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In celebration of the National Arts Month, the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) will hold the first ever Southern Tagalog Arts Festival in February of this year.
Propelled by the OICA's commitment to uphold the dynamism and diversity of the Flipino culture and encourage the thriving of artistic traditions cultivated in the local soil, this month-long arts festivity endeavors to serve as a celebratory and collaborative showcase of artistic expressions richly rooted from the different provinces of the Southern Tagalog region, and a venue to recognize their significant location , not only in the national landscape, but in the global pageant as well.
This grand arts festival will highlight artistic contributions under the six categories:
BISWAL will showcase drawing, painting and printmaking;
LILOK will likewise display sculpture, poetry and ceramics;
BALAY will exhibit the applied arts such as embroidery, architecture, fashion design and weaving;
SULAT will exhibit written works in poetry, prose as well as academic researches;
TANGHAL will showcase the performative arts;
USBONG will present new media art forms such as digital art, video and photography.
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