Philippines - Making the Local - National Capital Region: Nation-Concept Renewal for a Nation-in-Crisis Redeemed

[Fatima Lasay]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE.
Ref:        KAREN O. FLORES
NCCA-CVA
NCR Coordinator, Sungdu-an 3 NCR
Tel. 632-875-2528 / Mobile 63-0918-9002682 / 63-0917-8179593
Email: kangkong66 at yahoo.com

NCCA- CVA PRESENTS SUNGDU-AN 3 NCR ART EXHIBIT

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts-Committee on Visual Arts
(NCCA-CVA)  presents the exhibit Sungdu-an3/NCR3: Making the Local  themed:
National Capital Region: Nation-Concept Renewal for a Nation-in-Crisis
Redeemed, on view at the Pasig City Museum, Philippines, from August 12 to
September 28, 2003.



Curator Imelda Cajipe-Endaya tasked young and innovative artists to
re-examine the self and explore interconnectedness as artistic enquiry into
the concept and necessity of nation in today's era of globalization.  The
exhibit features works in mixed media, sculpture, painting, installation,
digital and performance art.



Selected for freshness and relevance of their ideas, as well as commitment
to craftsmanship, the artists featured are three artists from Anino
Shadowplay: Datu Arellano, Don Salubayba and Marc Cosico;  the Daambakal
Sculptors Collective;  mixed media and performance artist Mideo Cruz;
conceptual artist Lyra Abueg Garcellano;  digital artist Fatima  Lasay;  and
textile sculptor Mac Valdezco.



Sungdu-an3/ NCR3 is organized by the NCCA-CVA in cooperation with the Pasig
City Government, Pasig City Museum, and the Kalipunan ng Sining at Kultura
ng Pasig (KSKP).



The exhibit will open at 6pm on Tuesday, August 12 and will be keynoted by
Pasig City Mayor Soledad C. Eusebio and NCCA Executive Director Ma. Fina C.
Yonzon.  The public is invited to view the performances and interact with
the artists.



Artists' Dialogues will be also be held at the Pasig City Museum on two
Saturdays-- featuring Anino Shadowplay, Daambakal Sculptors Collective and
Fatima Lasay on August 30, 1pm;  and Lyra Abueg Garcellano, Mideo Cruz and
Mac Valdez co on September 13, 1pm.



Pasig City Museum (Tel. 02 6410211) is located at Plaza Rizal across Pasig
City Hall, Metro Manila, Philippines, and is open daily (except Mondays)
from 9am to 5pm. Guided viewing  of the exhibit is also available from 2 pm
to 5pm.



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