Exhibit to open Dec. 8

An exhibit by artist Fernando Kabigting will be mounted at Italia Restaurant, 23rd-San Agustin streets in Bacolod City, from December 8 to January 8, 2013, a press release from organizers said.

Kabigting has been an artist for over 50 years. In his mid-20s, he opened his first gallery, Gallery K, in Bacolod City. The seventh of eight children born in Manila, he did not have exposure to other artists, but admired the works of national artist Fernando Amorsolo, among many others, the press release said.

His first pieces consisted mostly of subjects ranging from still life to landscapes, on oil or charcoal media. In 1988, he held his first one-man exhibition at the Philippine Consulate in Manhattan, New York.

Kabigting suffered a stroke in 1999. Working with debilitating physical conditions like double vision and a half-paralyzed body, he retrained himself to paint left-handed and discovered the joy of painting in the abstract, the press release also said.

For more information, those interested may log on to www.charliesartgallery.com or email info@charliesartgallery.com, the press release added.*

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Visayas VIVA ExCon
logo competition on

The Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference, or VIVA ExCon, is holding a logo competition for all Visayan artists, its press release said, without stating the venue.

Initial entries must be submitted to vivaexcon@yahoo.com on a scalable vector graphic, a PNG, PSD or as a JPG file. The email must include the name, age, postal address, phone number and email address of the logo designer. Each participant can submit one entry on or before December 28, 2012, the press release also said.

No fee will be collected in joining the contest, that aims to have a design, logo type and symbol that Viva ExCon may use in perpetuity, on the theme “VIVA ExCon. Uniting the Visayas through Art”.

The winning logo design will be announced in its launch on January 2013, and the designer will receive P10,000 in cash prize and recognition in the VIVA ExCon website.

The VIVA ExCon, that will hold its 13th biennale in Bacolod City in 2014, is a local initiative towards the promotion and strengthening of cooperation among visual art groups in the Visayas, including the islands of Negros, Cebu, Panay, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Guimaras, Siquijor and Boracay, the press release said.

It has been adapted by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts as the basis for local initiatives in the formation of the regional art festivals in Mindanao and Luzon, the press release added.*

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Multipurpose bldg.
turned over in Silay

The P2.5 million multi-purpose building of Barangay 2 in Silay City, Negros Occidental, was turned over to barangay officials in rites led by Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) recently, a press release from his office said.

The building is a symbol of the dedication and commitment of the barangay to serve their community and help one another, Benitez, who presented the ceremonial key to the building to Barangay Captain Diego Hinolan, said. The building will house the offices of the barangay officials and the barangay-based social services unit.

Project funds came from the Priority Development Assistance Fund of Benitez, Negros Occidental and Silay City governments, the barangay and the Department of Public Works and Highways, the press release said.

The Holy Mass and blessing was officiated by Fr. Fil Duaban, and the ribbon-cutting, unveiling of marker and the key turnover were witnessed by Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board Members Patrick Lacson and Manman Kho, his wife Jonah; Silay City Councilor Marie June Castro, Aileen Javier, barangay captains and kagawads, led by ABC president Joedith Gallego, and residents, the press release added.*

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Mayor's Night slated

The Mayor's Night and awarding of retirees will be held 7 p.m. today by the Philippine Association of Secondary Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs of the Department of Education and the Silay City government at the Sen. Jose Locsin Cultural and Civic Center in Silay, a press release from the city said.

The event will be attended by Mayor Jose Montelibano, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent, Neri Anne Alibuyog, assistant supt. Marcet Sabaluca, Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School principal Wilfredo Hermosura, Silay Tourism Officer Severino Pacete and Cultural Officer IV Achilles Corteza, the press release also said.

The Kabataang Silay Rondalla will provide the overture music during the entrance of the awardees, classical pieces during dinner, and a Rigodon piece during the Teachers' Rigodon de Honor Number, while the Hugyaw Kansilay Dancers will render festival number and Let's Dance Hugyaw Silay dances.

Students of the Special Program in the Arts will lead the opening prayer, and Montelibano, Bureau of Secondary Education director, Lolita Andrada, and regional director Mildred Garay of DepEd will lead the friendship toast, the press release also said. PASECAC officers and members will be in Silay until Thursday for their conference on the implementation of the K to 12 basic curriculum program, the press release added.*

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