Cabel Filipino Heritage Restaurant’s mission is to honor and preserve the spirit of traditional Filipino cuisine while offering a venue for showcasing and supporting regional Filipino art.
In collaboration with the Visual Central Art Gallery, on July 14, they launched Isabel’s Art Gallery, which held an art exhibition of different paintings, sculptures, and art installations by local Filipino artists.
The event was attended by Melissa Cabel, Undersecretary Myra Paz Abubakar from the Department of Tourism in Mindanao, Santino Seah, and Owie Chiong of the Visual Art Gallery, who were also present at the ribbon-cutting. Melissa Cabel started the program with inspiring opening remarks to kickstart the event.
“We are so thankful for your presence today, to all our tender friends, to all our families and relatives, with Mr. Seah and Owie of Visual Arts, and to everyone who came for the first time. Welcome to Cabel, and I hope that you will enjoy the journey that we have planned for each and every one of you.”
Santino also gave a short message to everyone who attended the event. “I would like to thank the management and the owners of Cabel for giving us this opportunity to display all our artists’ artworks, and thank you to everyone for being here to experience, you know, maybe a once-in-a-lifetime kind of art that we have. I believe that, for me, I support all the local Filipino artists to the very best I can, and I wish them all the best that I can give them. So thank you very much for having us today.”
King Cabel welcomed everyone with a short introduction about the story of their family and how they came up with the great idea of pursuing the gallery. “So happy to see everyone today. Welcome to Cabel. My name is King Cabel Moreno. We took inspiration from our family. Just so you know, around the 1950s, our grandfather, Dr. Heracleo Cabel, established the Sulu Hospital, and a couple of years, if I’m not mistaken, our grandmother, Mrs. Oswalda Cabel, was the curator of Sulu Museum and Library.”
“So we took our inspiration from our grandparents, and this space, we named after our beautiful sister, our bunso in the family. This is Isabel’s Gallery. We just want to provide a venue for our budding young local artists to showcase their artworks for free, and at the end of the day, for you to be able to give inspiration to them to continue doing what they love. So I would like to thank everyone for gracing this special event,” King Cabel added.
Allan N. Escober, Bong Ducat, Crisanto Antonio, Denilo Santiago, Elden Lumaniog, Elmar Badal, Harold Gomez, Jojit Begino, Jonathan Jalac, Jhomar Sapno, Jhune Lobo, Jun Impas, Lander Blanza, Lorna Blanza, Medardo Olaco, Noel Almonte, Owie Chiong, Roberto Sapungan, and Thomas Daquioag were the local artists who participated in the presentation of their exceptional artworks in the exhibit.
To complete the exhibition, sculptors such as Angelito Cacnio, Bernardo Glomar, Danilo Napuran, Frich Cedeño, James Dayrit, Jun Rendor, Karen C. Villaseñor, Lander Blanza, Leo Villos, Marlon Lucenara, Richard Buxani, and Ronald Castrillo also showcased their works in the exhibit.
Visit the Isabel Art Gallery for free. Reserve a table at Cabel to experience Filipino cuisine and explore their private dining and event spaces. Relax and have fun at the newly opened bar, Tasty King, located in Cabel Restaurant.
