What Arts and Design Collective Dumaguete is known for

Arts and Design Collective Dumaguete occupies a converted 1950s house in Barangay Piapi, gathering artists' studios, a sustainable general store called Ritual, and workshops in pottery, calligraphy, and candle-making under one roof. The space also runs a bookshop, a garden cafe, and rotating art programming for painters and illustrators.

Arts and Design Collective Dumaguete, also called ADCD, occupies a converted 1950s house in Barangay Piapi. The official site identifies the organisation as formerly known as 58 EJ Blanco and describes its programme through creative incubation and community-driven projects, supported by partnership development. Inside the house, the named uses include artists’ studios and a sustainable general store. An interior design agency shares the address with a bookshop and music studio, plus a garden café. Sino-Vietnamese dishes add a food component to the mix. The site’s 2024 programme shows how the collective uses those spaces. Workshop Weekend covered pottery and painting, together with calligraphy. Fermenting and illustration appeared with candle-making. Artist Geneva Alvarez created flash designs for a Pop-Up Tattoo Bar, while Susan Canoy led painting workshops. Retail partners listed on the page include Ritual, Fermentina and Art Workshop. Mr. Saigon and Libraria are also named. Those activities make ADCD more specific than a general cultural venue. It combines creative practices with retail and public workshops in one Dumaguete address, supported by a documented organisational identity.