Tag: February 11, 2013

TWO THOMASIANS are included in the roster of Gawad CCP Para sa Sining for their “outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of culture and arts.”

Zeneida Amador, the founder of Repertory Philippines, will receive the award for theater, while scholar-writer Florentino Hornedo received this year’s award for cultural research.

Gawad CCP Para sa Sining is the highest award given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

A theater revolutionary

FOR CANADA-BASED artist and UST alumnus Edgardo Lantin, painting human subjects require determination and practice to portray them in a life-like figure, and illumination is the key to make them come to life.

Twenty-one of his commissioned portraits of Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians were exhibited in Portraying Luminescence: The Art of Edgardo Lantin at the Artist Space of the Ayala Museum from Jan. 18 to 30.

Lantin, an Advertising alumnus, said that his paintings serve as homage to old art masters from the likes of Rembrandt and other American, European, as well as Filipino artists.

UNDERSCORING the importance of the family in society, the artworks of alumnus Michael Blanco depict the lives of people in rural communities, exhibited in Pagpupugay sa Pamilyang Pilipino at the UST Museum from Jan. 10 to 31.

The roster of artworks was mainly inspired by Blanco’s travels and immersions in South Cotabato and other local communities in the country.

According to Blanco, he wanted to present the pleasant values of the Filipinos, such as their simplicity and diligence.

“The Philippines is [a] great [subject] to paint,” Blanco said. “My goal is to show to others our country’s culture and traditions.”

A FOUR-YEAR hiatus does not spell death for UST’s Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (CCWLS).

Fourteen years after its establishment, the newly-furbished and much-improved center welcomes its new home inside the Benavides Building.

UST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. gave his blessings to the center last Jan. 22, which formally marked the revival of the new haven for Thomasian litterateurs.

“I decided to revive the center because I believe in its importance in molding the creative minds of students,” Dagohoy said.

The center went dormant in 2008 when the administration shut down all centers for assessment and to give way for streamlining.

YOU SACRIFICE the feeling in your hands as I squeeze, no, crush them to numbness in pain and joy.

About 12 hours ago, when I started to labor, you buzzed with anticipation and anxiety which the nurse suggested even anti-anxiety pills wouldn't be even able to restrain.

You watch the lower part of my body contort to angles you (and I) never thought I was capable of, even though I was part of the university dance troupe. Your legs tremble at the sight of the body-shaking pain I am going through. They are hard with muscle from all the training you received from your coach's rigorous exercises, but ironically, your legs suddenly fold in half.

In his signature style, National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose narrates the eye-opening, collar-gripping tale of Juan “Sunny Johnny” Bacnang in his new novel, The Feet of Juan Bacnang (Solidaridad, 2011).

As with most of his highly acclaimed works, Jose intricately loops highlights from Philippine history with his Ilokano heritage.

The novel starts with beginning of the end of the life of Bacnang as he looks back at the ups and downs of his haywire fate.

Every chapter of the novel tells of the demented encounters Bacnang faced and the filthy-rich secrets his politician father kept from everyone—except from Bacnang.

SA PAGLALAYONG mas maipakilala sa mga Tomasinong manunulat ang mga uri ng sining, isinagawa ang isang seryeng diskusyon kung saan tinalakay ang kahalagahan ng sequential art bilang isang epektibong midyum ng komunikasyon.

Naganap ang kauna-unahang “Sequential Art Project” noong ika-12 ng Enero sa audio visual room ng gusaling Beato Angelico, sa pangunguna ng Thomasians’ Writers Guild, samahan ng mga manunulat sa Unibersidad.

Ayon kay Jon Zamar, ang lumikha ng “Codename: Bathala,” ang komiks ay sumisimbulo sa malayang ekspresyon na hindi natatakot kumawala sa kumbensiyonal na pagguhit.

“Hindi nangangahulugan kung ano ang sikat at pinapaboran ay ayun na rin ang gagawin mo,” ani Zamar.

KUMUSTA na nga ba ang pagkakakilanlan ni Andres Bonifacio sa makabagong henerasyon?

Nararapat na muling kilalanin, unawain, at mahalin si Bonifacio—ito ang panukala ni Virgilio Almario, pambansang alagad ng sining, sa kaniyang aklat na “Ang Pag-ibig sa Bayan ni Andres Bonifacio” (UST Publishing House, 2012) na inilunsad kasabay sa pagdiriwang nang kamatayan ni Bonifacio noong ika-30 ng Nobyembre 2012.

Matutunghayan sa akda hindi lamang ang mga paniniwala ni Almario ukol sa kay Bonifacio bilang bayani, kundi makababasa rin ng iba’t ibang pananaw at saliksik ng mga historyador ukol dito.

KAPAKANAN ng mga mag-aaral ang unang dahilan ng pagtatayo ng mga bagong gusali sa Unibersidad.

“Taun-taon nagkakaroon ng forum ang [Central] Student Council (CSC) at ang administrators,” ani Enrique Sta. Maria, in-house architect ng Unibersidad. “The CSC serves as the student’s echo and these concerns serve as great factors that affect project proposals.”

Aniya, anumang proyektong nakasentro sa pag-unlad at pagsulong ng kapakanan ng mga mag-aaral ay 90 porsiyento at mabilis na sinasang-ayunan ng mga administrador. Samantala, ang mga pagpapaayos ng mga opisina ng mga dekano at mga guro ay tumatagal mula lima hanggang 10 na taon.