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The Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. invites you to the

2008 Annual General Assembly

Bring your friends… meet fellow members and lovers of culture and the arts…Watch a cultural performance and enjoy local Filipino food!

When :		Thursday, July 31, 2008
Where :		Tambunting-Villongco Hall 4th Floor, National Museum of the Filipino People Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila
Time :		Registration starts at 3 pm.

See you there!

Notice of Annual Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. will be held at the Tambunting Villonco Hall, National Museum, on July 31, 2008 at 3 p.m. The agenda of the meeting will be as follows:

1. Call to Order
2. Proof of Notice/Certification of Quorum
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Report of President
5. Election of Trustees
6. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
7. Other Matters
8. Adjournment

Attached are the following documents:

1. Message from the President;
2. Nomination Form for Trustees;
3. Voting form and the proposed amendments of the Articles of Incorporation; and,
4. Proxy form.

The voting form for the election of trustees shall be sent after July 19, 2008, the deadline for submission of the names of nominees to the Board of Trustees.

For any question regarding the meeting, please call Elvie Magpayo, Flor Cortez, or the undersigned at 404-2685 or 722-9073.

Registration begins at 3:00pm.

Patricia Maria C. Lopa
Corporate Secretary

(original signed)

2004-2007 Officers & Trustees: Maria Isabel G. Ongpin (President), Narcisa Escaler (Vice President), Armita B. Rufino (Treasurer), Trickie C. Lopa (Secretary), Amando Doronila, Robert F. Lane, Mailin P. Locsin, Lourdes R. Montinola (Chair, Schools Committee), Imelda M. Nicolas, Ambeth F. Ocampo (Chair, Tri-media Committee), Cynthia B. Pastor, Maritess M. Pineda, Concepcion A. Poblador (Chair, Membership Committee), Mercedes L. Vargas, Isagani G. Yambot

You can also download the forms in pdf format from our website:

You are invited to join our Cultural Study Tour of the historical province of Cavite, a living museum of Philippine revolutionary history. Many of its landmarks are also a testament of the elegant tastes and lifestyles of illustrados who led the revolution of 1898. Our guest lecturer is Ms. Tina Decal.

Cavite Heritage Tour
July 19, 2008, Saturday

06:30 am		Santuario De San Antonio Church, Forbes Park, Makati City (parking area) We encourage everyone to buy breakfast for the trip although light pastries and water will be served on-board).
8:00 - 9:00 am		Arrive Kawit, Cavite Tour to Aguinaldo Shrine - the mansion of the First Philippine President was the site of the proclamation of Independence in June 12, 1898.
9:30 - 10:30 am		Arrive General Trias, Cavite Visit at GBR Museum (Geronimo Berenguer delos Reyes)
11:00 - 11:45 am		Arrive Amadeo, Cavite Shopping at Café Amadeo
12:15 - 2:00 pm		Arrive at Indang, Cavite Lunch at Balai Indang (savor & enjoy a good lunch of : salad, pasta, chicken, seafood, embotido, veggie, flavored rice, bottomless dalandan juice and dessert).
2:00 - 2:30 pm		Sidetrip to Indang Church (rare tromp l’oeil in shades of old rose and grey enliven this church. A rare oil painting of the seven archangels is revered in the right altar). And sidetrip to Bonifacio Monument/marker.
3:00 - 4:00 pm		Arrive Dasmariñas, Cavite. Tour at De La Salle Museum (Bahay Na Bato Museum). The alumni of La Salle erected a museum in the manner of Philippine Colonial houses in its vast campus in Dasmariñas. The Bahay-na-Bato or stone mansion features the best of ornamentation found in affluent houses during the 19th century.
4:14 - 5:00 pm		Arrive Silang, Cavite Visit Silang Church. Three beautiful baroque reredos adorn the church. The main reredo features events leading to the birth of the Savior. The central niche is occupied by the statue of the N. S. de Candelaria. The two side reredos feature Jesuit saints since Cavite was under the spiritual care of the Jesuits prior to their expulsion.
05:00 pm		Departure for Manila.
07:00 pm		ETA Makati, Santuario de San Antonio Church (ETA, depends on the traffic).

You can download the reservation form in pdf or zipped pdf format.

Museum Foundation reserves the right to change the itinerary. In case of bad weather, the tour may be cancelled. For more information or reservations, please call the Museum Foundation office at 404-2685/0928-503-9392, and look for Elvie or Menchie; at 722-9073 and look for Flor.

Art in the Park features original paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures by promising art students and established visual artists.

Art after Dark is a relaxed evening affair featuring 6 interactive art spaces highlighting one-of-a-kind or specially selected pieces from different artists and art groups.

The Museum Foundation of the Philippines creates an exciting event for first-time buyers and experienced collectors to purchase original contemporary art by up-coming and celebrated artists.  For the first time in its three years, Art in the Park will extend until evening but only after transforming into six interactive art spaces.  Allow yourself to be wooed by an equally impressive line-up of artists and art groups showcasing one-of-a-kind pieces.

LOCATION:

Velasquez Park, Valero St.,
Salcedo Village, Makati City

FAIR HOURS:

June 28, 2008
Art in the Park:  8am – 2pm
Art after Dark:   5pm – 10pm

Join our Heritage Tour and savor local flavor, immerse in culture and bask in old world charm as it all comes to life in this Quezon tour. Our guest lecturers for the day are: Ms. Tina Decal from Sariaya and the popular Viaje del Sol tours and Mr. Ryan Palad from Tayabas and the Museum Director at the GSIS Museum.

Tayabas-Sariaya Heritage Tour
May 17, 2008 Saturday

6:30 - 6:55 am    Recommended assembly time in Makati.
We encourage everyone to have breakfast before the trip although light pastries and water will be served on-board.

7:00 - 9:00 am    Travel time to Pagsanjan.

9:00 – 9:15 am    Stop for bathroom break at Jollibee

9:15 – 10:30am    Continue the trip to Tayabas

11:00 - 12:30nn    Arrive at Tayabas

• Walk along the Historical Malagonlong Bridge (20 mins)
• Pray at the Basilica de San Miguel Archangel and take an optional climb up the bell tower. (20 mins)
• Browse through the Diocesan Museum (20 mins)
• Visit Casa de Comunidad (20 mins)
• Mallari Distillery of export-quality Lambanog. (20 mins)

12:30 - 1:30pm    Lunch at Mi Casa en Tayabas for 2 hrs of relaxed dining
Mi Casa en Tayabas is a 3-storey house that has preserved much of its old world charm. This bed and breakfast serves as an ideal weekend retreat from bustling city life. Fee free to roam around the compound and to visit their charming rooms

What’s on the Menu: Pinais, Delino, Pansit habhab, hipon gata with pako, Mi Casa seafood version kare kare, rice, buko juice, and santol gelatin.

2:00 - 4:00 pm    Visit Ancestral Houses (not always accessible to the general public

• Visit the Carmen Rodriguez Arguelles Ancestral House designed by Juan Nakpil (30 mins)
• Walk through the 1922 Petra Obispo Ancestral House (30 mins)
• First time at the Sariaya Church? Don’t forget to make your three wishes! (30 mins)

4:00-5:30 pm    Pasalubong shopping in Sariaya

5:30 pm    Return to Makati. ETA 8:30 pm (depending on the traffic)

For more information, please call Ms. Elvie Magapayo or Ms. Patricia Limon at 404-2685 or visit www.museumfoundationph.org

Fee: P2,300 for Museum Foundation members; P2,500 for non-members
(Fee is inclusive of lunch, merienda, airconditioned bus, entrance fees and tour guide fees)

You can download the reservation forms as pdf or zipped pdf files. The Tayabas-Sariyaya tour flier is also available as pdf or zipped pdf.

Painter Carlo Angelo Saavedra calls his new works “imperfect objects”. Outwardly true; the treatment of the paintings is far from standard, e.g. frames, hacked with a dull axe,  smeared in paint overflowing the canvas limits, suggested figures emerging from a coat of mud-like mixtures, surfaces abused with the constant process of trial and error.

However, beneath the seeming imperfection of his works, Saavedra holds that his aim is not to deconstruct or to deface. According to the artist, it is quite the opposite. With salvaged pieces of wood and old paintings, Saavedra says that by giving these found objects or subject matters new identities, one still engages in the process of creation. “I’m never iconoclastic”, he says. “The job of a painter is to make a memorable painting, not to vandalize for the sake of temporary provocation.”

And despite a number of people always commenting that his paintings never veer away from the macabre, Saavedra insists that he is above all, optimistic. Inspired by poetry and, what e.e. cummings describes as a fascination with the verb and the movement it creates in language, Saavedra also points out his fascination with the synthetic quality of poetry and how within this idea there resonates something autobiographical.

Quite often these random phrases when taken alone, only conjure a generic event. But, in his idyllic world, Saavedra shows lying beneath the irregularity and the ambiguity of it all, the simple idea that the creator can own the generic and turn it into something personal.

Seemingly, on the walls of the gallery are discarded “relics” which seem fueled by that unexplained angst that people always see in Saavedra’s works. Contrary to that, his works are in fact merely products of his preoccupation with doing things his way - not with a deep irreverence or over conceptualization of art, but with a solitary need to develop a positive autobiographical inspiration, combined with something philosopher Alan Watts described as, “a sense of material competence” needed “to do the fundamental things in life.”

Homemade Relics opens on the 6th of May at Artinformal, 277 Connecticut St., Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City. The exhibit will run until the 20th. For inquiries, call 7258518 or sms 0918-899-2698.