Foundation News

Opening: Sundance by Kawayan de Guia, Neal Oshima, Julius Clar and Allan Razo, Silverlens Gallery, June 24, 2009, Wednesday, 6-9pm

Silverlens Gallery proudly presents Sundance, a collection of photograms by Kawayan de Guia, Neal Oshima, Allan Razo and Julius Clar. The artists take a back-to-basics approach and utilize alternative photographic processes—Platinum Prints, Cyanotypes, Kallitypes (Vandyke Prints) and Gum Bichromate Prints—that antedate the first silver gelatin photographs by more than a century.

Amid the digital age, of hyper-progression and technological advancement, de Guia, Oshima, Razo and Clar take a retro step to the most basic and organic of photographic processes using the sun as their ‘darkroom’. Each process is an arduous one, subject to uncontrollable variables that demand fastidious experimentation. Each uniquely imperfect print is a suggestive abstraction of its original subject, this artisanal nature contributes to its longevity.

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For inquiries, contact Silverlens Gallery at 2/F YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati, 816-0044, 0905-2650873, or manage@silverlensphoto.com. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7pm and Saturdays 1–6pm. www.silverlensphoto.com.

Image: Detail, Allan Razo, Shell 3, 2005 and Cactus, 2004

Save the Date! ! !

Annual General Assembly, Thursday, July 30, 2009, from 3 pm to 6pm at Tambunting – Villonco Hall, 4th Floor, Museum of the Filipino People, Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila.

Activity and details of the Event will be announced in a few weeks.

For more informations and inquiries, please call the Museum Foundation Office at telefax no. : 404-2685 or at 703-2023 or call mobile #: 0928-503-9392 and look for Elvie Magpayo or Mae de Leon. Or call 810-6912 and look for Tonie Bautista or 722-9073 and look for Flor Cortez.

We hope to see you there! ! !

Basic Collections Management Seminar
June 18 and 19, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
First of a three-part seminar series

P3,500 seminar fee. Discounts available for early bird and three-module registrants.

Learn the art and science of collections management.

Private art collectors and professionals who wish to explore the world of museums, galleries, archaeological artifacts, relics, and mementos will benefit from the Collections Management Seminar Series of the Yuchengco Museum and the Lopez Memorial Museum.

The series kicks off on June 18 and 19, 2009 with a basic module which is the first of three parts of the Museums Continuing Studies Program. The program aims to develop skills, apply standards, and encourage adherence to internationally accepted standards, policies, and procedures for those managing collections such as museums, galleries, and private and corporate collections.

The Basic Collections Management module will be held at the Yuchengco Museum from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The basic module will cover documentation and preventive conservation, including collections registration, accessioning, inventory, audit, condition reporting, loan agreement making, photography, environmental control and handling, as well as creating a basic collection management policy.

The Intermediate and Advanced Collection Management modules are scheduled in September and November 2009, respectively. A fee of P3,500 per person includes snacks, lunch, seminar kit and certificate. Early birds get a 10% discount, while participants who register for all three modules (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced) get a 25% discount.

The seminar series will be complemented by readings and hands-on activities designed to make the concepts understandable and easy to apply, and interaction with practicing museum registrars and collection managers. Slots limited to only 25 participants. For registration and more details, contact Elma Abrina of the Yuchengco Museum at 889-1234 or e-mail abrina_programs@yuchengcomuseum.org; or contact the Lopez Museum at 631-2417.

SLab proudly presents Balanâ, a collection of idiosyncratic charcoal drawings by Bacolod-based artist Charlie Co. The show will open on June 10 and will run until July 4, 2009.

Co moves away from his signature color and whimsy with his show Balanâ, a collection of black and white charcoal works he describes as products of a tormented imagination. A social realist and figurative expressionist, he renders his predictions of the future against a backdrop of the present realities—a global economic crisis, an impending pandemic, the erosion of religion by outdated dogma. Amongst Charlie Co’s visions of the victims of power and greed, we encounter hopeful oracles, muscle men, angels and beacons. We find comfort that these familiar symbols, though dark and foreboding, will be manifest when the time comes.

Balanâ by Charlie Co opens at 6 pm on June 10, 2009 and runs until the 4th of July 2009. Co will be giving an Artist Talk on June 13 from 3-5 pm.

Balanâ will be shown alongside Inner Spaces by Briccio Santos at Silverlens Gallery and Disconnect The Dots by Bea Camacho at 20Square Gallery.

For inquiries, contact Silverlens Gallery at 2/F YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati, 816-0044, 0905-2650873, or manage@silverlensphoto.com. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7pm and Saturdays 1–6pm. www.silverlensphoto.com.

Image: Charlie Co
Running In Red Boots, 2009

Come and join the Fellowship Gathering of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines and listen to renowned heritage conservation architect Augusto “Toti” Villalon speak about “Everyday Filipino Heritage”.

He will walk us through the many interesting but unnoticed elements in our daily life and surroundings, helping us discover our rich everyday heritage.

Tuesday, June 09, 6:30pm
Ondeo Auditorium
Alliance Francaise de Manille
209 Nicanor Garcia St.,
Bel-Air II Makati

Fee:
P50 for students
P100 for members
P200 for non members