2 August 2024
Nanyang academy of fine arts
Nanyang academy of fine arts
As a university-based gallery dedicated to creative pedagogy and practice, the UP Fine Arts Gallery (Parola) affirms how art, learning, and emancipatory practice are interconnected. We ended the First Semester of the Academic Year (AY) 2023-2024 last January with 45 projects, consisting of 18 art exhibitions, 16 talks and/or workshops, and 11 events. We warmly welcomed the Second Semester of AY 2023-2024 last February with continuous programming centered on the celebration of the arts, gender, and their vital role in asserting development and rights.ย
We opened National Arts Month with eight exhibitions and daily workshops, artist talks, discussions, drawing and art production sessions. These exhibits are Empires of Memory, The Aesthetics of Engagement, Warm Bodies: Defending the Right to Dissent, Bawal ang Malungkot: Retrospective Series of Jose Alberto Taรฑedo (1953-2021), Dito at Doon: UPCFA Annual Studentsโ Show, Walk in her Shoes, Maglingkod at Magpahinungod, and Bisita Planeta. These highlighted the innovative and interdisciplinary works of our undergraduate and MFA students and faculty and the creative practice of social movements across Philippine history.ย
We put the spotlight on the importance of National Womenโs Month with the group exhibitions Lulan, Ulila, Liham, Alaga, Naman, organized by the ILCP Art Space based in Negros Oriental, Matereality, group exhibit on the diverse visual languages of women artists, and Reflections on Visibility, featuring selections from the Permanent Collection of the UP College of Fine Arts. This was complemented with weekend and Monday activities organized by the artists and gender advocates.ย
We express gratitude for the strong support of our partner institutions, organizations, and individuals, the untiring efforts of the FA Gallery staff, interns and student assistants, and the guidance of Dean Marc San Valentin and College Secretary Manolo Sicat, the department chairs, preventive conservation expert June Poticar-Dalisay, and Gallery Committee members Prof. Mitzi Marie Aguilar-Reyes, Assoc. Prof. Jamel Obnamia, Assoc. Prof. Dayang Yraola, Asst. Prof. Sandra Dans, Mr. Rommel Joson, Mr. Ian Carlo Jaucian, and Assoc. Prof. Fortunato Dela Peรฑa. As we prepare for the Lenten and Reading Breaks, we invite you all to continue participating in Parolaโs programs when we resume with new events and exhibits in April.
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