MAARTEXT 2018: National Arts Month Cebu
Two days of the arts on February 26 and 27 (Monday and Tuesday) at Robinsons Galleria Cebu! How-tos, moderated conversations, stage plays, spoken word poetry and music performances, book launches and short film screenings! Admission is free!
Maartext Schedule:
February 26, 2017
1000am – Welcome Remarks – Joanna Fajardo-Salazar
1015am – Opening Remarks – Hope Sabanpan-Yu
1030am – Moderated Conversation: Songwriting with SunStar Daily’s “Insoymada” Insoy Niñal, 22 Tango Records’ Cattski Espina, and Rommel Tuico of Smells Like Urban Max is back!
1100am – Talk: Organizing the Sinulog FilmFest by Sinulog Foundation’s Ron Heri Tan
1145am – Feature: Sinulog film winning entries
100pm – Talk: Producing a play by University of Cebu’s Rudy Aviles
200pm – Halad Awit by Raycel Punay
230pm – Stage Play: Tulo ka Dula sa Pagtoo: “Kabilin,” “Sila nga mitaliwan na,” and “Ringtone” by Msgr. Agustin Ancajas
345pm – Moderated Conversation: Writing to Play Production by playwrights Haidee Emmie Palapar and Msgr. Agustin Ancajas
425pm – Department of Communications, Linguistics, and Literature Promotional video
430pm – Book launch: A Writer’s Baptism, an anthology of short stories by Laurean Unabia, followed by a reading by Raphael Polinar and Kimberly Joyce Veloso
455pm – Book launch: Lukob by Emiliano de Catalina of Dagang, Inc.
500pm – Poetry Interpretation Contest
550pm – Spoken word poetry / Open mic
600pm – Closing remarks by Raphael Dean Polinar
February 27, 2017
1000am – NCCA AVP
1015am – Talk: How to make a Documentary by Grace Marie Lopez
1100am – Talk: How I got into Spoken Word Poetry by Nomads’ JP Arias
1145am – Guitar rendition by Alex Cañete
1230pm – Book launch: Breaking Ground: Cebuano Women’s Writing by Hope Sabanpan-Yu
100pm – Talk: Why not zine? by SunStar Weekend’s Noel Villaflor
145pm – Stage Play: Duha ka Dula sa Pagtoo: “Lukas 10:41” and “Sa Imong Lawas ug Dugo” and excerpt from “Laptop” by Msgr. Agustin Ancajas
245pm – Talk: Illustration for Beginners by Bathalad’s Josua Cabrera
345pm – Contest: Spoken Word on Demand facilitated by JP Arias
400pm – Moderated conversation: Visual Arts 101 with Cebu Daily News’s Radel Paredes, USC’s Gigi Ocampo and UP’s artist/sculptor Raymund Fernandez
500pm – Talk: Towards literary journalism in Cebuano by Cebu Daily News’s Jason Baguia
530pm – Announcement and screening: Winners of Salpon (Salida ginama sa selpon)
600pm – Music and poetry performances
At the Atrium grounds there will be poetry on demand. Bring your haiku and a MAD poet will complete a tanka for you in TANKAhi ko! There will also be a heART to heART exhibit (collaboration of poets and visual artists) and book fair.
See you all at Maartext!
National Arts Month 2018 #Maartext
Monday and Tuesday, February 26 and 27, Atrium, Robinsons Galleria Cebu
Presented by the Cebuano Studies Center, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Robinsons Galleria Cebu, Mga Anak sa Dagang, InOtherWords, Inc.
For more information, email cebuanostudies@gmail.com or call (032) 2300-100 local 308
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