The document provides an extensive overview of contemporary artists from Negros Island, highlighting their contributions to various art forms, including visual arts, performing arts, and literature. It showcases individual achievements and challenges faced by artists like Kitty Taniguchi, Charlie Co, and Susan Canoy, illustrating the vibrant culture and entrepreneurial spirit of the Negrenses. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of cultural workers and institutions in preserving local heritage and promoting the arts in the region.

1. CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
IN NEGROS ISLAND

2. Sugar is central to the evolution of Negros
culture. The affluence and the prosperity that
the industry brought to the province nourished
a charming, genteel, sometimes lavish spirit
that sets the Negrense and Negorense . The
People are regarded as affectionate,
generous, fun loving people who enjoy the
finer things in life. As a labor force, however,
Negrenses and Negorense are highly
motivated, educated, skilled, trainable and
entrepreneurial individuals.
NEGROS:CENTER OF ARTS & CULTURE

3. VISUAL ARTS -PAINTING

4.  Kitty, now in her 60s, who hails
from Dumaguete City,
Philippines. It was difficult to
break in the art mainstream as
local art activities were rare if
not well-defined. Her hurdles
were mostly the absence of
good system of communications
and hard to find good materials
were not as accessible. Despite
the obstacles in the 80s, she
still pursued her passion as an
independent visual artist and by
1992,
 Kitty Taniguchi‘s is a champion
of feminine aesthetic and is
among the few Filipina painters
who had successfully intruded
upon a male-dominated art
world—a feat back then. A
veteran painter
CRISTINA” KITTY” SOLLESTA- TANIGUCHI

5.  Charlie Co, born November 5, 1960,
is a visual artist based in his
hometown Bacolod City, Negros
Occidental, Philippines.
He is a co-founder of the Black
Artists in Asia, a group known for its
socio-political artworks in the 1980's
- 1990's.
Charlie has represented the
Philippines in international
exhibitions such as the "Asian
Modernism" at the Japan Foundation
Asian Cultural Centre in Tokyo Japan
in 1995, the 23rd Sao Paolo Biennial
and the 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial in
Queensland, Australia both in
1996,the 2nd Clay Symposium and
Exhibition in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
and the Taegu Art Festival in South
Korea in 1997.
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CHARLIE CO

6.  A member Art
Association of the
Philippines awardee and
Anaheim Art competition
winner Dennis Ascalon
who represented the
Philippines in Utsonomiy
Biennale and Art
Traveling Exhibit in
Kwangju.
A Black artist in Asia and
a famous Visual Arts
DENNIS ASCALON

7.  Representative works of the
Philippine-born pioneer of
abstract expressionism and the
go-between of Pollock and
Dubuffet will be shown at León
Gallery, his first exhibit in the
country 2016.
 In 2013, the Phillips Collection in
Washington and Parrish Art
Museum in New York mounted an
important exhibit of the meeting
between the abstract
expressionist movements of the
New York School and the Art Brut
in Paris, thereby focusing on the
unique interaction between
Pollock and Dubuffet in the life
and art of Ossorio.
ALFONSO OSSORIO

8.  Susan Canoy is a Dumaguete artist who is
known for her arts and crafts. As a single
mother, she relentlessly pursues her art to
express herself and to provide for her family.
She has been exhibiting her artworks for
more than two decades now. Her subjects
are as varied as the medium she has been
using. As a mother, her themes focus on
women about their dreams, aspirations,
family and frustrations. She also paints the
lighter side of life like floral, landscapes,
marine life and other subjects.
Susan was chosen as one of the finalists in
the prestigious Philip Morris Art Competition
nationwide among her other awards.
Her innate love for nature and living beside
the boulevard, propels her to create more
subjects which are not only a joy to have but
they convey a feeling of peace,sadness and
life’s challenges.
She has been exhibiting her works locally,
around the Philippines and her works were
also displayed in Spain.
SUSAN CANOY

9.  Since 1999, Jana Jumalon-
Alano (b. 1980) from
Dumaguete City has exhibited
in her home turf, in
neighboring cities in the
South, in Manila, and in
Brussels and Rome. She’s an
Honorable Mention in the
Philippine Visual Arts Festival
(PVAF) Competition in 2012,
and a Juror’s Choice in the
Visayas Art Awards of the
Philippine Art Awards 2011-
2012. Her affiliations include
HugisKulay Zamboanga, Panay
Negros Arts Association, and
the Art Association of the
Philippines.
JANA JUMALON-ALANO

10. Visual Artist
Art Teacher in Bais City
Visual Arts Specialist
at DepEd
Cultural Worker
in Mugna Sa
Pantawan: Arts &
Music
Her works was
featured in Yuchengco
Museum in Makati
EMPALZ VILLANUEVA PAULIO-VIOLETA

11.  Sollesta is a graduate of Silliman
University in Dumaguete City, and
international guest artist in
residence at the clay studio in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in
November and December 2008.
His work at the US studio, "Women
of Philadelphia Series," was based
on his concept of "women of
strength, character and
temperament."
During his stay in the US, Sollesta
met with clay artists and potters on
the 3rd Dumaguete Open Biennial
Terra Cotta Art Festival Exhibit and
Competition in 2010.
 Terra Cotta artist, Painter and artist
@ Mariyah Gallery
DANILO “DANNI” SOLLESTA

12.  Kristoffer Ardeña is a curator who lives
between Negros Island (Philippines) and
Madrid (Spain). He is the recipient of
various awards and scholarships: a full
undergraduate scholarship at the
Academy of Art in San Francisco,
California (USA), scholarship awarded by
the Ministry of Culture from Luxembourg,
the Academy in Rome award and the
Cajamadrid Generaciones in Spain.
Individual projects include: Museo Carrillo
Gil in Mexico, Selesar Sunaryo Art Space,
Ruang Mes56 and Cemeti Art House
(Indonesia), Vargas Museum and the
Cultural Center of the Philippines in
Manila (Philippines),Centro de Arte Dos de
Mayo Museum (Madrid), La Conservera
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (Murcia),
Spain. He has also participated in various
collective projects, among them the 3rd
Bucharest Biennale Romania.
KRISTOFFER ARDEÑA

13.  A visual artist–photographer based in
Dumaguete City, Negros Island
Region, Philippines. He received his
BSC in Marketing and an Artist of the
Year Award from Foundation
University. As a natural artist, he fell
in love and immediately got hooked
on photography. Being born and
raised in Dumaguete, the city has
shaped Hersley’s perspective as a
visual artist and is the stage for many
of his paintings and photographs.
 His works have also been recognized
and published in international
publications like the Lonely Planet,
Cebu Pacific Smile Magazine,LA
Times, View magazine in Germany,
National Publication in Denmark, Los
Angeles Times, Stern Magazine and
have been given due acclaim in
various blogs
HERSLEY-VEN D. CASERO

14.  SIDLAK NEGORENSE
AWARD 2016 :Arts
 NIR Elementary Category @
the 2016 4TH VMC
INTERSCHOOL ART
CONTEST
 Re-creative International
Arts Festival 2016 Busan
South Korea 1st Placer
Elementary Category
 He won the grand prize of "
"2nd World Arts
Competition - Re-creative
International Remnant Arts
Festival 2016" in Gangseo-
Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
YUL FAUSTO DIONSON

15. PERFORMING ARTS

16.  Dance Icon of Negros
Oriental ,Founder of
the Foundation University Buglas-
sayaw Dance Co. andSilliman
University Dance Co. 1959
 In 1972, she was guest performer
of the Philippine House Consulate
at Canberra in honor of Australian
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
That year, she was choreographer
and director of the Philippine
Dance Performance in the First
Folkloric Festival at the Sydney
Opera House. In 1976, then First
Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos
presented the Department, under
her directorship, a plaque of
appreciation for its involvement in
pioneering classical ballet in the
Visayas and all over the
Philippines.
LUCY PATRIMONIO JUMAWAN- SAUER

17.  Mariant Escano-Villegas started teaching
dance in1973. Three generations of
Dumaguete’s girls and boys learned their
first dance steps under her watchful
eyes.
MEV took up formal ballet class with
Isham Clark in San Diego, USA and jazz
with Jun Appel. She studied the Russian
Vaganova method for ballet under
Luminitza Demutriscu, and passed the
Royal Ballet Academy of Dance under
Florence Sinclair.
The MEV Dance Studio, located along
Escano Beach Road, Brgy. Piapi, is an
institutional member of CSTD
International for ballet, jazz, tap and
ballroom.
 Member of the National Committee on
Dance NCCA
MARIANT ESCANO VILLEGAS

18.  Nicole was born, raised, and
educated in the Philippines where
she had a long professional career in
dance. In 1993, she came to New
York and continued to dance
professionally with companies such
as Connecticut Ballet, Ballet New
York, Tampa Ballet and Ballet
Memphis where she was principal
dancer.
 Prior to taking her Pilates
Certification, Nicole trained under
Sonia Orevillo who meticulously
instilled her vast knowledge of the art
of Pilates. In 2010, Nicole received
her certification through the authentic
studio, True Pilates.
 Currently Nicole belongs to the
Faculty of the Connecticut Ballet
Center in Stamford.
 Daughter of Dance Icon Lydia
Gaston
NICOLE GASTON CRUZ

19. DRAMATIC ARTS

20.  Acclaimed theater director
and Outstanding Sillimanian
for Theater Arts Amiel Y.
Leonardia made a quick visit
to the campus. He is now
based in Vancouver, Canada.
Last time Amiel was on
campus, he gave a lecture on
“The Art of Theater
Directing” under the Albert
Faurot Lecture Series for
Culture and the Arts. The
lecture coincided with the
staging at the Luce
Auditorium of Elsa
Martinez’s Coscolluela’s play
“In my father’s House,”
which Amiel directed.
AMIEL YANSON. LEONARDIA

21. chairman of the Street
Dance committee,
MassKara
Member of the National
Committee on Dramatic
Arts
Artistic director CSA-B's
Kanlaon Theater Guild
Tanghal 6 Lecturer is a
flagship project of the
National Commission for
Culture and the Art’s
National Committee on
Dramatic Arts
RUDY REVECHE

22.  (born Rufino Duran
Inocian, Jr.; March 17,
1951 – June 13, 2015)
was a Filipino actor
and comedian. He
starred in various
plays, such as Miss
Saigon, Fiddler on the
Roof, the film version
of the Swedish crime
novel Tatuerad
Torso,and Sinbad
JUNIX DURAN INOCIAN

23.  Quesada-Palm was a senior
artist-teacher of the Manila-
based Philippine Educational
Theater Association (PETA), and
has performed for various groups
including UP
Repertory, Tanghalang Pilipino at
the Cultural Center of the
Philippines, and with the New
York-based Ma-Yi Theater
Company and Alibata. She also
organized Dulaang
Sambayananamong migrant
workers living in Japan.
 community theater, founded the
Youth Advocates Through
Theater Arts—or Yatta to the rest
of us who have followed its
development over the years.
 Chairman NCCA National
Committee on Dramatic Arts
DESSA QUESADA-PALM

24. LITERARY ARTS

25. Martinez was born in
Dumaguete, Negros
Oriental; became a
lawyer in 1970; and was
arrested and detained for
his activism during the
martial law regime of
Ferdinand Marcos.
Global Filipino Literary
Award in 2011
Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for Literature
winners in the year 1997
ATTY.DAVID”DANNY” C. MARTINEZ

26.  Flores-Villasis is an
accomplished playwright
and fictionist who has won
a Philippines Free Press
magazine first prize for a
short story. That story,
"Menandro’s
Boulevard," rightfully
starts the collection. And
it may be claimed to have
already taken its place
among our contemporary
classics in fiction.
 Carlos Palanca Awardee in
Literature
BOBBY FLORES VILLASIS

27. In 1999 she was instilled
as a Hall of Famer in the
Palanca Awards. In 2004
Outstanding Paulinian in
the field of Literature
during the 100 centennial
celebration of St. Paul
University Dumaguete.In
2015 Outstanding
Negrense in the field of
Education and in 2016
Outstanding Pinili
Heritage Award in the
field of Literature &
Education.
DR. ELSA VICTORIA MARTINEZ-
COSCOLLUELA

28. National Artist Award
for Literature (1999)
Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for
Literature
Cultural Center of the
Philippines (1979,
First Prize in Novel)
Gawad Pambansang
Alagad ni Balagtas
(1988)
DR.EDITH LOPEZ TIEMPO

29.  Born on 16 September 1940, Msgr.
Rodolfo Escalon Villanueva (known as
the writer Renato E. Madrid ) is a priest of
the archdiocese of Cebu and is perhaps
more famous in the Visayas as a composer
of liturgical music and plays both in
English and Cebuano. His higher studies
led to a Master's in English at the
University of Sto. Tomas as well as a
Master's in Music at the State University in
Moncato, Minnesota, apart from his
Philosophy and Theology at the San Carlos
Seminary in Cebu. Apart from his famous
liturgical works which include choral
compositions, masses, musical drama and
a three-movement piece for pipe organ, his
published literary works include Devil
Wings (1997); Mass for the Death of an
Enemy(2000); and Southern
 Harvest (1996). His awards include
numerous Palancas and a National Book
Award from the Manila Critics Circle. He is
at present resident professor of Music and
English at San Carlos Seminary College,
has taught at the Silliman University
school of music, the University of San
Carlos graduate school, and is a lifetime
visiting faculty at the Dipolog and
Dumaguete Seminaries.
FR. RUDY VILLANUEVA

30. CULTURAL WORKERS

31.  Lopez records our local
traditions—the dances,
performances, food,
fiestas. More importantly,
she points out the efforts
of Vallehermoso Helping
Hands Foundation to
preserve those traditions
Author ,Art Patron and
Curator of Vicente Lopez
Museum of Vallehermoso
 Chairman of the
Vallehermoso Helping
Hands Foundation
TERESITA “TESS” Z. LOPEZ

32. Negros Oriental GK
Head
Heritage Tour Guide
in Negros
Heritage Advocate
Cultural Worker
Former City Councilor
of Tanjay
Cultural Historian
PLACIDO CESAR “CIDNI” MAPA

33. BOT Chairman &
President of Foundation
University
Heritage & Cultural
Advocate
 President Entheos IT
Estudio Damgo: First
Filipino Design-Build
Studio,by Foundation
University
VICTOR VICENTE “DEAN” D. SINCO

34. City Council Member
Silay City 2013 –
Present (3 years)
Vice President for
External Affairs,
Heritage Conservation
Society (HCS)
Director of the Negros
Occidental Historical
Council (NOHC).
NEIL SOLOMON “SOLO”LOPEZ LOCSIN,

35. Started as theatre actor,
dancer, stamp collector &
Festival mover .
Cultural Historian &
Heritage Advocate
Prime mover of
Provincial, city and
municipal historical
exhibits
Cultural Worker for the
past 20 years
Heritage Tour Guide
Humanities Professor
JOSEFINO “PENN”T. LARENA JR

36.  Ramon Hofilena: The "Father of
Heritage Conservation" in Silay
City (Negros Occidental).
 Since 1962, Monching has
been welcoming visitors to his
family’s ancestral house, the
first Heritage House in Silay to
be opened to visitors. Also,
since his return from New York
in the 1970s, Monching has
also been on a life-
long crusade to restore and
protect Negrense cultural
heritage. He organized the
Annual Cultural Tour of Negros
Occidental (ACTNO), the
longest running (nearly 40
years) cultural tour in the
world.
RAMON HOFILEÑA

37.  President :The Negros
Cultural Foundation
 NCCA -Committee on
Arts Galleries &
Museum July 2003 –
July 2009 (6 years 1
month)
Executive director of
the Negros Museum
LYN GAMBOA

38. FILM & CINEMA

39.  a multi-
awarded Filipino film-maker.
His most significant
achievement in film is "Oro,
Plata, Mata", which he
directed after winning a
scripwriting contest
sponsored by
theExperimental Cinema of
the Philippines. He has
received an award from the
International Film Festival of
Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in
1983; a Special Jury Award
from
the Manila International Film
Festival; and the 2004
Gawad CCP Para sa Sining.
PEQUE DE LUZURIAGA GALLAGA

40.  Joel Rizalino Torre (born
June 19, 1961) is a
Filipino actor and producer
who is best known for his
numerous films such as
thebiographical film José
Rizal (1998), crime thriller
film On the Job (2013) and
the Historical period
drama Amigo (2010), with
the latter winning him the
Best Actor Award at the
17th Puchon International
Fantastic Film Festival In
television, Torre usually
plays as a character actor
JOEL TORRE

41.  Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho (born
12 May 1981), more widely known
as Dennis Trillo, is an award-winning
Filipino actor, model and recording
artist. Trillo is currently a contract
star of GMA Network. He was known
for his role as Eric del Mundo in the
first ever gay-themed series on
Philippine TV, My Husband's Lover
aired on GMA Network in 2013.
 Trillo received his first acting award
in 2004 for his role as a cross-
dressing spy in the 2004 war film
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita.[3]
Now being recognized both locally
and internationally, he still
continues to work as GMA Network's
"Drama King
DENNIS TRILLO

42.  Pancho and his real life wife
Tita Duran, appeared in
numerous Sampaguita Pictures
movies. Pancho and his wife
were the most popular movie
love team in the late 40s. He is
the father of the late master
rapper Francis Magalona with
their siblings: Susan M.
Contreras, Vicky, Victor
(married to Ma. Angeles),
Henry, Popeye "Pye", Malot,
Maricar M. Martinez, and
Martin. He also co-starred on
some Hollywood movies that
were shot in the Philippines,
such as The Hook (with Kirk
Douglas) and Merrill's
Marauders (with Jeff Chandler).
ENRIQUE "PANCHO" GAYOSO MAGALONA,
JR.

43.  Jesusa Purificación
Sonora (born July 28,
1941), better known by
her screen name Susan
Roces, is a Filipina
actress and widow of
Ronald Allan Kelley Poe,
better known as Fernando
Poe, Jr.She was a main
cast member of John en
Shirley, a comedy show
that aired on ABS-CBN
until October 2007.
 Queen of Philippine
Cinema 1950s to 1970s
SUSAN ROCES

44.  The theatre, TV and film
actress.
 Born in Dumaguete, Ignacio
started to perform at age 4
and studied ballet with the
Silliman University Junior
Dance Troupe until she was
8.
Ignacio also trained with
stage luminaries Tony
Mabesa, who taught her all
aspects of theater including
production and stage
management,
FRANCES MAKIL IGNACIO

45.  In the 1970s and the 1980s she
had a staple of films she starred
with Award Winning Actresses'
Elizabeth Oropesa, Hilda Koronel,
Gloria Diaz, and Daria Ramirez in a
bunch of films her number of work
also caught the eyes of Celso Ad
Castillo, Ishmael Bernal, Danny
Zialcita and Lino Brocka her
prolific leading men include Philip
Salvador, Eddie Garcia, Christopher
De Leon, Dindo Fernando, and Joel
Torre and etc. Her sexy and serious
roles even caught attention in
films like Working Girls and Dapat
Ka Bang Mahalin? In the 1990s
although her television success
in Villa Quintana brought her
praise she starred in Ligaya Ang
Itawag Mo Sa Akin a prolific movie
with Director Carlos Siguion Reyna
with Rosanna Roces
CHANDA ROMERO

46.  Edgar Sinco Romero (July 7, 1924
– May 28, 2013) was an influential
Filipino film director, film producer
and screenwriter, considered one
of the finest in the cinema of the
Philippines.
 Romero was named National Artist
of the Philippines in 2003, and his
body of work delved into the history
and politics of his country. His
1976 film Ganito Kami
Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?, set at
the turn of the 20th century during
the revolution against
theSpaniards and, later,
the American colonizers, follows a
naïve peasant through his leap of
faith to become a member of an
imagined community
EDGAR “EDDIE” SINCO ROMERO

47. MUSIC ICON

48.  Foundation University Band,
directed by Maestro
Carmelo Elli
 St. Paul University Band
,Orchestra and Voice Coach
 Choral Conductor , Rondalla
 Music Teacher
 Studied Instrumentation
and Composition Masters
degree St. Paul University
Manila
 Native of Zamboanguita
CARMELO ELLI

49.  Deypalan completed his Bachelor of
Music degree in conducting at the
Chapman University, Orange,
California and graduated magna cum
laude with a Master of Music degree
from the University of Southern
California.
 He is currently concluding work on his
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
orchestral conducting at the
University of South Carolina, where he
is also a music teacher.
 Deypalan has not only had the
prestigious honor of conducting
different choirs at Carnegie Hall in
New York, he also performed before
Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
 In June 2008, he conducted a world
premiere of his original composition,
Libera Me, for solo baritone, chorus
and orchestra at Pasadena City
College in Pasadena, California.
NOVÉ DEYPALAN

50. Opera Diva
Music Teacher
now with the
Philippine Madrigal
Singers
She is part of the
group Philippine
Madrigal Singers bag
top prize at Int'l
Choral Competition
2016 in Italy
KATRINA TIONGSON SAGA

51.  Opportunities for graduate
studies opened for Mathilda
when she was already with
COPVA. She first took up
Ethnomusicology as a major
under Prof. Priscilla Magdamo-
Abraham and Prof. Frank
Ingles, but later shifted to
Choral Conducting -- what she
completed in 2011.
 Choral conducting is close to
the heart of Mathilda. She was
a member of the Silliman
University Campus Choristers
and had the chance to tour
around the country and the
United States with them in
1999 and 2001. She was
second soprano, though
preferred singing alto.
ASST. PROF. MATHILDA LIMBAGA-EROJO

52. MUSIC,HUMANITIES,
English and Literature
Teacher for almost 60
years
Pianist
Choir Conductor
*Mother of Paulinian
Humanities
Mentor SPUD Glee Club
ROSARIO FE “SARI” SAAVEDRA

53.  Maria Socorro Ledesma (born
March 16, 1955), better known
as Kuh Ledesma, is a Filipino
pop and jazz singer, actress,
(painter) model and fashion
designer. She is known in the
Philippines as the 'Pop Diva'
and wants herself to be
remembered as 'The
Renaissance Woman' according
to her in her interview on
Tonight with Boy Abunda.
 Ledesma has been performing
for 35 years in the music
industry which encompasses
more than 1,000 concerts all
over the world, numerous
awards in the Philippines, and
20 albums in the Philippine
recording industry.
KUH LEDESMA

54. MODERN ART

55.  Francisco G. Villanueva is an artist in
Negros Oriental who has embraced earth as
mother lode sustaining a creative discipline
which elevates primal clay to the statues of
transcendent art. Inspired Creation is a
Villanueva hallmark. These are figures,
structures, forms retrieved from classical
antiquity and Philippine landscape. Each
figure is moving slowly into icon-hood and
each structure’s architectural detailing
resonates with the original temporal and
spiritual concerns for which they had been
built to accommodate.
He started his artwork at the age of 10, and
in 1977 doing head sculptures, he began
sculpting facades of old churches in the
Philippines. In his early 30s, Francis gained
international recognition with his first one -
man show at the Philippine Center, United
Nations Complex, New York in 1980.
FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA

56.  Brenda Fajardo: The artist as scholar,
educator and cultural worker
 2013 Gawad CCP para sa Sining
 began her career in the visual arts as
a printmaker and graphic artist
before moving on to painting. Most of
her works carry strong historical and
nationalist themes as well as depict
folk and mythological tales. She is
best known for her use of tarot-card
motifs in her works.
 She has held several solo exhibitions,
locally and internationally.
Her Baraha ng Buhay Pilipino (Playing
Cards of Filipino Life) and Buhay
Pilipino were notable exhibitions. She
has also joined group shows in the
country and in international
exhibitions.
BRENDA VILLANUEVA FAJARDO

57.  Paul Pfeiffer (born Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1966) is an American
sculptor, photographer and video
artist. . At the age of ten, he moved
to Philippines with his parents who
were classically trained musicians.
He later moved out of the country
at the age of fifteen. Pfeiffer
earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in
printmaking from San Francisco Art
Institute in 1987 and later earned
his Master of Fine Arts degree from
Hunter College, New York in 1994.
Pfeiffer has lived and worked in
New York City since 1990. Between
the year of 1997 and 1998, Pfeiffer
had also participated in the
Whitney Museum of American Art
independent Program.
PAUL I. PFEIFFER

58.  Ramon del Prado is a self taught
animation filmmaker. He was born on
May 1, 1982 in Dumaguete City Negros
Oriental, where he grew up.
 In 2005 he co-founded Tuldok Animation
Studios, a non profit organization whose
goal is to unite Filipino artists and
animators together to showcase the
Filipino’s artistic talent through
animation
 In 2007 he was awarded a Fulbright
scholarship grant that gave him the
opportunity to further study Computer
animation at the School of Visual Arts in
New York.
 He dreams that one day the Philippines
will be known alongside Japan, the US
and France as one of the top producers
of original animated content
RAMON DEL PRADO

59. Freelancer at Aerial
Videography and
Photography.
Music ( GUITAR Player),
youngest Visual Artist.
A family of Artists
grandson of National
Artist Eddie Sinco
Romero, Literature icon
Fr. Rudy Villanueva and
nephew of Empalz
Violeta a famous Visual
Arts
KENZO G. LAXINA

60.  First Chairman of the
Dumaguete Tourism Council
 Civic Leader
 Member Negros Oriental
Tourism Council
 practicing anesthesiologist
 Board Member of the
Dumaguete Festival & Arts
Society Inc
 BOT Member St. Paul
University 20 years
 Owner of the Dumaguete
Christmas House 28 years
Tourism Award for Arts &
Heritage
DR. RICO ABSIN

61. TRIBUTE TO OUR GREAT
ARTISTS

62. Bais Born and family
of Artists
Age 10 her first
painting was bought
by a French diplomat
Cultural Landscape or
British expressionism
was her kind of Art
A well –loved Visual
Artist, Genealogists
and Local Historian
JOSEFA BAENA VILLANUEVA -PEREZ

63.  18th century cello was made by a
German by the name of Johann
Christian Hasert!
 The 200-year-old cello, prominently
propped up on two chairs on the stage
of PhilamLife Theatre, gave a prelude
to what was in store for the audience.
Then, as the hall lights began to dim,
and the old cello became more
resplendent. One by one the cellists
came, and took the audience through
a sweeping musical journey from the
Baroque period of the late 1600s to
the high romantics of the 19thcentury.
It is a fitting occasion, ancient and
new cellos making music in this
concert organized in honor of the late
Vicente Lopez Jr., the former owner of
the two-century old cello in the
Philippines .
 Father of CLASSICAL Music cellist in
the Philippines
VICENTE LOPEZ SR.

64.  That Golden Age saw Silay
City-born mezzo soprano
Conchita Gaston singing the
Bizet opera at the New York
City Opera in December of
1950, the first Filipino to
sing the role.
 A year after her 1955 recital
at the Town Hall in New
York, Gaston met the then
very young conductor
Leonard Bernstein, who
found her good enough to be
pitted with Beverly Sills in
the “Rosenkavalier” duet,
“The Presentation of the
Rose,” at the Carnegie Hall.
CONCHITA GASTON

65. Tiempo was also a
Rockefeller fellow. In
addition to his career
at Silliman, Tiempo
taught fiction and
literary criticism for
four years in two
American schools
during the 1960s
Fine Arts,Drama &
Humanities Professor
St. Paul .
EDILBERTO KAINDONG TIEMPO

66. Businessman/Entrepren
eur
Theatre Actor
First President of the
Dumaguete Festival &
Arts Society
Member of the
Dumaguete Tourism
Council
Cultural Worker
ARIES CHRISTOPHER BEJAR. ALVAREZ

67.  Negros' Helen of Troy during
her time. Her beauty was
legendary - the pictures on
the wall validate that.
Suitors would line up every
evening. Some would even
climb up a tree just get a
glimpse of her beauty. She
was born Susana Clarita
Magalona August 17, 1921
in Parroquia de Saravia,
Provincia de Negros
Occidental, Philippines to
Enrique Magalona and
Consuelo Gayoso. Suzanne
was wife of Philippine
ambassador Hon. Joaquin
Miguel Elizalde.
SUSAN MAGALONA

68. was an American Jesuit
Catholic priest who
lived in the Philippines
since he was 22 and
taught at Ateneo de
Manila University. He
was a well-known
public figure who was a
writer, director and
producer in theatre,
radio, print and film
JAMES BERTRAM REUTER S.J

69. LEARN MORE ABOUT NEGROS

70.  St. Paul University Dumaguete
 Silliman University Library
 Bais City Public Library
 Dumaguete City Festival & Arts Society
 Negros Occidental Historical Commission
 Negros Cultural Foundation Inc
 www.google.com
 www.facebook.com
 Dumaguete City Public Library
 Social Sciences Teachers St. Paul University Dumaguete
 Foundation University Creative Department
 Martin Lopez of the Vallehermoso Helping Hand Foundation
 Dumaguete.com
THANK YOU SO MUCH

71.  Negros Museum
 Prof. Penn T. Larena, MPA
 Cultural Center of the Philippines
 Silay City
 Balay Negrense & Gaston Family
 Negros Occidental Provincial Library
 Metro Post Newspaper
 Visayan Daily Star
 www. .slideshare.net
 Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria ( COSCA)
 Michael Ocampo
 Kenzo Laxina
 Colegio de San Agustin Bacolod
 La Consolacion College Bais City