Groups invite participants to an on-the-spot painting tilt on Jan. 25
Museo Iloilo, Mayor Jerry Treñas, Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. and the Bankers Association of Iloilo, Inc. (BAII) is inviting artists ages three to 22 years old to participate in "Larger than Life," an on-the-spot painting contest to be held from 9 am to 12 pm on Jan. 25, 2008 in Museo Iloilo.
Category 1 is for ages three to nine years old and category 2 is for ages 10 to 16 years old, with prizes at P4,000, first place; P3,000, second place; and P2,000, third place. Category 3 is for ages 17 to 22 years old, with prizes at P5,000, first place; P4,000, second place; and P3,000, third place.
Registration has started last January 17 and will continue until January 24, 9 am to 5 pm at the Museo Iloilo, Bonifacio Drive. No registration fee is required.
The contestant must bring a birth or baptismal certificate as proof of age and illustration boards (1 or 2). The latter will be marked with the Museo Iloilo seal and will be left there and will be distributed again on the day of the contest. No other marks should be found on the said boards. Only one entry is allowed for one student and can make use of crayon, craypas, colored pencil, colored pentel and water color while for the college level category, one can use oil or acrylic, too. No mixed media or collage is allowed.
The standard drawing board for category 1 and 2 is ½ illustration board and for category 3, whole illustration board.
The awarding ceremony and announcement of the winning entries will be known at 5:30 pm on January 25.
At the same time, Museo will open two exhibits that will run for one month. One is Exodus 2.0 by Elvert dela Cruz Bañares and the other is Finale Art File, featuring the recent works of Rommel Tuazon, Nilo Ilarde, Reinier dela Cruz, Robert Langenegger, Katrina Miranda Tuazon, Annie Cabigting Ilarde and Ian Quirante.
Elvert dela Cruz is an Ilonggo, award-winning filmmaker, film curator and visul artist. He returns to Museo 11 years after his first solo exhibition there.