahud, she featured the works of Capiz’s unsung art luminaries, including, among others, octogenarian Terry  Gavino. She was lone female artist on the list but that made her stand-out among the rest, as she always does.

Constantino described Tita Terry with petite frame but very commanding presence! In fact, it is not difficult to feel “her fire and passion” when she is around. She speaks her mind when she knew she had a piece or two to tell.

Outside the artistic circle, very few knew that Terry Gavino is an artistic genius. She was instrumental in the design of some of the landmark structures in Roxas City, namely the Roxas City Hall, Capiz Provincial Memorial Hospital and Ang Panublion Museum. The huge illuminated flowers that adorn the streets of Araneta Center every Christmas are products of her concept. They have been brought to Roxas City many times in the past, gracing the city streets during festivities and special occasions.

Her fiery passion extends to her inkcredible  ballpen art. “I want to tell the Capizenos that all that all they need to create a masterpiece is a ballpoint point,” she once remarked, shunning “fancy tools” and other expensive art materials. And what a masterpiece Gavino can create! “Gavino’s meticiouls renditions exact a lot of concentration and dedication,” Constantino said. The result of Gavino’s work are intricate and almost-real details of mostly still-life objects.  Gavino balks at mediocrity but praises quality work. “I expect above-standard performance,” she said.”because that is what I also give.”

Terry Gavino and her work displayed at Ang Panublion Museum

In honor of a larger-than-life Capizeno artist, Ang Panublion Museum launches its new exhibit in time for Capiztahan Festival. INKcredible Ballpen Drawings, the one-woman art exhibit of Ms. Terry Frial Gavino will formally open on April 15, 2019 at 10.30 AM. For more details about this evemt, contact Ang Panublion Museum curator Ms. Cherryl Anne del Rosario at telephone number (036) 522-8857.

Images from Ang Panublion Museum