Call for Entries
ABOUT THE PRIZE
To encourage the practice of art criticism and to broaden its reach to a wider public, the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes present potential writers with the opportunity to contribute articles on art to a national newspaper and an international art magazine. The winner of the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize for The Philippine Star will be awarded a regular column under ‘Platforms’ in the Arts and Culture section of the paper, to be published twice a month with a total of 24 articles for a year. The winner of the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize for ArtAsiaPacific Magazine will be contributing to this bi-monthly publication, with a total of six (6) articles for a year. In addition, the two winners of the Ateneo Art Awards–PKL Prizes in Art Criticism shall contribute writings to Perro Berde, an annual art and culture publication of the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines and Instituto Cervantes.
A panel of jurors will shortlist a maximum of six (6) writers from the submitted entries. From this list, two (2) winners will be chosen by the editors of the partner publications – The Philippine Star and ArtAsiaPacific. Winners will be announced during the Ateneo Art Awards ceremony tentatively scheduled for 19 August 2020 at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Soledad V Pangilinan Arts Wing, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University.
The list of exhibitions open for review by interested participants are as follows:
LUZON
Cultural Center of the Philippines
The Probability-Neither Yes Nor No
Kanade Yagi
May 16 – July 14, 2019
Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery)
TAGU-TAGPUAN
A grade 12 visual arts thesis exhibit of the Philippine High School for the Arts
May 23 – June 30, 2019
Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby)
On Conflicts and Terrains
Mark Sanchez
June 6 – August 18, 2019
Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery)
HANDS ON: Touch, Engage, Create
Association of Pinoyprintmakers (A/P) Annual Exhibition
June 20 – August 11, 2019
Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery) & Pasilyo Victorio Edades (4F Hallway Gallery)
Carilyo Cart Project
Marc Cosico
August 22 – October 27, 2019
Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby)
Normal Scheduling Will Resume Shortly
Poklong Anading and Neil Fettling | Curated by Vince Alessi
August 29 – November 3, 2019
Bulwagang Fernando Amrosolo (Small Gallery), Pasilyo Victorio Edades (4F Hallway Gallery) and 4F Atrium
Poster/ity: 50 Years of Art and Culture at the CCP
October 8 – December 8, 2019
Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery), Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery), Buffeteria
Transcendental
Mervy Pueblo and Atsuko Yamagata
November 14, 2019 – February 23, 2020
Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby)
The Horizon of Expectations
Samantha Feleo
November 28, 2019 – March 22, 2020
Bulwagang Victorio Edades (Small Gallery) and 4th floor Atrium
Ang Alamat ng Malikhaing Konsyumer
Gerecho Iniel Cruz
December 2019 – January 19, 2020
Pasilyo Victorio Edades (4F Hallway Gallery)
PORTRAITURE AND THE PHILIPPINE TERNO: Commissioned Paintings of Filipinas by Rafael del Casal
January 26 – March 15, 2020
Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery)
The Women of the CCP VAC*
February 19 – June 14, 2020
Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery)
ALLEGORIES AND REALITIES
Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi: In Retrospect
February 22 – May 24, 2020
Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery)
Flight Season
Don Bryan Bunag
March 12 – April 26, 2020
Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby)
2 April to 7 June 2020
Clint Rey P. Policarpio*
April 2 – June 7, 2020
Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery)
*titles will be announced or subject to change
Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Locsin and Santos: A Legacy of FIlipino Popular Modernism
May 23 – September 10, 2019
Galeriya Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
The City Who Had Two Navels
July 2 – October 31, 2019
Tall Galleries
In Harmony with Nature
September 28 – October 19, 2019
Galeriya Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Chapter 2: The Empty Chair Project
November 12, 2019 – January 9, 2020
Tall Galleries
Korean Life Aesthetics
November 14, 2019 – January 31, 2020
Galeriya Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Korean Contemporary Art Today
November 28, 2019 – February 29, 2020
Upper Galleries
Cue from Life Itself: Filipino Artists Transform the Everyday
February 7 – May 7, 2020
Galeriya Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Arte Povera: Italian Landscape
February 10 – April 30, 2020
Tall Galleries
Betsy Westendorp Retrospective Exhibition
May 14 – June 30, 2020
Upper Galleries
Museum of Contemporary Art and Design
Spectre of Comparisons
May 23 – July 20, 2019
What Lies Within: Centre of the Centre
September 5 – December 1, 2019
Constructions of Truth
February 6 – April 12, 2020
Center for Campus Art, De La Salle-College of St. Benilde
The Toy Collection of Hans Bacher
November 21, 2019 – February 22, 2020
11/F Animation Hallway, School of Design and Arts Campus
Fish from China: A Study of a Perspective of a Hand
January – February 2020
SDA Cafeteria, School of Design and Arts Campus
Designing the Colors of the Signs of the Times: The Colors of Courage and Fear
January – April 2020
3/F, 4/F, 5/F and 6/F DLSU College of Law, Rufino (BGC) Campus
Life in SDA: A Glimpse Inside the Design and Arts Campus
January – April 2020
10/F Hallway, Angelo King International Center (AKIC) Campus
Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika: An Exhibit on the Life and Work of National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab
January 17 – April 18, 2020
12/F SDA Gallery, School of Design and Arts Campus
The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus: An Exhibit on the Life and Work of National Artist for Literature Cirilo Bautista
May – August 2020
12/F SDA Gallery, School of Design and Arts Campus
Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
The Nature of the Collection
March 21 – June 22, 2019
1/F Galleries
Revisiting the Conservative
April 16 – June 22, 2019
3/F Galleries
poems from the wind
Costantino Zicarelli
June 29 – August 2, 2019
1/F Galleries
Studio Studies
Jason Dy, SJ
June 29 – August 2, 2019
3/F Galleries
1,976 ObjectsNoel Ed De Leon
August 9 – September 7, 2019
1/F and 3/F Galleries
Aligning Histories: Purita Kalaw-Ledesma and Jorge B. Vargas
UP Vargas Museum, Kalaw-Ledesma Foundation, Inc.
September 14 – October 15, 2019
2/F Landing and 3/F Galleries
Tumba-Tumba: Words and Numbers
CANVAS
September 14 – October 15, 2019
1/F Galleries
Pure Gold – Upcycled! Upgraded!
Goethe Institut, IFA, UP Vargas Museum
October 23 – November 23, 2019
1/F Galleries
Familiar Places
Marc Aran Reyes
October 23 – November 23, 2019
3/F Galleries
Curatorial Development Workshop Exhibitions
UP Vargas Museum, PCAN, JFMO
December 7, 2019 – March 7, 2020
1/F Galleries, 2/F Main Gallery Video Rooms, 3/F Galleries
Form | Kata | Prototype: Ang Katagalugan
Roberto M.A. Robles
March 14 – May 9, 2020
GlobalGrace
Goldsmiths UK
March 14 – May 9, 2020
3/F Galleries
Seeking Balance
CANVAS
May 23 – July 4, 2020
1/F and 3/F Galleries
Museo De La Salle, De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
ANLUWAGE: Creating Forms, Mastering Function
September 24 – December 14, 2019
Fe Sarmiento-Panlilio Gallery
Kupkóp: Pagbúhay at Pagtaguyod sa mga Pawalânang Salitâ
November 27, 2019 – February 29, 2020
Kalaw-Katigbak Gallery
Manto de Gloria: Weaving Silang History Through the Virgen de Candelaria’s Festive Vestments
February 20 – May 30, 2020
Fe Sarmiento-Panlilio Gallery
BenCab Museum
Permanent Collection
Sepia Gallery, BenCab Gallery, Cordillera Gallery, Philippine Contemporary Art Galleries I & II, Maestro Gallery, Erotica Gallery
Museo Kordilyera, University of the Philippines Baguio
Handwoven Tales: The Warp and Weft of Cordillera Textiles
November 15, 2019 – May 2021
VISAYAS
Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA)
The Connected Worlds of Contemporary Art
October 1, 2019 – March 2020
Adoracion V. Valencia Gallery
Color, Surplus, Skill
October 24, 2019 – March 2020
Gallery 1 & 2
MINDANAO
Museum of Three Cultures, Capitol University
Permanent Collection
Kasaysayan Gallery, Posaka M’ranao, Founder’s Memorabilia
MECHANICS FOR ENTRIES:
- Entries should reflect the style of an art criticism article. Entry should be no more than 1000 words.
- Visual documentation that complements the article should be submitted with the art critique.
- The entry must be written on A4 sized paper. The font should be Arial, Times New Roman, or Book Antiqua, font size 12.
- The entries are to be submitted digitally to puritakalawledesmaprize@gmail.com with a cover letter stating that the attached Word and PDF file are being submitted to AAG and KLFI for consideration for the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism.
- The body of the email must include the following information: name, email address, mailing address, mobile number, landline and date of visit to the exhibit being reviewed.
- Exhibit reviews must be submitted digitally as Word and PDF file attachments with no indication of the identity of the writer on the pages where the article is written.
- Only one entry, an unpublished art critique, per participant is allowed.
- Submit the Writer’s Profile and Conforme as PDF attachment.
- Deadline for submission of entries will be on 31 May 2020 (Sunday), 11:59 PM.
Copyright of the works of the 6 shortlisted writers (including the winners) shall be held jointly with AAG and KLFI.
QUALIFICATION OF PARTICIPANTS:
- Employees, whether full time or contractual, of AAG and KLFI are not allowed to participate.
- Must be based in the Philippines.
- Bloggers defined as writers of online journals, websites, or whose written work is published in electronic social media may join.
- To avoid conflict of interest, the participants must not have a regular column and must not hold an editorial post in any broadsheet or local/international magazine. Regular columnists are not allowed to join but contributors, defined as any person whose written work is published with a byline but not identified as a columnist, may join.
The Ateneo Art Awards-Purita Kalaw-Ledesma (PKL) Prizes for Art Criticism was launched in 2014 by Ateneo Art Gallery and Kalaw-Ledesma Foundation, Inc. (KLFI). It was named in honor of Purita Kalaw-Ledesma, art patron and founder of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP). Purita believed in art criticism’s “vital role in the development of culture,” citing its capacity to “guide both artists towards new directions and public taste towards the best in past and current artistic output.”
For inquiries, please call the Ateneo Art Gallery at 8426-6488 or send an email at aag@ateneo.edu
