Visual artist Ikoy Ricio discusses the role of visual artists as storytellers in a talk at the Lopez Museum on October 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. “The Artist Talks by Ricio” complements an existing exhibit, “Tell-tale: The Artist as Storyteller, Amorsolo as Co-Author,” which delves into the visual artist as collaborator and how his works are narratives in themselves.

Like Amorsolo, Ricio has also collaborated with writers and editors to come up with cover and book designs and illustrations for their works. A graduate of the UP College of Fine Arts, he currently teaches art and has also done production designs for videos and television and stage and set designs.

The current exhibition features a contemporary installation project by Ricio where he created sculptures and paintings based on Amorsolo’s illustrations for Camilo Osia’s Philippine Readers (1924).  He brought to life Amorsolo’s characters from the story “The Little Boy’s Dream with Soap Parade,” “Coat Sprint,” “Towel Stun and Towel Crawl,” among others.

Lecture fee is P120 per person. “Tell-tale: The Artist as Storyteller, Amorsolo as Co-Author” is ongoing until April 4, 2009 at the Lopez Memorial Museum. The museum is located at the ground floor of Benpres Building, Exchange Road, Pasig City. For more info, call Fanny at 631-2417 or visit www.lopezmuseum.org.ph.