As component of its social diplomacy program and in event of National Heritage Month, the Philippine Consular Office in Rabat, in collaboration with Kapatiran at Ugnayan ng Natatanging Sining at Talentong Pilipino (KUNST), arranged an art lecture and workshop at the Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR) for the pupils and participants of the college art club on 03 Might 2024.
The lecture was supplied by Mr. Virgilio Cuizon, a multi-awarded art impresario, a prominent and established Filipino manager, skilled musician, and a leader of the Filipino area in Germany. He is likewise the owner and handling supervisor of KUNST, a company of Filipino musicians.
In his lecture, Mr. Cuizon provided a quick summary of the background of Philippine aesthetic arts, highlighting the essential payment of Filipino musicians to the impressionist motion, specifically Juan Luna when he won the first Gold Honor at the 11th Version of the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in Madrid in 1884 with his item Spoliarium.
He likewise presented the idea of “Filipinism” to the pupils, which he referred to as an one-of-a-kind expression of a musician’s character and personality to develop a Filipino identification. It is the visual concept of the musicians’ concepts and the mixture of their heart and spirit right into every item they produce that specify “Filipinism”.
According to Mr. Cuizon, motivation can arise from the musicians’ youth setting, their locations of beginning, and their language or language. He thinks that these components add to the expression of ‘Filipinism’ in their job.
Complying with the lecture was a workshop helped with by going to musicians from the Philippines, specifically Lerma Julian, Eric Punzalan, Frederick Epistola, Doy Kastilyo and Yelcast, utilizing oil pastel and really felt paper. Individuals were eager to find out different attracting and tinting strategies given that it was their very first time to utilize this tool. Throughout the workshop, Mr. Cuizon urged the pupils to produce an item that would certainly show their worths and their identification as Moroccans.
One of the individuals attracted a teapot as a sign of her youth memories and her identification as a Moroccan.
As symbols of gratitude, the musicians offered memento art work to all the individuals which were comfortably gotten.
The Filipino musicians remain in Morocco for the Viaje 3 Filipinism What Makes Art Filipino event which will certainly range from 6 to 15 May 2024 at the Abla Ababou Gallery in Rabat. This is the initial event from Eastern musicians installed by the gallery given that it opened its doors in 2017.
Distributed by APO Team in support of Division of Foreign Matters, Republic of the Philippines.
