The UP Fine Arts Gallery is the official exhibition site and creative compound of the College of Fine Arts (UP CFA), University of the Philippines Diliman.
The short name Parola (Filipino for lighthouse) is adapted to refer to UP Fine Arts Galleries and Spaces which offers platforms to experience changing and critical forms of art production and exhibition-making since the Covid-19 pandemic. It aims to be a center for excellence and service through offering platforms for exhibitions, conversations, documentation, publication, and other means of promoting art: highlighting the achievements of artists, across generations and disciplines, to UP constituents and the Filipino people.
We may be reached through our email address and office. Please address inquiries to the curator, Asst. Prof. Lisa Ito-Tapang.
The gallery is part of the rich history of the UP College of Fine Arts.
The first gallery, named Corredor, was instituted in October 1996 at Bartlett Hall, during the deanship of Prof. Emeritus Nestor O. Vinluan (1989-1998). Here, the Corredor Gallery was inaugurated with Prof. Rubén David F. Defeo, its first curator. It featured works from the university’s art collection and exhibits by the CFA’s faculty, students, alumni, and professional artists.
The Corredor Gallery was renamed as the UP Fine Arts Gallery during the term of Dean Leonardo Rosete, when it expanded to provide art and exhibition design experience, serve as a university art venue, and feature collaborations for cultural exchange.
The groundbreaking of the new Fine Arts Complex in 2015 opened a new home. In 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic, the UP Fine Arts Gallery transferred to the new Arts and Design Hall beside Bartlett Hall, during the term of Dean Mitzi Marie Aguilar-Reyes.
Today, the new CFA Galleries and Spaces, re-launched as Parola in May 2022 during the new normal for art spaces, features three galleries and several multipurpose spaces for art exhibitions, projects, and events.
The gallery’s roster of curators since its founding were Prof. Defeo, Assoc. Prof. Dakila Fernando, Prof. Emeritus Benjamin Cabangis, Prof. Leonilo O. Doloricon, Assoc. Prof. Dayang Nirvana Yraola, and Asst. Prof. Lisa Ito-Tapang.
We accept walk-in guests at the gallery from Tuesdays to Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Updates and announcements of ongoing and upcoming exhibits and events may be followed through our official UP Fine Arts Gallery Facebook page and Instagram account.
Facebook: UP Fine Arts Gallery
Instagram: @upfineartsgallery
UP Fine Arts Galleries at the Arts & Design Building West Hall
Atrium (Ground Floor)
For inquiries, email us at cfagallery.upd@up.edu.ph
See you at Parola!
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