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January 17, 2026

MADE 2009 Sneak Peek: Celebrating future art masters

Take a look at the masterpieces of young Filipino artists. Feel their sentiments. Learn how the environment can inspire human beings, and how humanity can protect the environment through their creations.

Experience Filipino creativity as the Metrobank Foundation showcases to the public the 2009 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) semi-finalists in the painting and sculpture competitions, as well as the entries for the architecture and interior design competitions. The public viewing is scheduled on June 5 and 6 (Friday and Saturday), 9 am until 6 pm, at 6F Manila Doctors College, Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Metropolitan Park, Pasay City.

Now on its 25th year, MADE is a pioneering art competition which supports Philippine arts through recognizing budding artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture and interior design. With the advocacy “Your environment shapes you”, MADE also seeks to contribute in preserving the environment through sustainable designs.

It lists the names of now established up-and-coming masters such as Bobby Feleo, Elmer Borlongan, Mark Justiniani, Duddley Diaz, Dan Raralio, Noёll El Farrol, Alfredo Esquillo, Jr., Ronald Ventura and Gabby Barredo in its roster of winners.

For details and confirmation of attendance, please call Ms. Jericah Regado at 898.8855 or Mr. Pipo Fernando at 898.8856.

 

Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
October 2013-- A lesser known contemporary of Vicente Manansala, Federico Estrada started his career as a sculptor in 1932. He was the first Filipino to work at the atelier of Pietro Amberti who taught him the secrets of s...
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The Journey to Art of Joven Ignacio
The Journey to Art of Joven Ignacio
There is something beguiling about painting new and spectacular flora. They infiltrate our reception of images and they carry particular poignancy. The sweetness of a nightingale and the tranquility of wh...
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Leo Abaya's Dialogue of Ideas and Images
Leo Abaya's Dialogue of Ideas and Images
September 2016--Leo Abaya has an enviable sense of timing. In 1993, his student plate of a collage study of images from magazines, Views and Points of View won the Jurors Choice at the Art Association of the Philippine Annual Art Compe...
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Brief Sketch of the History of Plastic-Graphic Arts in the Philippines (First of Two Parts)
Brief Sketch of the History of Plastic-Graphic Arts in the Philippines (First of Two Parts)
September 2013--The best starting point in the history of Philippine art is probably the Sixteenth century, with the implantation of Spanish sovereignty over the islands. During the pre-Spanish period, the Philippines already enjoy...
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Stuttgart museum returns looted medieval masterpiece
Stuttgart museum returns looted medieval masterpiece
March 2013--The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart has returned Virgin and Child, a 15th-century painting attributed to the Master of Flémalle (1375-1444), to the estate of Max Stern, a German-born Jewish dealer who fled the Nazis...
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The Art and Life of Baidy Rico Mendoza
The Art and Life of Baidy Rico Mendoza
She is truly mystical. Of herself she declares, I am as old as the hills and as young as the clouds, and somebody said, as the mist. Baidy Rico Mendoza fashions her clay people out of disparate thingsit...
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The Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs
The Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs
July-August 2013--A geological study in Tres Hermanas in Antipolo was undertaken by the National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines. In this site, the Plio-Pliestocene deposit was identified as Laguna Format...
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The San Sebastian Church --Gustave Eiffel's Church in the Philippines
The San Sebastian Church --Gustave Eiffel's Church in the Philippines
Just recently, I was trying too hard to identify a place with unique features that is not only worthy of admiring but also considered artistic. Then I asked myself, What place has not been much written...
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Renato Rocha: Building Modern Sculptures
Renato Rocha: Building Modern Sculptures
December 2013--From 1960-1965, Renato Rocha had a winning streak in various art competitions including the University of the Philippines Student Catholic Action Art Competition (UP SCA) and the National Student Art Compe...
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THE PASTILLAS PAPER CUT TRADITION
The art of making the pabalat or pastillas wrappers has transformed in recent years from being a local, folk tradition into a popular art. Besides adding flair to the sweet pastillas de leche made from...
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