At over 100 years old and Western Visayas’ first and oldest university, the University of San Agustin (USA) in Iloilo is focusing on heritage and history, especially the conservation of the cultural patrimony of the Augustinian institution and of the Church and people of Panay island.
It is said that when an artist paints, she seems to go through a trance, one that brings her to an abyss of colors, forms and shapes, where thoughts do not exist.
The music borne out of playing gongs and bamboo instruments cannot simply be dismissed as an obfuscated form of entertainment, for it has always been a mirror of “a life of spirituality, subsistence, and of communing with nature in this part of the world,” said National Artist-designate Ramon P. Santos during the first international gongs-and-bamboo music festival, held Feb. 19-22 in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte.
A key Lenten program on Philippine TV, “Siete Palabras”—the communal recitation of the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ, which are accompanied by reflections from priests and testimonies from lay people—is an experience Filipinos overseas surely miss during the Holy Week, said a Dominican priest who had directed the program for half a decade now.
Even local government units must acknowledge the necessity of having scholars in the conservation and rehabilitation of our cultural heritage, said Commissioner Regalado Trota José of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), during the recent declaration of Casa del San Fernando, a colonial-era house on Sibuyan, Romblon, as an Important Cultural Property.
International delegates made Dance Xchange, the Philippine international dance festival held in Puerto Princesa, a memorable event rife with creative innovations and collaborative interaction.
Museo de Pulilan, which opened May 25, tells not only about the history of a rich agricultural town on the borders of Bulacan and Pampanga and of her illustrious sons and daughters.
The Diocese Malolos has a new parish church right in the capital of Bulacan, near the border of Plaridel. It has been canonically dedicated to the Santisima Trinidad (Holy Trinity) by Malolos Bishop José Oliveros.
Composer and musicologist Ramon Santos, whom President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dropped in 2009 from the roster of National Artists elected...
Major winning works in the Visual Arts categories of the 29th Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) National Competition have spirituality and humanity as subjects.
