Nominations Now Open for 2012 Ateneo Art Awards: Sneak Peek

The Ateneo Art Gallery is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Ateneo Art Awards.

Established in 2004 in honor of its founding benefactor Fernando Zobel de Ayala (1924-1984), whose support of young Filipino visual artists left an indelible mark in Philippine art history, the Ateneo Art Awards are given to Filipino visual artists below the age of 36 for outstanding work in an exhibition between 2 May of the previous year and 1 May of the current year.

As the Ateneo Art Awards gears up for a milestone, the ninth year takes the theme “Sneak Peak”. This anticipatory stance as we approach a peak in the history of the awards, serves not as a statement of fact, but a call for introspection. The contemporary Philippine art scene is as dynamic as ever and the world is taking notice. With the overwhelming recognition, we are called back to the core to reminisce, to hope and to work anew.

Nominations are accepted from visual artists, curators, museum and gallery directors, members of the present and former juries, art educators and art writers. Nomination forms are available at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City; at Casa Gorodo Museum, Cebu City; or from the websitewww.ateneoartgallery.org

From all the nominees, 12 exhibits/ artworks will be shortlisted and on 09 August 2012, 3 will be declared winners. The artists who created the winning exhibitions/ artworks will be invited to apply for the international residency grants funded by the Ateneo Art Gallery and its partner institutions Common Room Networks Foundation in Bandung, Indonesia; Artesan Gallery in Singapore; La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo, Australia; Art Omi in New York; and Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool, UK.

All nominations must be received at the Ateneo Art Gallery before 5pm on 31 May 2012. For more information, please contact Ian Carlo Jaucian at +632 4266488 or mobile +639178878956 or email ijaucian@ateneo.edu. Exhibition of the works of the artists short-listed for the Awards will be at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong City from 3 August - 13 August 2012.

The Ateneo Art Awards is presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, Shangri-La Plaza, Metro Society, Y-style of the Philippine Star, and the New York Art Project, funded by Marcel Crespo.

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2011 Ateneo Art Awards Shortlist

The Ateneo Art Gallery, widely recognized as the country's first modern art museum, is pleased to announce the 12 artists short-listed for the Ateneo Art Awards 2011: Anatomy of Autonomy. They are:

Renato Barja Jr.
The Jungle and the Rain
Solo Exhibition
Blanc Compound
15 January - 5 February 2011

Frank Callaghan
River of Our Dreams
Solo Exhibition
Manila Contemporary
2 - 24 October 2010

Olivia d'Aboville
New Frontiers: Olivia d'Aboville Chasm of Fantasies
Solo Exhibition
Ayala Museum
15 July - 12 September 2010

Kawayan de Guia
Bomba
Solo Exhibition
Jorge Vargas Museum
15 June - 18 December 2010

Bembol dela Cruz
House Blend
Solo Exhibition
Blanc Compound
9 - 30 April 2011

Nona Garcia
Fractures
Solo Exhibition
West Gallery
27 July to 14 August 2010

Sam Kiyoumarsi
Inalienable Dreamless
Solo Exhibition
Lost Projects
16 March - 20 April 2011

Tatong Recheta Torres
Make My Day!
Solo Exhibition
Yarn Factory Art Projects, Tochigi Japan (Second Life SIM)
21 June 2010 onwards

Maria Taniguchi
Echo Studies
Solo Exhibition
Jorge Vargas Museum
30 March to 28 May 2011

Rodel Tapaya
Simple Depictions
Group Exhibition
Alliance Francaise de Manille Total Gallery
25 November - 16 December 2010

MM Yu
Waste Not Want Not
Solo Exhibition
Finale Video Room, Finale Art File
7 - 30 May 2010

Maria Jeona Zoleta
Sure Sure, Happy Happy, Picture Picture
Solo Exhibition
20 Square (SLab)
7 - 31 July 2010

Established in 2004 to honor the memory of its founding benefactor Fernando Zobel de Ayala (1924-1984), whose support of young Filipino visual artists left an indelible mark in Philippine art history, the Ateneo Art Awards are given to Filipino visual artists below the age of 36 for outstanding works in an exhibition between 2 May 2010 and 1 May 2011.

On its eighth year, the Ateneo Art Awards takes the theme "Anatomy of Autonomy," dissecting and surveying artistic thought in the contemporary Philippine art scene. Unbound by any cultural, social, academic or even aesthetic dogma, the creative spirit of young Filipino visual artists is duly recognized.

From the 12 shortlisted exhibitions/artworks, 3 are chosen as winners. The winning artists are then invited to apply for international residency grants funded by the Ateneo Art Gallery and its partner institutions: Common Room Networks Foundation in Bandung, Indonesia, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo, Australia, Artesan Gallery in Singapore, Art Omi in New York, USA and Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

The Ateneo Art Awards are presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, Shangri-la Plaza, SMART, Metro Society, Y-style of the Philippine Star, and the New York Art Project, funded by Marcel Crespo.

The works of the short-listed artists will be exhibited at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza, Edsa corner Shaw Boulevard from 5-15 August 2011 and at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Level 2 Rizal Library Special Collections Building, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City from 20 August – 10 September 2011. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 11 August 2011, 5:30pm at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-La Plaza. For more information, please contact Ian Jaucian, Ateneo Art Awards Project Coordinator, at 426-6488 or email ijaucian@ateneo.edu, or visit our website http://ateneoartgallery.org/.

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Ateneo Art Awards 2010 Exhibit

Ateneo Art Awards 2010 Exhibit (6 August 2010-16 August 2010)

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2010 Ateneo Art Awards Call For Nominations

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2010 ATENEO ART AWARDS: SHATTERING STATES

On its fiftieth anniversary, the Ateneo Art Gallery announces that "Shattering States" has been selected as the theme of this year's Ateneo Art Awards, in response to the museum’s
pioneering efforts in championing the cause of modernism in the country.

Traversing the range and scale of art practice, the 2010 edition of the Awards actively underscores the transgressive nature of artists, and resists the tendency to nurture ideas of stasis or permanence that usually accompany milestone celebrations. Ceaselessly challenging traditional media forms, this year presents an explosive array of artists whose works in one way or another hybridize manifestations that delineate and define the
cutting edge.

Beyond the parameters of the object and its creator, "Shattering States" is also an ongoing reflection about time and place: a mental mapping of links that connect local and global concerns. As Philippine society finds itself yet again at the crossroads, art ultimately harnesses and realizes the potential of the imagination to create a wishing space that will
effectuate lasting change.

The Ateneo Art Awards are given to Filipino visual artists below the age of 36 for
outstanding works in an exhibition between 2 May 2009 and 1 May 2010. Nominations are accepted from visual artists, curators, museum and gallery directors, members of the present and former juries, art educators and art writers. Nomination forms are available at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City; at Casa Gorodo Museum, Cebu City; or from the website http://gallery.ateneo.edu

All nominations must be received at the Ateneo Art Gallery before 5 pm on 31 May 2010. For more information, please contact Ian Carlo Jaucian at +6324266488 or mobile +639178878956 or email ijaucian@ateneo.edu. Exhibition of the works of the artists short-listed for the Awards will be at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong City from 6 August - 16 August 2010.

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Ateneo Art Awards 2010 Call for Nominations

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2010 ATENEO ART AWARDS: SHATTERING STATES

On its fiftieth anniversary, the Ateneo Art Gallery announces that "Shattering States" has been selected as the theme of this year's Ateneo Art Awards, in response to the museum’s
pioneering efforts in championing the cause of modernism in the country.

Traversing the range and scale of art practice, the 2010 edition of the Awards actively underscores the transgressive nature of artists, and resists the tendency to nurture ideas of stasis or permanence that usually accompany milestone celebrations. Ceaselessly challenging traditional media forms, this year presents an explosive array of artists whose works in one way or another hybridize manifestations that delineate and define the
cutting edge.

Beyond the parameters of the object and its creator, "Shattering States" is also an ongoing reflection about time and place: a mental mapping of links that connect local and global concerns. As Philippine society finds itself yet again at the crossroads, art ultimately harnesses and realizes the potential of the imagination to create a wishing space that will
effectuate lasting change.

The Ateneo Art Awards are given to Filipino visual artists below the age of 36 for
outstanding works in an exhibition between 2 May 2009 and 1 May 2010. Nominations are accepted from visual artists, curators, museum and gallery directors, members of the present and former juries, art educators and art writers. Nomination forms are available at the Ateneo Art Gallery , Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue , Loyola Heights , Quezon City ; at Casa Gorodo Museum , Cebu City ; or from the website http://gallery.ateneo.edu

All nominations must be received at the Ateneo Art Gallery before 5 pm on 31 May 2010. For more information, please contact Ian Carlo Jaucian at +6324266488 or mobile +639178878956 or emailijaucian@ateneo.edu. Exhibition of the works of the artists short-listed for the Awards will be at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Shaw Blvd , Mandaluyong City from 6 August - 16 August 2010.

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2009 Ateneo Art Awards : The Next Wave

2009 Ateneo Art Awards : The Next Wave

at the Grand Atrium, Shangri-la Plaza

Awards night 13 August 2009, 6pm
Grand Atrium Shangri-la Plaza

Exhibition 7 - 17 August 2009
Grand Atrium, Shangri-la Plaza

24 August - 19 September 2009
Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University

Shortlisted Artists: Martha Atienza, Allan Balisi, Ringo Bunoan, Joey Cobcobo, Kiri Dalena, Kidlat de Guia, Christina Dy, Patricia Eustaquio, Jan Leeroy New, Goldie Poblador, Pam Yan Santos, Michelline Syjuco

The Ateneo Art Awards are presented by : Ateneo Art Gallery, Shangri-la Plaza, Unionbank, Metro Society, and Ystyle of the Philippine Star

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2009 Ateneo Art Awards Contemporary Art Lecture: Remembering Al Manrique

The Ateneo Art Gallery remembers ALFREDO "AL" MANRIQUE (1949-2006) through the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards Contemporary Art Lecture: Remembering Al Manrique on Wednesday, 29 July 2009 at 430 pm.

Alfredo "Al "Manrique was an artist, activist, digital pioneer and founding member of e@rt Philippines. He was an original member of the 70s Social Realists. Having trained as an architect at the University of Santo Tomas, he became an outstanding photographer, printmaker and became one of the earliest Filipino visual artists, in 1982, to explore digital media and cyberspace. He was also an activist who gave his skills and time to various cause-oriented NGOs and was a founding member of e@philippines inc, a community of digital art practitioners.

He is represented in the Ateneo Art Gallery by several works: the iconic "Bunong Balikat," 1978, oil on canvas; "Pagpanaw ni Ama," 1982, etching and aquatint; "Harvest", 1983, oil on canvas; and a series of 32 laser prints, 1983, which were the first works rendered via computer media to be included in the permanent collection of a major Philippine museum.

Malou Lauzon Manrique, the artist's wife will give an introduction to the life of Al while Al's friend and artist Jose Tence Ruiz will speak about Manrique's pioneering work in digital art. On this occasion other artist-friends will share Al's inspiring life's lessons.

For more information, please call Ian Jaucian at 4266488 or email him at ijaucian@ateneo.edu.

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12 Artists Short-Listed for 2009 Ateneo Art Awards

12 ARTISTS SHORT-LISTED FOR 2009 ATENEO ART AWARDS: THE NEXT WAVE

The Ateneo Art Gallery along with presenters Shangri-La Plaza , Unionbank, Metro Society, YStyle of the Philippine Star, and sponsors Smart Communications and the Lifestyle Network are pleased to announce the twelve artists short-listed for the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards. The artists were chosen for their outstanding exhibitions over the past year from among over a hundred nominations received during the initial judging held on 8 June 2009.

The short-listed artists are:
Martha Atienza for Man in Suit, 1 - 22 April 2009, Green Papaya Art Projects
Alan Balisi for Spacing Out, 8 - 29 September 2008, Blanc Compound
Ringo Bunoan for Archiving Roberto Chabet, 3 March - 4 April 2009, Vargas Museum
Joey Cobcobo for 8 Printmakers, 8 - 30 September 2008, Avellana Art Gallery
Kiri Dalena for Keeping the Faith, 13 November 2008 - 4 April 2009, Lopez Memorial Museum
Kidlat De Guia for Sleeping White Elephants, 7 - 30 June 2008, Galleria Duemila
Christina Dy for Soaplands, 25 July - 30 August 2008, CCP
Patricia Eustaquio for Death to the Major Viva Minor, 16 October - 22 November 2008, SLab
Jan Leeroy New for Terratoma II (War of the Worlds) in Singapore Biennale 2008,11 September – 16 November 2008, Singapore City Hall
Goldie Poblador for The Perfume Bar: Collected Memories and Ephemeral Representations in Thesis Exhibition, 24 March - 3 April 2009, Corredor Gallery, UP Diliiman
Pam Yan Santos for Like, 3 - 24 November 2008, Blanc Compound
Michelline Syjuco for Armadillon, 8 August - 8 October 2008, Mag:net Gallery

This year's crop truly embodies the theme of this year's Awards, The Next Wave, with its selection of diverse and contemporary art practices ranging from installation, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture signifying the innovative spirit of this prestigious contemporary art prize. With the exception of Christina Dy, all the short-listed artists are first-time nominees.

From among the twelve artists, three will be chosen as recipients of the Awards. The Jury will be meeting to determine the three winners on 29 June 2009. The results will be revealed during the Awards ceremony on 13 August 2009 at the Grand Atrium, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City in the midst of an exhibition of the short-listed artists' works that will be on show from 7 - 17 August 2009.

For more information, please contact Amanda Legasto, Project Coordinator
for the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards at 4260088/09176283362 or email alegasto@ateneo.edu.

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Final Call For Nominations - 2009 Ateneo Art Awards

The Ateneo Art Gallery would like to announce the final call for nominations for the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards. Nominations are on-going, and will close on 1 June 2009 at 5pm. Nomination forms are available at the Ateneo Art Gallery and can also be downloaded at http://gallery ateneo.edu. All entries must be accompanied by the necessary visual documentation and received at the following address:

Ateneo Art Gallery
Ground Floor, Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City Philippines 1108

For more information, please contact, Amanda Legasto, 2009 Ateneo Art Awards Project Coordinator at 4266488 or alegasto@ateneo.edu.

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2007 Ateneo Art Awards Winners Announced

2007 ATENEO ART AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The 2007 Ateneo Art Awards, the country's premier contemporary art prize,
were conferred on three young Filipino visual artists for their
outstanding contribution to the definition and development of modern and
contemporary Philippine art at a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent on
8 August 2007 following the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards exhibition at the
North Court, Power Plant Mall from 2 - 7 August 2007.

The three winners are Lyle Buencamino for the exhibition "A Bowtie for
John Lyle" at Mag:net ABS, Wawi Navarroza for the exhibition "Saturnine:
A Collection of Portraits, Creatures, Glass & Shadow" at the Silverlens
Gallery and MM Yu for the exhibition "Thoughts Collected, Recollected" at
Finale Art Gallery.

The winners were also each bestowed with the Ateneo Art Gallery
International Studio Residency Grant, the only program of its kind
organized by a Philippine cultural institution. Buencamino received the
Ateneo Art Gallery - La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia Residency
Grant, Navorroza the Ateneo Art Gallery - Artesan Gallery Singapore
Residency Grant and Yu the Ateneo Art Gallery - Common Room Bandung,
Indonesia Residency Grant. It provides them with roundtrip airfare,
allowance, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, as well as an
invitation to exhibit at their respective host venues.

The other artists short-listed for the awards were Racquel de Loyola,
Bembol dela Cruz, Nona Garcia, Winner Jumalon, Yasmin Sison, Jay Ticar,
Mac Valdezco and Jevijoe Vitug.

The theme for this year's exhibition, Global/Vernacular, is recognition
and credence, acknowledging Philippine art has its own nuances yet
believing it moves beyond local context to reverberate cross-culturally.
The theme realizes the question of national identity in the face of
increasing globalization and the challenge to increase the profile of
Filipino art and artists abroad.

Ateneo Art Awards 2007: Global/Vernacular is presented by the Ateneo Art
Gallery together with Unionbank, Metro Society, Power Plant Mall,
Rockwell Land, Smart Gold and Y Style with the support of Artesan
Gallery, Common Room Networks Foundation, Arts Network Asia, La Trobe
University Bendigo, Timbuk2 and Absolut Vodka. The exhibition runs at the
Ateneo Art Gallery from 21 August to 24 September 2007.

For further inquiries on the Ateneo Art Awards, please contact Clarissa
Chikiamco at 426-6488 or at cchikiamco@ateneo. edu.

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2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Names of Short-listed Artists Announced

2007 ATENEO ART AWARDS GLOBAL/VERNACULAR:
NAMES OF SHORT-LISTED ARTISTS ANNOUNCED

The Ateneo Art Gallery, the country's premier museum
of modern Philippine art, together with Metro
Society, Y Style of the Philippine Star, Power
Plant Mall, Rockwell Land and Smart Gold, is proud to
announce the short-list for the 2007 Ateneo Art
Awards:

Lyle Buencamino for "A Bowtie for John Lyle," Mag:net
ABS, 4 - 31 July 2006.

Bembol dela Cruz for "Measures," Finale Art Gallery,
15 February - 6 March 2007.

Racquel de Loyola for "7a*11d International
Festival," Xpace, Toronto, Canada, 27 October 2006.

Nona Garcia for "Girls Will Not Be Girls," Art Center,
SM Megamall, 3 - 15 August 2006.

Nona Garcia for "Strange Familiarity, " West Gallery,
SM Megamall, 19 - 31 October 2006.

Winner Jumalon for "Untitled Stills," Blanc Gallery,
16 February - 9 March 2007.

Wawi Navarroza for "Saturnine: A Collection of
Portraits, Creatures, Glass & Shadow," silverlens
Gallery, 18 January - 17 February 2007.

Yasmin Sison for "Unmade," Mag:net Paseo, 9 - 27 May
2006.

Jay Ticar for "Frangible Armor Piercing Inside a
Single Round Bolt Action Bull Barrel," Mag:net
Katipunan, 17 February - 6 March 2007.

Mac Valdezco for "Small Complete Units," Avellana Art
Gallery, 14 April - 19 May 2007.

Jevijoe Vitug for "Capitali-Sing, " Finale Art Gallery,
8 - 27 March 2007.

MM Yu for "Thoughts Collected, Recollected, " Finale
Art Gallery, 19 April - 8 May 2007.

This marks the first time that an artist appears on
the short-list twice, with Garcia been recognized for
two different exhibitions in the same year. De la
Cruz, Navarroza, Ticar and Vitug were short-listed for
the Awards last year, while Valdezco was previously
short-listed in 2005.

The short-list was selected by the 2007 Ateneo Art
Awards Jury after going through over one hundred
nominations. Each artist, a Filipino citizen, 35 years
or under by 31 May 2007, was nominated for a solo or
group exhibition in any public venue held between 2
May 2006 and 1 May 2007.

From the short-list, the jury deliberated on 20 June
2007 to determine the three recipients of the Awards.
The winners will then be announced on 8 August 2007 at
a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent following "2007
Ateneo Art Awards: Global/Vernacular, " an exhibition
of the works of the short-listed artists at Power
Plant Mall from 2 - 7 August 2007.

Global/Vernacular is recognition and credence,
acknowledging Philippine art has its own nuances yet
believing it moves beyond local context to reverberate
cross-culturally. It also calls attention to the
expansion of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency
Grant, the only program of its kind organized by a
Philippine cultural institution. 2007 marks the third
year of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant
in Australia, to be held for the first time in La
Trobe University in Bendigo, as well as the
introduction of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio
Residency Grant in Singapore with Artesan Gallery.
Each residency provides one of the three Ateneo Art
Awardees with roundtrip airfare, accommodation and a
work studio for three weeks, an allowance, as well as
an invitation to exhibit at their respective host
venues.

Visit http://gallery. ateneo.edu for updates on the
Ateneo Art Awards.

For further inquiries on 2007 Ateneo Art Awards:
Names of Short-listed Artists Announced, please
contact Clarissa Chikiamco, 2007 Ateneo Art Awards
Project Coordinator, at 426-6488 or at
cchikiamco@ateneo. edu.

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2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Nominations Now Open

2007 ATENEO ART AWARDS GLOBAL/VERNACULAR:
NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

Nominations are now open for the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards, presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, the country's premier museum of modern Philippine art, along with Metro Society, Y Style, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Land and Smart Communications in keeping with the spirit of bringing art into the national consciousness.

Established in 2004 to honor the memory of the Gallery’s founding benefactor Fernando Zobel de Ayala (1924-1984), Gina Fairley of Art Monthly Australia calls the Ateneo Art Awards “the most prestigious prize…for an emerging artist of the Philippines.”

The 2007 Ateneo Art Awards are bestowed upon three Filipino visual artists, 35 years of age or under, who have made an outstanding and significant contribution to the definition and development of modern and contemporary art based upon a solo or group exhibition in any public venue held between 2 May 2006 and 1 May 2007. In keeping with the Ateneo’s intent to maintain institutional and professional collegiality, works by artists appearing in exhibitions conceptualized or curated by museum staff within their own premises will not be considered.

Nominations to the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards will be taken from past and present members of the Ateneo Art Awards jury, public gallery directors (commercial and non-commercial) , professional visual artists and art educators residing in the Philippines. The nominated visual artist must be a Philippine citizen, aged 35 years old or below on or before 31 May 2007. Visual artists working or residing overseas are qualified provided that they possess Philippine citizenship. The visual artist must have had a solo or group exhibition in the twelve months preceding 1 May 2007 where the artworks submitted for consideration appeared. All nomination forms must be accompanied by visual documentation in either of the following formats: .jpeg, .tiff, .wmv, .mov or 5R photographs.

The deadline for submission of nomination forms to the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards is on 31 May 2007 at 5.00 pm. The jury of the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards will deliberate on the entries on 6 June 2007 after which a shortlist of 12 artists will be announced in the national press. A second deliberation will be held on Wednesday, 20 June 2007, to determine the recipients of the Awards.

The 2007 Ateneo Art Awards Jury is composed of Ramon E.S. Lerma, Director and Chief Curator, Ateneo Art Gallery; Fr. Rene Javellana, S.J., Director, Ateneo Fine Arts Program; Vince Alessi, Managing Curator, La Trobe University Art Museum, Victoria, Australia; Norman Crisologo, Art collector; Eloisa Hernandez, Assistant Professor, Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines- Diliman; Fatima Lasay, Independent curator and visual artist; Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, Curatorial Consultant, Lopez Memorial Museum; Marian Pastor Roces, Member, Ateneo Art Gallery Acquisition Board, independent curator and art critic; Cesare Syjuco, Visual artist, art critic and poet; and Dr. Eugene Tan, Director, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore and Co-curator, 2006 Singapore Biennale.

The 2007 Ateneo Art Awards will be conferred at a formal ceremony on 8 August 2007, following an exhibition of the short-listed artworks from 2-7 August 2007 at the Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, Makati City, titled 2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Global/Vernacular.

Global/Vernacular is recognition and credence, acknowledging Philippine art has its own nuances yet believing it moves beyond local context to reverberate cross-culturally. It also calls attention to the expansion of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant, the only program of its kind organized by a Philippine cultural institution. 2007 marks the third year of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant in Australia, to be held for the first time in La Trobe University in Bendigo, as well as the introduction of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant in Singapore with Artesan Gallery. Each residency provides one of the three Ateneo Art Awardees with roundtrip airfare, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, an allowance, as well as an invitation to exhibit at their respective host venues.

Nomination forms of the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards have been sent to museums, art galleries and universities with studio-based fine arts programs. Professional visual artists and those who have not yet received their nomination forms may download it from the Ateneo Art Gallery website http://gallery.ateneo.edu.

For further inquiries on the Ateneo Art Awards, please contact Clarissa Chikiamco, 2007 Ateneo Art Awards Project Coordinator, at 426-6488 or at cchikiamco@ateneo.edu.

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