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ANGONO ATELIERS LAUNCHES OPEN ART COMPETITION
Angono, Rizal, Jan. 16, 2001 (BULLETIN) - In celebration of National Arts month on February, the Angono Ateliers Association will launch an art competition dubbed as ''Concrete Aggregates Open Art Competition And Exhibition.''
Concrete Aggregates Corp., a company based in Angono, will sponsor the project. Children not younger than 6 years old can join.
The competition has four categories: Category A, 6 to 9 years old; Category B, 10 to 13 years; Category C, 14 to 18 years; and Category D, 19 years old and above.
Mediums and sizes to be used for Category A and B shall be 15” x 20”, oil pastel on paper or board while Category C shall be 18” x 24” using multi-media in either watercolor acrylic and oil. For Category D, the size will be 24” x 30” in multi-media on canvas or any choice of surface materials.
Deadline for submission is on Feb. 4, until 5 p.m., at the Nemiranda Arthouse, (new building) Hi-way cor. Doña Justa St. Angono, Rizal.
Awarding and exhibition will be on Feb. 11, 3 p.m., at Angono Municipal Gym. Big cash prizes are at stake.
Some 500 young students and out of school youth from Angono are expected to join the contest. This is proof that the people of Angono have made art a way of life.
Angono has been known as the cradle of the arts or the fountain of talents. Three National Artists had bloomed in this quiet little town. They are Botong, San Pedro and Manansala.
Today’s renown artists like the Blanco’s family and Nemiranda and his children command a big influence in the growing art populace of Angono.
Other known artists in Angono are Vicente Reyes, Salvador Juban, Bobet Andres, Weweng Unidad, Balagtas, et. al. The Nemiranda Arthouse and the Blanco Museum are two of the most well known Art Museum in Angono that are habitat of art connoisseurs and tourists.
How did Angono get into the arts? The Angono Petroglyphs, which was discovered in the 60s, was found to have etched drawings on the rock surface of the cave in the mountain forest of Angono.
Archeologist from the National Museum confirmed that the age of the rock art drawings based on their studies of rock sedimentation was 3,000 years-old.
Tandang Juancho or Juan Senson, the grand old man of art in Angono, who lived in the 19th century, had a vast collections of mostly religious painting and sculptures which are now in the hands of his relatives.
National Artist Botong Francisco created a magnificent influenced in the art scene particularly in Angono.
What is most striking in the art development of Angono is the presence of the Angono Ateliers Association. Conceived in 1975, the association has become a jumping board of many would be artists and artists alike.
Two major programs of the Ateliers are the Art festival and the Art competition for the children of Angono.
For inquiries, call 6510109/6341744/638-4113 or 295-2860.
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