As a follow-up to last year’s residency, Master Printmaker Devraj Dakoji is back with another guest printmaker from the New York Blackburn Studio, Justin Sanz. They are accompanied once again by Ms Lenore Lim, adjunct professor at CFA, who has also made possible the visit of Messrs. Dakoji and Sanz at the UP College of Fine Arts.   Their workshop will run January  31 to February 3, 2012.  Ms. Lim will be conducting classes for printmaking students as an adjunct professor this January and February.
On February 1, 2012,  the UP College of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the Office of Initiatives and Culture and the Arts (OICA), will open the Jose Joya, Artist, Scholar and Mentor exhibition at the Bulwagan ng Dangal , UP Main Library. Curated by Prof. Ruben Defeo with Ms. May Lyn Cruz as Assistant Curator, the exhibition will feature more than 100 works of Jose Joya during the more than 40 years he served at the UP College of Fine Arts. We thank Mrs. Josie Baldovino, the sister of National artist Jose Joya for making possible the exhibition, which was UP CFA’s major arts month activity.
Since 2008, the College of Fine Arts has been opening its doors to showcase the works of the students and faculty for  a one-day CFA ArtFair. The 2012 CFA ArtFair and Open Studio will be held on Saturday, February 25,2012. We invite all parents of our students, alumni and friends of CFA to see the works of our students.  A satellite exhibition of the Jose Joya, Artist, Scholar and Mentor exhibition, will open at the Corredor Gallery featuring the works of CFA faculty who followed in the foorsteps of their mentor as artists, scholars and mentors.
Following the first in a series of industry lectures by TBWA Partner Jimmy Santiago in November last year, we are proud to announce the coming lecture on February 28 of Mr. Melvin Mangada, another TBWA partner who will talk on New Media, as a viral tool in advertising and marketing.
Do come and join us for all of our exhibition openings, artfair and lectures.

Prof. Eyasmin Almonte Lantz

May 21-24,  2012
9:00AM – 4:00PM
P 5,000.00

Materials for Acrylic painting

Acrylic Painting Mats
Reeves Box of Acrylic Paints
Acrylic Paint Brush (Flat & Round) # 1, # 5, # 10, # 12
2 Containers
Palette
2 Clean Rags
Colored Magazines

Materials for Oil painting

Reeves Box of Oil Paints
Oil Paint Brush (Flat & Round) # 1, # 5, # 10, # 12
2 Containers
Linseed Oil
Palette
2 Clean Rags
Colored Magazines

(look for Joan/Mariz)

981-8732 or 981-8500 loc 3977

The exhibition, “Jose Joya: Scholar, Artist and Mentor” specifically focuses on the life of the National Artist at the University of the Philippines, where Joya completed his undergraduate studies as the first Magna cum Laude of the UP College of Fine Arts in 1953.  After his post graduate studies at Cranbrook Academy in the US, he returned to UP to teach.  He became the dean of the college from 1970 to 1978.  His academic career spanned 39 years (1957 – 1995) during which time he was a great influence to students and faculty.

The “Jose Joya: Scholar, Artist and Mentor” exhibition to be curated by Prof. Ruben David Defeo , a full professor of the UP College of Fine Arts, and director of the Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA), will feature works from the National Museum, private collections and the UP system-wide art collection of Jose Joya works.  He will be assisted by Ms.May Lyn Cruz, former programs director of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila and currently a lecturer at the UP College of Fine Arts.  A complementary exhibit of Jose Joya scholars and students from UP Cebu will also be held at the Small Gallery at the Bulwagan ng Dangal.

Meanwhile, a satellite exhibit will also open by the third week of February at Corredor Gallery at the UP College of Fine Arts featuring the works of Jose Joya students who themselves followed in the footsteps of Dean Joya as teacher and mentor at the UP College of Fine Arts.

The twelfth month of the year reminds us just how time flies with another year coming to a quick close.

It is also the most festive time of the year when we all celebrate the joys of Christmas, and look forward to a new year.

“ Noche Buena”

Our ceramic studio is abuzz with a pre-Christmas activity called “Noche Buena”, in keeping with the Christmas season. Spanish ceramic artist Xavier Manosa, a 28-year old artist from Barcelona, and who is also known as Apparatu (www.apparatu.com) will be conducting a four-day workshop producing a ceramic  banquet of foods. This activity has been conceived as a cross pollination between culinary and ceramic arts. The banquet will translate into a real culinary experience (“ crowdfunding” ) that will raise funds for new artist projects.  The project is made possible by the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines, and the Office of Culture and Design.

Lantern Parade. For many of our students, and alumni, December means the participation of the UP College of Fine Arts as the most awaited contingent in the UP Lantern Parade.  The days that lead up to the parade can be the most memorable for our students who work very hard and ingenuously on their floats, costumes, hand held objects and performance numbers.

CFA, as the UP Lantern Parade’s Lantern Parade Hall of Famer,  has gone on full gear to visually translate concepts on Our Filipino Culture: Then and Now. Hope to see you all at the UP Lantern Parade on Friday, December 16, 2011.
May you and your families enjoy the blessings and joys of Christmas, and a happy healthy and bright 2012 to each and everyone.

For inquiries please call 981-8732 or 981-8500 loc 3977

Ceramics Workshop on narrative-based terracotta sculptures using raw clay mixed with paper, sawdust and coffee grounds.

The workshop will be facilitated by Roberto Acosta who taught Fine Arts for many years at the University of the Philippines Baguio. He graduated from UP Diliman with a Bachelor in Fine Arts, Bachelor in Landscape Architecture and Master in Fine Arts. In 2001-2002, he was awarded a scholarship by the Mexican Government to fund his artistic stay at the Taller de Ceramica, Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico. Since then, he has consistently worked with clay, specifically terracotta, building narrative sculptures depicting sceneries from his mountain travels and his love for life and nature. In 2010, he was a visiting artist at Baltimore Clayworks, a non-profit ceramic art center in the United States with a national reputation for artistic excellence, artists’ support, and community involvement.

Open to teens & adults.

P5,000 (clay included)

For more details, please call 981-8732 or 981-8500 loc 3977.

Congratulations to Mr. Jose Martin “Jaz” Gabriel , a senior student of the Studio Arts Department for having been awarded the 2nd CFA scholarship to the EcoleNationaleSuperieur des Beaux Arts (ENSBA) in Paris, France. Jaz will be leaving this September to spend a full term ( October to January) at ENSBA as an exchange scholar. The scholarship is made possible through the Embassy of France in the Philippines.

CFA art exhibition and study trip to Vietnam

The UP College of Fine Arts recently organized a students’ art exhibition and study trip to Vietnam on the invitation of the Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Jerril Santos , United Pharma VN and the Philippine Business Group in Vietnam.

The CFA delegation opened the exhibition “Art by the Square Foot” in Hanoi at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts (VUFA), and in Ho Chi Minh at the Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition was conceptualized and curated by Prof. Ruben Defeo (CFADepartment of Theory and OICA Director) , and assisted by CFA Studio Arts faculty Rey Concepcion. As part of the study program, the students and faculty interacted with their Vietnamese counterparts through studio collaborations and an academic forum at VUFA. The project was initiated and coordinated by Mr. Renato Villavicencio for the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam and CFA on the occasion of celebrating thirty five years of Philippine Vietnam relations.

Ms. AmbieAbano completes her PARP Artist Residency in France

We are happy to welcome back, Ms. AmbieAbano, one of our faculty from the Studio Arts Department who has completed an exciting three-month artist residency program in France. Ms. Abano was awarded the residency program by the Alliance FrancaiseManille for 2010, besting more than 200 applicants. She was enrolled at the La Taille-Douce and held an open studio at the Cite Internationale de Arts in Paris.

Ms. Lenore Lim , Adjunct Professor of CFA

We also welcome Ms. Lenore Lim as adjunct professor at CFA. Ms. Lim is a multi-awarded printmaker and visual artist who has exhibited extensively in Austria, Canada, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, the Philippines and the United States. Ms Lim, who received the presitigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, will be conducting classes and workshops in new printmaking techniques and technologies to the faculty and students of CFA. As part of her workshops, she invites US-based master printmakers to work in tandem with her for lectures and workshops.

We thank our sponsors, donors, partners and benefactors for making all these possible, and for sharing their blessings with CFA.

For inquiries please call 981-8732 or 981-8500 loc 3977

Fee: Php. 5,000.00 (exclusive of materials).
For further inquiries please call 981-8732 or 981-8500 loc 3977