Everyone’s Favorite Art Day Out, Art in the Park, Is Happening this March
Art in the Park, the Philippines’ favorite art day out, is happening on Mar. 23, 2025, at the Jaime Velasquez Park in Makati City.
Park visitors, budding art collectors, and art enthusiasts everywhere are invited to immerse themselves in an exciting and diverse showcase of contemporary Filipino art in a casual and friendly setting!
This year, Art in the Park will be featuring 61 exhibitors representing galleries, collectives, and independent art spaces. With a price cap of P70,000 per art piece and many art lovers scoring finds and coveted works for less, Art in the Park is a haven for art lovers and budding art collectors seeking exceptional value.
Art in the Park 2025 exhibitors include:
- Ang INK
- Archivo 1984
- Art for Space
- ART LAB: Atelier Cesare & Jean Marie Syjuco
- Art Toys PH
- Art Underground
- Art Verité Gallery
- Artbeat Collective
- Artery Art Space
- Avellana Art Gallery
- Boston Art Gallery
- Cartellino Art
- Cornerstone Pottery (EJ Espiritu)
- Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
- De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLSU-CSB)
- FA Gallery
- Fuse Projects
- Galeria de las Islas
- Galerie Ana
- Galerie Artes
- Galerie Stephanie
- Gallery Genesis
- ILCP Art Space
- J Studio
- Jon and Tessy Pettyjohn
- KASIBULAN
- Komiket
- Kulay Art Group
- Looking for Juan
- M A G
- Metro Gallery
- MONO8
- Nest
- Nineveh Artspace
- Orange Project
- Pintô Art Museum and Arboreteum
- Qube Gallery
- Resurrection Furniture
- Savage Mind / Kamarin Art Space
- Sheerjoy Collective
- Sierra Madre Gallery
- Space Encounters Gallery
- Superduper Art Gallery
- Talyer 15 Manila
- The Authenticity Zero Collective
- The Mighty Bhutens
- The Photography Collective
- The Print Outpost
- The Thursday Group
- Tin-Aw Art Projects
- UP Artists’ Circle
- UP College of Fine Arts
- Urban Sketchers Manila
- VeryGood Gallery
- Village Art Gallery
- Vinyl on Vinyl
- White Walls Gallery
- Ysobel Art Gallery
Art in the Park 2025 Featured Artists
One of the highlights of the annual art fair are the special exhibits by Filipino artists chosen by the organizers themselves. This year, the featured artists for Art in the Park 2025 are multimedia visual artist TRNZ, contemporary mixed-media artist AR Manalo, and designer and artist Carlo Tanseco.
AR Manalo (MANALOAR)
A contemporary mixed-media artist, his works often focus on individuals who form the backbone of society and communities, such as blue-collar workers, couriers, and street vendors, and celebrate their presence and significance.
For Art in the Park 2025, AR takes a break from the somber and deep topics of his previous work and focuses toward the lighthearted and whimsical, inspired by his toddler daughter and her love of pop-up books.
One of the works that will be displayed is titled “Princess in the Park” and is a reminder for everyone to look inside to our childlike wonder.
“The title ‘Princess in the Park’ is a reminder for us to find joy in the mundane. I think as a toddler, whenever they see parks, it’s like an adventure. For us, it’s a place to relax, a place to be quiet. I think for them, they seem happier in those areas over gadgets, which we seem to take for granted nowadays,” said AR Manalo, describing his artwork during a press event held last Mar. 11, 2025.
“It’s Art in the Park, and I think it’s a good reminder for us to enjoy this place with our family and people we love; to just disconnect and connect with the people that really matter.”
AR Manalo also described this work as a love letter to Art in the Park PH, where he first started his career as a contemporary mixed-media artist. “For someone who’s just trying to fit in the art industry, and now a featured artist, it’s a full circle moment for me, and it’s my way of thanking Art in the Park and those who supported me.”
TRNZ
A multimedia visual artist who was first introduced to art through the locally dubbed Japanese animation that aired daily during the ‘90s, influencing the graphic nature of his work. Even though the figures in his work were influenced by the anime he watched religiously when he was younger, he explained that his work is “realist in theme,” and that he gets inspired by the things he sees every day.
“My inspiration in my work are the things I come across. All the clothes that the figures in my artworks are wearing are inspired by the ones I see at my ukay-ukay runs,” TRNZ explained during a casual conversation with the press at the Art in the Park Press Event last Mar. 11. He also said that inspiration doesn’t just come from clothing; it comes from everything that he encounters in his daily life.
TRNZ spoke a little about one of the works to be featured in Art in the Park, where he said he got inspired after seeing badminton shuttlecocks being dumped at the corner of the court.
“These things have an attached context that people disregard; you see it every day. But when it’s used in a composition in a certain way, there are lots of layers to it that people use to create their own narratives,” he said, describing it as his own artistic philosophy for the past years.
TRNZ also explained that he wanted his works to be Filipino, but not cliché. “It’s Filipino because it’s the things I see, as a Filipino here in my neighborhood.”
TRNZ started his career as a multimedia visual artist with an exhibition in Art in the Park 2018.
Carlo Tanseco
Following his solo exhibition “Sari-Sari Sabi-Sabi” at Art Fair PH 2025, visual artist Carlo Tanseco will be reintroducing a pivotal work from his critically acclaimed “Rizal Matchbox” series, which will be the first time in two years since a piece from this collection has been exhibited.
Carlo Tanseco will also be offering several limited-edition giclée prints based on the series.
Beyond the Art: What Else to Expect at Art in the Park 2025
Since its beginning in 2006, Art in the Park has featured a wide range of food and beverage concessionaires, making the entire experience a convenient hang-out, bonding, and date idea. There will be numerous options to satisfy your cravings, whether you’re looking for a quick refreshment or a leisurely meal.
The vibe at Art in the Park will also be enhanced by music from singer-songwriter duo Leanne and Naara, and an all-vinyl DJ set by Mario Serrano of EST City. Soulful Mood will provide easy jazz music throughout the day.
The venue of the Art in the Park — Jaime Velasquez Park in Salcedo Village, Makati City — has never changed since its inception. The art fair promises a relaxed and accessible environment for art appreciation, and Art in the Park encourages everyone to come and enjoy a day filled with art, creativity, and community.
Art in the Park is free and open to everyone from 10 AM to 10 PM.
Art in the Park continues to benefit the Museum Foundation of the Philippines in support of its projects and programs for the National Museum of the Philippines and its networks.
Art in the Park is organized by Philippine Art Events, Inc. for the benefit of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, with support from Globe and Bank of the Philippine Islands, and with partners MACEA, Barangay Bel Air, and the Museum Foundation of the Philippines.
For more information and updates, visit the Art in the Park website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
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