Malakas at
Maganda II: A Women’s Group Exhibit of Power and Beauty
KASIBULAN
launches its second “Malakas at Maganda” exhibit at the St. Scholastica’s
Museum on July 6 as a fundraiser for the St. Scholastica’s Mission Hospital in
Pambujan, Northern Samar.
Manila, PH – KASIBULAN (Kababaihan sa Sining
at Bagong Sibol na Kamalayan) will be launching its second “Malakas at Maganda”
group exhibition series with the theme of woman being both strong and
beautiful. The exhibit opens on July 6, Saturday, 4pm at the St. Scholastica’s
Museum on Vito Cruz Street, Malate, Manila, with Guests of Honor Ceres Doyo,
Tina Monzon-Palma, and Maan Hontiveros. The exhibit runs until August 3.
The
exhibit project is for the benefit of St. Scholastica’s Hospital in Pambujan,
Northern Samar. Sister Mary John Mananzan, OSB, has spearheaded the building of the
25-bed hospital, which will serve the poorest in this community in critical
need.
The
exhibit is the second leg of the Malakas at Maganda series that showcases the
Kasibulan artists’ definitions of women’s power, which includes the power to
lead, govern, inspire, encourage, and effect change. In one legend of the
creation of humans, the man was named “Malakas” (Strong), and the Woman
“Maganda” (Beautiful), which perpetrates the stereotype that only man is
capable of being strong, and woman should only strive to be beautiful. To claim
the term “Malakas at Maganda” to describe a woman is thus to claim virtues that
she naturally possesses: she is strong, and she is beautiful.
“Malakas
at Maganda II” features artists Brenda V. Fajardo, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Anna
Fer, Julie Lluch, Vivian Nocum Limpin, June Dalisay, Doris G. Rodriguez, Elaine
Lopez-Clemente, Baidy Mendoza, Charito Bitanga, Susan
Fetalvero Roces, Yasmin Almonte, Arlene Villaver, Lenore RS Lim, Athena
Magcase-Lopez, Lea Lim, Aba Lluch Dalena, Fel R. Plata,
Christine Sioco, Eden T. Ocampo, Amihan Jumalon, Lot Arboleda, Tinsley
Garanchon, Bernadette R. Reyes, Anne Carmela Rosario, and Nicole Anne Asis.
The
exhibition will be accompanied by a Kasibulan Arts Bazaar on July 6 from 10am
until 7pm, and will feature book art pieces from Veronica Laurel, and other
artist-made crafts from the other members. Kasibulan will also hold Artist
Talks at St. Scholastica’s Museum. On July 12, Friday, 10am – 12nn, artist talk
topic is “The Babaylan in the Modern Age”, with main speaker National
Historical Commissioner Fe Mangahas and artist-speakers Imelda Cajipe Endaya
and Archie Ligo, to be moderated by Vivian N. Limpin. On July 26, Friday, 10am
– 12nn, artist talk topic is “Traditional Art in the Age of New Media”, with
main speaker UP Department of Art Studies Professor Eileen Legaspi Ramirez and
artist-speakers Vivian N. Limpin and Glenda Maye Abad, to be moderated by
Bebang Siy. Both talks are open to the public. The exhibit closes on August 3
with an artist sketching session, with guest artist Lynette Villariba of the
Philippine Daily Inquirer, and other Kasibulan artists.
About Kasibulan
KASIBULAN
(Kababaihan sa Sining at Bagong Sibol sa Kamalayan) is a sisterhood of women
artists in the visual, literary, visual, performance, and new media arts, with
the mission of providing members with
opportunities for creativity, growth, and
self-sufficiency, and work for the development of distinct women's expression.
