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‘Art 2 Art’ kicks off 2016 Kenneth Cobonpue

The radio talk show Art 2 Art opens 2016 with internationally acclaimed furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue as guest.

In the episode airing tomorrow, host Lisa Macuja interviews the multi-awarded Cebu native whose celebrity clientele includes Queen Sophia of Spain, Queen Rania of Jordan and Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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Cobonpue relates how he was inspired by his mother Betty’s example to also go into furniture design. Dubbed by Time magazine as “rattan’s first virtuoso,” he made headlines anew as creative director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) welcome dinner in November last years with the set design and a special edition of his Yoda chair for 21 economic leaders.

Multi-awarded writer Susan Lara reads her flash-fiction work, Ballet as Paradox, to prima ballerina and Art 2 Art host Lisa Macuja

Meanwhile, on Jan. 10, Art 2 Art welcomes Palanca Award winner Susan Lara who talks about the discipline of fiction writing. Also an educator, Lara received the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas para sa Katha sa Ingles from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL in  August, also last year.

Produced by the Manila Broadcasting Company, Art 2 Art is aired every Sunday, 3:30 to 4 p.m., on DZRH (666 khz on the AM band), on cable television via RHTV (Channel 18 on Cignal Cable) and online through DZRH Live Streaming.

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