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".


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