EVENT/ORGANIZER Botong Centennial Calendar of Events 2012-2013

18 September Centennial Tribute 18 October Botong Freeway@The Row,

Botong and Puruganan: A Double Exhibit at the UST Museum, Manila

Freeway: National Artist Collectors Series x Francisco. A Fashion Launch at Glorietta 1, Makati City

25 October Maestro Botong Angono Artists

Philippine Art Awards Pays Tribute to Opening of two Exhibits by Association of (AAA) and Philippine Art Awards (PAA)

Winners at the Blanco Family Museum to be followed by the unveiling of the Botong centennial marker and re-opening of the refurbished studio of the master at the Francisco Heritage House in Angono, Rizal 4 November Public Cemetery to be offered by the Municipality of Angono & Friends of Maestro Botong in Angono, Rizal 10 November Sabado sa Museo at si Botong Francisco Museum Talk Early morning Holy Mass at Botongs grave, and Commemorative Program at the Angono

by Dr. Patrick D. Flores and Carlos (Totong) G. Francisco II presented by the Museum Foundation of the Philippines at the National Gallery, National Museum, Manila 16 November man Exhibit by the Yuchengco Museum, Makati City 19 November Botong, featuring his as speakers. FEU will also accept by appointment for the entire month of November mini art tours highlighting the Botong murals within the FEU Campus in Manila. 22-23 November Angono, Rizal Angono Higantes Festival and Town Fiesta, The FEU Conference on Maestro works and influence with experts on Botong Remembering the Great Master. A OneBotongs Studio Protg : Salvador Juban, at

4 December Images of Nation: Botong Francisco A Nation Imagined exhibit featuring the works of Maestro Botong from public and private collections, Ayala Museum, Makati City February 2013 Celebrating the Art of Botong : A

Monograph Launching of the catalog record of the various activities mounted for the Botong Centennial Celebration by the Centennial Committee February 2013 Art Inspirations : Angono and Maestro Botong A Botong Tribute Exhibit by the Angono Artists Association, at SM Megamall/Podium February 2013 Book Launch of Readings on the History of Angono by Eugenio Lara, Far Eastern University, Manila February to March 2013 UST Museum Annual Inter-School On the Spot Painting Competition and Exhibition, University of Santo Tomas November 2013 as a closing event Museum Botong and Puruganan: A Double Centennial Tribute The UST Museum mounts an exhibition entitled, Botong & Puruganan: A Double Centennial Tribute to celebrate the birth centenaries of National Artist Carlos Botong Francisco and Ricarte Puruganan, artists who served as professors at the UST College of Fine Arts, and whose work expanded the boundaries of Philippine art. It features artworks from the UST Museum Visual Art collection, as well as works on loan from the collection of Norberto Martinez, MD. Botong During the Japanese Era Exhibit for the Centennial Celebration , UP Vargas

A special exhibition featuring photographs by Dick Baldovino entitled Botong and the Angono Environs from the Cultural Center of the Philippines Collection will also be available for viewing at the Second Level of the UST Museum Main Gallery. The exhibit is a rare look at early works by both artists who were faculty members of the then UST College of Architecture and Fine Arts, considered the cradle of Modernism in the country. Exhibit started on September 18, 2012 and will run until November 24, 2012. Museum Viewing Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm Closed on Mondays, National and University Holidays Contact : Robert de Leon, UST Museum Trunk Line 02-4061611 local 8337/8269 Direct Line. 02-7811815 Telefax No. 02-7409718 Email museum@mnl.ust.edu.ph Website: www.ustmuseum.ust.edu.ph Freeway: National Artist Collectors Series x Botong Francisco Freeway celebrates the culture and talent of our National Artists through its National Artist Collectors Series. This October, Freeway kick starts the 100th year Celebration of Carlos "Botong" Francisco through the beautiful pieces of the National Artist Collectors Series, composed of sublimation graphic tees, work shirts, tailored dresses, casual tops and many other accessories. The launch celebration will be hosted by Cherie Gil and will showcase young talented artists at work from the province of Angono, Rizal, interview with experts in the visual arts field and a fashion show featuring the elegant collection immortalizing Botong Francisco's paintings. October 18, 2012, 6PM

Venue : Freeway @The Row, Glorietta 1, Makati City Special Guests: Mr. Ino Manalo (Executive Director of the National Archives), Ms Margarita Tingting Cojuangco and Carlos Totong Francisco (grandson of Botong Francisco) Program 6-7pm artists of the Blanco Family Academy, ages 6yrs to 15 yrs 7- 7:20pm 7:30 -7:45 collection 8:20-8:30 celebrants. Video on life of Botong Franciso Fashion Show presenting the Botong Francisco Holiday Closing and Announcement of all activities of all CoCocktails Live painting and drawing exhibition by the young

For more information, log on www.freewayonline.com.ph Philippine Art Awards Tribute to Maestro Botong Philippine Art Awards (PAA) Philippine Art Awards mounts a two-activity event in Angono, the hometown of National Artist Botong Francisco. Starting with the opening of two exhibits by members of the Angono Artists Association and Philippine Art Awards Winners at the Blanco Family Museum, followed by a short motorcade to the Botong Francisco Heritage House for the unveiling of the centennial marker and re-opening of the refurbished studio of the master. Date : October 25, 2012, 3-6 PM

Venues : Blanco Museum and Botong Francisco Heritage House and Studio Contact Person: Jax Mariano PAA Secretariat Mobile: 09189109581 Email: prosol888@yahoo.com www.philippineartawards.org Sabado sa Museo at si Botong Francisco with Dr. Patrick D. Flores and Carlos (Totong) G. Francisco II Sabado sa Museo, a regular lecture program of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines will feature a talk on National Artist CV Francisco to commemorate his 100th birthday. Date: 10 November 2012, Saturday from 2:00 to 4:30 pm Venue: Museum Foundation Hall, National Art Gallery Featured Speakers Dr. Patrick D. Flores, Curator of the UP Vargas Museum and foremost authority on Carlos V. Francsco, and Carlos Totong G. Francisco II, artist and grandson of Botong. Dr. Flores speaks on The Past is Modern in Botong Francisco and highlights four murals originally exhibited at the PGH (Progress of Medicine, 1953) and now currently on display in the Museum Foundation Hall. Carlos Totong G. Francisco II shares recollections of his grandfather's drawings from three family albums Contact : Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. G/f Museum of the Filipino People, Finance Road

Teodoro Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila Tues-Sat between 2-5pm Landlines 404 2685 or 697 9509 Fax 404 2685, www.museumfoundation.org.ph Remembering the Great Master Works by Botongs ApprenticeSalvador Juban Yuchengco Museum mounts a one-man exhibit of the works of Angono artist and longest serving artist-assistant and protg of Maestro Botong Francisco. Artist Juban will also share with the viewing public his personal insights on Maestro Botong through video interview which will run for the duration of the show. Opens Nov. 16 And will be open to the public from November 17, 2012 until January 7, 2013 Venue: Yuchengco Museum, ground floor, RCBC Plaza, Ayala cor Gil J. Puyat Avenues, Makati City Contact Person: Ms. Carla Martinez or Elma Abrina Email: info@yuchengcomuseum.org Tel. No. 889-1234 Far Eastern University organizes a one -day conference on the works and influence of the National Artists Botong Francisco with the following conference speakers: 1. National Archives Executive Director Victorino Mapa Manalo 2. Victoria Herrera 3. Reuben Canete, Phd Date: 19 Nov 2012 Conference will also feature a painting competition for high school students.

"The FEU Botong Francisco Conference "

FEU will also accept (by appointment only) for the entire month of November mini art tours with special viewing of the Botong murals within the FEU Campus in Manila. For details and to schedule appointments, please contact: Dept. of Literature and Humanities Tel. No. 7355621 loc. 241

Angono Higantes Festival and Town Fiesta

November 22-23 Higantes Festival, also known as the Feast of San Clemente, is celebrated every November 22-23 in the town of Angono, Rizal. This is a major festival in honor of San Clemente, the patron saint of fishermen. His image is carried by male devotees accompanied by "pahadores" (devotees dressed in colorful local costumes or fishermen's clothes, wearing wooden shoes together with papermache giants or "higantes" in a religious procession to Laguna de Bay and back to its sanctuary. For details Angono Municipal Tourism, Culture & the Arts Office Patnubay Tiamson Tel. No. 661-3646 www.angono.gov.ph The Ayala Museum exhibition showcases the Angono master's visual storytelling and how it shaped our national imagination and historical memory. With paintings on loan from several public and private collections, the exhibition display is highlighted with an original short film by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes on Francisco's vision, style and context, featuring the large murals by the National Artist that cannot be physically displayed in the exhibition.

Ayala Museum: Images of Nation: Botong Francisco A Nation Imagined

Exhibit duration: 4 December 2012 to 31 March 2013 Museum schedule: Tuesdays to Fridays, 9am to 6pm Saturdays to Sundays, 10am to 7pm Closed on Mondays Ayala Museum Makati Avenue cor. De La Rosa Street Greenbelt Park, Makati City Telephone number: 757-7117 to 21 Email: museum_inquiry@ayalamuseum.org Website: www.ayalamuseum.org For inquiries, contact Jei Ente of the marketing department. Email: ente.mb@ayalafoundation.org / marketing@ayalamuseum.org Mobile No. 0917 583 8481 Trunkline: 632 757 7117 loc. 29 FAX: 632 757 2787 Botong Francisco Travelling Exhibits Botong During the Japanese Era SM Malls at the Mall of Asia, the Megamall and The Podium will share with its publics traveling exhibits spearheaded by the Angono Artists Association and the Botong Francisco Centennial Consortium for 2013. UP Vargas Museum hosts the closing program of the Botong Centennial celebration with a combined museum exhibit and education program for November 2013.

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CARLOS V. FRANCISCO

Carlos V. Francisco, affectionately known as Botong, was the illustrious son of Angono, whose natural genius, fortified by exceptional draftsmanship, engendered an art that chronicled the mythical world of the Filipino and its breathtaking history. His art was characterized by an immense love for the fabled place that is Angono, such that the names of the artist and his hometown are now inextricably linked together. Tradition, folklore, myths, legends, and customs deeply influenced his works, from which emerged such classic Filipino practices as the bayanihan, orasyon, harana and the fiesta. Not only are these virtues and values particular to a town but are also national, indeed defining proudly the identity of the Filipino. Deeply immersed in community activities which honored the towns patron, San Clemente, he was an exemplar, not of the solitary artist, but of one who was self-giving and accessible to the people. His art, bathed in the routine and the rituals of the neighborhood, flowing inevitably with folk culture across the vast country and around the islands of the archipelago. Never leaving his homeland to imbibe Western vogues, Francisco, on his own, created his masterworks equal to the excellence of art elsewhere. He conceived the world from his native clearing, intimately and extensively. Most famous for his murals, Francisco was the foremost practitioner of the art. Through his persistent and keen research, he brought to life the panorama of the nations struggles against foreign colonizers until freedom was finally won and cherished. On these monumental canvases, he portrayed the nobility and valor of our heroes, seamlessly weaving their narratives down the centuries. That he worked as well in film makes his talent all the more robust, mingling the technology of moving image and the density and luster of painting.

In the current century and beyond, Francisco continues to inspire succeeding generations of local artists, known as the Angono School, which draws sustenance from his example, thus maintaining the vitality and vibrancy of the folk imagination in contemporary time. The immortality of his legacy was assured and validated by the proclamation of Carlos V. Francisco as National Artist in 1973.

3) The Carlos Botong V. Francisco Centennial Consortium Angono Artists Association * Ayala Museum * Blanco Family Museum * Botong Francisco Family * Cultural Center of the Philippines * Far Eastern University * Freeway: National Artist Collectors Series * Lopez Museum * Municipality of Angono * Museo ng BSP * Museum Foundation of the Philippines * Philippine Art Awards * SM Malls * University of Santo Tomas * UP Vargas Museum * Yuchengco Museum
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