2018 Metrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE) Awarding Ceremony and Exhibit Opening Set

Wazzup Pilipinas!

The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) will recognize this year’s awardees of theMetrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE) on September 20, 2018 (Thursday), 5:00 PM, at the Le Pavillon, Metrobank Ave., Metropolitan Park, Roxas Blvd. Cor. EDSA Extension, Pasay City. US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Yong Kim and Cultural Center of the Philippines chairperson Margie Moran-Floreindo will serve as Guests of Honor.

Under the Painting Recognition Program, “Kanya-kanyang Tinik, Kanya-kanyang Landas, Iisa ang Ginagalawan” by Noel Elicana and “Destroyed” by Alex Ordoyo will receive the Grand Award, while “The Sacrifice” of Francis Eugene Andrade and “The Diminishing Memories of Home” of Roland Llarena will be given the Special Citation. On the other hand, as a partnership with Federal Land, Inc. (FLI), the Sculpture Recognition Program awards Maria Ronna Lara-Bes’ “Interconnected” the Grand Award. 

The Grand Awardees will each receive a financial assistance worth PhP500, 000 and the “Mula” glass trophy designed by 2009 Metrobank Prize for Achievement in Sculpture Awardee Noell El Farrol. The Special Citation awardees, on the other hand, will each receive a special cash incentive and a “Mula” trophy.   

The evening ceremonies will also unveil the “DISCOVER” Exhibit which will showcase the works of this year’s MADE semi-finalists as well as the “Voyage of the Senses” Exhibit which will display the artworks of past MADE awardees such as Rolando Ventura, Eugene Jarque, and Clarence Eduarte.

A two-day art lecture entitled Panoramic Endeavors will also be held in the same venue—“Art and Design as Personal Advocacies” on September 21 and “Hubs for Creative Ingenuity” on September 22 from 9:30AM to 5:00PM.