is a young artist who cautiously deals with sensitive subjects like Imperialism and the colonial history of his country.
Leslie de Chavez
is also an artist who contemplates deeply about the function, influence and directivity of an art in a society.
Work of Leslie De Chavez:
Dubious Integrity (Mixed Media, 2002)
Mabining Madirigma (Gentle Warrior)
Tanghalang Pilipino's original Filipino musical on the Philippine hero, legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government in 1898 and the first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic in 1899, ambitiously presents these various aesthetic facets on one overwhelming platter.
Mabining Mandirigma
this Filipino musical is expressive that both content and form is meaningful and communicative.
Mabining Mandirigma
focuses popular culture and history of the country that dealt with issues either by conceptualizing or criticizing.
Work of Ronald Ventura:
The Blind Child (2011)
The Blind Child
the content or form of this painting is poetic in nature; and biographical.
Biographical
means of expression can be social, poetical or expressive.
Ronald Ventura
a contemporary artist known for his dynamic melding of realism cartoons, and graffiti.
Ronald Ventura
culls from science fiction, Western history, Asian Mythology, Catholicism, and popular comic book characters, in producing his work.
Opera
is a scripted assault on the senses.
Opera
this contemporary art uses a documentary approach or holds elements of research and search related in which total artwork, installations are often interactive and affect different senses.
Mixed Media
term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials.
New Media Art
a 21st Century catch-all term used to define all that is related to the internet and the interplay between technology, images and sound.
Improvisation
playing of dramatic scenes without written dialogue & with minimal or no predetermined dramatic activity.
Improvisation
what is performed is created at the moment it is performed.
the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time, without use of an already prepared, written script.
Improvisation
the important goal of this is to enable the individual to develop spontaneity which is necessary in creating the illusion of reality.
Forms of Improvisation
Short form
Long form
Short Form
short scenes constructed from predetermined games.
Long Form
scenes related by story or character.
Creative Drama
it is an improvisational, non-exhibition, process centered form of drama in which participants are guided by a leader to imagine, enact, and reflect upon human experiences.
Creative Drama
this process allows students to actively explore a subject or question through imaginative play that is facilitated by a leader and may involve a variety of improvisational activities.
Creative Drama
these activities are not scripted or memorized, and they allow students to synthesize various educational concepts into a personally meaningful form.
Abaca
its fiber has a natural luster with colors ranging from pure white to ivory and dark brown.
Abaca
belongs to the Banana Family.
Bakbak
is the outermost covering or leaf sheath of the abaca stalk.
Bakbak
it is a flat thick durable sheath as twine or braided. The strong brown fiber used to make furniture.
Bamboo
Is used as a raw material in creating many products.
Bamboo
it is used in construction, textile, musical instruments, weapons and many more.
Buntal
cylindrically shaped fibers.
Buntal
the supple ivory white strands are quite durable, pliable, and have good dyeing qualities.
Buri
is extracted from the matured leaves of the buri palm.
Buri
this fiber is durable and resistant to moisture.
Coir
is the fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree.
Nito
is a plant belonging to the fern family that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of Mindanao.
Pandan
is a tropical plant.
Pandan
is processed and transformed into splints that are being used as raw material.
Raffia
is a fiber extracted from unopened buri leaf in 3 stages.
Raffia
it is loom woven into fabrics or used as wall coverings, upholstery material, folding doors and window hangings.