Philippine Art Awards 2009 Regional Winners Declared
We are pleased to announce that all the 40 winners of the four regional competitions have been declared through their respective awarding ceremonies and exhibition openings. Each of the winners received their cash prize of Php 40,000 and trophy during the ceremonies.
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PAA Reunion Exhibit for the Inauguration of the BenCab Museum.
As a fitting tribute to the inauguration of the newly opened BenCab Museum, a selection of past JURORS’ CHOICE as well as GRAND Prize Winners from the Philippine Art Awards
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PAA 2008 National Winners enjoy Hanoi
Grand Prize Winner Marina Cruz, and Juror's Choice Winners Raymond Libiran, Raymond Legaspi, Errol Balcos, Oscar Floirendo, Mark Andy Garcia, Kirby Roxas and Raffy Napay enjoy the historic city of Hanoi, Vietnam as part of their prize for winning the PAA 2008.
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PAA Congratulates the 2009 recipient of the CCP 13 Artists Award
It is heartening to note that for 2009, 5 out of the CCP 13 ARTISTS awardees were Juror's Choice winners in previous PAA competitions. The thirteen artists are Buen Calubayan, Don Djerrassi Dalmacio (PAA 2004 awardee), Patricia Eustaquio, Don Salubayba (PAA Semi-Finalist awardee), Kawayan de Guia (PAA 2004 awardee), Iggy Rodriguez, Raya Martin, MMYu, Winner Jumalon (PAA 2005 awardee) .
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So you want your painting to last forever?
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" so says the poet John Keats. But permit us to disagree for a moment when it comes to paintings. More often, a painting is a joy for only a few years, maybe not even a lifetime. Paintings will crack. Their colors will fade. Their varnish will darken. And your painting, wonderful as it is, will at some point be a shadow of the beauty that it is now.
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Art That Turns
Scanning the forty winning works in the Philippine Art Awards 2008 makes us realize how the tide has turned in Philippine contemporary art. This is not to raise false expectations about a possible sea change. It is simply to say that there are signs of emerging currents.
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