19/04/2026
Heartfelt gratitude JCI Senate Philippines for trusting me to paint & immortalize the JCI Creed’s final tenet—‘Service to humanity is the best work of life.’
It’s meaningful to see your creed intertwine with my Root Series.
ROOTS
12 x 12 Acrylic On Canvas
Yelcast VisualPoetry ..Like roots beneath the soil, collaboration works in quiet depth—connecting lives and nurturing change. What rises above is never solitary, but shaped by unseen bonds....
Maraming Salamat
JCI Senate Batangas Christian Clemeno
Maan Velasco
COLLABORATION FOR CHANGE
Art'e Bauan
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Y E L C A S T is the recipient of the 2023 Dangal ng Batangas Award for Visual Arts nd the 2025 Bantog Award for Visual Arts. He represented the Philippines at the XIV Florence Biennale in Italy.
He served as an Art Ambassador for the first Philippine–Moroccan Art and Culture Residency Program and the first Asian-led Arts and Cultural Expedition at the Javett Art Center in South Africa.
He is also among the first Filipino artists to complete the Samrit Art Residency Program in Thailand, with his works showcased internationally in France, Thailand, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, and Germany.
A full-time artist, Yelcast founded Arte Bauan, Visual Poetry Philippines, and Project ArtCanSya and is the current Vice Chairman of Batangas Culture & Arts Council - Visual Arts Sector. Yelcast was also recognized as one of the Outstanding University of the East Alumni for 2025.
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