Please confirm with the Exhibition and Education Programs Department at least 2 days before the activity date.
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1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SAVE THE DAY! Summer Docent Program
The MET Museum encourages professionals, artists, and art enthusiasts to be part of the museum team. Be involved and immersed in art. LIMITED SLOTS. FREE OF CHARGE.
There will three sessions starting on April 4 (Thursday), May 6 (Monday) and on June 3 (Monday).
To reserve please call FRALYNN MANALO at 7087829/0922.8769534 or email marketing@metmuseum.ph
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Reserve to avail COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION
Riverscapes ART WALK for children ( see poster )
(ages 10-17)
The Met Museum in partnership with Goethe-Institut welcomes children and students to the Riverscapes IN FLUX ART WALK. Experience the artworks on exhibit and interact with one of the participating artists and event facilitator Goldie Poblador.
Discover the life and issues along the river as well as concerns on climate change, disasters and protection of our environment.
Riverscapes IN FLUX is participated by 17 young artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Philippines. Artworks are varied: multimedia installations and photo series,videos and object installations. Exhibition will run until April 15 and will move to its last destination in Jakarta.
For reservation, please call 708-7829 /0922.8769534 or email: marketing@metmuseum.ph
Reserve a slot for COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION to the Art Talk.
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April 4, Thursday 3:00 pm
Riverscapes IN FLUX ART TALK
Filipino curator Claro Ramirez Jr. and Vietnamese curator Tran Luong, together with local participating artists Christina “Goldie” Poblador and Jon Romero and Nguyen The Son from Vietnam and Sutthirat Supaparinya from Thailand will highlight elements of the exhibition.
Reserve a slot for COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION to the Art Talk.
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Reflections of Culture and Landscape in Finnish Fine Art Printing Now and Before
As part of the opening reception to the exhibit, the visiting artists together with Finnish art critic Olli Romppanen will deliver a talk and lecture concentrating on the history of Finnish printmaking.
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Basic Printmaking Workshop for Children
Basic printmaking workshop for children in cooperation with Philippine Association Printmakers to be held at Philippine Association of Printmakers workshop(PAP), CCP Complex
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Lectures involving the latest in technology in art and cultural research. (3 lectures)
Polarized Microscopy in the Service of Science-Based Art Authentication.
Julian Tiongson tackles current scientific news and ideas in art objects examination and authentication.
Julian “Joe” Tongson, recently completed his Graduate Diploma Course at UST. He retired from the United States Peace Corps after serving as Associate Peace Corps Director for 18 years managing American volunteers promoting Coastal Resources Management. As Executive Director of the Haribon Foundation, he managed biodiversity projects on behalf of World Wildlife Fund, the MacArthur Foundation, World Resources Institute/IIED, the Asia Foundation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Currently, as his semi-retirement livelihood he has a laboratory dedicated to heritage forensics and is working with DLSU Physics Dept in developing the science of heritage forensics.
Recent Findings on Pre-Hispanic Gold
By: Dr. Eusebio Z. Dizon
Scientist III / Curator I, Archaeology Division
National Museum of the Philippines
Consider the jewel of our rich past, Philippine Pre-Hispanic Gold, has incessantly awed and puzzled decades of research. Explore the fascinating new discoveries as Prof. Dizon reveals intriguing findings that contribute to a much deeper understanding and appreciation of these valuable artifacts.
Conversations with Gaston Damag
Artist-sculptor Gaston Damag talks about his current work in the Philippines since his last solo exhibition in the country in 2010. A visit to his native city of Banaue last year resulted in his interviews of surviving practitioners of Ifugao deity-sculpture and traditional shaman rites, re-enforcing principles underlying his art practice.
Dr. Ana P. Labrador, Technical Advisor for Research and Museology at the National Museum of the Philippines, who has studied the artist's work and processes since 2003, directs the discussion.
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Trick ART Treat: A Museum Halloween ( see poster )
An afternoon of fun-storytelling, magic, costumes and treats-for children and parents visitors of the Met
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Artist Talk: KM1:What Remains, What Disappears ( see poster )
Photographer MM Yu and lea Eouzan with video installation artist Manny Montelibano talk about their works exhibited at open air venues at the Quezon City Memorial Circle and Intramuros.
Video Installations at the museum foyer will present previous works that will give a background to create dialogue between the Filipino and French artists. KM1 endeavors to go beyond the conventional photo/video art exhibit by inviting the audience to discover images outside traditional art venues
The director of Musee Niepce (Museum of Photography in Chalon-sur-Saone, France) Francaois Cheval joins the discussion on the curatorial process for the exhibit.
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Cartography lecture series - PART 5
Cartography in Art (Maps of the Artistic Imagination)
Venue: Tall Gallery IV
Florentina Colayco
Dean of the UP College of Fine Arts from 2006-2012
She teaches Design History and Theory, and a seminar in visual communications and studies in the graduate program. She has a graduate degree in Graphic Communications Management and Technology from the New York University. She is the founder of ArtpostAsia Inc which publishes books on Asian and Philippine culture, art, architecture and heritage.
Artists have long been inspired by maps, and many have taken to charting their own personal territories in their art. The presentation focuses on the significance of mapping in the artworks of well known artists expressing their own awareness of their life journeys through various media and imagery.
The lecture provides an overview of how contemporary artists have used maps in their works, and how these have helped with their own personal discoveries and awareness of their world.
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Cartography lecture series - PART 4
Biography of Fr. Pedro Murillo Velarde by Dr. Benito Legarda Jr.
Venue: Tall Gallery IV
Dr. Benito Legarda, Jr.
A collector of maps since 1960's.
He has written numerous articles on economics, finance, history, numismatics and Hispanic-Philippine art and church architecture. He has authored five books - After the Galleons (1999), The Hills of Sampaloc (2001), Occupation'42 (2003), Occupation: The Later Years (2007), and Eight Rizalian Miniatures (2011).
The talk will be on the biographies of the well-known Jesuit cartographer, Fr. Pedro Murillo Velarde, and the Filipino engraver Nicolas de la Cruz Bagay. His map and its influence on maps made by later cartographers will also be discussed.
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Cartography lecture series - PART 3
From Night Stars to Rocky Shoals by John Silva
Venue: Tall Gallery IV
John L. Silva
Executive Director of the Ortigas Foundation Library
The Library has an 18,000 volume collection of Filipiniana books, documents and photographs. In addition it has a collection of 300 maps from the 18 century to the present.
The lecture will trace the evolution of maps from charting lands and seas to justifying sovereignty as in the current debate over Scarborough Shoal. The talk will also touch on how maps affect issues of citizenship and the delineation of our country as an archipelago.
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Cartography lecture series - PART 2
Power, Beauty and Knowledge in Philippine Antique Maps
Venue: Tall Gallery IV
Leovino Ma. Garcia, Ph.D.
Ateneo de Manila University's first Lay Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences (1988-1994) and the first Dean of the School of Humanities (2000-2007). He was President of COMIUCAP (Conference Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie). At present, he teaches Contemporary French Philosophy at Ateneo de ManilaUniversity and at the University of Santo Tomas.
Antique maps continue to delight us because they are prized works of beauty and archives of knowledge. But more than being icons of beauty and vessels of knowledge, antique maps are coveted instruments of power.
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Cartography lecture series - PART 1
The Mapping of Philippine Provinces
Venue: Tall Gallery IV
Christian Perez
A French national and a Manila resident since 1977.
Have collected antique Philippine maps, prints and books for about 20 years.
The talk will present the history of the establishment of Philippine Provinces from the early Spanish Period to the present, and illustrate how the provinces were represented on Philippine maps.
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Lani Maestro at the Met Museum
Artist Talk on her Installation Art
Venue: Tall Gallery IV
Lani Maestro (Canadian, b in Manila, Philippines, 1957)
Lani Maestro’s art works have consistently pursued links between the concerns of Minimalist art and philosophic traditions associated with silence, emptiness or absence. She received a BFA from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in 1977 and pursued graduate studies in Fine Arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Canada in 1988.
Maestro’s recent exhibitions include site-specific projects in Canada; her rain at Centre A, Vancouver International Center for Contemporary Asian Art, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, and The Forgetting of Air at the Darling Foundry in Montreal, Canada (2010-2011). Her work has been shown internationally and has been represented in the 9thSharjah Biennale (2009), Tempo au tempo at the MARCO, Vigo, Spain (2007) Shanghai Biennial in China (2000), 11th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (1998), 5th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (1997), Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia (1997) and Crossings at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa (1998).
Maestro’s expanded art practice also includes engagement in art publishing, teaching and running an exhibition space in Montreal. In 1990, she began a collaborative project with artist-writer Stephen Horne and together, they founded Harbour Magazine of Art and Everyday Life, a journal of artworks and writings by artists, critics and theorists. This project expanded intoGalerie Burning, an itinerant exhibition space in Montreal and later initiated Burning Editions, which continues to publish artist’s books. For ten years, she conducted graduate seminars in the MFA program at Concordia University in Montreal and taught studio courses at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and The University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.
Lani Maestro has been a recipient of numerous art awards including the CCP Thirteen Awards in 1977 and the SegundaBienaldela Habana Prize in Cuba in 1985. She lives and works in France and Canada.
This forum received support from the Embassy of France to the Philippines in cooperation with MO_Space.
For more details, please call the Marketing Department at 708-7829 / 0922.8769533.
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Cenaculo
Picture History of Pasay ( see poster )
Lecture fee: (Undergraduate student - Php250 , Guests - Php500)
Edgar Granada
Creative Consultant for Tourism of Pasay City
Board member of the Pasay City Tourism and Cultural Development, Inc.
Catch the last few days of "One Day in the City: Pasay" before it closes at the end of this month. The show is a photographic exhibit that depicts facets of the urban fabric and the experience of city dwellers as seen through the eyes of student photographers from the De la Salle College of Saint Benilde AB Photography Program.
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Usapang Sining
Panayam sa Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan ( see poster )
Lecture fee: (Undergraduate student - Php250 , Guests - Php500)
G. Eduardo Mutuc
Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan (2005)
Sa pagtatapos ng Buwan ng Sining, inaanyayahan ng Metropolitan Museum of Manila ang lahat sa USAPANG SINING, isang pakikipanayam kay G. Eduardo Mutuc, na tumanggap ng pagkilala ng GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN noong 2005.
Ang kanyang husay sa larangan ng gawang-metal o metalworks ay nagpapakita ng pagkadalubhasa dala ng taon ng karanasan at ang patuloy na pagtuklas ng mga inobasyon sa kanyang sining.
Ang kanyang mga likha ay nagpapalamuti sa maraming simbahan sa buong bansa. Taglay ng kanyang mga likha ang mga relihiyosong representasyon at paglalarawan na siya naming tinutuklas ng eksibisyong IKON, Iconography na kasalukuyang nakatanghal sa Museo.
Ito ay eksibisyong tumutuklas sa mga simbolo at iba pang banal na paglalarawan na makikita sa mga Russian Icons mula sa koleksiyon ng PCGG at mula sa mga piling relihiyosong pinta mula sa ika-18 at ika-19 na siglo mula naman sa koleksiyon ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Ilalahad ni G. Mutuc ang kanyang karanasan bilang isang manlilikhang-sining kasabay ng pagpapakita ng mga pangunahing pamamaraan sa pagbuo ng isang likhang sining sa metal.
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December 10, 2011 - 2:00pm
Etched by Acid x 100
Lecture-Demo on Printmaking
Entrance fee: Php100
Ambie Abaño talks on the art of printmaking with particular focus on international practice, using Picasso's Suite Vollard as an example. Ambie will explain the intaglio technique used by Picasso in the creation of the collection.
The lecture will be followed by a demonstration of the process to be conducted by Benjamin Torrado Cabrera and Angelo Magno.
Ms. Ambie Abaño
President - Philippine Association of Printmakers Inc.
Faculty - University of the Philippines - College of Fine Arts
As an Architect, Ambie Abaño abandoned the practice in favor of being a visual artist which, to her, is an inherent responsiveness to what she considers a calling. From being a painter, her shifting to printmaking brought her to a passionate encounter with and exploration of the medium which led to the creation of portraits and figures in sculptures, mixed media works and installations, always originating from traditional printmaking techniques. Rather than holding an expression captive, her portraits insists upon the phenomena on which the moment the person comes forth as an individual. (Siddharta Perez)
Among her achievements include the Grand Prize in the Painting Category in the Art Association of the Philippines Open Art Competition in 1987 and the Grand Prize in the Philippine Art Awards in 2006. She is the first recipient of the Alliance Française de Manille - Philippine Artist Residency Program which brought her to Paris for a three-month residency for further training in color viscosity and various intaglio techniques at Atelier La Taille Douce.. She is also a grantee of the Asian Cultural Council for a six-month artist's residency in New York where she will train in lithography at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in 2012.
Abaño is presently President of the Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc. and a faculty member at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts where she is pursuing her Masters in Fine Arts Degree. She constantly conduct printmaking workshops along with her colleagues in PAP and is actively involved in organizing art related projects, particularly projects that that advocate the promotion of printmaking in the Philippines.
Museum admission fee includes participation to the lecture-demo. To reserve a slot please contact 708-7829 or 708-7827.
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December 03, 2011 - 2:00pm
Meet Spanish Photographer Txema Salvans
A Mini-Workshop on Photography
Admission is Free
Considered as one of the leading contemporary Spanish photographers, Txema Salvans (Barcelona, 1971) will give a mini-workshop on photography wherein he will showcase his own photographs and the ideas behind him. Salvans received the Best Spanish Photography Book Award for Nice To Meet You during the 2005 PhotoEspana Awards, a volume filled with snapshots of his travels along the Mediterranean coast. Documenting Spanish popular culture: the summer holidays, urban speculation, consumerism and the new ways of leisure.
Txema Salvans is one of the 15 photographers featured in the exhibit Photo By Photo - A Portrait of Spain.
The exhibit will run until January 15, 2011 at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila.
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August 19, 2011 - 9:00am
JAPAN (Kingdom of Characters) Lecture Series Part 3
History and Context of Characters
Entrance fee: Php100
While the exhibit focuses of the emergence of characters in modern Japanese history, this talk will attempt to trace the history of how Japanese people became interested in characters. Furthermore, the lecture will elaborate on the historical contexts of Japanese people's attraction to said characters.
Dr. Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua
Acting Director
Japanese Studies Program
Ateneo de Manila University
He is a graduate of A.B. Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology/History track) from the Ateneo de Manila University. He finished his Masters in Japanese Studies from the National University of Singapore with a thesis on Komik Strips during the Japanese Occupation Period in the Philippines. He took his Doctorate in Social Science from Hitotsubashi University last 2010 with his dissertation on How Foreigners are represented in Children's Magazines during Showa period Japan (1930's - 1950's). He is currently an Assistant Professor of the History Department and Acting Director of the Japanese Studies Program of the Ateneo de Manila University.
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August 12, 2011 - 2:00pm
JAPAN (Kingdom of Characters) Lecture Series Part 2
Visual Syntagma of Japan's Manga
Entrance fee: Php100
This talk will be a discussion on the visual structure of Japanese Manga and attempts to discuss it's visual narrative construct in visual semantics, syntax and pragmatics. History, characters, themes and narrative patterns are also examined.
Prof. Romanlito S. Austria
College of Fine Arts
University of the Philippines
Prof. Austria is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Visual Communication and Design at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts where he also finished Fine Arts major in Visual Communication. He received scholarship grants from the Japanese Government Monbusho Ministry of Education; as a research student at the Faculty of Visual Communication and Design in 1996 and as a delegate to the Intensive Japanese Language Course for International Students in 1995 at the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. He was also a participant of TENRANKAI, an art exhibition of former Filipino Japanese Monbusho scholars held at the GSIS museum. In 2009 he was granted the Ignacio Villamor Professorial Chair.
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July 29, 2011 - 2:00pm
JAPAN (Kingdom of Characters) Lecture Series Part 1
Monuments & Mascots: The Aesthetics of Kawaiisa (Cuteness) in Japanese Culture
Entrance fee: Php100
This lecture attempts to surface the cultural, economic and political roots of the Japanese interest and obsession with objects perceived as "cute". It will also discuss the presence of manga and anime characters as an indication of Japan being composed of cultures rather than culture.
Prof. Tito Genova Valiente
Japanese Studies
Ateneo de Manila University
Prof. Valiente is a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University teaching Japanese Cinema and Japanese Arts under the Japanese Studies Program. He was the recipient of the Sumitomo Foundation Research Grant for his research entitled Transnationalization, Acculturation and Negotiation: A Review of the Histories of Collaboration Between Japanese and Filipino Artists and the Creation of Art and Cultural Spaces From 2003-2008. He was co-editor for the book Transnationalizing Culture of Japan in Asia. Dramas, Musics , Arts and Agencies launched in 2009 for the Second International Conference of the Japanese Studies Association in Southeast Asia. He co-authored the study Beyond Geographies: Okinawan Culture and Identities in the Japanese State and Other Spaces and is presently working with Japanese anthropologist Dr. Hiroko Nagai as co-editor for the book Memories, Monuments and Media: Representations of Conflicts and Creation of Histories in Asia.
Prof. Valiente is also the resident Art and Media Critic of Business Mirror.
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