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THE Office of Culture and the Arts
at Western Mindanao State University (WMSU), Artes de Zamboanga and
the Kalinawa Art Foundation are working together to bring the
Indigenous Peoples’ visual fine art of Zamboanga City to the world
through an open art show and Internet auction at the Social Hall of
the Western Mindanao State University from February 23 to 28.
All Indigenous
Peoples’ visual artists are invited to register their work for the
exhibition, competition and sale. Registration begins at the WMSU
Social Hall on February 22, from 2 to 6 p.m. and continues on
February 23 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
A total of
P36,000 in prizes will be divided among four categories and
presented at the Awards Ceremony on March 28. The categories are:
Traditional—pieces based on Indigenous traditional knowledge
and/or materials; Youth—open category for artists under 18 years
of age; Open Two Dimensional—any two-dimensional medium excluding
photography, which can include but is not limited to paintings,
drawings, tapestries and etchings; and Open Three Dimensional—any
three-dimensional medium, including but not limited to sculpture,
pottery and terracotta
For Indigenous
Peoples, the visual arts are central to identity, place and
belonging, as well as an expression of a unique and enduring
tradition. Thus, the visual arts have an important place in the
continuing survival of Indigenous Peoples and their cultures.
The mission of
the Kalinawa Art Foundation is to build on this inherent talent of
the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines by supporting
institutional mechanisms that will assist in the development of a
visual fine arts sector that celebrates their culture, promotes
talent, develop skills, facilitates training and builds
cross-cultural education.
The Western
Mindanao State University, meanwhile, is a center of excellence and
a leading institution in human resources development and research in
the country, as well as the Asean region with international
recognition. Its mission is to educate and produce well-trained,
development oriented and forward-looking professional and technical
manpower for the socio-economic, political and technological
development of the region and country.
Artes de
Zamboanga is an association of local artists who have been at work
for the last seven years to provide a platform for collective and
individual visual art exhibitions.
Come the
actual exhibition period, the general public is welcome to view the
art at the WMSU Social Hall and via www.kalinawa.com. The artworks,
meanwhile, will be available for purchase on the Internet at
www.ebay.com, from February 24, 6 to February 27 at 6 p.m.
The visual
arts show will be jointly curated by Don Gurrea, Western Mindanao
coordinator of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Committee on Visual Arts, and Rameer Tawasil, a prominent artist
culture through the visual arts at the Mein College Center. Related
activities, including lectures and open forums, will also be
organized.
For further
information, call 759-3682, 759-3681; e-mail info@kalinawa.com; or
visit www.kalinawa.com.
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