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ART and romance make a lovely pair in Love Stories, a fund-raising
exhibition of paintings and photographs organized by the Philam
Foundation for its scholars in Basilan.
Held in celebration of National Arts Month and
the Valentine season, the exhibit is ongoing at the Philamlife
Lobby, UN Avenue, Manila. The exhibit will showcase the paintings
and photographs of Filipino artists including the photographs of
Kaye Pizarro, a 15-year-old high-school student of St.
Scholastica’s College, Manila. Incidentally, Pizarro won the first
prize in the Photography Competition organized by the Committee on
Ecological Concern of her school recently.
Other works included in the exhibit are the
paintings of Wilfredo Alicdan, Mark Arcamo, Caña, Convocar, Marc
Cosico, Joe Datuin, Vincent Padilla, Sherwin Tan, Roger Rishab Tibon
and Inna Vitasa, and the photographs of Paul Escobar, Edwin Loyola,
Martin Macalintal, Peter Marquez, Vic Sollorano and Harvey Tapan.
Love Stories is specifically intended to build
up resources for the Aid for Basilan Children (ABC) Fund, a project
of the Philam Foundation in partnership with the Philippine Business
for Social Progress (PBSP) since 2002. The ABC Found sends over 500
children to school in war-torn Lamitan, Basilan, providing them with
uniforms, books, school supplies and supplemental feeding over a
period of six years to cover their elementary education.
In 2007, the Philam Foundation and the PBSP
reached an agreement to sustain the scholars’ secondary education.
Through the Love Stories exhibit, Philam is creating a synergy
between the various causes it upholds—promoting Philippine art and
artists while also raising funds for its scholars.
-- Lea Manto-Beltran
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