Datu Lubay's first project

Datu Lubay Center gets its first project as implementer of the Lihok Bisaya in Antique. Lihok Bisaya is an intercommittee program in the Visayas of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. The task is to develop sustainable creative industries in the area. Our site is Barangay 4, San Jose, where the center is located. It is also an opportune time for the center to make its impact in the community.
Phase 1, ground-working the plan is being implemented this quarter. We will have our first organizational workshop this weekend (Oct 25-27) at the Gov. Santos Capadocia Memorial School. In the works are meeting with technology resource persons to train on livelihood production.
The center is now holding office at the ground floor of Balay ni Datu Lubay. The second level will be renovated as the museum of toys

Datu Lubay Center logo

The Datu Lubay Center logo symbolizes creativity, peace, and beauty. Like a lotus flower or hands clasped in prayer, it symbolizes the creative space and force that it envisions.

Datu Lubay House turns green

DATU LUBAY HOUSE along Gobierno Street

The repainting of the Datu Lubay House is going on. The roof has been painted with red oxide and looks brand new. The wall facing Gobierno Street is done. Now it looks like a humongous blackboard. My mother said it looks like an elementary school. Well, Datu Lubay House is an alternative education center. The school image would do well.

Why the house is blackboard green is by circumstance. I went to buy paint from a friend's hardware store. I wanted the house to be a bright, sunny yellow to make it a cheerful house by the corner. But there's only one can of egg yellow enamel paint left. I needed two cans, so I asked for an available color. There was apple green, which I thought was close to the original color of the house. There were traces of light green on the wooden walls. So i picked up the apple green, but when the painters started, it was a dark green - pine green must have been more apt. To break the boring blackboard facade, I asked them to paint the windows white. I guess it will be OK for the meantime. Painting the concrete base wall and the adjacent structure, which is a sari-sari store, a light green will do the trick. The painters are now working on the Progreso Street side of the house. After this we have to stop the job and wait for additional funds.