The contents of the Bulwagan ng Dangal’s inaugural show, Pag-Asa ng Bayan, were from the University Art Collection, presenting the university’s history through art objects depicting key figures and events, such as bust sculptures of national heroes from the University Library Collection, portraits of past UP presidents, and paintings from the College of Law Collection, […]
The fine art of print re-emerged as a form of artistic expression in the Philippines in 1962 with the return of artistic avatar Manuel Rodriguez Sr. (b. Cebu City, 1 January 1912) from a Rockefeller Foundation grant in the United States. The grant provided Rodriguez the opportunity to work with South American printmaker and woodcut […]
Scanning the various aspects of Philippine life are hand-drawn, painted, or photographic images on glass suited for projection. As a form, these were introduced in the United States in the 1850s and were popular all throughout the First World War. This prevalence owed to the attraction of color, as well as the capacity of the […]
Baler, Aurora: The exhibit at the Bulwagan ng Dangal, UP Diliman’s University Heritage Museum, is largely an ethnographic exhibit that foregrounds the town of Baler in Aurora. Curated by Prof. Ruben D.F. Defeo, it opens February 15 and runs until March 31. For the exhibit, the siege fo Baler is chosen because of its impact […]
Featuring photographs of the Dumagat and Ilongot people, as well as archival photos of Spanish soldiers and old sites, Baler Aurora is a visual arts show that highlights the history and beauty of Baler, Aurora, as a place that has produced outstanding individuals. It is a retrospection, but also a recognition that Baler and its art community […]
This exhibition traces the physical genesis of the flagship campus of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, from its inception in 1939 to the present via the original drawings, archival blueprints, and other artifacts from the University’s institutional collection. The University of the Philippines in Diliman has proven to be a model of campus […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) turned a century old in 2008. To mark the milestone, the Philippine Republic gifted the University, by way of amendment of the very charter that created the institution in 1908, the status of being the national university in the Philippines for its trailblazing role in advancing the cause of higher […]
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