Category: Announcements

UPD CFA Welcomes LASALLE MA Art History Students for Academic Exchange

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date April 14, 2025

On March 5, 2025, UPD College of Fine Arts hosted a breakfast meet-up MA Art History students from LASALLE University Singapore, headed by Dr. Jeffrey Say, joined by Ms. Joleen Loh, curator from National Gallery Singapore. They were received by Dean Marc San Valentin, MFA students, and some faculty members of the CFA’s Graduate Studies Program. It was followed by a short campus tour, visiting the UP Center for Ethnomusicology, OICA’s KaLikhasan: outdoor art projects on campus ecology, and Vargas Museum.

LASALLE and UP have MOU. The two graduate programs are exploring possibilities of more dialogue and exchanges in the future.

Parties interested form linkage with UPD CFA may contact the Committee on Linkages, Scholarships and Grants through cfaclsg.upd@up.edu.ph

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A Legacy of Generosity: Bose’s Heir and Masangkay Support CFA Students

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date April 14, 2025

On March 4, 2025 the UP College of Fine Arts formally recognized the generous support Santiago Bose’s heir and Frederick M. Masangkay, by contributing to the students development fund and scholarship funds. Both Bose and Masangkay are alumni of UPD CFA.

Dean Marc J. San Valentin presented the donors certificate of appreciation and a digital print made by Asst. Prof. Sandra Dans.

Application for grants from these donations will be announced as soon as processing of documents have been completed.

Parties interested to donate to UPD CFA may contact the Committee on Linkages, Scholarships and Grants through cfaclsg.upd@up.edu.ph

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ID Student’s Thesis Shortlisted for James Dyson Award 2023

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date October 10, 2023

Congratulations to Franchezka Ruby Oxales, a graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Industrial Design) program! Ms. Oxales was selected as one of the National Runners-up for this year’s James Dyson Award (JDA), a prestigious award named after the founder of the renowned technology company Dyson Ltd.

As her Industrial Design thesis project, Ms. Oxales developed SugarBuddy to help Down Syndrome patients monitor their diabetes. A wrist-worn device, SugarBuddy aims to guide its users in managing their diabetes through animated steps, LED lights, and verbal instructions to promote self-care and routine development.

Along with the National Winner from Mapua University and the other National Runner-up from the University of San Carlos, Ms. Oxales will enter the next stage, where a panel of Dyson Engineers will review, select, and shortlist the Top 20 design entries. This shortlist will then be forwarded to Sir James Dyson, who will personally select the international winners and runners-up.

Congratulations again to Franchezka Ruby Oxales! May her success in the competition inspire our Industrial Design students to aspire for excellence and become change agents through design!

https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-PH/

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Tanglaw para kay Willie Nepomuceno

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date August 5, 2023

Tanglaw para kay Willie Nepomuceno: Pagpupugay, Pasasalamat!

Ika-5 ng Agosto (Sabado), 2023 10:00 ng umaga

Atrium, Arts and Design West Hall (New Building)

College of Fine Arts, UP Diliman, Quezon City

The Concerned Artists of the Philippines, in cooperation with UP College of Fine Arts, would like to invite you to a day of tribute for Willie Nepomuceno. Let’s all gather to remember, celebrate, pay respects, and learn from the life of a man with a thousand faces and voices.

We honor a Filipino artist who offered his unmatched talent in impersonation as a social commentary to be one with the people.

#ArtistaNgBayan #TuloyAngLaban

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2023 Tanglaw ng Sining

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date July 29, 2023

This Academic Year 2023-2023, we celebrate the 33rd Tanglaw ng Sining Candlelight Ceremonies of the UP College of Fine Arts. This year’s theme is titled “Liwanag ng Likha,” inspired by the works of our dear colleague and mentor, Prof Ruben Fortunato De Jesus. The program starts at 4pm and will be held at the Arts and Design West Hall of the UP College of Fine Arts, E. Jacinto St. UP Diliman, Quezon City. Congratulations to the graduating batch of students! Tuloy lang!

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UGNAY 2023 ID Thesis Exhibit

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date June 21, 2023

The UP College of Fine Arts Industrial Design Program is proud to present the Industrial Design Thesis exhibit, UGNAY, of the graduating batch of AY 2022-2023. UGNAY features the culminating projects of the ID thesis students that highlights interconnectedness and diversity. We would like to invite everyone to grace the exhibit opening on June 21, 2023, at 5:30pm, at the Gallery One of the UP Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibit is free and open to the public, and will run until July 6, 2023. Head over to the Arts and Design West Hall Building of the UP College of Fine Arts at E. Jacinto St. UP Diliman, Quezon City.

More information and photos are available in our official UGNAY Event Page

Announcements Workshops

Limbag at Likhang Kamay: Creating Children’s Picture Books (Mar25)

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date March 17, 2023

UPCFA GAD Art Workshops for Women’s Month

The UP College of Fine Arts Gender and Development Committee (GAD) invites interested

students, faculty, staff, and community members to the following free art workshops led by

UPCFA faculty members, in celebration of Women’s Month.

Creating Children’s Picture Books

(A Walkthrough & Workshop)

with Annie Pacaña

March 25 (Saturday), 1:00 – 5:00 p.m

UP Fine Arts Gallery (Multipurpose Hall)

We invite you to an early afternoon talk that will walk you through the process of making storybooks, from writing and illustrating stories to having them published. This will be followed by a workshop on making wordless picture books, inspired by the artist-author’s making of “Ang Bata sa Buwan”. The talk is free and open to the public. Participants (16 yrs old and above) joining the workshop are requested to bring your own coloring materials (your choice of dry media). You may opt to sign up for workshop slots through this link: https://bit.ly CreatingChildrensPictureBooks

The two workshops are part of the project titled “Limbag at Likhang Kamay: Papel ngKababaihang Manlilikha sa Pamumulat” for the UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2023 and National Women’s Month in March.

The project explores how women artists have wielded paper, among the most fragile of materials, towards pamumulat: connecting the personal and the political through the written page, painting, and printmaking, writ large, and highlights the special role and contribution of women as artists and cultural workers.

It is a pilot project of the UPCFA GAD Committee in cooperation with the UP Fine Arts Gallery and the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP).

The first leg was an artist talk, “Ano’ng Papel Mo? Mga Kwento ng Pagmulat at Pagyabong”, last March 3 and a workshop on Basic Relief Printmaking with Color Techniques with Ambie Abaño last March 10. For inquiries, contact us at limbagatlikhangkamay@gmail.com. Please stay tuned for updates through the page of the UPCFA GAD Committee.

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Application for Admissions AY 2023-2024 Ongoing

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date March 17, 2023

CFA Visual Communication Students working on their Figure Drawing Exercise (photo courtesy of Prof. Ernesto Enrique)

The UP College of Fine Arts is now accepting applications for AY 2023-2024 Undergraduate Program Admissions.

Access information about the application process and requirements here: UPCFA Program Admissions

The deadline for applications is on May 12, 2023.

For a run-through of the process:

Fill out the Application Form of the Program you intend to apply for.
Submit the corresponding Secondary Screening Requirements of the program you are applying for. Please note that each program has assigned a specific process for application with specific schedules.
Each secondary screening requirement will be carefully evaluated by the different Admissions Committee of each Program /Department.
The general list of all Successful applicants’ control number will be posted in the Announcements page of the Program Admissions site on or before June 16, 2023.
An email notification will be sent to all applicants regarding the outcome of their respective application.

After going through the application process on the Program Admissions site and you have concerns regarding the UP CFA Admission Requirements, do not hesitate to email us at upcfa.tdt.upd@up.edu.ph

Have a good day!

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Limbag at Likha: Making a Dazibao: Protest Mural on Paper (Mar 27)

Post author By cfawebadmin
Post date March 17, 2023

UPCFA GAD Art Workshops for Women’s Month

The UP College of Fine Arts Gender and Development Committee (GAD) invites interested

students, faculty, staff, and community members to the following free art workshops led by

UPCFA faculty members, in celebration of Women’s Month.

Making a Dazibao: Protest Mural on Paper

with June Dalisay

March 27 (Monday), 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

UP Fine Arts Gallery (Atrium)

This memory project and workshop takes off from a historic mural painted by the members of the NPAA and unfurled at the UP Main Library in 1971. The artist-facilitator will revisit the steps and contexts of making the dazibao, a wall-mounted newspaper or mural used as a form of protest, propaganda, and popular communication in China during that period. Participants must commit to the whole day activity. Sign up for slots through this link: https://bit.ly/MakingADazibao