College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman

MFA Thesis Exhibition

Jamel Obnamia, a faculty of CFA creates imprints of clothes that belonged to his father who passed away a year ago. What he creates are imprints of memories and emotions that track grief, loss and the passage of time.

Opening: 09 February, Saturday, 6:00 PM

The faculty of the UP College of Fine Arts “returned” and discovered the first home of the UP School of Fine Arts then called Escuela de Bellas Artes. This school which was the residence of Rafael Enriquez the first director of the CFA was dismantled from its original location in R. Hidalgo in Quaipo, and reassembled and reconstructed at its new site in Bagac, Bataan.

UP College of Fine Arts honors its 2007-08 student winners of national art competitions with SIBOL, an exhibition that celebrates the bright promise of young student artists. Featured are the top grand prize winners of the 2007 SHELL national art competition, Michael Uy (first prize Sculpture) and Gino Bueza (first prize Painting) and 13 semi finalists.

This year’s College of Fine Arts Week will be in sync with the UP centennial theme of “UP ang Galing Mo!”.

The FA WEEK, bannered as “Kami ang Bida, Walang Kokontra!”, is organized by the College of Fine Arts Student Council together with the various student organizations in the College. The week long events at the College of Fine Arts grounds will be a celebration and a showcase of various arts and design activities including 1) “Art Wall Painting” by students, faculty and alumni, 2) “Art and Design Job Fair”, 3) Seminars and Fora on issues affecting student artists such as Intellectual Property Rights, Ethics in the Workplace , Comic Illustration and Animation, Imaging and Advertising, Performance Arts, film screenings and cultural shows.