Samsung & Yuchengco Museum encourage Filipinos to celebrate culture and heritage through Instagram Contest

Samsung and the Yuchengco Museum have just launched Culture Connect: Castrillo @ 50, an Instagram contest, which aims to inspire Filipinos to embrace their nationalistic pride and express it on social media.

The late Eduardo Castrillo’s daughter, Ovvian Castrillo, talked about her father’s legacy.

This is the sequel of last year’s launch of Culture Explorer wherein Samsung helped celebrate the Filipino culture and heritage through exhibiting various plazas in Manila. Culture Explorer is an innovative mobile application that uses augmented reality technology to help people, especially the youth, learn about Manila’s plazas and historical landmarks.

This year, to strengthen patriotism among Filipinos, Samsung and Yuchengco Museum are hosting Culture Connect: Castrillo @ 50, which would commemorate the works of nationalist Filipino sculptor, Eduardo Castrillo.

Also, to celebrate Eduardo Castrillo’s 50th year as a professional artist, Culture Connect is set to feature his works this year. Castrillo is known as the monument maker, having produced figurative historical and religious monuments, and abstract environmental works not only in the Philippines but in other countries as well.

“Castrillo’s monuments, including Binhi ng mga Bayani located in Rizal Park, and People Power along EDSA, are cultural heritage pieces of our country. Commemorating some of the turning points in Philippine history, these monuments have become testimony to Castrillo’s passion for excellence in form, technique, and spirit,” shares Jeannie Javelosa, Curator of the Yuchengco Museum.

In line with Buwan ng Wika and Castrillo’s 50th anniversary, the Instagram contest will run for the entire month of August. Culture Connect: Castrillo @ 50 encourages everyone to share their pride and love for their roots and the Philippines through social media.

To help you select a particular subject/genre to use, you may check the list of Castrillo Monuments below:

1. Raha Sulayman, 1976, Raha Sulayman Park, Malate, Manila
2. The Heritage of Cebu, 2001, Mactan, Cebu (History of Christianity in Asia)
3. The Spirit of Pinaglabanan  1974, (heroes of Phil-Am war commemorating Pinaglabanan), San Juan, 1974 – at Barrio Paraiso, Pinaglabanan, San Juan
4. The Light and Sound Sculptural Tableau on the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, 1991 , Rizal Shrine, Luneta
5. Rizal, RCBC Plaza
6. Life and Heroism of Gat Andres Bonifacio (Relief) Shrine, Manila
7. Andres Bonifacio, 1987 6.3 meters, Fort Bonifacio Manila
8. Emilio Aguinaldo, Trece Martirez City Hall, along Governor’s Drive, Cavite
9. Emilio Aguinaldo, Bacoor Cavite
10. Binhi ng mga Bayani, environmental relief 1995 in Rizal Park (near the gardens)
11. Bantayog ng Mga Bayani, 1992, Quezon Avenue corner EDSA
12. People Power, 1993, EDSA
13. Spirit of EDSA , RCBC Building, Makati, 2001
14. Youth’s Cry of Defiance, 1966, 5.6 meters, cut and welded steel, Fort Santiago, Manila
15. The Cry of Tondo, 1978, Isla Putting Bato, National Housing Authority Project, Tondo, Manila
16. Paghimudos, Bacolod City
17. Katuparan ng Pangarap ng Lahi, 1989, GSIS Building, Reclamation Area, Roxas Boulevard, Manila
18. Diwa ng Batangueno, Batangas City

Anyone can join the contest by posting a photo of any of the select public art monuments on Instagram, and expressing what it means to you as a Filipino. Tag @CastrilloCultureConnect and use the hashtags #SamsungCultureConnect and #Castrillo50.

Up to three entries per person may be submitted under professional or open category. First-place winners under each category get a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and a Gear VR. Winning contest photos will be featured on the Culture Explorer application.

Contest runs from August 1 to 31, 2016. Winning entries will be announced online on September 13, 2016 and will be awarded on October 13, 2016.

For full mechanics and more information visit, www.eduardocastrillo.com, and follow @CastrilloCultureConnect on Instagram.

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ART x WINE: A Collaboration Exhibition featuring CHARLIE CO and CEZAR ARRO

Art x Wine:  Featuring Charlie Co and Cezar Arro, a collaboration exhibition launches at the Kirov Model unit in Rockwell Center

Art x Wine, is an Art Exhibition and Wine appreciation event featuring the works of two phenomenal Filipino Artists, Charlie Co and Cezar Arro launches at the Kirov Model unit in the Proscenium Showroom in Rockwell Center.

The launching of the exhibition was initiated by a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the following notable personalities:

Charlie Co – Featured Artist/Painter

Cezar Arro – Featured Artist/Painter

Ferdinand Roxas – Chairman of PCSO

Ada Mabilangan – Head of Poorita Kalaw Foundation

Tina Colayco – President of the Metropolitan Museum

Muriel Sy – Art Collector

Sherwin Lao – Co-Owner of Golden Wines Inc.

Jonathan Gee – Head of Gallery H

Judith Gee – Co-Founder of Gallery H

Art x Wine aims to bring together Art and Wine Enthusiasts for a festive night where we celebrate the Filipino Art paired with lovely wines provided by Golden Wines Inc.

Charlie Co (Right)

As the Founder of Gallery H, Jonathan Gee quoted, “I have been living in the Philippines for a number of years now.  What I’ve discovered is that there is an abundance of artistic talents in the country.  Because of this, Judith and I decided to organize an Art Exhibition that features these talents.”

Guests were invited to view the latest painting collection of both the artists beautifully curated within the Showroom space and Kirov Model unit.  As a good pair to the stunning art, Golden Wines Inc. served their famous Australian wine by Peter Lehman and Spanish Enate wines.  Both wine brands feature artworks in their wine labels, which was very apt for the concept of the event.  We were served Peter Lehman’s Portrait Cabernet Sauvignon and Art & Soul Chardonnay 2011.  On the other hand, we were able to try Enate’s Rosado Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Sauvignon – Merlot.

Hosted at the prestigious Kirov model unit in the Proscenium Showroom beside the Rockwell Tent, we were also able to take a grand tour of the nicely laid out and designed Kirov model unit.  The artworks juxtaposed with the wonderful interiors give you the experience of the good life, living with beauty, good design and art.

The ART x WINE opens at 5PM starting Friday, August 5, 2015 which will run until August 13, 2015 at the Kirov Model Unit beside the Rockwell Tent in Rockwell Center.

The beautiful artworks being exhibited are for sale. Wines can also be ordered from Golden Wines Inc.

About Art x Wine

This event is primarily an Art and Wine appreciation event, drawing art buyers, art collectors, art enthusiasts, artists, media people, personalities and wine enthusiasts together.  It is a series where we feature one or more emerging and/or established Filipino artist/s per show.  This event was commissioned by Gallery H and organized by Brylliance Design Studio www.brylliancedesign.com.

For inquiries about Gallery H and/or any of paintings or Art events, you may contact Jonathan Gee at jgee1025@yahoo.com or through his mobile numbers 0920-9153842 or 0918-9424531.

About Cezar Arro

Chairman (Mind Art Torture) Iloilo Artist and Bands Organization (1994-2005).  He is an Iloilo based artist and is a celebrated Visual Artist.  He has been practicing Visual Arts for 22 years and has regularly been featured in multiple publications.  You may get in touch with him at www.facebook.com/cezar.arro.

About Charlie Co

Charlie Co is an award-winning, celebrated Filipino artist based in Bacolod, Philippines.  He has exhibited his works locally and internationally and has done a multitude of solo and group shows.

His current work combines painting and sculpture to create both a visual and tactile quality to his work.  He was first identified as a social realist in the mid-80s and later developed an interest in figurative expressionism that borders on surrealism.  You may get in touch with him at www.charlieco.net.

About the Proscenium

Translated from the Greek term as “beyond the scene”, the Proscenium at Rockwell is inspired by the arts, bridging together harmonious living with cultural sophistication.  With its unique architectural design, the Proscenium compliments luxury living with state of the art amenities, posh retail selections, a world-class Performing Arts Theater and a Museum.  Envisioned by the world-renowned Starchitect, Carlos Ott, the Proscenium at Rockwell is a refined choice for premium residential addresses in the Makati area.

Find out more about the Proscenium at www.e-rockwell.com.

About Golden Wines

Golden Wines, Inc. is the brainchild of friends from diverse backgrounds sharing one common passion – the wine culture.  The partners have a total combined 40+years of experience from various industries of strategic and tactical consumer sales and marketing, general management and operations.  Plus a total of more than 15 years of wine industry experience.  You may get in touch with them at www.facebook.com/GoldenWines.

Photos: Don Cordero

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