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As the creativity and innovation hub of the Ateneo de Manila, Areté provides the space and freedom for groups from different fields and persuasions to create, collaborate on, and share knowledge, skills, and practices.
A Generative Space
A Generative Space
Our complex features theaters, art galleries, studios, laboratories, a makerspace, teaching and meeting rooms, and several open areas.
A Supportive Community
A Supportive Community
Using these facilities enables us to host, support, and connect academics, artists, professionals, and leaders of different talents and interests whose exchanges, we hope, will spur the kind of creativity and innovation that creates unforeseen paths and betters our communities.
An Evolving Concept
An Evolving Concept
Areté is thus betting on the desire of a growing many, coming together to impart and to learn, to be inspired and to be challenged, to focus but still to wander in all that could be done as a collective concerned with what is possible.
Latest Events
Latest Events
Follow Juan Tamad on his playful quest for the Gintong Niyog, told with Filipino wit, music, and magical storytelling.
Be moved by Nocturne, a lyrical duet from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Experience the electrifying C’est la Cie, a neo-classical favorite that always brings the house down. (Read more)
Para Kay B revolves around Lucas, a writer who believes in a controversial theory: in every five people who fall in love, only one will find happiness.
To explore this idea, he writes five love stories, each revealing different facets of love, loss, and longing—yet all ultimately reflecting his unresolved feelings for Bessie, also known as B.
The Andrea O Veneracion International Choral Festival (AOVICF) is a biennial gathering that celebrates the power of voices united in harmony.
Established to honor National Artist for Music Andrea O Veneracion, founder of the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers, the festival has become one of Asia’s premier stages for choral artistry, intercultural exchange, and cultural pride. (Read more)
Meet the Team
Meet the Team
OFFICE OF THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jerry C Respeto, PhD
RESIDENT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
D Cortezano
THEATER & EVENTS OFFICER
Janelle Audrey L Camon
THEATER CREW
Ralph Joseph O Adarlo
Nilo Beriarmente
Arnold E Narido
Jethro B Nibaten
Christofer T Peñafiel
Justine Ray B Santos
Rey G Sotto
Adriane Mark E Ungriano
John Robert B Yam
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Estelle Marie M Ladrido, PhD
SANDBOX PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Skilty C Labastilla
SANDBOX RESEARCH ASSITANT
Karlo Antonio E Erfe
MAKERSPACE OPERATIONS OFFICER
Isabelle Louise C Arellano
PROGRAM & MARKETING OFFICER
Grace A Ng
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
Timmy General
OFFICE ASSISTANT
Ma Erika M Bautista
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