Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura Araw ng Pagkilala 2019

This morning’s CAL recognition rites was hosted by the Department of Art Studies. In this photo is DAS Chair Prof. Roberto Paulino presenting the Art Studies graduating class of 2019 to the college dean. 

Later in the ceremony, BA Art Studies major Lianne Bidasari Palmenco received the 2019 Gawad Antonio Mercado Abad para sa Pinakamahusay na Tesis (Di-graduwado) for “Towards a Feminist Approach to an Ecology of Images: Selected Works by Five Women Artists from the Bicol Region”.

Congratulations, graduates!

“The Life and Times of Purita Kalaw Ledesma” Bags Best Book on Art in the 37th National Book Awards

Congratulations to Prof. Purissima Benitez-Johannot, editor of the book “The Life and Times of Purita Kalaw Ledesma,” and Prof. Patrick Flores and Prof. Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, who wrote articles for the book. The book was recently named Best Book on Art at the National Book Development Board’s 37th National Book Awards.

Prof. Benitez-Johannot is Lecturer at the Department of Art Studies. Prof. Flores and Prof. Legaspi-Ramirez are Professor and Assistant Professors in the department, respectively.

Image from the post of the National Book Development Board