College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman

The CFA batch of freshmen and new students will be formally welcomed to their new school on Monday, June 21,2010 at the Amorsolo Hall.

The new set of officers of the CFA Student Council will also be inducted by Dean Florentina Colayco.

As we start the new schoolyear 2010-11 , the faculty and staff of the UP College of Fine Arts extend their warmest greetings and WELCOME to all our freshmen, as well as to all returning students.

We start the school year with some very exciting news for our students and faculty.

•    We are very pleased to announce that the UP College of Fine Arts and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Artes (ENSBA)  in Paris, France has entered into a formal agreement of Academic Cooperation.

The purpose of the Agreement is to develop collaborative activities in academic areas of mutual interest such as: exchange of faculty and students, collaborative research and creative projects, lectures and symposia, exchange of academic information and materials, and other academic initiatives.

As part of this newly established international linkage, we will be sending our first CFA/ENSBA scholar for a full term at ENSBA in Paris from September 2010 to January 2011.  We will be announcing the name of the CFA student awardee shortly.

The Agreement and the scholarship has been facilitated by The French Embassy in the Philippines through its cultural and academic officers.

CFA June Activities

1.     June 8, 2010. UP Freshman Welcome Assembly at the University Theater.  8:00 am .
2.     June 21 – 27 , 2010
Artist Residency at UP CFA of Paris- based Filipino artist Mr. Gaston Damag. Mr. Damag will be working on a sculpture using Ifugao pestles, resin, fiber glass and wood. The Visiting Artist Residency Programs at CFA provides  hands on experience with masters and experts in the art production process.

3.    June 21, 2010, Monday.  CFA College and Departmental Freshman Orientation

ADDITIONAL COMPUTER CLASSROOM

We are also pleased to announce that we have opened a new computer classroom right next to the existing Computer Lab 1.  Students have additional new computers to work on for basic imaging and computer design skills.

FIVE ( 5) NEW STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Starting this semester, five CFA students in their junior and senior years will be awarded tuition scholarships by the Friends of Cultural Concerns of the Philippines. The generosity of FCCP will be very beneficial in assisting CFA students with their tuition expenses. We thank FCCP for choosing students in our school as their scholars.

We hope to be bringing more of the same dynamic news for CFA during the schoolyear.

Freshmen will be formally welcomed at a Welcome Assembly to be attended by the faculty and staff of CFA. The various departments will also be holding its respective orientation programs after the Welcome Assembly.

Paris-based Filipino-French artist Gaston Damag will be Artist-in-Residence at the UP College of Fine Arts from June 21-27, 2010. He will be collaborating with CFA  students as he works on a sculpture using resin, fiberglass and wood.