About Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism

ABOUT THE PRIZES

Two (2) winners will be selected from the shortlisted writers—one for Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize – The Philippine Star and another for Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize – ArtAsiaPacific Magazine. The winner for each prize will be chosen by the partner publications from the shortlisted entries. Announcement of winners will be during the Ateneo Art Awards ceremony scheduled on 18 August 2019 at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Arts Wing, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University.

As one of the main goals of the prize is to get art criticism into the public sphere, the winner of the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize for The Philippine Star will be awarded a regular column to be published twice a month or 24 articles for a year, under the column, ‘Platforms’ in the Arts & Culture section of the paper. The winner of the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize for ArtAsiaPacific Magazine will be contributing to this bi-monthly publication, with a total of six articles for a year. In addition, the two winners of the Ateneo Art Awards – PKL Prizes in Art Criticism will contribute to the next edition of Perro Berde, the annual publication of the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes.

John Alexis Balaguer

John Alexis B. Balaguer is currently the Head of Research at Casa de Memoria, an auction house in Parañaque City. He was previously Writer & Researcher at Ayala Museum where he wrote for exhibitions and publications, and was editor of the Ayala Museum Magazine. He was also previously a gallerist at Archivo 1984.

John is currently taking his MA in Art Studies at the University of the Philippines. He finished his AB in Communication, and Minor in Creative Writing from Ateneo de Manila University. His works have been published in Heights, Stache, Kanto, and several online publications. He was a fellow in the first Ateneo Heights Artist’s Workshop in 2010, and fellow in the Curatorial Development Workshop sponsored by UP Vargas Museum and Japan Foundation in 2018. He received the Loyola School’s Award for the Arts in 2012.

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