Solaire Resort Entertainment City recently gave its team members something most workplaces don’t: time to make art.
“Paint & Beyond,” an in-house art competition organized for Solaire employees, invited staff to step away from their daily roles and explore their creative side. The results were deeply personal takes on familiar Filipino imagery — jeepneys, halo-halo, saranggola, sorbetero carts, and childhood games like piko and sipa — rendered through individual memory and imagination.
The initiative was about more than creative expression. It reflected the resort’s approach to employee well-being, grounded in the idea that people do their best work when they’re encouraged to be more than their job title.
The winning pieces didn’t stay on the wall. They were reproduced on canvas tote bags, turning the artworks into functional objects that carry a piece of each artist’s story — and a piece of Filipino culture — beyond the resort.
For Solaire, the project sits at the intersection of two things the property has made central to its identity: celebrating Filipino heritage and investing in the people behind the guest experience. When the culture that inspires the art is the same culture that shapes the workplace, the result tends to feel authentic rather than performative.
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