Philippine Arts Festival 2007 Events

EVENTS:
Philippine Arts Festival 2007

Ani ng Sining: Yaman ng Lahi Launch at the NCCA and Intramuros Administration
An event organized for the media, LGUs, schools and other agencies, on February 1, 2007 at the NCCA and Intramuros Administration. The program will formally open Ani ng Sining at NCCA, as its convener and will have two components; a parade of bands and convergence of people at Plaza San Ignacio. An opening ritual will be held at the NCCA followed by an interactive activity in the afternoon.

Ani ng Sining: Yaman ng Lahi Philippine Arts Festival 2007 Launchings at Three Ceremonial Centers:
Ani ng Sining : Yaman ng Lahi Philippine Arts Festival 2007will be launched simultaneously in 3 major sites in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao on Saturday, February 3, 2007. Chosen as ceremonial centers are Malolos, Bulacan for Luzon, Cebu City for Visayas and Cagayan De Oro for Mindanao. The Cultural Center of the Philippines will launch Ani ng Sining at the NCR in their own program "PASINAYA"on February 4, Sunday, whole day.

Ani ng Sining Events in NCR :
Pistahan sa mga Lungsod ng NCR
Art events will be showcased in the following cities within NCR ; Caloocan City, Marikina City, Teatro (Valenzuela City), Pasig City, Muntinlupa City and Las Piñas City.

Ugnayan sa Intramuros
This event will feature talents of different performing groups of the six (6) schools/colleges within Intramuros namely; Lyceum, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila High School, Mapua Institute, Pamantasan Lungsod ng Maynila, and Colegio de Sta. Rosa. Creative and relevant performances will provide the students opportunity to interact.

Ani ng Sining at NCCA
Special events will be held at the NCCA lobby or auditorium every Monday and Friday for the month of February 2007. This will be done in partnership with different cultural agencies and Intramuros Administration. The event will include exhibitions, film showings, dance, and music performances.

Ani ng Sining sa Gusaling Pamahalaan ng Bansa
NCCA will implement activities in support of the National Arts Month in different government offices, bringing people in government closer the best of Filipino art and providing opportunities for the general public to access these performances and exhibits at the Malacañang, House of Representatives, Senate and Supreme Court.

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FLAGSHIP PROJECTS:
Philippine Arts Festival 2007

Committee on Literary Arts:
Pagpupugay sa mga Pambansang
Alagad ng Sining sa Literatura
Various performances will feature the works of National Artists.

Feb. 5 - Ang Kuwento sa Pilipinas ni Dr. B. Lumbera
- Lipa, Batangas

Feb. 10- Poetry in the Philippines ni Dr. E. Tiempo
- Cebu City

Feb. 17- Essay in the Philippines ni Dr. A. Roces
- Iligan

Feb. 24- The Fiction in the Philippines ni G. F. S. Jose
- Pangasinan

Feb. 24- Ang Tula sa Pilipinas ni V. Almario.
- Mindoro Oriental

Committee on Visual Arts:
WEB Sining: Digital Art Competition 2007
"Contesting Traditions"
Continuing project utilizing the digital technology in developing and honing talents of visual artists. The digital art competition has three categories: Still, Animated and Software Art. As a nationwide competition, websining continues to promote positive discussion on key national issues through a series of KURO Satellite Forums. Visit the WebSining website for dates and venues of KURO satellites in your region.

Committee on Architecture:
Building Modernity: A Century of Architecture and Allied Designs in the Philippines
An exhibition at the Museum of the Filipino People, National Museum will feature architectural landmarks of modernity as emblematic of larger tendencies, movements, and directions that have shaped the 20th century architectural culture in the Philippines.

Committee on Cinema:
CINE PARES
A month long film festival that will be premiered at the NCCA Auditorium, hosted by Philippine Independent Filmmakers Multi-purpose Coorperative.

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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL :
Philippine Arts Festival 2007

February is National Arts Month
Begun in 1991 through Presidential Proclamation No. 683, the National Arts Month activities are spearheaded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, or NCCA, which is the country's premier government institution for arts and culture.

The People
Every year, the NCCA works hand in hand with arts and culture organizations, government agencies, local government units, educational institutions, business establishments and individuals in holding various initiatives in the arts.Now on its seventeenth year, the National Arts Month celebration titled Philippine Arts Festival with the theme " Ani ng Sining" Yaman ng Lahi has evolved from Manila-centered activities, to a truly national event with key activities in all three major island groups, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. Involving hundreds of artists from different disciplines of arts and reaching thousands of people from all walks of life and all over the world.

The Logo
The central image of the design, the smooth, stylized rice stalk, alludes to the rice harvest as metaphor for art harvest, a product of creative processes that express the dreams, aspirations and ideals of the Filipino artist.

The flame represents the NCCA’s mission of supporting arts in the Philippines, the rice stalk bearing the seven grains represents the seven arts. The bright colors evoke the festive mood which the Philippine Arts Festival intends to occasion; the color of the rice grains symbolize the abundance and excellence of Filipino artistry.

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Philippine Arts Festival 2007
Ani ng Sining, Yaman ng Lahi
Philippine Arts Festival Secretariat
633 General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila 1002
Tel. Nos: 527-2192 • 527-2202 Fax: 527-2191 • 527-2194
Email Address: info@ncca.gov.ph

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For more information on Philippine Arts Festival 2007, visit
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/paf/index.html