Foundation News

Fundamentals of Materials: Wood
With Mr Cheek Fadriquela and Prof Rosalie Calapis
June 20, 2012, Wednesday
8:30-5 pm
Fee: Php 2,500 (includes lunch and certificate)
Contact Person: Fanny San Pedro/Iday Marpa
Contact Details: 6312417/6359545

As a medium for the arts, wood has been used in sculpture, prints, musical instruments and architecture. In the Philippines, the availability of wood has given rise to different traditions of sculpture and vernacular architecture. Samples of these are seen in situ and in museums and other collections. While durable, wood is nevertheless subject to deterioration like most materials.

As part of its lecture series on materials, the Lopez Memorial Museum has invited Mr Cheek Sangalang Fadriquela, and Prof Rosalie Maningas Calapis of UPLB  to speak about wood. The Fundamentals of Materials: Wood will dwell on the structure of wood, wood identification, physical and chemical properties of wood, and the wooden cultural heritage in the Philippines. The one-day seminar is set for, June 20, Wednesday, 8:30 am-5 pm.

Conservation Research Laboratory states that successful conservation of wooden artifacts is dependent on knowledge of wood structure and types. Prof Calapis who is assistant professor at the College of Forestry and Natural Resources of UP Los Banos will discuss wood identification while Mr Fadriquela will focus on the other topics. The seminar hopes to give the public a better understanding of the material they work with, display and store, collect and use.

The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralc Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours are Mondays to Saturdays, except holidays, 8am-5pm. For more details pls call 6359545.

The Ateneo Art Gallery is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Ateneo Art Awards.

Established in 2004 in honor of its founding benefactor Fernando Zobel de Ayala (1924-1984), whose support of young Filipino visual artists left an indelible mark in Philippine art history, the Ateneo Art Awards are given to Filipino visual artists below the age of 36 for outstanding work in an exhibition between 2 May of the previous year and 1 May of the current year.

As the Ateneo Art Awards gears up for a milestone, the ninth year takes the theme “Sneak Peak”. This anticipatory stance as we approach a peak in the history of the awards, serves not as a statement of fact, but a call for introspection. The contemporary Philippine art scene is as dynamic as ever and the world is taking notice. With the overwhelming recognition, we are called back to the core to reminisce, to hope and to work anew.

Nominations are accepted from visual artists, curators, museum and gallery directors, members of the present and former juries, art educators and art writers. Nomination forms are available at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City; at Casa Gorodo Museum, Cebu City; or from the website www.ateneoartgallery.org

From all the nominees, 12 exhibits/ artworks will be shortlisted and on 09 August 2012, 3 will be declared winners. The artists who created the winning exhibitions/ artworks will be invited to apply for the international residency grants funded by the Ateneo Art Gallery and its partner institutions Common Room Networks Foundation in Bandung, Indonesia; Artesan Gallery in Singapore; La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo, Australia; Art Omi in New York; and Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool, UK.

All nominations must be received at the Ateneo Art Gallery before 5pm on 31 May 2012. For more information, please contact Ian Carlo Jaucian at +632 4266488 or mobile +639178878956 or email ijaucian@ateneo.edu. Exhibition of the works of the artists short-listed for the Awards will be at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong City from 3 August – 13 August 2012.

The Ateneo Art Awards is presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, Shangri-La Plaza, Metro Society, Y-style of the Philippine Star, and the New York Art Project, funded by Marcel Crespo.

Download the nomination form here. (Nomination Guidelines)

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