Take a look at this news article on copyrights which were granted to the paintings of President Cory Aquino.
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (Ipophl) expects a Bureau of Copyright to be established soon, following the approval on third reading of a bill amending the Intellectual Property Code at the House of Representatives.
Ipophl Director General Ricardo Blancaflor said the creation of the new bureau, which would be under Ipophl, would be a significant first step toward protecting IP owners in copyright-based industries such as books, film, media and music.
The creation of the bureau was one of the provisions of House Bill No. 3841, which sought to amend the country’s Intellectual Property Code.
Once in place, Blancaflor related that the Bureau of Copyright would be tasked with registering artistic and literary works, as well as resolving issues of imitation and plagiarism. It would also regulate entities that would collect royalties on behalf of artists.
While waiting for the establishment of the Bureau of Copyright, Ipophl forged an agreement with the National Library of the Philippines for the operation of the Copyright Registration and Deposit System (Cords), which would go live next month.
The Cords system aims to give artists, scholars, inventors and other IP holders another way to protect their IP assets. Under the agreement, Ipophl will accept copyright registration applications on behalf of the NLP and issue copyright certificates.
“Although registration is not the source of copyright, the process is legally required in order to complete the records of the National Library,” Blancaflor explained. “In addition, Ipophl magnifies the value of the copyright certificate by requiring the applicant to execute an affidavit of ownership, which will be reproduced at the back of each certificate. This serves as prima facie evidence of ownership and may be used in any proceeding.”
The first ever copyright registration certificate under the Cords system was issued to the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation for paintings created by the late President Corazon Aquino.
An amended law will also extend the scope of copyright infringement to contributory infringement, circumvention of technological measures and rights management information as aggravating circumstance
More from here: http://business.inquirer.net/2834/bureau-of-copyright-to-be-formed-under-new-act
Monday, June 6, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
The monuments to Edsa
Take a look at this article on people power. Read on:
It’s called “People Power”, not “Cory Power”, not “Sin Power”, not even “Mother Mary Power” but you wouldn’t know it from the Philippine monuments that have been erected to commemorate the Edsa People Power Revolution that occurred 25 years ago.
On the silver anniversary of that historic event last February 25, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim unveiled a life-sized statue of the late Jaime Cardinal Sin which he erected in Luneta Park right beside similar life-sized statues of Cory and Ninoy Aquino.
He did so, Mayor Lim explained, because “it was Cardinal Sin who called on the public for a people power so we are building his statue near the monuments of President Cory and Senator Aquino.”
The building of statues to honor particular individuals is a natural by-product of a hero culture that heavily emphasizes the role of individuals in the making of history. This narrative of history often does not include an appreciation of the dynamics of change and the role played by ordinary people in making history.
The alternative view holds that the changes in the world and in Philippine society propelled the Filipino people to revolt against 300 years of Spanish rule in 1896 and this revolutionary situation would have occurred even if the leader of the revolution, Andres Bonifacio, had not been born.
If it was not Bonifacio at the helm at that historical juncture, it would have been another Filipino leader who would have emerged to form a revolutionary organization similar to Bonifacio’s Katipunan to lead the people’s revolution.
This dynamic view of history does not deny the key role that individuals like Dr. Jose Rizal and Ninoy Aquino played in inspiring the people powered revolutions of 1896 and 1986 that overthrew oppressive regimes. But it accords due credit to the people as the agents of change.
A stark difference between the 1896 and 1986 revolutions is that there were no religious overtones to the 1896 revolution as it was as much anti-clerical as it was anti-colonial. In contrast, the very first monument built at Edsa to commemorate the 1986 revolution was a statue of the Virgin Mother Mary - “Our Lady of Edsa” – built in 1989 along with a small Catholic chapel for devotees to visit and worship. Critics charged that this made Edsa a religious shrine.
The most recent criticism of this sanctification of Edsa was leveled by Roger Merhan in his March 6, 2011 blog (definitelyFilipino.com) where he reminded readers that “everyone from all beliefs and walks of life” participated in the Edsa revolution.
“Then our religious started marketing the Edsa People Power event as a religious phenomenon. They wasted no time in putting up an Edsa Shrine at the center of the avenue. They commissioned a known sculptor to create an image of a Virgin Mary they would later call Our Lady of Edsa. Priests and nuns with locked arms, rosaries in hand, became poster figures of an otherwise unsectarian occurrence.”
“This move alien¬ated the great num¬ber of Fil¬ipinos, Catholic and non-Catholic, who came there out of sheer pa¬tri¬o¬tism–out of a burn¬ing de¬sire to make a dif¬fer¬ence and to be counted, if only to see their coun¬try free again in their life¬time, even if it would mean putting their very lives in the line of peril…The ac¬com¬plish¬ments of Edsa should have been an eter¬nal source of pride for all cit¬i¬zens of the Philip¬pines. But the pre¬dom¬i¬nant Catholic Church at¬trib¬uted it to a saint and turned it into a fi¬esta that is only worth a day’s cel¬e¬bra¬tion every year.”
Fortunately, not all the monuments to Edsa glorify individuals. Three years after “Our Lady of Edsa” was erected, the People Power Monument was built right across the Edsa shrine. A mammoth bronze monument created by Eduardo Castrillo, the structure presents Mother Filipinas, her hands with broken chains raised to the sky. Below her are representatives of the various segments of society who participated in the People Power Revolution.
Also, not all the monuments to Edsa were cast in stone. In San Francisco, a mural dedicated to People Power, Lakas Sambayanan, was commissioned by the San Francisco Mural Resource Center in 1986 and painted in the same year on the side of a building beside the city’s famed Farmers Market, visible daily to thousands on Highway 280.
The centerpiece of the mural is the stone head Ferdinand Marcos built on the side of a mountain in La Union to honor his Mt. Rushmore-like ego. The Marcos head is blown up into three parts by a torch of freedom with a bird, in the form of an image created by Marcos’ political prisoners, emerging from it. Beside it is the figure of Cory Aquino holding her assassinated husband in her arms, in front of people marching at Edsa and standing defiantly in front of Marcos tanks.
The mural also shows sacada workers toiling in sugarcane fields and a young girl scavenging in a "Smokey Mountain" garbage dump. The culture and history of the Philippines are represented in the Muslim kulintang and the Christmas lantern while beside them on horseback is the revolutionary hero, Gabriela Silang.
The huge 35 feet by 80 feet mural was painted by Johanna Poethig, Vicente Clemente and Presco Tabios. According to an online description (Johannapoethig.com), the mural is a “collaboration of artists who combined technical skill and conscientious sensitivity to the historical events depicted.”
As the years passed, the mural’s bright colors faded without any work done to retouch them until 2006 when scaffoldings were erected in front of it leading people to believe that the mural would finally be touched up in time for the 20th anniversary celebration of People Power.
To the shock and horror of the community, the painters did not touch up the mural but completely painted it over, replacing it with an advertisement for the kitchen and bathroom tile products of Uni Stone, the China-based company that bought the building.
Perhaps the fate of the People Power mural in San Francisco reflects the indifference of the people to the once bright shining promise of People Power. As Maria Ressa reflected in a recent CNN piece on the triumph of People Power in Egypt, its forerunner in the Philippines is now “more form than substance, (giving) little back to the people who risked their lives in the streets 25 years ago.”
And now that form is represented only by statues.
More from here: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/columns/columns/view/20110322-326966/The-monuments-to-Edsa
It’s called “People Power”, not “Cory Power”, not “Sin Power”, not even “Mother Mary Power” but you wouldn’t know it from the Philippine monuments that have been erected to commemorate the Edsa People Power Revolution that occurred 25 years ago.
On the silver anniversary of that historic event last February 25, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim unveiled a life-sized statue of the late Jaime Cardinal Sin which he erected in Luneta Park right beside similar life-sized statues of Cory and Ninoy Aquino.
He did so, Mayor Lim explained, because “it was Cardinal Sin who called on the public for a people power so we are building his statue near the monuments of President Cory and Senator Aquino.”
The building of statues to honor particular individuals is a natural by-product of a hero culture that heavily emphasizes the role of individuals in the making of history. This narrative of history often does not include an appreciation of the dynamics of change and the role played by ordinary people in making history.
The alternative view holds that the changes in the world and in Philippine society propelled the Filipino people to revolt against 300 years of Spanish rule in 1896 and this revolutionary situation would have occurred even if the leader of the revolution, Andres Bonifacio, had not been born.
If it was not Bonifacio at the helm at that historical juncture, it would have been another Filipino leader who would have emerged to form a revolutionary organization similar to Bonifacio’s Katipunan to lead the people’s revolution.
This dynamic view of history does not deny the key role that individuals like Dr. Jose Rizal and Ninoy Aquino played in inspiring the people powered revolutions of 1896 and 1986 that overthrew oppressive regimes. But it accords due credit to the people as the agents of change.
A stark difference between the 1896 and 1986 revolutions is that there were no religious overtones to the 1896 revolution as it was as much anti-clerical as it was anti-colonial. In contrast, the very first monument built at Edsa to commemorate the 1986 revolution was a statue of the Virgin Mother Mary - “Our Lady of Edsa” – built in 1989 along with a small Catholic chapel for devotees to visit and worship. Critics charged that this made Edsa a religious shrine.
The most recent criticism of this sanctification of Edsa was leveled by Roger Merhan in his March 6, 2011 blog (definitelyFilipino.com) where he reminded readers that “everyone from all beliefs and walks of life” participated in the Edsa revolution.
“Then our religious started marketing the Edsa People Power event as a religious phenomenon. They wasted no time in putting up an Edsa Shrine at the center of the avenue. They commissioned a known sculptor to create an image of a Virgin Mary they would later call Our Lady of Edsa. Priests and nuns with locked arms, rosaries in hand, became poster figures of an otherwise unsectarian occurrence.”
“This move alien¬ated the great num¬ber of Fil¬ipinos, Catholic and non-Catholic, who came there out of sheer pa¬tri¬o¬tism–out of a burn¬ing de¬sire to make a dif¬fer¬ence and to be counted, if only to see their coun¬try free again in their life¬time, even if it would mean putting their very lives in the line of peril…The ac¬com¬plish¬ments of Edsa should have been an eter¬nal source of pride for all cit¬i¬zens of the Philip¬pines. But the pre¬dom¬i¬nant Catholic Church at¬trib¬uted it to a saint and turned it into a fi¬esta that is only worth a day’s cel¬e¬bra¬tion every year.”
Fortunately, not all the monuments to Edsa glorify individuals. Three years after “Our Lady of Edsa” was erected, the People Power Monument was built right across the Edsa shrine. A mammoth bronze monument created by Eduardo Castrillo, the structure presents Mother Filipinas, her hands with broken chains raised to the sky. Below her are representatives of the various segments of society who participated in the People Power Revolution.
Also, not all the monuments to Edsa were cast in stone. In San Francisco, a mural dedicated to People Power, Lakas Sambayanan, was commissioned by the San Francisco Mural Resource Center in 1986 and painted in the same year on the side of a building beside the city’s famed Farmers Market, visible daily to thousands on Highway 280.
The centerpiece of the mural is the stone head Ferdinand Marcos built on the side of a mountain in La Union to honor his Mt. Rushmore-like ego. The Marcos head is blown up into three parts by a torch of freedom with a bird, in the form of an image created by Marcos’ political prisoners, emerging from it. Beside it is the figure of Cory Aquino holding her assassinated husband in her arms, in front of people marching at Edsa and standing defiantly in front of Marcos tanks.
The mural also shows sacada workers toiling in sugarcane fields and a young girl scavenging in a "Smokey Mountain" garbage dump. The culture and history of the Philippines are represented in the Muslim kulintang and the Christmas lantern while beside them on horseback is the revolutionary hero, Gabriela Silang.
The huge 35 feet by 80 feet mural was painted by Johanna Poethig, Vicente Clemente and Presco Tabios. According to an online description (Johannapoethig.com), the mural is a “collaboration of artists who combined technical skill and conscientious sensitivity to the historical events depicted.”
As the years passed, the mural’s bright colors faded without any work done to retouch them until 2006 when scaffoldings were erected in front of it leading people to believe that the mural would finally be touched up in time for the 20th anniversary celebration of People Power.
To the shock and horror of the community, the painters did not touch up the mural but completely painted it over, replacing it with an advertisement for the kitchen and bathroom tile products of Uni Stone, the China-based company that bought the building.
Perhaps the fate of the People Power mural in San Francisco reflects the indifference of the people to the once bright shining promise of People Power. As Maria Ressa reflected in a recent CNN piece on the triumph of People Power in Egypt, its forerunner in the Philippines is now “more form than substance, (giving) little back to the people who risked their lives in the streets 25 years ago.”
And now that form is represented only by statues.
More from here: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/columns/columns/view/20110322-326966/The-monuments-to-Edsa
Monday, February 21, 2011
Handog ng sining: Parangal kay Cory
Since it's the 25th anniversary of People Power, take a look at this news article about an art exhibit to celebrate this special event:
TO celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution, the memory, and legacy of the late President Cory Aquino, an exhibition of artworks from top artists is slated to open on Thursday, February 24, 2011, 11 a.m. The exhibit, titled "Handog ng Sining: Parangal kay Cory" is being presented by La Salle Green Hills in cooperation with the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, the One La Salle Scholarship Fund and Galerie Joaquin. It runs until March 10, 2011.
Among the artworks assembled for the project are those from National Artist Arturo Luz, Presidential Medal of Merit awardees Federico Aguilar Alcuaz and Juvenal Sanso, Mario Parial, Dominic Rubio, Lydia Velasco, Daniel de la Cruz, Aldrino Abes, Jomar Delluba, Armenius Aralar, Karina Baluyut, Gil Corcuera, Aileen Lanuza, Vincent De Pio, PJ Jalandoni, Henry Ordona, Jaspher Penuliar, Jerry Morada, Juanito Torres and Amador Barquilla.
Invited as Guest of Honor is Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, Chair of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, and other top leaders of the business community. Guests to grace the occasion are movers of business and government, important personalities that have been supportive of Cory Aquino and Edsa I and distinguished alumni of the One La Salle system covering the different La Salle schools throughout the country. The exhibit also hopes to commemorate the 100 years of La Sallian presence in the Philippines. La Salle Green Hills itself, being the venue of NAMFREL as well as the venue where the family of the late Cory Aquino chose to hold her wake has consistently played a prominent role in the democratic movement in the country. For more information, please contact La Salle Green Hills at (02) 721.3327, Galerie Joaquin at (02) 723.9418, or visit www.galeriejoaquin.com.
The exhibit is a fund raising project for the benefit of the One La Salle Scholarship Fund and the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation. It gathers works that have been inspired by people power, nationalism, the values and legacy of Cory Aquino or simply the color yellow. The exhibit comes at a historic time slated for February, the eventful month in the country’s history where exactly twenty-five years ago, a dictatorship was dismantled and a new democratic government installed through people power.
The 1986 EDSA Revolution is universally celebrated as the turning point for Philippine history, transforming the nation into a people filled with hope via their determined non-violent resistance against the dictatorship, even inspiring other peaceful revolutions in Poland, Eastern Europe and many other parts of the world.
Among the artworks included in the exhibit are the touching 60"x 48" oil on canvas work done by Amador Barquilla showing the funeral cortege of President Cory complete with thousands of her beloved countrymen, the Philippine flag and her four honor guards, a unique yellow painting by internationally renowned artist Juvenal Sanso titled "With Undaunted Courage", a Rubio painting inspired by the courageous Aquino daughters titled "Four Sisters", Mario Parial’s iconic "Homage to Peace", Jovan Benito’s 48" x 54" painting titled "Yellow Peace", Jomar Delluba’s "Sikat ng Araw", and a special sculpture done by La Salle Alumnus Daniel de la Cruz, titled "Inang Bayan".
more from here: http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb18/liv1.html
TO celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution, the memory, and legacy of the late President Cory Aquino, an exhibition of artworks from top artists is slated to open on Thursday, February 24, 2011, 11 a.m. The exhibit, titled "Handog ng Sining: Parangal kay Cory" is being presented by La Salle Green Hills in cooperation with the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, the One La Salle Scholarship Fund and Galerie Joaquin. It runs until March 10, 2011.
Among the artworks assembled for the project are those from National Artist Arturo Luz, Presidential Medal of Merit awardees Federico Aguilar Alcuaz and Juvenal Sanso, Mario Parial, Dominic Rubio, Lydia Velasco, Daniel de la Cruz, Aldrino Abes, Jomar Delluba, Armenius Aralar, Karina Baluyut, Gil Corcuera, Aileen Lanuza, Vincent De Pio, PJ Jalandoni, Henry Ordona, Jaspher Penuliar, Jerry Morada, Juanito Torres and Amador Barquilla.
Invited as Guest of Honor is Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, Chair of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, and other top leaders of the business community. Guests to grace the occasion are movers of business and government, important personalities that have been supportive of Cory Aquino and Edsa I and distinguished alumni of the One La Salle system covering the different La Salle schools throughout the country. The exhibit also hopes to commemorate the 100 years of La Sallian presence in the Philippines. La Salle Green Hills itself, being the venue of NAMFREL as well as the venue where the family of the late Cory Aquino chose to hold her wake has consistently played a prominent role in the democratic movement in the country. For more information, please contact La Salle Green Hills at (02) 721.3327, Galerie Joaquin at (02) 723.9418, or visit www.galeriejoaquin.com.
The exhibit is a fund raising project for the benefit of the One La Salle Scholarship Fund and the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation. It gathers works that have been inspired by people power, nationalism, the values and legacy of Cory Aquino or simply the color yellow. The exhibit comes at a historic time slated for February, the eventful month in the country’s history where exactly twenty-five years ago, a dictatorship was dismantled and a new democratic government installed through people power.
The 1986 EDSA Revolution is universally celebrated as the turning point for Philippine history, transforming the nation into a people filled with hope via their determined non-violent resistance against the dictatorship, even inspiring other peaceful revolutions in Poland, Eastern Europe and many other parts of the world.
Among the artworks included in the exhibit are the touching 60"x 48" oil on canvas work done by Amador Barquilla showing the funeral cortege of President Cory complete with thousands of her beloved countrymen, the Philippine flag and her four honor guards, a unique yellow painting by internationally renowned artist Juvenal Sanso titled "With Undaunted Courage", a Rubio painting inspired by the courageous Aquino daughters titled "Four Sisters", Mario Parial’s iconic "Homage to Peace", Jovan Benito’s 48" x 54" painting titled "Yellow Peace", Jomar Delluba’s "Sikat ng Araw", and a special sculpture done by La Salle Alumnus Daniel de la Cruz, titled "Inang Bayan".
more from here: http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb18/liv1.html
Friday, October 15, 2010
Sticky Situation
Take a look at this interesting excerpt from a commentary, criticizing village's home owner's association stickers as he remember a story about President Cory:
And if you think that is bad, many regular readers of this column may remember the story about the late Cory Aquino that I wrote about a year or so ago. One of our readers shared this story about the former president when she tried dropping something off at his house in Corinthian Gardens, when she, too, had a taste of the village people.
The house she intended to visit was in full view of the guard house, yet the guard, who in fairness may have just been doing his job, made her wait on the side of the road while he tried unsuccessfully to call the resident to confirm that he was indeed expecting a package from the former President of the Republic of the very soil he was standing on. This would normally not be too bad, but let’s face it, it is highly unrealistic to expect the owner of the house (a person prominent enough to have Cory Aquino visiting his home) answer the phone and talk to this village guard.
So there they sat.
Eventually, Cory Aquino powers down her window and said quite politely, “Hijo, kilala mo ba ako?” (Son, do you know who I am?) The guard stood up straight and saluted her and said with a big smile, “Oo po, ma’am President!” (Yes, ma’am President) Yet he still made them wait. And wait. And wait. Eventually, sick of waiting, she just turned around and left.
Rules may be rules, but it becomes redundant if it ends up painting people into a corner. You may say that it shouldn’t matter who the person is and that being a celebrity or Cory Aquino doesn’t entitle you to preferential treatment, and everyone should follow the same rules. And I agree. So why doesn’t the guard call up each resident when the PLDT messenger comes through. Or the Meralco guy? Or the mailman?
Which brings me back to my point. Overpriced village stickers are not for security or identification purposes. They are revenue raising scams. Period. Let’s call a spade a spade. Because if the associations were sincere about its function, they would offer the stickers to residents for free, or at the very least, at cost. The mere fact alone that armed guards are ordered by the associations to give both residents and non-residents alike a hard time unless they purchase them, makes it no different to racketeering.
more from here http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=618274&publicationSubCategoryId=72
And if you think that is bad, many regular readers of this column may remember the story about the late Cory Aquino that I wrote about a year or so ago. One of our readers shared this story about the former president when she tried dropping something off at his house in Corinthian Gardens, when she, too, had a taste of the village people.
The house she intended to visit was in full view of the guard house, yet the guard, who in fairness may have just been doing his job, made her wait on the side of the road while he tried unsuccessfully to call the resident to confirm that he was indeed expecting a package from the former President of the Republic of the very soil he was standing on. This would normally not be too bad, but let’s face it, it is highly unrealistic to expect the owner of the house (a person prominent enough to have Cory Aquino visiting his home) answer the phone and talk to this village guard.
So there they sat.
Eventually, Cory Aquino powers down her window and said quite politely, “Hijo, kilala mo ba ako?” (Son, do you know who I am?) The guard stood up straight and saluted her and said with a big smile, “Oo po, ma’am President!” (Yes, ma’am President) Yet he still made them wait. And wait. And wait. Eventually, sick of waiting, she just turned around and left.
Rules may be rules, but it becomes redundant if it ends up painting people into a corner. You may say that it shouldn’t matter who the person is and that being a celebrity or Cory Aquino doesn’t entitle you to preferential treatment, and everyone should follow the same rules. And I agree. So why doesn’t the guard call up each resident when the PLDT messenger comes through. Or the Meralco guy? Or the mailman?
Which brings me back to my point. Overpriced village stickers are not for security or identification purposes. They are revenue raising scams. Period. Let’s call a spade a spade. Because if the associations were sincere about its function, they would offer the stickers to residents for free, or at the very least, at cost. The mere fact alone that armed guards are ordered by the associations to give both residents and non-residents alike a hard time unless they purchase them, makes it no different to racketeering.
more from here http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=618274&publicationSubCategoryId=72
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Ballsy, Pinky, Nina wear I Am Cory
While browsing, I got across this article from Inquirer which commemorates president Cory in Bayo's apparel. It reminds us of Tita Cory's paintings fused into their garment's designs. Read on:
Limited collection fuses art, history, retail—built on hope for young generation
IT WAS one of those rare afternoons when sisters Ballsy Aquino-Cruz and Pinky Aquino-Abellada with daughter Nina took time off from their busy schedules to sit and talk about their thoughts on a new tribute to the late President Cory Aquino.
“I really liked what I saw,” said Ballsy. “They were very comfortable and how they used mom’s art was so nice.”
The eldest of the Aquino siblings was talking about the new Bayo I am Cory collection.
Bayo, a popular fashion brand, joins the nation in celebrating the life of the most admired Filipino woman of our time with the Bayo I am Cory Collection.
Its designs incorporate chosen artworks of former President Aquino.
Pinky Estrebillo of Bayo explained: “Bayo has always been championing the fabulous Pinay—Filipino and Proud—and who else could be more iconic in this respect than President Cory?”
The former President was the icon of democracy, a caring wife, an affectionate mother and grandmother, and a leader who made an impact on the lives of Filipinos. But, not known to many, she was also a painter.
In painting she saw a way to keep her mind active and her sense of humanity intact.
“I remember she always enjoyed painting ever since I was a kid,” said Nina. “It’s nice that people will get to see and know a different side of her.”
The former President, under the mentoring of Jeff Consumo, enjoyed painting flowers and women in oil or acrylic on canvass.
“The special Bayo collection is a way for people to remember Mom and for those who haven’t seen any of her artworks yet, at least they will be able to see them,” added Ballsy.
Inspired by her colorful floral paintings, Bayo’s I am Cory Collection features staple clothes.
“To distinguish our collection, we thought of something not everybody knows about Mrs. Cory Aquino—her paintings,” said Lynn Agustin of Bayo.
The silhouette is clean and simple, inspired by President Aquino’s simplicity and grace.
The line consists of flower-pot shirts, scoop-neck shirts, striped tank tops, ’50s-inspired dress, and chambray and striped polos with floral print and pockets.
There are also canvas bags with iconic prints of her landscape paintings, flower-pot painting in full and magnified versions.
Sharing their favorite pieces among the collection, President Cory’s daughters and granddaughter were asked about their preferences in clothing. The three agreed that comfort is top priority.
“I really liked the striped blouse with floral piping on pockets and sleeves,” said Ballsy. “It’s very comfortable. I liked how they had the flowers on the sleeves and pockets. Kapag napansin yung flowers, sasabihin, ’ah, ito yung pinaint ni Cory!”
Pinky loved all the clothes she tried on, but had her eyes on the ’50s-inspired dress. “If I were much younger and thinner, I really like the dress with the stripes,” she said.
Nina wanted something she can wear to school. To match her busy lifestyle as a senior Communications Technology major at Ateneo de Manila University, she picked out the grey shirt: “I like that it’s simple and I can wear it every day.”
Of the canvas bags, Ballsy said: “It’s something so useful, very washable and something you can recycle. I think it’s such a nice way to help the environment.”
Bayo has collaborated with Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) in this special collection.
NCAF is an organization devoted to building on the democratic legacy of the two great Filipinos who brought out the best in their countrymen. NCAF’s Iamninoy-Iamcory movement has core youth mobilization and empowerment programs which seek to nurture a new generation of Filipino leaders imbued with a selflessness to serve their country.
“You, too, can be a hero,” said Ruben Tangco, managing director of the iamninoy-iamcory movement. “You don’t have to die to do something selfless, something heroic for your less fortunate countrymen,” he said.
With all these retail partnerships, NCAF has made it accessible to everyone to be a “hero”—every retail partner has to tie up with a chosen beneficiary. “When you buy something from a retail partner, you will automatically help a beneficiary,” he added. “In a sense, this is a way of being heroic.”
For this limited capsule collection, part of the proceeds will be donated to the foundation to help support the advocacies of NCAF, particularly the leadership and formation program.
“We want to deepen the engagement with young people,” Tangco said. “We want young people to volunteer and spend time on selfless work. We want them to draw inspiration and transformation from their own experiences and, from there, evolve into spiritually grounded leaders of the future.”
“This partnership has given birth to a confluence of the arts, history, and fashion,” said Corcor Bitong of Bayo.
When asked if they think the former President would want any of the pieces in the collection, the sisters said she definitely would.
“In her younger years, she was really very skinny so ang daming pwede sa kanya. Pwede siya with sleeveless. I’m sure she will also be bringing those bags with her, ang dami kasing malalagay,” Ballsy said.
“I remember she likes colors that are happy. She would also love the blouses,” Pinky added.
“Since it is a Filipino-owned company, Bayo is also using Filipinos for their fashion. It’s really an honor for our family,” she said.
more from here: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/sundaylifestyle/sundaylifestyle/view/20101003-295649/Ballsy-Pinky-Nina-wear-I-Am-Cory
Limited collection fuses art, history, retail—built on hope for young generation
IT WAS one of those rare afternoons when sisters Ballsy Aquino-Cruz and Pinky Aquino-Abellada with daughter Nina took time off from their busy schedules to sit and talk about their thoughts on a new tribute to the late President Cory Aquino.
“I really liked what I saw,” said Ballsy. “They were very comfortable and how they used mom’s art was so nice.”
The eldest of the Aquino siblings was talking about the new Bayo I am Cory collection.
Bayo, a popular fashion brand, joins the nation in celebrating the life of the most admired Filipino woman of our time with the Bayo I am Cory Collection.
Its designs incorporate chosen artworks of former President Aquino.
Pinky Estrebillo of Bayo explained: “Bayo has always been championing the fabulous Pinay—Filipino and Proud—and who else could be more iconic in this respect than President Cory?”
The former President was the icon of democracy, a caring wife, an affectionate mother and grandmother, and a leader who made an impact on the lives of Filipinos. But, not known to many, she was also a painter.
In painting she saw a way to keep her mind active and her sense of humanity intact.
“I remember she always enjoyed painting ever since I was a kid,” said Nina. “It’s nice that people will get to see and know a different side of her.”
The former President, under the mentoring of Jeff Consumo, enjoyed painting flowers and women in oil or acrylic on canvass.
“The special Bayo collection is a way for people to remember Mom and for those who haven’t seen any of her artworks yet, at least they will be able to see them,” added Ballsy.
Inspired by her colorful floral paintings, Bayo’s I am Cory Collection features staple clothes.
“To distinguish our collection, we thought of something not everybody knows about Mrs. Cory Aquino—her paintings,” said Lynn Agustin of Bayo.
The silhouette is clean and simple, inspired by President Aquino’s simplicity and grace.
The line consists of flower-pot shirts, scoop-neck shirts, striped tank tops, ’50s-inspired dress, and chambray and striped polos with floral print and pockets.
There are also canvas bags with iconic prints of her landscape paintings, flower-pot painting in full and magnified versions.
Sharing their favorite pieces among the collection, President Cory’s daughters and granddaughter were asked about their preferences in clothing. The three agreed that comfort is top priority.
“I really liked the striped blouse with floral piping on pockets and sleeves,” said Ballsy. “It’s very comfortable. I liked how they had the flowers on the sleeves and pockets. Kapag napansin yung flowers, sasabihin, ’ah, ito yung pinaint ni Cory!”
Pinky loved all the clothes she tried on, but had her eyes on the ’50s-inspired dress. “If I were much younger and thinner, I really like the dress with the stripes,” she said.
Nina wanted something she can wear to school. To match her busy lifestyle as a senior Communications Technology major at Ateneo de Manila University, she picked out the grey shirt: “I like that it’s simple and I can wear it every day.”
Of the canvas bags, Ballsy said: “It’s something so useful, very washable and something you can recycle. I think it’s such a nice way to help the environment.”
Bayo has collaborated with Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) in this special collection.
NCAF is an organization devoted to building on the democratic legacy of the two great Filipinos who brought out the best in their countrymen. NCAF’s Iamninoy-Iamcory movement has core youth mobilization and empowerment programs which seek to nurture a new generation of Filipino leaders imbued with a selflessness to serve their country.
“You, too, can be a hero,” said Ruben Tangco, managing director of the iamninoy-iamcory movement. “You don’t have to die to do something selfless, something heroic for your less fortunate countrymen,” he said.
With all these retail partnerships, NCAF has made it accessible to everyone to be a “hero”—every retail partner has to tie up with a chosen beneficiary. “When you buy something from a retail partner, you will automatically help a beneficiary,” he added. “In a sense, this is a way of being heroic.”
For this limited capsule collection, part of the proceeds will be donated to the foundation to help support the advocacies of NCAF, particularly the leadership and formation program.
“We want to deepen the engagement with young people,” Tangco said. “We want young people to volunteer and spend time on selfless work. We want them to draw inspiration and transformation from their own experiences and, from there, evolve into spiritually grounded leaders of the future.”
“This partnership has given birth to a confluence of the arts, history, and fashion,” said Corcor Bitong of Bayo.
When asked if they think the former President would want any of the pieces in the collection, the sisters said she definitely would.
“In her younger years, she was really very skinny so ang daming pwede sa kanya. Pwede siya with sleeveless. I’m sure she will also be bringing those bags with her, ang dami kasing malalagay,” Ballsy said.
“I remember she likes colors that are happy. She would also love the blouses,” Pinky added.
“Since it is a Filipino-owned company, Bayo is also using Filipinos for their fashion. It’s really an honor for our family,” she said.
more from here: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/sundaylifestyle/sundaylifestyle/view/20101003-295649/Ballsy-Pinky-Nina-wear-I-Am-Cory
Monday, September 27, 2010
Bayo and Aquino Foundation collaborate on ‘I am Cory’ collection
Came across this article regarding Bayo's support for the Aquino foundation. Read on:
Bayo, together with the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, has released its new limited capsule collection called “I am Cory.” It is inspired by the former president’s floral artwork which is featured in flower pot printed shirts, scoop neck shirts, striped tank tops, 1950s-inspired dresses, and chambray and striped polos with floral prints and pockets. Also in this collection are canvas bags which feature one of her landscape paintings and a flower pot painting. Part of the proceeds from every purchase of the “I am Cory” products will be donated to the foundation.
More from here http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=18391
Bayo, together with the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, has released its new limited capsule collection called “I am Cory.” It is inspired by the former president’s floral artwork which is featured in flower pot printed shirts, scoop neck shirts, striped tank tops, 1950s-inspired dresses, and chambray and striped polos with floral prints and pockets. Also in this collection are canvas bags which feature one of her landscape paintings and a flower pot painting. Part of the proceeds from every purchase of the “I am Cory” products will be donated to the foundation.
More from here http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=18391
Monday, September 6, 2010
CITFI students top art contest
Got across this news about an art painting contest where the judge was Mar Vidal, a world renowned painter whose artwork was adored by President Cory Aquino. Read on:
Two students from the Catanduanes Institute of Technology Foundation, Inc. (CITFI) won the first and third places in the provincial art painting contest, participated in by 22 artists from all over Catanduanes.
Christopher Tacorda, computer programming student of CITFI, topped the contest to win the P5,000 prize donated by Governor Cua. Tacorda also won a one-year scholarship from CITFI.
Second place went to Christopher Degala, an employee of Rakdel Inn. He won P3,000 and a one-year scholarship from CITFI.
Jerome Terry, another CITFI computer programming student, took the third place with a P2,000 prize from Vice Governor Teves and a one-year scholarship from CITFI.
The art contest was part of Governor Cua's program to tap talented artists in the province and provide them incentives through the Catanduanes Upliftment of the Arts (CUA) program that was recently launched with the participation of CITFI and renowned artist painter Mar Vidal who also served as judge in the contest.
"It's amazing to note that Catanduanes has all these talents in art painting. They ought to be tapped and given every opportunity to widen their sphere towards bringing beauty and color to the province and the world," Vidal said.
Vida recently visited Catanduanes and provided students and officials a free sketching of their portraits. He was recently chosen to oil paint the portraits of Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao, a life-size portrait that mesmerized everyone so that he was featured in the front page of Cebu Daily News (a subsidiary of Philippine Daily Inquirer) last August 15.
Others who also availed of Vidal's talent were celebrity Monique Lluillier, Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia, President Cory Aquino, Cardinal Vidal, and top businessmen, politicians, actors and actresses. Last year, Vidal was invited to Los Angeles to attend the world competition opera concert of his daughter who won second place.
"I will be back in Catanduanes because there is that unique beauty in your province which I have not seen anywhere else. Surely, I will be helping talents get their chance to be in the spotlight for world competition and make Catanduanes a province of the arts," Vidal declared. He was accompanied by Freddie Esmas, another official from Cebu and CITFI board director, who promised that he will work out that Cebu and Catanduanes become sister cities soon.
more from here: http://www.catanduanestribune.com/Sep-01-2010/OtherStory/Detail.aspx?newsID=7231
Two students from the Catanduanes Institute of Technology Foundation, Inc. (CITFI) won the first and third places in the provincial art painting contest, participated in by 22 artists from all over Catanduanes.
Christopher Tacorda, computer programming student of CITFI, topped the contest to win the P5,000 prize donated by Governor Cua. Tacorda also won a one-year scholarship from CITFI.
Second place went to Christopher Degala, an employee of Rakdel Inn. He won P3,000 and a one-year scholarship from CITFI.
Jerome Terry, another CITFI computer programming student, took the third place with a P2,000 prize from Vice Governor Teves and a one-year scholarship from CITFI.
The art contest was part of Governor Cua's program to tap talented artists in the province and provide them incentives through the Catanduanes Upliftment of the Arts (CUA) program that was recently launched with the participation of CITFI and renowned artist painter Mar Vidal who also served as judge in the contest.
"It's amazing to note that Catanduanes has all these talents in art painting. They ought to be tapped and given every opportunity to widen their sphere towards bringing beauty and color to the province and the world," Vidal said.
Vida recently visited Catanduanes and provided students and officials a free sketching of their portraits. He was recently chosen to oil paint the portraits of Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao, a life-size portrait that mesmerized everyone so that he was featured in the front page of Cebu Daily News (a subsidiary of Philippine Daily Inquirer) last August 15.
Others who also availed of Vidal's talent were celebrity Monique Lluillier, Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia, President Cory Aquino, Cardinal Vidal, and top businessmen, politicians, actors and actresses. Last year, Vidal was invited to Los Angeles to attend the world competition opera concert of his daughter who won second place.
"I will be back in Catanduanes because there is that unique beauty in your province which I have not seen anywhere else. Surely, I will be helping talents get their chance to be in the spotlight for world competition and make Catanduanes a province of the arts," Vidal declared. He was accompanied by Freddie Esmas, another official from Cebu and CITFI board director, who promised that he will work out that Cebu and Catanduanes become sister cities soon.
more from here: http://www.catanduanestribune.com/Sep-01-2010/OtherStory/Detail.aspx?newsID=7231
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