Archive for the ‘filipino art/artists’ Category

"Biyaheng Lupa" (Soliloquy), the directorial debut of acclaimed writer Armando "Bing" Lao under Quantum Films will have its world premiere at the 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival's Digital Lokal Competion on October 19. About bus passagers going to Legaspi, Albay in the Bicol region, ... Full story

Academic training has exposed Dennis ‘Sio’ Montera, initially, in creating realist-inspired nature visual artworks before he finally found his own illustrative language. On his fifth-year as an artist, he came back to Cebu City armed with a Masters degree in painting earned from University of the Philippines. Sio mounted two important solo ... Full story

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The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation is calling on young poets aged 28 and below to submit entries to the 2009 Maningning Miclat Trilingual Poetry Competition in three divisions: Filipino, English and Chinese. An entry must have at least eight but not more than 15 poems. Authors may join all the divisions but can submit only one entry in each division. All entries should be original in ... Full story

If you are an amateur or professional director, songwriter, composer, arranger or performer, join the Philippine Digital Music and Short Film Festival! Visit WWW.PHILDIGIAWARDS.COM to join and for more information. Objective: Combat piracy by introducing digital downloading of Filipino contents Give equal opportunity to Filipino artists make money while they broadcast their music and videos over the internet and ... Full story

Deadline for abstracts: November 30, 2008 Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2009 Deadline for papers: May 31, 2009 The International League of Peoples' Struggle Working Group on Teachers, Researchers, and other Education Personnel invites academics, scholars, researchers, education and social activists and progressive intellectuals to an international conference on "Education, Imperialism, and Resistance," to be held in Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan on August 10-11, 2009. It will be hosted by the International Center for Taiwan Social Studies and Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. The conference aims to bring together academics and social activists to put forward a progressive critique of imperialism and education. Full story

Xavier University- Culture and Arts Office and National Commission for Culture and the Arts will hold SULAT DULA- a basic playwriting workshop for North/ Central/ Eastern Mindanao on November 6-8, 2009 at Xavier University Board room. There are 10 slots open for young aspiring (20-35 years old) playwrights. This workshop aims at establishing a sustained playwright development in Mindanao. Full story

The DigitalFilipino.com Club is organizing a fellowship/networking event where e-commerce industry players and bloggers can catch up and exchange updates. This will be on October 23, Thursday, 6PM to 11PM at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, 1st Salinas Drive Lahug, Cebu City, PHILIPPINES. This event is sponsored by its club member PAGCOR. 6:00 - 7:00 Registration and Dinner 7:00 - 7:30 Guest introduction / plugs 7:30 - ... Full story

The Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI) is calling on allFilipino animators to submit their entries to the 2nd Animahenasyon 2008: Pinoy Animation Festival to be held on November 12-16, 2008. The 2nd Animahenasyon 2008 aims to continue to showcase original content in Philippine animation and to recognize the Filipino talent in the field of animation, aiming for local and international animation excellence and competitiveness. Full story

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2009 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library. The grand prize winner shall win a cash prize of P25,000.00, a gold medal, and an opportunity to be published. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children's Book Day in July 2009. Full story