Welcome to Art Explorers Feast at Buhay Aralan!
Art Explorers Feast is a team of two Filipino artists—Jia & Lauren—who believe art can be both meaningful and magical. We’ve partnered with Buhay Aralan to bring you zero-prep, high-impact art workshops rooted in Filipino identity, heritage, and joy.
Upcoming Workshop: Kabukiran
A live online art class inspired by the beauty of our fields and countryside. ✨ Open to kids, teens, and parents who love to explore art together.📅 October 25 (Saturday)
⏰ 9:00 – 10:30 AM
📍 Live on Zoom
💵 Fee: ₱490 per student
Bahay Na Bato Art Course
Our first online course together explores the iconic Bahay Na Bato—a classic symbol of Filipino strength, artistry, and home.🖼️ Via course Page
💵 Fee: ₱589 per student
Why We Created This
We know art is often the first subject to go when days get busy.This collaboration was born from a shared hope:
To make Filipino art education simple, beautiful, and accessible for every family—without worksheets, pressure, or burnout.
Meet the Artists
Jia and Lauren are two passionate Filipina creatives who believe art should be joyful, meaningful, and rooted in who we are.As practicing artists and dedicated educators, they design each class to reflect the beauty of Philippine culture while helping children build confidence in their creative expression. From bahay na bato to heritage textiles, their lessons celebrate local identity through accessible, hands-on art that kids truly enjoy.Through this partnership with Buhay Aralan, they’re making sure that art isn’t an afterthought in homeschool—but a source of connection, beauty, and learning.
Art Explorers Feast
at Buhay Aralan
Meet Art Explorers Feast
Jia and Lauren are the artists behind Art Explorers Feast—an online art team creating thoughtful, heritage-rooted classes that help children connect with Filipino culture through creativity. With backgrounds in fine arts, education, and storytelling, they design each workshop to be warm, inspiring, and doable at home.
Why We're Partnering with Buhay Aralan
Buhay Aralan is a learning platform built by and for Filipino homeschool families. We share a common goal: to make meaningful education accessible, joyful, and rooted in love for country. Through this partnership, we offer ready-to-use art classes that lighten your teaching load and bring culture to life—one brushstroke at a time.
Online Classes
🌾 Kabukiran Live Art Class
A live online art class inspired by the beauty of our fields and countryside. ✨ Open to kids, teens, and parents who love to explore art together.📅 October 25 (Saturday)
⏰ 9:00 – 10:30 AM
📍 Live on Zoom
💵 Fee: ₱490 per student
🛖 Bahay na Bato Art Course
In this 2-hour worth recorded class, kids will explore the beauty and history of the traditional Filipino Bahay na Bato through sketching, painting, and storytelling.📌 ₱589 per student | 🎥 Perpetual access📦 What’s Included:
Live guided art instruction by Jia and Lauren
Cultural background + visual walkthroughs
Printable art resource sheets
Replay access for 30 days
Invitation to submit artwork to our student gallery
⏳ If you need immediate access or plan to attend the live session, we recommend checking out via PayPal for instant enrollment.
🧾 Email your payment proof with your child’s full name and email used for registration.Thank you for choosing intentional learning with Buhay Aralan and Art Explorers Feast! 🎨💛
"Because art isn't extra
—it’s essential."
Because Filipino Art Deserves a Place in Every Home
Too often, homeschool families skip art due to time, prep, or uncertainty. Our goal is to make art easy, meaningful, and deeply Filipino—so you don’t have to choose between creativity and curriculum.
Because Kids Deserve to Be Artists, Not Just Learners
Art is not just for “artistic” kids. It’s for every child. Our workshops build creative confidence, cultural appreciation, and joyful expression—without perfectionism or pressure.
The Artists
Jia and Lauren are the artists behind Art Explorers Feast—an online art team creating thoughtful, heritage-rooted classes that help children connect with Filipino culture through creativity. With backgrounds in fine arts, education, and storytelling, they design each workshop to be warm, inspiring, and doable at home.
Lauren Sakuma
Lauren Sakuma crafts her life into a work of art. A flip through her sketchbook will show you her recreations of the beauty she finds in nature, architecture, and her daily life as a homemaker. She is also a lifelong learner and seeks opportunities to learn whenever she can. One of the certificate courses she took was called Healing with the Arts. She wishes to give others the opportunity to create art as a means to heal by providing a safe space for them to do so as she teaches them art skills and inspires them to also have the courage to create.
Jia Rubio-Monserrat
Jia Ofelia is a homemaker, a lover of nature, and a visual artist who finds joy in creating artworks using a wide variety of art media that resonates well with nature and motherhood. Aside from being an active art mentor to fellow budding artists, she is a certified therapeutic art coach where she uses art as therapeutic tool to help herself and others in self-reflection, decision-making, planning, & creating life changes.
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