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ILOMOCA celebrates Iloilo City Charter Day with month-long art festivities



The Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) creates an exciting month-long arts festival in celebration of Iloilo City's Charter Day on Aug. 25, 2019.

ILOMOCA highlights the month of August with Ilonggo creativity with workshops and sessions to be conducted by Ilonggo artists.

Artists and art enthusiasts alike will be in for a very special treat full of workshops, concerts, and talks as ILOMOCA upholds  its learning aims to engage with a wider audience in the community when they visit the museum locater at Casa Emperador at Ilo Business Park.

Here are the scheduled events for August 2019 at ILOMOCA.

Life Drawing at The Box | Aug 3 

Figure Drawing session will be held at The Box with artists and students learning to draw the human anatomy as well as gestures and movements. Come join this live drawing session with your fellow Ilonggos. Registration fee of P700. 

See event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/3848176721698951 

Learning Digital Drawing | Aug 10 

This workshop will be facilitated by Goldberg Villanueva, a freelance graphic artist for 10 years and has worked for clients both locally and abroad, who will give useful tips, especially for beginners. His projects include comics and graphics design. Registration fee is P100. 

See event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/469348566945245/ 

Scapes: Watercolor Workshop | Aug 17

Wilfredo Calderon will teach the audience basic techniques in watercolor painting, also to beginners. He has been a watercolorist for 30 years and is a member of the prestigious The Singapore Watercolour Society as well as Siningapore - a group of Filipino based in Singapore. 

See event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/673897296407212/ 

Jovita Fuentes, Jose Contreras Music Institute Concert | Aug 21-24 

The celebration continues with music from the faculty of the first Jovita Fuentes and Jose Contreras Music Institute who will perform classical pieces. with the theme "Linking the Art of German lied and Filipino Kundiman", in partnership with the University of San Agustin. 

Iloilo Charter Day | Aug 25

In celebration of the Iloilo City's 82nd Charter Day. The entrance fee to the museum will be waived for Iloilo City residents who will present their IDs reflecting Iloilo City as their address. 

Ay Gali! Art Education for Teachers with West Visayan Literary Scholars | Aug 31

The month-long celebration will be concluded by a discussion on literature because August is also Buwan ng Wika. Literary scholars from Western Visayas will have a panel discussion entitled "Ang Panitikan ng Kanlurang Bisayas sa Panitikan ng Filipinas". 

This series of workshops. concerts and talks is in collaboration with the Iloilo City Government. Iloilo City Tourism Office, Kasingkasing Press. University of San Agustin. Hubon Manunulat. Mr. Wilfredo Calderon. Mr. Goldberg Villanueva. 

For more information about ILOMOCA's August activities. like and follow ILOMOCA on Facebook. visit their website at http://www.ilomoca.org. or call (033) 501-8622 and 0917 174 6766. 

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