The Southern Manila Bonsai Club (SMBC) debuts its very first Bonsai Exhibit entitled, “Art and Nature” at SM Aura Premier. The show will feature a unique collection of bonsai along with a showcase of Suiseki: the art of stone.
SM Aura Premier will be dressed in “Art and Nature” from July 26-28 as the upper ground floor and mall entrance will display a total of 64 one-of-a-kind bonsai creations including a very rare 12-foot raft kalyos. At the third floor of the mall, the Natural Stone Society will introduce the art of Suiseki or stone arrangement with 40 natural formations; on the same floor, guests are welcome to learn the art of bonsai with demos held all weekend by Master Instructor Yen Tzi Jing and SMBC President Richard Tuppil, among other lecturers.
A perfect home for “Art and Nature”
SM Aura Premier is a staunch support of the environment, with a LEED gold certification. Under their “Lush Initiative” project, SM Aura limited its use of straws in dining with the “Last Straw” movement, became the first mall to accept eco-bricks, and had built an herb garden with all proceeds donated to calamity funds, emergency assistance and building of schools. Fused with their “Art in Aura” campaign, SM Aura Premier partnered with Save Philippine Seas to create a wall mural for marine life awareness, and a polar bear installation with WWFF to address climate change.
Through the Bonsai Exhibit, in partnership with the SMBC, Natural Stone Society, and Philippine Bonsai Society Inc, SM Aura Premier enjoins its community to care more for the environment by inviting mall-goers to witness the artful beauty of nature in the form of bonsai and suiseki.
“Art and Nature” will be in SM Aura Premier from July 26 until the 28th. For more information, follow @SMAuraPremier on Facebook and Instagram.