Remember Alice Alfonso from Fine Arts? Alice then was the CAFA muse who sat in the middle of the CAFA flower-float during the Lantern Parade competition. And yes, CAFA won first place for that float thanks to the design and construction effort of Nik Ricio and the Fine Arts gang. Today Alice is Alice Jose, married to Eddie Jose, a very successful businessman. On her own, Alice is founder and owner of the famous "Jose" stores (leather accessories, shoes and bags) found in the major malls of Manila. Not only that, Alice today is also the proprietor of the Jose Art Gallery.
Originally, the gallery was established in the Jose’s old place in Pasig. Alice moved the gallery last year to their new commercial building in Marikina. Today, the Jose’s built another mixed-use building in Pasig and so the gallery is now housed there. The new building is a low rise residential apartment building with commercial areas in the ground floor. It is located in the Shaw Blvd area where the Shangrila Mall is located. The building’s apartments are for rent, but Alice and her husband retained the penthouse which not only contains a scenic open deck (wonderful view of the Shaw area high rise buildings at night) but which also contains her personal studio.
All this effort to provide a venue for the artistic works of friends just shows Alice’s love for the arts. As we know, Alice is a pillar of the UP Artists 60s group. This group is composed of the CAFASingers’ friends from the College of Fine Arts then. The CAFAs who were at the gallery soft opening night last Feb. 6 were: Nore Lim, Cynthia Henson, Pearl Ortega, Cat Belo and non-Fine Arts Architect Oni Mayo.
On hand to view the displayed (expensive?) works of reknowned artists like Cabating, Joya, et al were other guests of Alice such as Celestine Baretto, Angelian Pac Amado, Rose Tacorda, May Cruz and a Japanese couple – Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki. The group broke up at around 9PM but not until after partaking of the nice cocktail food (and laced drinks care of Cynthia), and a quick tour of the new building by Alice.
All this effort to provide a venue for the artistic works of friends just shows Alice’s love for the arts. As we know, Alice is a pillar of the UP Artists 60s group. This group is composed of the CAFASingers’ friends from the College of Fine Arts then. The CAFAs who were at the gallery soft opening night last Feb. 6 were: Nore Lim, Cynthia Henson, Pearl Ortega, Cat Belo and non-Fine Arts Architect Oni Mayo.
On hand to view the displayed (expensive?) works of reknowned artists like Cabating, Joya, et al were other guests of Alice such as Celestine Baretto, Angelian Pac Amado, Rose Tacorda, May Cruz and a Japanese couple – Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki. The group broke up at around 9PM but not until after partaking of the nice cocktail food (and laced drinks care of Cynthia), and a quick tour of the new building by Alice.
See slide show for more photos.
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