China-born Banaue Miclat will perform in a concert entitled “Mabuhay! Banaue at Abelardo” after finishing Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. The concert will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Maningning Miclat Poetry Awards on September 24 at the Abelardo Hall, U.P. Diliman.

In the concert, elder and younger generations of Filipino singers will be represented by the Mabuhay Singers and Banaue.

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The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, in cooperation with the Art Circle Gallery and Shangri-la Plaza, will toast the winners of the 2008 Maningning Miclat Art Competition in an evening of arts, poetry and music on September 24, 2008 at the Art Plaza of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall.

The grand prize winner shall receive an exquisite glass sculpture trophy by world renowned artist, Ramon Orlina, plus PhP28,000.00 cash and a special collector’s edition of “Beyond the Great Wall: A Family Journal” by Mario, Alma, Maningning and Banaue Miclat. The book was awarded the National Book Award for Biography last year by the Manila Critics’ Circle in cooperation with the National Book Development Board.

Thirty eight paintings shall compete for the award. They have been chosen for exhibit/sale at Shangri-La Plaza Mall from September 19 to 30 out of more than 80 entries coming from around 20 universities, colleges and schools.

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The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation is calling on young artists aged 28 and below to prepare their masterpiece for entry to the 2008 Maningning Miclat Painting Competition. Awarding is scheduled to be held on September 24 this year at the Shangri-La Edsa Plaza.The grand prize for this open art competition consists of a Ramon Orlina glass sculpture trophy and a PhP 28.000.00 cash. Shortlisted entries will be exhibited from September 17 to 30.

Entries may be submitted on September 13-15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Art Circle Gallery, Shangri-La Edsa Mall. The painting entries may be done in oil, watercolor, pen and ink, acrylic, brush and ink, or mixed media in Western or Oriental style. Three-dimensional works are allowed, provided the final product is wall-bound. No specific theme is required. Entries must be original and executed in 2007-2008. Entries must be framed with the minimum size of 45 cm x 60 cm and maximum size of 120 cm x 180 cm or equivalent area without the frame.

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Three young poets, two Filipinos and a Chinese, were proclaimed winners of the 2007 Maningning Miclat Trilingual Poetry Awards by 2 National Artists for Literature, Virgilio Almario and Bienvenido Lumbera in an evening of poetry and music held at Philamlife Theater on September 26. The event which featured the singing prowess of the beautiful and accomplished singer-composers Cynthia Alexander, Susan Fernandez and Girl Valencia earned accolades for the seamless and outstanding direction by thespian Joel Saracho and his assistant, Geraldine Villamil..

Chen Siyuan of Guangdong, China, Erica Clariz delos Reyes of Ateneo de Manila University, and Raymond John de Borja of the University of the Philippines won in the Chinese, Filipino and English language categories of the 2007 Maningning Miclat Poetry Awards.

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Nine finalists in the 2007 Maningning Miclat Poetry Competition in Filipino, English and Chinese have been named and will vie for the grand prize to be awarded during the poetry awards and musical concert to be held at the Philamlife Theater, UN Avenue on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 7:00 P.M.

The finalists in the English division of the competition are Mark Anthony Cayanan, Raymond John A. de Borja, and Joy Anne Icayan; in the Filipino division are Mark Anthony Sy Angeles, Carlos M. Piocos III, and Erica Clariz C. de los Reyes. All 3 finalists, Chen Si Yuan, Chen Wei and Zhang Hui Chao, in the Chinese division of the competition came from Guangdong province which sent the most number of entries. Other entries were received from the Chinese capital, Beijing, as well as from the provinces of Shanxi, Gansu, Fujian and Chejiang. Entries were also received from Vietnam and the Philippines.

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The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation is proud to present “MANINGNING : AN EVENING OF POETRY AND MUSIC” at Philamlife Theater. The occasion will celebrate and award the winners of the 2007 Maningning Miclat Poetry Competition in Filipino, English and Chinese, and present a musical concert by three of the most talented and celebrated singers in the country -- Cynthia Alexander, Susan Fernandez, and Girl Valencia.

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Banaue Miclat's benefit concert featured in The Philippine STAR

The complete text of the article can be read in the announcements section or downloaded here as a pdf.

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