{"id":7355,"date":"2026-05-10T16:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dacadaguao4d.academy\/academia-de-arte-online-renace\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:23:38","slug":"academia-de-arte-online-renace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dacadaguao4d.academy\/en\/academia-de-arte-online-renace\/","title":{"rendered":"From the street to the Philippines: 3 years later my online art academy is reborn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Today is May 10, 2026. I am writing this on vacation from the Philippines, while finalizing the details of my <strong>online art academy<\/strong>. <\/em>I sit at a small table in front of the sea, while my partner prepares coffee. It seems like a dream. And it is. But getting here took me eight years of falls that seemed definitive.   <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The origin of the dream (2018)<\/h3>\n\n<p>In 2018 I understood something that changed my life: if I wanted to teach art as it really should be - with practice, research and respect for the student - I could not continue in traditional classrooms. I had been a teacher since 2007, first in public and then private schools. I saw how the visual arts were used as \"storage\" for students who had already given up. I myself began to give up.   <\/p>\n\n<p>In 2023 I gave up for the last time the possibility of finding a school that would take my route. <em>That's why I founded my <strong>online art academy<\/strong>.<\/em> <em>This <strong>online art academy<\/strong> is intended for homeschoolers and adults.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What no one sees when someone persists<\/h3>\n\n<p>Between 2023 and 2025 came the hard knocks:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jobs that did not satisfy my soul and damaged my health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A failed marriage that exposed my life to real danger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple<em>homelessness<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>None of that stopped me... it only slowed me down. And from each of those dark nights I learned lessons that I now want to teach you in my <strong>digital and traditional art academy<\/strong>. <em>In my <strong>online art academy<\/strong>, there are no surrendered students, only artists on the way.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The turning point (February 2026)<\/h3>\n\n<p>On my birthday days, just three months ago, I decided that I needed to <strong>live<\/strong>, not just survive. I bought a ticket to the Philippines. I had two motives:  <\/p>\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To meet a very special woman who lives here, whom I met while I was in Houston.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit animation studios that friends use for their international projects.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>This woman - strong, sensual, determined, humble, inspiring - has received me as I never imagined. She treats me like a king and makes me feel that everything I lived through was to give her the man who was reborn after every fall.  <em>She not only opened the doors of her life and her country to me, but she reminded me why art matters: because it connects people who would never have met. In my <strong>online art academy<\/strong>, I want to create those kinds of connections. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What I have achieved in the last week<\/h3>\n\n<p>Here in the Philippines, slowly but surely, I have finished:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dacadaguao4d.academy\/en\/cuenta-de-membresia\/niveles-de-membresia-en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dacadaguao4d.academy\/cuenta-de-membresia\/niveles-de-membresia\/\">membership levels<\/a><\/strong> of the academy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sales pages of each level.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/academia-arte-online-renace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAEA<\/a><\/strong> (National Art Educators Association of America) <strong>standards<\/strong> to my online art academy courses, especially for families <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hslda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">homeschool<\/a><\/strong>.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forum systems, thinking about the protection of minors while they learn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The academy remains closed until the end of May, early June 2026 (coming soon), but the wheels are already turning. And they are turning solidly. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are in the middle of a storm today<\/h3>\n\n<p>I want you to know something: perseverance and patience are not pretty virtues that adorn a r\u00e9sum\u00e9. They are <strong>survival weapons<\/strong>. And they work.  <\/p>\n\n<p>You don't need to have a straight path. You just need to not wipe yourself off the map. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What's next?<\/h3>\n\n<p>The future looks very attractive. I will design courses that mix traditional materials (pencil, paper, brushes) with digital tools (iPad, Android, Surface). And I will do it from practice, research and the affection that I could not give in classrooms that turned me off.  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>This way we go. She and I. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 <strong>Do you want to follow this story and be among the first to enter when the academy opens its doors (virtual and in-person)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>For now, I ask only two things of you:<\/p>\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Save this page<\/strong> and come back to read this post in a month's time. You will see how we move forward. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leave me a comment<\/strong> or write me an <a href=\"mailto:profesor.daguao@dacadaguao4d.academy\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:profesor.daguao@dacadaguao4d.academy\">email<\/a>, telling me what life lesson art has taught you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-03737830\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form\" data-option-name=\"bf9b28ff82ce323187abc5d0feb0d8f07ecd8436_03737830\"><form class=\"otter-form__container\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-fe3c2551\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input\"><label for=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-fe3c2551-input\" class=\"otter-form-input-label\"><span class=\"otter-form-input-label__label\">Name<\/span><span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-fe3c2551-input\" required=\"\" class=\"otter-form-input\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-98b3c062\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input\"><label for=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-98b3c062-input\" class=\"otter-form-input-label\"><span class=\"otter-form-input-label__label\">E-mail address<\/span><span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-98b3c062-input\" required=\"\" class=\"otter-form-input\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"protection\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-03737830_nonce_field\" name=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-03737830_nonce_field\" value=\"bd1c3e4a09\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\" \/><input class=\"o-anti-bot\" type=\"checkbox\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">You agree to receive email communication from us by submitting this form and understand that your contact information will be stored with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-0e14570f\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input\"><label for=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-0e14570f-input\" class=\"otter-form-input-label\"><span class=\"otter-form-input-label__label\">Message<\/span><\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-form-input-0e14570f-input\" class=\"otter-form-input\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><button class=\"wp-block-button__link\" type=\"submit\">Enviar<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n\n<p>Very soon I will be launching a <strong>newsletter<\/strong> with news, anticipated course dates and reflections like this one. If you want to receive it, just let me know in an email with the subject <strong>\"NEWSLETTER\"<\/strong> and I will add you manually. <\/p>\n\n<p>Thank you for reading this far. Your perseverance counts too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is May 10, 2026. I am writing this on vacation from the Philippines, while finalizing the details of my online art academy. I sit at a small table in front of the sea, while my partner prepares coffee. It seems like a dream. And it is. 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