Ayala Museum has regularly showcased the work of the Filipino artist abroad for its Zero In offerings. Transnationalism is a recurring theme in the works on permanent display at the museum. This year, Ayala Museum will present From Inspiration to Illusion: the scenography of Eduardo Sicangco. Scenic design is an artistic discipline that crosses over other artistic disciplines. The skills of a painter, sculptor, architect, and lighting designer combine to conceptualize what is essentially literature and interpret it visually in three dimensions. Eduardo Sicangco is a world-renowned scenographer who was mentored by Philippine National Artist Salvador Bernal at the Ateneo de Manila University. For more than 30 years, Eduardo Sicangco's designs for costumes and scenery for opera, ballet, and musical theater have dressed the stages of Lincoln Center, Radio City Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, off-Broadway and regional theaters, and even the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The exhibition will include selected scale models--presented with their preliminary drawings and plans. Several finished costumes will be on mannequins, accompanied by their original costume plates. The exhibition will open at the Ayala Museum on October 26 and run until January 14, 2009.