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MANILA, Philippines – New York-based Filipina graphic designer, educator, design guru and AIGA Medal recipient Lucille Tenazas is set to share her knowledge on design and the creative process as she leads the upcoming Adobo Masterclass titled “Purposeful purposelessness: A Unique approach to Design Thinking.” The class will focus on generating creative thinking through unconventional strategies. The workshop will begin with a lecture presented by Tenazas, where she will highlight her approach and methodology. After the lecture, participants will have a chance to apply their insights as they collaborate on a project, exploring word play, chance operations, and random connections. Participants will be challenged to view objects, situations and ideas in new ways. Tenazas is associate dean and a Henry Wolf professor in the School of Art Media and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. She has spent the last 30 years as a graphic designer and educator, working with corporations, city, state and federal entities, as well as cultural instituions in the United States. In 2013, Tenazas was awarded the distinguished AIGA medal by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, which described her as “a charismatic leader and design practitioner.” Tenazas also received the National Design Award in Communications Design from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2002. The Adobo Masterclass will be held on March 26 at The City Club at Makati Place, along Ayala Avenue Extension from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in cooperation with event partners, Bensimon, Executive Decisions, Super Read More …

Now and then I walk my students in Creative Writing through a lesson in description, which — as I’ve often noted in this corner — is at best always more than a rendition of the physical setting and the people and things in it. In the hands of a skilled or a gifted writer, a plain object can acquire a strange and memorable luminosity. Sometimes all it takes is the uncommon but logical and precise choice of a word, such as when William Faulkner describes a campfire as being “shrewd,” struggling and managing to keep alive despite the wind. At other times good description requires the writer to step back and to set things in a larger context, balancing fine detail with the broader sweep of memory and understanding. I don’t even need to draw on the likes of Faulkner or Greg Brillantes or Kerima Polotan to demonstrate what I mean. Take this passage from a story submitted to my fiction class a couple of semesters ago by a young student named Katrina del Rosario, part of a story titled “Paying Respects.” Rather quiet in class, she more than made up for her reticence with this outpouring of brilliant prose: The first Dayaos had been very successful farmers, and the land burst with green and trees and stalks and vines heavy with bright fruit; now only one or two Dayaos farmed the land, with the most magnificent of trees cut down to build houses. The elders remembered entire lives lived Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – Manila Broadcasting Company has released the list of Filipino choirs that qualified from the nationwide auditions held for “Sing N Joy Manila 2013,” the international choral competition that will be held at the Aliw Theater complex in December. TIP Choral Society,  Kinaadman Chorale, Enharmonica Singers, Coro Amadeo,  UP Manila Chorale, Pasig Catholic College, Vox Angeli, Himig Bulilit of St. Paul College Parañaque, the University of San Agustin Troubadours, St. Mary’s University Choral Society, Regina Coeli, Tabor Hill College OAD Choir, Coro San Nicoleno, Calasiao Children’s Chorus, the Ateneo Boys Choir, University of Manila Singers, Vox Amigos, Juan Luna Elementary School, the Davao Girls Choir, Lyceum of Alabang, Tining-Ang Koro ng Letran Calamba, Coro Obcento, Agoo Children’s Choir, Isabela State University Chamber Choir, Cebu Central School Children’s Choir, and the Central Luzon State University Maestro Singers made it to the list of choirs whose participation will be subsidized by the broadcast network. Former MBC National Choral Competition champions Coro de Manila, Hiyas ng Pilipinas, St. Louis University Glee Club, and the Laoag City Children’s Choir are also included. Initial registration forms submitted by the different groups show them signing up for the different categories including mixed choruses and youth choirs, with the folkloric, pop, and sacred music genres as popular choices. Choirs from other countries in the Asia Pacific region are expected to see action when the international competition unfolds in December under the aegis of Interkultur Germany and the Philippine Choral Directors Association, through the generous support Read More …