Casa Gororodo holds exhibit of Abellana students
Cebu Daily News First Posted 11:22:00 10/06/2009 Filed Under: Libraries & Museums
THE Casa Gorordo Museum opened the exhibit “Abellana and His Harvest” last Aug. 21.
The exhibit showcased works of Cebuano master painter Martino Abellana’s former students Gabriel “Gabby” Abellana, Edgar “Gary” Carabio, Adeste Deguilmo, Sofronio “Pronnie” dela Cerna, Jayme Francisco, Siegfredo “Fred” Galan, Luther Galicano, Bernardo “Ber” Hermoso, Elena Larrazabal, Palmy Pe-Tudtud, Celso Pepito, Henrietta Piczon, Max Siao, Antonio Vidal, Mariano “Mar” Vidal, Arlene Villaver, Jose “Kimsoy Yap Jr. and Sonia Yrastorza.
The exhibit is the third and last of the series of Abellana retrospective exhibits, which began in November last year.
The 18 artists featured two samples of their works: one created during their apprenticeship with Abellana; the other a recent work yet with the style obviously influenced by Abellana.
The exhibit was opened by Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. Cultural Heritage Program executive director Dr. Jocelyn Gerra and Yap in behalf of the artists.
The ceremonial ribbon was cut by Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa general manager Martin Brenner and assistant communications
officer Rica Rellon, and internationally-renowned Cebuano writer Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard.
The exhibit will run until Oct. 30.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
From Cebu Daily News, via Inquirer Global Nation
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books..
Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized.
Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines.
She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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I saw something about that subject on TV last night. Great article.
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