Ever since it opened in 2019, the Linangan Gallery has become an effective venue for workshops that promote the importance of history and the role of art in enabling active citizenship.

Designed by RC Constantino (Constantino Foundation President 2016-2024) to house the Constantino Murals depicting the heroes Macario Sakay and Lean Alejandro and to hold the exhibit marking the birth centennial of historian Renato Constantino, Linangan Gallery has held regular discussions with a broad range of groups representing different interests and backgrounds.

History and climate change discussions are anchored on the murals—both previously displayed for ten years in government facilities, one in Makati and the other in San Juan—to demonstrate the importance of art in better explaining the stutter of history, the imperatives of active citizenship and nationalism, and to allow participants to locate issues within the ever-evolving context of the nation.

The gallery is occasionally open to the public when exhibits are held, such as the acclaimed #AlasNgBayan. Access to the gallery, the murals, and discussion facilities is by invitation or appointment.

Some of the more recent workshops have been with cycling advocacy groups and businesses as they spent almost five hours over lunch discussing the braided history of the Philippines, mobility, and the climate crisis.

Book clubs have held discussions in the gallery, just as academics, scientists, and civil society groups have conducted intensive discussions showing how closely intertwined the country’s past is with the climate crisis and the uncertain future of the nation if world wide warming temperatures continue to rise unabated.

The St. Theresa’s High School Batch of 1968 gathered in Linangan Gallery in 2024 to enjoy a lively, spirited discussion about the role of history in demystifiying social problems, ecological crises, and dire political challenges facing the nation and the future of democracy.