KALOY SANCHEZ is holding his first solo show "Hint:eye" until October 15 at the Gallery 2, West Gallery, 48 West Avenue, Q.C. In his works in acrylic, Sanchez depicts the art of waiting. "My works romanticize the act of waiting. When everything that surrounds you begin to grow or break down and you become trapped in stillness, enjoying the wait." While most people hate waiting, whether it is waiting in line, or waiting for someone, Sanchez sees a brighter side, and how it is not a waste of time at all. He came up with the title of his show as a pun on the vernacular term for waiting, "hintay."

FILIAL, the art exhibition featuring the works of Jerusalino "Jerry" Araos and his son Julian opened yesterday at the Crucible Gallery at Bldg. A, SM Megamall. The show, which runs until September 28, is the first joint exhibit of the tandem. It celebrates the interaction of a son as student with a father as mentor. With his functional sculptures of chairs and benches, Jerry again displays his mastery of wood, a material he has handled for more than three decades. Equipped with woodworking skills learned from his father and fueled by his youthful passions, Julian creates his brand of functional works – chairs, benches, and skimboards.

BJORN CALLEJA opens his solo exhibit "The Land of My Imaginary Friends," at 6 p.m. on September 21 at the Big & Small Art Co. at SM Megamall. Calleja says his works depict the imaginary friends that are often created by young children as a means of getting away from the stresses around them. "They develop them and confide in them, some friends possess characteristics that their creators lack themselves," he says. The reality he depicts in his works is often sad and scary that it needs to hide behind and under cold hugs and false smiles… the people, the show was put up to alter the tensions of reality and portray different existing personalities as characters from his subconscious, pop influenced, juvenile mind.