Foundation News

Date: October 13, 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Venue: Lopez Memorial Museum, G/F Benpres Bldg., Pasig
Fee: P50 (students); P100 (Museum Foundation members); P150 (non-members)

The Lopez Memorial Museum and the Museum Foundation of the Philippines will host a lecture by preeminent comic writer and artist Gerry Alanguilan on Philippine Komiks on October 13, 2007 (Saturday) from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Komiks in the Philippines had its golden age in the 1950s to the early 1970s and is on a resurgence. The talk will provide an overview of the history of komiks the aesthetics as well as the artists and work involved in this collaborative art.

Alanguilan is a licensed architect who has become known for his work as an inker for Marvel, DC and Image, and on books like New X-men, Fantastic Four, X-Force, Wolverine, Batman: Danger Girl, Silent Dragon, and Superman: Birthright. Here in the Philippines, he has written and drawn comics since 1992 including Johnny Balbona. Siglo Anthology stories, Lastik-Man, Tales of the Big City, Timawa, Humanis Rex! and published Wasted, Crest Hut Butt Shop, Dead Heart Stories and currently Elmer through his own Komikero Publishing.

Alanguilan has not only inspired artists through his works and advice but is continually working to make more people appreciate the works of local comic artists from the 1950s to the 1970s.

The Stories on Philippine Art lecture series aims to create more awareness of various personalities, art forms and practices in the country. Fee is Php50 for students, Php100 for Museum Foundation members, Php150 for non-Museum Foundation members. Lectures will be held at the Lopez Memorial Museum, ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. For more info, call 631-2417 or 404-2685.

Selected works by Gerry Alanguilan:

For more information on Gerry Alanguilan you can visit his blog at http://gerry.alanguilan.com/.

Obra Maestra Mamera Lecture Series

The Art of Popularization and the Arts and Audiences: the Changing Relationship between Museums and the Public

Date: August 4, 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 2 to 4 pm
Venue: Lopez Memorial Museum
Fee: PhP 120.00

The Lopez Memorial Museum together with the University of the Philippines’ College of Mass Communications (UP CMC) will tackle critical issues concerning the reproducibility, development and flow of the arts across demographics through a series of lectures dubbed Obra Maestra Mamera.

The first in the Obra Maestra Mamera series features UP CMC’s Dr. Fernando Paragas and Prof. Almond Aguila on August 4, 2007 (Saturday) from 2-4pm. Lecture fee is P120.

Dr. Paragas’ talk is on “The Art of Popularization” where he will discuss the accumulation, display and access of cultural, historical and scientific artifacts in museums to show the relationship with the public is consonant with the socio-political-economic dynamics between the elite and the masses. Prof Aguila’s talk “Arts and Audiences: The Changing Relationship between Museums and the Public” presents the dichotomy between low and high art, and mass production and commercialization.

Dr. Paragas is UP CMC Chair of the Communication Research Department. His interest and expertise in communication media and migration, message design, mobile communications have resulted in numerous articles in publications here and abroad. Prof Aguila is an Assistant Professor and contributes articles to the Philippine Star. Her expertise is on media and gender, public relations and communication planning.

This lecture series complements the exhibition Dime A Dozen which is ongoing until September 22 at the Lopez Memorial Museum. The museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. For more info, call 631-2417 or visit www.lopezmuseum.org.ph.

A lecture by Ambie Abaño, President,
Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc.
Saturday, July 28, 10 am at the German Club, Makati

At the penthouse of the Eurovilla II Building at Legaspi Village, right in the heart of Makati, is the German Club, the venue for the seventh in the series Stories about Philippine Art: The Fine Art of Printmaking.

The German Club is currently exhibiting prints by the Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc. (PAP). The exhibit features printmakers and their various works in woodcuts, intaglios, serigraphs and collagraphs. Mrs. Maribel Ongpin, President of the Museum Foundation, opened the exhibit with the message that printmaking has long been an underrated and underappreciated medium and it is about time it receives some attention. The Museum Foundation is fortunate enough to be one of the first groups invited by the German Club to have a lecture-tour of this exhibit.

The lecture by Ms. Ambie Abaño, printmaker and art educator, will enlighten us about the history of printmaking, its techniques and the processes involved. She will also discuss the history of printmaking in the Philippines and the basics on caring for your collection to be followed by a Q&A portion. Finally, there will be a demonstration on the relief and intaglio processes to be conducted by noted printmakers Raul Isidro, Pandy Aviado, Fil Delacruz, Benjie Torrado Cabrera, and Jess Flores.

The German Club is an active center for German lifestyle with events featuring seasonal delicacies. It “has become a meeting place in which fellowship is fostered, an organization which promotes social, cultural and sports events, and a venue which has risen to the ranks of a first class restaurant.” Our group is being given an opportunity to experience German cuisine after the lecture with an optional meal. Their chef has prepared a wonderful German selection of snacks and finger foods for us for only P250.00.

This lecture is part of the efforts of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. and the Lopez Memorial Museum to promote Philippine art & culture.

You can download the reservation form in pdf or zip as well as the location map to the german club (pdf, zip).

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Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc. (PAP): The Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP) was founded in 1968 through the pioneering efforts of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr along with other passionate printmakers. PAP maintains a facility for the use of the artists provided by the CCP, conducts workshops and demonstrations throughout the country, holds exhibitions and organizes printmaking competitions. The PAP has gone to over 20 regions, facilitating a series of workshops and exhibitions through the Bakat ng Limbag Sining project sponsored by the NCCA and various host organizations. In fact, Ambie Abano and fellow printmakers recently exhibited their original prints at the “Philippine Art Trek” in Singapore last June, 2007. In 2001, the PAP was awarded the 2001 Alab ng Haray Award for its contributions to art.

This lecture is presented to you by:

In cooperation with the National Museum, the Museum Foundation, and Holcim Philippines, Inc., the Green Architecture Movement (GAM) of the United Architects of the Philippines, a prime mover on Green Architecture in design and construction, is holding it’s fourth Green Forum on 16 June 2007, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at the 4 th floor of the Museum of the Filipino People, Tambunting Villonco Hall, Finance Road Manila.

True to its objective, GAM continues to seek ways and means to advocate green principles in any development. In line with the Building Modernity Exhibit, GAM’s forum entitled “Sustainable Design of Philippine Tourism”, aims to provide information on the current needs of grass-root entrepreneurship or small to medium scale developments in eco-tourism.

GAM feels that eco-tourism must be emphasized in the advance and use of potential tourist destinations without harming our fragile environment. Sustainability, implementation, management and optimum responsiveness to end-users’ are key requirements for green developments. This means minimal site disturbance and careful resource management by the community to preserve the local ecology. Thus, speakers in the forum will come from different design, engineering and implementing sectors.

Green architecture involves design that is environmentally sensitive, in harmony with the natural features of the site, energy efficient and utilizes materials that are produced by environmentally responsible companies, are indigenous and/or recyclable. GAM began as a committee in the year 2000, as a result of the continuing advocacy on environmental awareness brought about by the United Conference on Environment (UNCED) or the Earth Summit. The Committee on Green Architecture was later changed to what is now the Green Architecture Movement.

With the 4th Annual Green Forum, the movement hopes to provide significant insights to implementers of tourism projects such as government agencies, private developers, architects, engineers and other allied professions, in producing sustainable and responsive eco-tourism facilities.

For more information or for reservations, interested parties may please contact the UAP-GAM Headquarters or Marvin of the UAP Secretariat at telephone nos. 412-6374, 412-6364, or 412-6403.

You can download the programme in pdf or zip format.

With Prof Eliane C. Karp de Toledo
March 27, Tuesday, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Fee: FREE

The National Museum and Museum Foundation of the Philippines invites you to attend a very special lecture by anthropologist and former First Lady of Peru, Madam Eliane C. Karp de Toledo at the Ablaza Hall of the National Museum on March 27, 2:00 - 5:00 pm.

Mrs. Toledo is presently teaching as a visiting lecturer at Stanford University in California . As an anthropologist, she teaches courses related to indigenous peoples and their social inclusion to democracy in Latin American countries. As a diplomat, she practices what she preaches, presiding over various philanthropic entities, one of which is the Administrative Council of the Pacha Foundation for Change. This Foundation places special emphasis on the design of sustainable development projects based on traditional and communal organizations and the development of productive skills to promote the comparative economic advantages of the Peruvian biodiversity and its rich potential for ecotourism.

In relation to her areas of expertise, Mrs. Toldeo will discuss biodiversity, cultural heritage and the creation of alternatives sources of income such as eco-tourism managed by the indigenous communities.

The Museum of the Filipino People is found along Finance Road just off Padre Burgos. For information and reservation, please call Ms. Elvie Magpayo or Ms, Patricia Limon at 404 -2685 of Ms. Flor Cortez at 722-9073.