ALAY KULAY:
Sining Handog sa Kapwa at
Kalikasan
The onslaught of Typhoon Gener has
devastated many parts of the Southern Tagalog region. The National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council reports that 37,000 families or 180,000
people in the region were affected by Typhoon Gener.
Still beginning to recuperate from the
devastation left by the typhoon, torrential rains caused by the southwest
monsoon (Habagat) further afflicted Southern Tagalog communities, particularly,
those along the coastal areas and the riverside. This has increased the number
of flood victims to 76,000 families, mostly from the provinces of Laguna,
Rizal, and some parts of Cavite and Batangas. Relief operations, medical
missions, and feeding programs set for the victims of Typhoon Gener had to be
extended and expanded to accommodate communities now suffering the brunt of the
resulting deluge.
“ALAY KULAY: Sining Handog sa Kapwa at
Kalikasan”, an art exhibit for the benefit of Habagat victims in Southern
Tagalog, was conceptualized when a group of visual artists based in Batangas
approached Southern Tagalog Serve the People Corps (STP Corps) and Kalikasan
Partylist Southern Tagalog (Kalikasan-ST) during one of its relief missions in
the province. Jen Romulo, one of the artists mentioned other artists who are willing
to sell their workS, pledging to donate part of the proceeds to the operations
of STP Corps and Kalikasan-ST.
Soon enough, Southern Tagalog cultural
organizations, Artists’ Arrest and Southern Tagalog eXposure, and the
Redemptorist Seminary, are helping out to organize and co-sponsor the art
exhibit as more artists continue to express their interest in joining the
cause.
SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES
OPENING OF ALAY KULAY ART EXHIBIT
St. Clement’s Missionary,
Mariposa St., Cubao, Quezon City
September
9, 2012, Sunday, 4:00 PM
2:00 PM Start of the
on-the-spot mural painting
4:00 PM Ribbon-cutting
Environmental
discussions
5:00 PM Solidarity night
Poetry
reading
Musical
performances
Film
showing
Mural
presentation
With
performances from:
Danny Fabella
5 Year Plan
The Axel Pinpin Propaganda Machine
Jeff Pagaduan
Kilometer 64 Poetry
The Prolets
Karl Ramirez
5 Year Plan
The Axel Pinpin Propaganda Machine
Jeff Pagaduan
Kilometer 64 Poetry
The Prolets
Karl Ramirez
Triangle Trauma
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Art exhibit runs until October 9
ARTISTS’ PROFILE
JOSEPH “OTEP” ABLAY
Known as “Otep” to friends, family and
art patrons, he has honed his talent since childhood. It started out as a hobby
until he became serious about his art when he reached his teenage years. He
joined several church and community competitions where he won major prizes.
This has inspired him to pursue his inclination to arts, particularly, visual
arts painting.
Otep joined several art exhibits and had
his works displayed in cafes, private and public offices as well as art
institutions both local and abroad. He is a member of Sining Binhi Philippines,
Laya Sining, Munting Guhit, Filipino Visual Artists Association, and Art
Association of the Philippines.
Recent art exhibits: 2011 – SSS Art
Gallery, Quezon City (“Ang Sining at Manggagawa”) • 2009 – SSS Art Gallery,
Quezon City (“Sining Lakas Yaman ng Bayan”) • 2008 – San Miguel Building,
Ortigas Center (“Drink to Life”) • 2007 – NEDA, Amorsolo St., Makati City (“Art
for National Development”)
DANTE PALMES
Dante Palmes graduated with a degree in
Fine Arts major in Advertising from the Philippine Women’s University. Since
then, he has started pursuing a prolific career as a visual artists. He has
held six solo art exhibits and has participated in 72 group art exhibits in the
Philippines.
Some of his recent acclaimed works won
major prizes from Pagsanjan Bangkero Festival National Painting Competition in
March 2012, Fernando Amorsolo Mentor and Apprentice National Art Competition,
and GSIS Art Competition.
He has successfully organized one-man
art exhibits and group art exhibits such as the “Golden Stroke”—IRRI’s 50th
Anniversary Special Art Exhibition in 2010, the “Autumn Rain” Festival of Art
in 2007, and the 108th Independence Day Art and Photo Exhibit in Damman, Saudi
Arabia in 2006. He is also a frequent participant in several art workshops,
on-the-spot painting sessions, photography workshops and expeditions.
Dante Palmes uses oil on canvas, acrylic
and watercolor in his paintings. His style is paradoxically inspired by both
impressionism and realism movements. He often depicts nature, realistic
subjects including human figures, portraits, still life and
non-representational abstractions in his paintings.
RITCHE YEE
Ritche Yee began as an illustrator of an
editorial magazine in high school, and a cartoonist of the same magazine in
college. He joined and consistently won various competitions in his province of
Agusan del Norte.
He graduated with a degree in Commerce
major in Marketing but he realized soon that he could only be at his best in
the field of visual arts. He then attended various art workshops to enhance his
knowledge and skills until he began his apprenticeship to renowned visual
artist, Hermes Alegre from 2002 to 2003, followed by his apprenticeship with
internationally acclaimed artist, Luis “Junyee” Yee, Jr. from 2008 to 2012.
Ritche Yee is now preparing for his
first major solo exhibit. He believes that his art is inspired by his various
inclinations such as music and his own fascination with life’s misadventures
based on his own personal crises and political views. He is known for his
so-called dark impressionism which people tend to view as apocalyptic and horrifying.
Some of his recents works appeared in
group exhibitions such as “REBELASYON” at Sining Makiling Art Gallery, UP Los
Baños in June 2012, and “Too Young to Die, Too Old to Rock and Roll” at
Galleria de Las Islas, Intramuros in August 2012.
EMIL YAP
Emil Yap is a Filipino visual artist
widely known for his murals, installations, and public art. A pioneer in tubao
paintings and the promotion and incorporation of baybayin in his art. His works
are recognized for their uniqueness and intensity, and are strongly influenced
by social realism artistic movement and eastern art.
In 1994, Emil Yap was selected as a
grant artist for alternative public art of the Puffin Foundation in the United
States. He was also one of the commisioned artist for Suntec City, Singapore in
1995.
Aside from making art, Emil Yap also
teaches visual, creative, alternative and indigenous arts to children,
out-of-school youth, and prisoners. Since 1992, he has developed alternative
eastern based art workshops for the youth.
At present, he is developing new forms
of experimental arts and installations in conjunction with his new group called
Ugnayan. Together, they do research, conduct interactions, and discuss styles,
concepts and development in Philippine arts.
Recent solo exhibits: 2011 –
(“Singkwenta: Ingkognitong Tigpaw ng Panibugho”) St. Clement’s Missionary,
Mariposa St., Cubao, Quezon City • 2010 – (“Katarsis ng mga Takas”) Café
Trapiche, Brgy. Malinis, Lemery, Batangas • 2007— (“Katarsis 1”) Museum of
Courage and Resistance, Cubao, Quezon City • 2006 – (“Panibugho ng mga Takas”)
Alona Galeria, Murphy, Cubao, Quezon City
EDGAR "EGAI" TALUSAN FERNANDEZ
Egai Fernandez is a 1993 artist awardee
of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He studied Fine Arts major in
Advertising at the College of Music and Fine Arts of the Philippine Women’s
University.
Among other artist accolades he received
include the 2006 award for painting granted by the City of Manila. He used to
serve as the president of the Art Association of the Philippines, and head of
the Committee on Visual Arts of the National Commission on Culture and Arts
(NCCA) in 2007-2010.
At present, he is the secretary-general
of the Intramuros Visual Artists, Philippines, a consultant curator for the
NCCA, and the vice president of FILVADRO, a copyright collecting organization
for visual arts.
OTHER ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBIT:
FR. TEODIE
HOLAGADO, CSSR, and JENIFER ROMULO
ALAY KULAY IS ORGANIZED BY:
SOUTHERN TAGALOG SERVE THE PEOPLE CORPS
KALIKASAN PARTYLIST SOUTHERN TAGALOG
ARTISTS’ ARREST
SOUTHERN TAGALOG EXPOSURE
REDEMPTORIST SEMINARY