Foundation News

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

The Lopez Memorial Museum would like to invite you to In Conversation with sculptor Agnes Arellano and art critic/historian Dr. Alice Guillermo on February 21, 2009, Saturday, 2-4 pm. For inquiries, please call 6312417 or email admin@lopez-museum.com. This complements the exhibition Keeping the Faith: Acts of Mediation which features Arellano’s Angel of Death and Six Bronze Bullets. The exhibition is ongoing until April 4, 2009.

The Opposite of Pleasant
Talk by Jose Santos Ardivilla
November 15, 2008, Saturday, 2-4 pm
Fee: Php120.00, discount for student groups of at least 30 persons
Lopez Memorial Museum

Fernando Amorsolo is often described as a gentleman. Perhaps it is for this reason that few associate him with political cartoons, described as ‘ungentlemanly art’ because of their subject matter and the manner in which these are dealt with in the artform. Amorsolo’s pen and ink cartoons, however, show that he ventured occasionally into the realm of the fool of the court, making funny but mostly true accounts and significant commentary of the day. To discuss the significance of Amorsolo’s cartoons and other editorial cartoons in the configuration of Filipino identity, the Lopez Memorial Museum, with the support of First Philippine Holdings, has invited Jose Santos Ardivilla to give a talk on November 15, Saturday, 2-4 pm.

Jose Santos Ardivilla, a cartoonist, has lectured on political cartooning and mass-produced art during the American Colonial Period in the Philippines and on the cultural value of political cartoons and Filipino komiks. Mr Ardivilla has represented the Philippines in the Nihon Shimbon Kyokai and Confederation of ASEAN Journalists, and in the Witty World Conference. Apart from exhibitions and articles for publications, Mr Ardivilla teaches at the UP Manila.

The talk complements the exhibition Tell-tale: The Artist as Storyteller, Amorsolo as Co-Author, ongoing until April 4, 2009. The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours are Mondays-Saturdays, 8am-5pm, except holidays. For more information, please call Ms. Fanny San Pedro or Ms. Jane Pagkalinawan at 6312417 or email admin@lopez-museum.org.

Alliance Française de Manille
and
Museum Foundation of the Philippines

Presents

Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi “PERIGORD STILL LIFE”

Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi, painter and printmaker, comes once again on her annual pilgrimage to her homeland with an offering of some twenty or so still life paintings on exhibit at the Alliance Française de Manille starting November 6.

This new body of works reveals an evolution of Gelvezon-Tequi’s colours from the bright tropical hues of her past paintings to more subtle chromaticisms of grey, green and yellow. The subject matter, late summer gourds and old provincial pottery, suggests a glimpse of the world where Gelvezon-Tequi now lives.

Having always inhabited big cities, it was an apprehension for her to move – upon her husband Marc’s early retirement – to live in Limeuil, a small village of 350 souls in the heart of the Perigord region. The Perigord, in the Southwest part of France, is known for its “foei gras” and truffles, its thousand chateaux, its decorated prehistoric caves. But with her strong spirit and usual vivacity Gelvezon-Tequi tackled with enthusiasm this different lifestyle and learned to love country living. The artist drew inspiration from the old objects around her – a kitchen table that had seen generations of use, chipped ceramic pots and pitchers that contained long gone walnut oil and duck confit, colourful gourds harvested at the start of autumn. She composed numerous variations of her subject matter that gently ask us to reflect on memory and time.

The exhibit is until November 28 at the Alliance Française Total Gallery, 209 Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Reposo), Bel Air 2, Makati. The artist’s reception shall be on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Alliance Francaise de Manille’s Total Gallery. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm.

Gelvezon-Tequi has accepted the invitation of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines (MFP) to give an Artist’s Talk on her life and art in the Perigord at its Fellowship gathering for members and other interested guests, at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the same venue.

Admission Fees
Members: P100.00
Non-members: P150.00
Students: P50.00

Rene Barbier wine will be served.
(Sponsored by: ADP Industries Corporation)

For more details about the artist’s talk and for confirmation of attendance, kindly contact Elvie Magpayo of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines at Telefax no.: 404-2685, mobile no.: 0928-503-9392 or email add: elvie.magpayo@gmail.com or call 810-6912 and look for Ms. Tonie Bautista, or call at 722-9073 and look for Flor Cortez.

Museum Foundation of the Philippines cordially invites you

On October 04, 2008, Saturday,
from 10h am-12h noon at the Ablaza Hall
of the National Museum Gallery of Art

to hear Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo talk on:

Hidalgo, Bustamante and the Big Black Wolf

What is the lecture about?

“Hidalgo, Bustamante and the Big Black Wolf” begins with Felix R. Hidalgo’s painting “Assassination of Governor Bustamante”, a bequest of the Locsin Family to the National Museum. From the painting, Prof. Ocampo traces the history of the story of Governor Bustamante from the bloody events of the 18th century and how it spawned the novel “La Loba Negra” (The Black Wolf) previously believed to have been written by Fr. Jose Burgos, and now proven to be a forgery.

The lecture will try and weave the various strands of the Bustamante story and relate them with other times, other works.

About Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo:

Ambeth R. Ocampo is the Chairman of the National Historical Institute (NHI) and Associate Professor, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University.

He is a public historian, and writes a widely-read opinion page column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He has published fourteen (14) books, mostly compilations of his historical essays. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards.

For inquiries and reservations, please call Elvie Magpayo at MFPI office: 404-2685 or 0928-503-9392, or Flor Cortez at 722-9073, or Toni Bautista at 810-6912.