The CCP Visual Arts and Museums Division presents its final venue grant exhibition for the year, “Komiks: Sining Biswal,” on display from November 15 to December 15, 2022, at the Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (CCP 2F Hallway Gallery).
The exhibit, curated by Randy Valiente, features original works and illustrations by select comic artists and illustrators from different eras. Pieces from the private collections of Alfredo Alcala Jr., Bambi Eloriaga-Amago, Jay Ignacio, Mickey Serafica, Damian ‘Ian’ Velasquez III, Dr. Tedi Gustilo Villasor, and Louie Villegas are also included. It aims to showcase portions of the rich artistic history of Philippine comics and some examples of the prevailing comic styles from various eras.
Participating artists include: Ding Abubot, Bambi Eloriaga-Amago, Roland Amago, Lui Antonio, Ardie Aquino, Alfredo P. Alcala, Kajo Baldisimo, Mitzi Bajet, John Becaro, Jio Beltran, AJ Bernardo, Elmo Bondoc, Jun Borillo, Amado S. Castrillo, Joanah Rose Tinio Calingo, Melvin Calingo, Tony Caravana, Mel Casipit, Ernie Chan, Christine Faye Villanueva Chelaban, Francisco V. Coching (+), Karl Comendador, Alloise Al De Freed, Ched De Gala, M.A. Del Rosario, Meyo de Jesus, Jess Escalona, Rod Espinosa, Rommel Fabian, Aaron Felizmenio, Tenny Henson, Xerx Javier, Jim Jimenez, Lady Storykeeper, Jun Lofamia, Jo Luna, Derrick Macutay, Rey Macutay, Florence Maglalang, Renn Maglalang, Nestor Malgapo, Mervin Malonzo, Lan Medina, Rudy Nebres, Alex Niño, Ed Padilla, Tepai Pascual, Gener Pedrina, Bernard Kenneth Peña, RH Quilantang, Mars Ravelo (+), Francisco Redondo, Nestor Redondo, Virgilio Redondo, Amparo Roxas, Dexter Roxas, Amiel Rufo, Noah Salonga, Mar Santana, Hal Santiago, Rolly Santiago, Donato Santos, Paolo L. Simbulan, Hal Solitario, Randy Valiente, Vicatan, Rudy Villanueva, Antonio Velasquez, EV Yu, and Jon Zamar.
Partly inspired by Western comic strips and comic books, Filipino komiks were first introduced in the 1920s. It gained popularity from the 1970s to the 1980s. However, due to the introduction of new entertainment and the economic challenges in the publishing industry, komiks suffered a decline. There have been efforts to revive the Filipino komiks industry in recent years, especially with the advent of graphic novels and their multimedia iterations, and the resurgence of independent publishing initiatives.
Exhibition hours are from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm, and are extended until 9 pm on evenings with shows at the CCP Main Theater. There will be a special artists reception on December 3 (Saturday), at 11am, with pop-up booths by Libreriangelo, Komikon Inc., Haliya Publishing, MIXD, Chopsoy Comics, ANN Group, and Urban Sketchers Manila until 4pm.
For inquiries, contact the CCP Visual Art and Museum Division at 8832-1125 loc. 1504/1505, email vamd@culturalcenter.gov.ph. Follow the CCP and CCP VAMD social media accounts in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more updates.
A radiant ceremony for the 2nd Gador Awardees was mounted at the newly built Tagum City Cultural Center Theater last November 5, 2022. The Gador Award is a recognition program for outstanding artists, cultural administrators and organizations in Mindanao initiated by the Kaisa sa Sining (KSS) Mindanao network of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and facilitated by the CCP Cultural Exchange Department (CED).
The 13 recipients of the 2nd Gador Award are Dr. Christine G. Ortega (literature/cultural administration, Iligan City); Dr. Helen Tejero (music, Iligan City); Francisco Englis (music/Iligan City); Ronolfo “Popong” Landero (music/Davao City); Br. Carlito “Karl” Gaspar (theater/cultural administration, Davao City); Kubali Millan (visual arts/Davao City); Waway Saway (Talaandig/music, Lantapan, Bukidnon); Nilda Mangilay (Subanen / indigenous art, Zamboanga Del Sur); Kathara Dance Theater Collective (dance-theater, Davao City); Kaliwat Performing Artists Collective (theater/cultural administration, Davao City); Tambuli Cultural Dance Troup, (dance/indigenous art, Tawi Tawi); MSU Kabpapagariya Ensemble (theater/cultural administration, General Santos City); and Dumendingan Arts Guild (cultural administration/indigenous Art, Pagadian City).
The GADOR Award aims to recognize its exceptional individuals and organizations who have contributed immensely to the flourishing of arts and culture in the region. The selection was undertaken by a committee composed of prominent experts and specialists in Mindanao in the field of arts and culture. The awardees for this year were chosen from a total of 20 nominations from the KSS Mindanao network. In 2020, the 1st Gador Awards were conferred to six individual honorees (Agnes Locsin, Maria Todi, Sunnie Noel, Steven P.C. Fernandez, Nestor Horfilla, and Joey Ayala) and two organizations (Sining Kambayoka Ensemble and Integrated Performing Arts Guild). Due to the pandemic, the awarding programs were held virtually and onsite.
The awarding ceremony in Tagum City was made even more meaningful with the superb performances rendered by some of the most prominent Mindanao artists and performing groups led by the four organizations who are Gador Awardees – Kaliwat, Kathara, Kabpapagariya Ensemble and Tambuli. Adding excitement to the event were musical and dance performances by the Kuntaw Mindanao of Tagum City, RMMC Teatro Ambahanon and Ching Salubre of Gen. Santos City, University of Mindanao Chorale and Maan Chua of Davao City. Two young and talented kids from Tagum City, Tristan Jacob H. Cortez and Keysha Nicole Q. Grancho hosted the program that was written and directed by Dr. Bart P. Savior with concept-repertoire line up by CCP CED Department Manager Chinggay Jasareno-Bernardo, who also facilitated the awarding ceremony. The following officers from KSS Mindanao network served as presentors: Richard Banzuelo (Koronadal), Leonardo Carino (Gen. Santos), Amado Guinto (Iligan), Jesus Montajes (Davao), Lolito Pontillas (Agusan del Sur), Pepito Sumayan (Marawi), Thallah Alava (Maguindanao), Ted Nudgent Tac-an (Ozamiz), Renefe Tremedal (Pagadian), Cecile Mambuay (Cagayan de Oro), Adel Suemith (Davao), and Alma L. Uy (Tagum).
“Magpasalamat”(give thanks), a composition of Dr. Tejero based on a Manobo motif was given a new arrangement and interpretation in music and dance by Kaliwat and Kathara. The said song was used for the 2021 Centennial Celebration of the Silliman University in Dumaguete City. Songs by Waway and Popong: Mga Panginoon (The Gods) based on Waway’s arrangement, Bahaghari Tayo (We are Rainbows), and litsa Tamoka Yataki Tombi (a song advocacy to stop Lumad oppression, discrimination, marginalization, and call for self-determination and sovereignty), were likewise given a new musical arrangement and rendition by Kuntaw, Ching, Maan, and Kabpapagariya. The finale number featured the song “Padayon” (move forward) composed by Grace Nono, choral arrangement by Rodolfo Delarmente and performed by the UM Chorale with a dance interpretation by the Ambahanon.
The Gador Awarding ceremony was a joint presentation of the Musikahan sa Tagum Foundation, the City of Tagum through its Tourism and Cultural Office, the Tagum City Women Council, DAGI and the CCP CED.
— Photos courtesy of the Tagum City Government Tourism Council/She Labos and Jess Montajes.
The CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division (VAMD) presents the “Teodora Alonso Reading Club: A Discussion on the Work of Imelda Cajipe Endaya,” a public conversation on the artistic and cultural works of the known visual artist, on November 26 (Saturday), 3pm, at the Bulwagang Juan Luna (CCP Main Gallery).
The event is named after one of Cajipe Endaya’s artworks, titled “The Teodora Alonso Reading Club,” which is included in her current retrospective exhibit at the CCP. The painting shows a palimpsest of an archival image of Teodora Alonso with her daughters and granddaughters wielding books that contend with the friarocracy.
Critic Eileen Legaspi Ramirez and artist Judith Adam will join the discussion via zoom, while artist Brenda Fajardo and scholar Neferti Tadiar will be presenting pre-recorded videos. Artist Imelda Cajipe Endaya will be present on site to share her own reflections and insights. Professor Sofia Guillermo will moderate the discussion.
The event will conclude with the turnover of “In Certain Seasons Mothers Write in the Time of COVID,” an anthology whose book cover features Cajipe Endaya’s artwork “Salinlahi’y Iligtas.” The anthology was published by the CCP Intertextual Division and Philippine PEN.
The discussion is open to the public. Students are encouraged to participate. The program will also be streamed live via the CCP, CCP VAMD and CCP Intertextual Division’s Facebook Pages.
For inquiries, contact the CCP Visual Art and Museum Division, Production and Exhibition Department, at telephone 8832-1125 loc. 1504/1505, email (vamd@culturalcenter.gov.ph) or through @ccpvamd on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Pianist Rudolf P. Golez will be the featured soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra season concert on November 11, 8PM at the Metropolitan Theater of Manila.
For the concert, Golez will perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Other works to be featured in the concert are Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Nicanor Abelardo’s Cinderella Overture, and Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Golez concertizes mainly in the Philippines and the United States and looks forward to gain exposure in the concert stage of the capitals in Europe even as he carries out his responsibilities as Dean of the Liceo Conservatory of Music in Cagayan de Oro. He also endeavors to record his life’s repertoire in a CD and may include instructional material for his students. In 2021, he finished his Doctoral program in piano performance at the Philippine Women’s University.
The concert is the third offering in the PPO’s 38th concert season entitled “Metamorphosis” and continues the PPO search for its new Music Director.
Metamorphosis features 8 outstanding conductors, five of whom are shortlisted for the Music Director position.
Guest conductor Maestro Noam Zur takes the helm of the PPO for this concert. Since 2017, he was the principal conductor and artistic director of the State Symphony Orchestra of Salta, Argentina. He has over 20 years of professional and conducting experience during which he developed an expansive repertoire in opera, ballet and symphony. He is also a composer and arranger, having recorded his own works in “Funkhausorchester des WDR Köln” in August 2016 which he conducted as well.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the new normal protocol of the CCP will still be implemented. Everyone is advised to wear a facemask upon entering the premises and bring a vaccination card/certificate (e-copies are allowed). Find out more about CCP’s new normal protocol here: https://bit.ly/CCPNewNormalProtocol2022
For more information, visit the CCP website (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph) and follow the official CCP social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest updates.
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) embarks on developing, showcasing, and promoting indigenous lullabies through HIMIG HIMBING: Mga Heleng Atin, to be launched on November 13, 2022, 4pm, at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater).
A project of the CCP Arts Education, through the Audience Development Division, Himig Himbing features eight music videos of lullabies from different regions of the country. The project aims to reintroduce the Philippine indigenous lullabies to contemporary audiences and develop nurturers that are grounded in our Philippine songs and hele.
Sigrid Bernardo – UGOY NG DUYAN
Based on the research of ethnomusicologist Sol Trinidad and arranged by musical director Krina Cayabyab, eight filmmakers create their film interpretation of the featured lullabies, including “Sa Ugoy ng Duyan,” “Katurog na, Nonoy,” “Wiyawi,” “Aba-aba,” “Hele,” “Dungdungwen Kanto,” “Tingkatulog,” and “Ili, Ili, Tulog Anay.”
The filmmakers are: Sigrid Bernardo, Mes De Guzman, Law Fajardo, Teng Mangansakan, Thop Nazareno, Carla Ocampo, Milo Tolentino, and Alvin Yapan.
Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, a Tagalog lullaby composed by National Artist for Music Lucio San Pedro with lyrics by National Artist for Literature Levi Celerio, is often sung from the point of view of an adult feeling nostalgic about sleeping in the baby hammock with their mother. The feelings from the singer’s emotional bearings run deeply in the melody, which is reiterated in this three-part arrangement with Bahana singing for the music track.
For this classic lullaby, filmmaker Sigrid Bernardo captures Filipino mothers and nurturers of all kinds across the world in this nostalgic documentary-style black and white music video.
Bicolano lullaby Katurog na, Nonoy is sung by one whom a little boy looks for to put him to sleep. While a number of transcribed and published tunes with the same title, this particular folk song melody was popularized as a choral piece. Phoebe Bitoon lends her voice to this lullaby.
For Katurog na, Nonoy – Filmmaker Alvin Yapan creates a dreamy fairytale-like music video where a young mother, who could also easily be a diwata, hums the lullaby – and approaches a closed banana heart. As she touches it, the banana heart gently opens, revealing a baby. Then, the scene changes, showing a fisherman casting his net into the stream of stars. He draws in the banana leaf carrying the baby as it gets caught in his net.
Alvin Yapan – KATUROG NA, NONOY
These imagistic parallels between babies and bananas are inspired from a collection of riddles by the late Bicolana literary historian and researcher Lilia Realubit. While the fisherman comes from another Bicol folk song “Si Nanay, Si Tatay.”
Filmmaker Carla Ocampo takes on the traditional Kalinga lullaby Wiyawi. Often sung by caretakers (usually Cordilleran fathers), it describes the warm weather that makes the baby cry. In some areas, the lullaby refers to the warmth given by the traditional babywearing, interpreting the lyrics as “Tahan na, halika’s ebanan (babywear) kita para mainitan ka.” Its music and text were collected by Dr. Felicidad Prudente during her fieldwork and transcribed for publication in the book Antukin by publisher Tahanan. Additional research was provided by Direk Carla Ocampo and Kalinga Expert Benicio Sokkong.
Carla Ocampo – WIYAWI
Sung by Bullet Dumas, the music video opens with a montage of the traditional Cordilleran home. As the Kalinga father attempts to soothe his child, the viewers are transported in a dream where a higante, dressed like a king and carrying a sword, slowly reveals itself.
Aba-aba is a lullaby indigenous to Southern Mindanao, particularly sung by the indigenous group Subanon. Its field recording was taken and documented by National Artist for Music Ramon Santos and is now accessible through the archives of UP Center for Ethnomusicology.
Teng Mangansakan – ABA-ABA
Filmmaker Teng Mangansakan envisions a Subanen mother being convinced by her two friends to seek greener pastures in the city. As they leave, the mother is revisited by the memory of the river goddess cementing her resolve to stay in the Subanen homeland for her baby. Music track is performed by Rolinda Gibaliga.
Hele is a lullaby from a 1986 field recording of Dr. Elena Mirano taken in San Mateo, Rizal. The Tagalog song is sung by a caretaker to a child, with lyrics alluding to an afternoon nap. In the music video, filmmaker Milo Tolentino created a visual narrative anchored on a tale of familial love and loss and reversal of role. The lullaby, sung by Nica Del Rosario, gives voice to a woman’s statement of love to her child and spouse – a nurturing anthem that bounces back to soothe a debilitating grief that threatens a once loving bond.
Milo Tolentino – HELE
Aba-aba and Hele are both unpublished lullabies, and will be the first time they will be released apart from their field recordings.
Dungdungwen Kanto (translated as I Will Love You) is the first line of the Ilocano wedding song “Duayya ni Ayat (Lullaby of Love). While mostly associated with weddings, it is also often sung as a children’s lullaby.
Sung by Abby Clutario and Joshua Cadelina, filmmaker Mes De Guzman’s animated music video features the quintessential rural Filipino household, where one can see a baby hammock flying over Ilocos’ iconic landscapes and landmarks.
Mes De Guzman – DUNGDUNGWEN KANTO
Tingkatulog (Sleeping Time), a folk lullaby from the area of Bohol, gives a perception that the singer is someone other than the mother, mentioning that the child’s mother will return in the morning and relaying a curiosity about the mother’s whereabouts the whole night.
With JD Tena on vocals and Daniel Calingasan playing bandurria, filmmaker Thop Nazareno produces a loving story of two siblings trying to take care of each other in their mother’s absence. Playing the mother is actress Yayo Aguila, with Marco Masa and Juharra Zhianne Asayo as the siblings.
A Visayan lullaby, Ili, Ili, Tulog Anay (Little One, Go to Sleep) is sung by a caretaker to a child and mentions a mother who is out buying bread. Its music and text transcription were published in the book Folk Songs: Songs of the Visayas by Priscilla Magdamo.
Law Fajardo – ILI-ILI, TULOG ANAY
Filmmaker Law Fajardo’s music video features the daily life and struggles of a family and shows a glimpse of the sugar cane workers’ routines in the barrio. It focuses on women who strive to raise their children in the absence of their partner. Coleen De Guzman and Nica Tupas perform the lullaby in Hiligaynon.
For more information, visit the CCP website (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph). Follow the official CCP social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for real-time updates.
The CCP’s most-loved Halloween event, Tricks and Musical Treats: A PPO Family Concert, returns on October 30, 2022, 4pm, at the TanghalangNicanorAbelardo (CCP Main Theater).
Dubbed as “A Tuneful Fiesta at Filharmonia,” this year’s family concert features 10-year-old pianist Ella Gabrielle Gaw and 7-year-old marimba player Gioia Francesco M. De la Cruz, who will perform with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro HerminigildoRanera. The show will be hosted by theater actress-director LieslBatucan-del Rosario.
After two online editions in 2020 and 2021, the PPO Family Concert continues its tradition to introduce orchestral instruments and develop appreciation for classical music among children in a fun, and creative way.
Pre-concert event includes an instrument petting zoo, where children can touch and play selected music instruments of the orchestra slated at 2pm. It aims to highlight how enjoyable and wonderful it is to play a musical instrument at a young age.
Taking the Filipino-based theme, the show hopes to incorporate cultural values on kalinga (nurturing), kultura (culture), and kalikasan (nature).
Everyone is invited and encouraged to wear their best Filipino-inspired costumes for the Halloween concert. Kids in their best costumes will win prizes.
For more information, visit the CCP website (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph) or follow the CCP official social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Kaisa Sa Sining (KSS) Luzon Network announces the recipients of the 1stHiyas Award, the third regional awards implemented by the KSS. The first was the Mindanao Gador Award in 2020 and the Visayas Ksslap Award in 2021. This year is the time for the KSS Luzon network to recognize its exceptional individuals and organizations who have contributed immensely to the flourishing of arts and culture in the region.
The fourteen (14) awardees are Alfonso Coke Bolipata (Zambales/music and cultural administration); Mark Anthony Carpio (Bulacan/music); Kristian Cordero (Naga/literature and film); Maria Whang Od Oggay (Kalinga/Indigenous Art); Al Perez (Hagonoy/Visual Art); Felicito Sacdalan (Angat/Music); Armando Sta. Ana (Bulacan/theater); Peter De Vera (Pampanga/dance and cultural administration); Arts Research and Training Institute in Southern Tagalog (Laguna); Baao Children and Youth Choir (Camarines Sur/Music); Barasoain Kalinangan Foundation Inc. (Bulacan/theater and cultural administration); Lakan Sining ng Bulakan (Bulacan/visual arts); Manunubli ng Sinala (Indigenous Art/Batangas); and Mauban Historico Cultural and Arts Council (Mauban-Quezon/cultural administration).
The Kaisa sa Sining Regional Arts Centers is a partnership program of the CCP through its Cultural Exchange Department (CED) that was launched in 2014 and is aimed at strengthening further the CCP’s linkages and cooperation with regional educational institutions, non-government organizations and local government units in order to broaden public participation in the arts, promote and showcase artistic excellence and facilitate a vibrant collaboration between and among communities. In the past seven years, the cooperation and exchanges between and among CCP and the KSS network have become more dynamic. To date, the KSS network has already grown to a total of 59 organizations in 54 areas/communities in the regions: 23 in Luzon, 19 in Visayas and 17 in Mindanao.
The Hiyas Award aims to give recognition to deserving individuals and/or organizations in Luzon who have exemplified commendable work and services in cultural and artistic endeavors, and have been in the forefront of the research, development, preservation, education and promotion of arts and culture in Mindanao for at least fifteen (15) years or more. The general criteria indicate that an awardee must have made exceptional accomplishments in creative work, leadership, resource management, education, artist support, audience development, community service, solidarity and partnership.
When asked why it is important to recognize the achievements of the artists, cultural workers and organizations in Luzon, the following persons responded:
“Artists and cultural workers are safekeepers of a people’s identity, a nation’s soul. They connect our generation to our forebears and give us an insight in their expressions of love, faith, happiness, celebration, anger, romance and sometimes despair and frustration. Thus, they are the vanguards of our tangible and intangible treasures. Without them, these treasures would be irretrievable, forgotten and lost. We must recognize and reward them, and convey to them our immense gratitude.
Atty. Reginald Dimacuha
Secretary to the Mayor, Vice Chair-Cultural Affairs Committee, Batangas City
“To emphasize that being an artist is an advocacy. Included in his/her pursuit of being an excellent artist, is becoming a responsible member of the community. He/she therefore works for the betterment of the quality of life through arts. The Hiyas award recognizes excellence as well as the artist’s contribution to the community.”
Aurea Brigino
Senior Lecturer, Department of Art Studies, College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman
“How we treat our artists, cultural workers and organizations in the life of the nation in our Island is indicative of how we take care of culture, heritage and the arts in the country. Giving our artists, cultural workers and organizations some recognition and high regard is our gesture and expression how important and significant they are in our everyday lives. This is an opportunity to give due credit to them so that they would be an inspiration to our people and so that they can continue to inspire our imagination to excel, move forward and be better”.
Dr. Randy Nobleza
Director, Sentro ng Wika at Kultura Marinduque State College
“It is important to recognize the achievements of artists in order to communicate the role of the arts and the artists in the life of the nation and as a way to honor them for their work. Speaking generally, I believe these artists and cultural workers made their contributions not because they were working for plaudits and laurels but because they were/are driven by a vision for every single project , and the passionate, and the passion to excel is an organic impulse, does not to please but as a matter of course. This is a ‘model of excellence’ institutions like the CCP can highlight and promote”.
Dr. Jazmin Llana
Professor, Department of Literature, De La Salle University
CCP CED Department Manager, Chinggay J. Bernardo expressed, “In our over four decades of community cultural outreach work, we have experienced the unique and exceptional artistry, dedication and perseverance of many artists and cultural workers. It is indeed high time to institutionalize an awards program that will give recognition to outstanding achievements of regional artists, cultural workers and organizations. The Hiyas Award, an initiative of the CCP KSS Luzon network and facilitated by the CCP Cultural Exchange, will serve as an inspiration for the artistic and cultural communities in Luzon to aim for excellence and do public/community service”.
The 23 members of CCP KSS Luzon network are: St. Paul University-Tuguegarao; Province of Nueva Vizcaya; St. Louis University-Baguio City; St. Louis College-San Fernando, La Union; Bataan High School for the Arts; Casa San Miguel-Zambales; Province of Pangasinan; Science City of Muñoz-Nueva Ecija; City College of Angeles-Pampanga; City of Pampanga; Barasoain Kalinangan Foundation Inc.-Malolos, Province of Bulacan; Municipality of Guiguinto-Bulacan; Arts Research and Training Institute in Southern Tagalog-Laguna; City of Biñan-Laguna; City of Batangas; De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Cavite; Municipality of Mauban-Quezon; Municipality of Sampaloc-Quezon; Marinduque State College; Diverse Initiatives for Bicolano Artists-Naga; Sorsogon Community Based Theater Guild; UST Legaspi-Albay; and the Province of Palawan.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), together with Kababaihan sa Sining at Bagong Sibol na Kamalayan (KASIBULAN), presents “Pamumulaklak,” a discussion on cultural works on issues affecting marginal women that resonate with the artworks of visual artist Imelda Cajipe Endaya, slated on October 22, Saturday at 3pm, at the CCP Main Gallery. The discussion will be live streamed via the CCP and CCP VAMD Facebook Pages.
Moderated by KASIBULAN member Yllang Montenegro, guest speakers Elaine Clemente, Marra Lanot, and Faye Cura talk about their past and present engagements on various women’s advocacies such as social justice, women empowerment, ecofeminism, foregrounding of local art, championing of indigenous materials, and the artist’s role as citizen.
Clemente will share about the beginnings of KASIBULAN and how its activities became spaces for empowerment, not just of women artists but also of communities.
Writer Lanot will give a historical account of activism by women artists and writers through a pre-recorded sharing about the Concerned Artists of the Philippines Women’s Desk in the early 1980s.
Gantala Press’ Faye Cura will present a situationer on women’s issues and struggles, as well as the importance of connecting with grassroot communities and the role of publication in making these connections visible.
There will also be pop-up stores featuring artworks, crafts, and books by KASIBULAN, Gantala Press, Amihan, and RUWA at the Pasilyos outside the Main Gallery.
CULTURAL Center of the Philippines launches COSLAB: Costume Design and Construction Track for the Philippine Theater, a hybrid workshop on costume design, pattern-making, and construction of period costumes based on extant garments.
In partnership with SLIM’s Fashion and Arts School, the workshop opens on October 17 and 19, 10am to 12nn, with online lectures and discussions.
Asynchronous consultation online sessions run from October 24 to November 11, while in-person sessions will be on November 15 to 21, at Slim’s Fashion and Arts School, located at 4/F SLIMS Building, 2310 Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City, Philippines.
The short course is designed to address costume design and construction in the Philippine theater context, aiming to inspire and motivate emerging designers and technicians to pursue costume design and/or costume construction for the theater.
Gino Gonzales, an award-winning designer, author, and mentor, will facilitate the workshop.
An advocate of the Philippine terno, Gonzales will share his knowledge on the brief history of the period to provide them with an understanding of the context of how these dresses were worn and how they evolved throughout the century. Through this, designers will hopefully gain new perspective and appreciation on Filipiniana through participating in the making of traje de mestiza/terno patterns.
Propagating the proper construction of Filipiniana costumes in local theater productions, each participant is expected to produce a finish of the 1880s traje de mestiza, one (1) finished 1900s serpentine, and one (1) finished 1920s terno.
The workshop aims to improve the skills of the participants in crafting proper and appropriate national period dresses and address the deficiencies in design and technical skills amongst practitioners.
Aspiring and practicing Costume Designers and Clothing Technicians will be invited to attend the workshop, preferably with some experience in theater and/or performing arts.
Note that this workshop is open to limited slots only and registration is until October 13, 2022 only.
For more updates, follow the official social media accounts of the Cultural Center of the Philippines or visit https://bit.ly/ccpcoslab.
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines through its Visual Arts and Museum Division will mount select artworks from the CCP 21AM collection for exhibition at the Arthaland Century Pacific Tower from October 13 to November 13, 2022.
Billed as Details & Abstractions: Selections from the Cultural Center of the Philippines 21AM Collection, the exhibition is one of the CCP’s visual arts activities aimed at making the collection available for thematic exhibitions to be shown at partner venues.
The exhibition will have its opening reception live streamed at the Facebook pages of CCP, CCP VAMD, and Arthaland on October 13 at 6pm.
Given the closure of the CCP’s Main Building for a 2-year renovation work beginning 2023, off-site exhibitions are being lined up in order to continue showcasing the CCP 21AM collection to the public.
As a kick off to the exhibition roadshow, and in celebration of October as Museum and Galleries Month, the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division has partnered with Arthaland for an exhibition at the ground floor lobby of Arthaland Century Pacific Tower (ACPT) at 5th Avenue corner 30th St., Bonifacio Global City.
Arthaland was chosen as the venue to host the said off-site exhibition as it is the first building in the world to be certified by the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, as zero carbon under its EDGE program, the acronym for Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiency. In addition to its world-class design and its superior quality construction, Arthaland’s sustainable features serve to enhance its occupants’ mental and physical health similar to how art brings about immeasurable benefits to an individual’s as well as the entire communities’ well-being.
