Featured Artist: Bert Monterona

Bert Monterona is a Filipino visual artist living in Vancouver, BC. As an artist-educator, he has organized art workshops in schools and communities for skill development, and art-as-therapy. He pursues a life-long passion of working towards peace and understanding between people.

"I believe that art as ritual has healing capacity and that the artist as healer has valuable contributions to balancing the mind and the planet."

"Indigenous People in different countries are always interconnected with rituals, asking or thanking the Supreme Being in the form of chants, music and dance. The Dance of Thanksgiving is inspired by Canada's Thanksgiving Day."

- Bert Monterona

Dance of Thanksgiving , by
by Bert Monterona, 2007, Oil on canvas, 24" × 32"
www.bertmonterona.com