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We are inviting the CAC community to participate in a series of upskilling workshops designed to strengthen pedagogical capability, research productivity, and analytic skills among faculty and students of the College. The following workshops will be offered: 1. Quantitative Methods for Research October 5, 2026 Register here: https://forms.gle/tbVE2KK8qgRuS1YA6 2. Workshop on AI and Digital Tools for Teaching and Research November 9, 2026 Register here: https://forms.gle/w5xomKigJx7shWfi8 The workshops are for CAC constituents only. Please accomplish the registration forms on or before September 30, 2026. Attendance at all three workshops is encouraged but participants are also welcome to attend one or two workshops only depending on their interests and availability. We hope you can join us and take part in these opportunities for learning and professional growth. We look forward to seeing you at the workshops!
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UP Baguio Fine Arts Faculty Members Feature in International, National, and Local Art Exhibitions The UP Baguio College of Arts and Communication commends Fine Arts faculty members Ides Macapanpan, Joseph Andrew Carvajal, and Danielle Florendo for participating in and headlining major art exhibitions across Gwangju in South Korea, Intramuros in the City of Manila, and Baguio City this September. Ms. Macapanpan joins the roster of Filipino artist delegates representing the Philippines at the 16th Gwangju Biennale through the Philippine Pavilion’s exhibition, "Studies in Time," curated by Lisa Ito-Tapang. Macapanpan’s installation, "Winala, Nawawala, Nawalan" (Disappeared, Missing, Lost), confronts enforced disappearances in the Philippines from 1972 to the present through a multi-sensory work of hung garments, engraved acrylic sheets bearing the names of desaparecidos, and an audio litany reciting the names of desaparecidos to demand state accountability for the disappearances. Associate Professor Carvajal opens his solo exhibition, "Material Explorations," curated by Alain Zendrick Camiling, on September 7, 2026, at Gallery B of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in Intramuros, City of Manila. Drawing from his years of exploring the repoussé technique, Assoc. Prof. Carvajal transforms salvaged aluminum, biscuit tin can covers, matchboxes, egg cartons, soil, and more into new artistic possibilities while honoring familiar images of Mater Dei. In Baguio City, Ms. Florendo joins a group of artists in "First Light," the inaugural exhibition of The Jade Gallery at Hotel Supreme Mall & Events Center. The show runs through September 30, 2026. Florendo showcases watercolor works that interweave expressive portraits, local flora, and imagery to explore the Filipino culture and domestic life. The College invites the public to support these artists and engage with their work. For more information on the college's faculty members and their creative works, visit https://cac.upb.edu.ph. University of the Philippines Baguio UPB OPA Office of Public Affairs
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The UP Baguio College of Arts and Communication congratulates Fine Arts Instructor Ides Macapanpan for her international exhibit!
“𝘚𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱 𝘴𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘵-𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘥𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘢/𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢/𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘢/𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢/𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘩𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢.” [1]
STUDIES IN TIME: 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗔, 𝗡𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗔, 𝗡𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗡 (Disappeared, Missing, Lost) by Ides Macapanpan at the Philippine Pavilion of the 16th Gwangju Biennale ⌛️
The UP Fine Arts Gallery observes the Month of Remembrance this September, and we belatedly commemorate the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances last August 30 through Ides Macapanpan’s work, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗡𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗡𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻 (Disappeared, Missing, Lost).
This work was originally mounted at the UP Fine Arts Gallery in May 2025 as part of the artist’s master’s thesis. Its first iteration constructs a maze with walls of clothes, giving tangible form to the bodies, memories, and the very act of finding desaparecidos—civilians and activists forcibly disappeared under state power, from the Martial Law of Marcos Sr., to the Duterte Regime, and to the present Marcos administration. The installation evokes the labyrinth of uncertainty endured by the families left behind.
Featured in 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, the Philippine Pavilion of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, Ides Macapanpan's installation pursues the exploration of the phenomenon of enforced disappearances through the addition of acrylic sheets and audio recordings. The 2×2 ft acrylic sheets feature the engraved names and abduction dates of the Desaparecidos, tracing back to the 1972 declaration of martial law up to the present. Twenty-nine of the 55 sheets are on display in Korea, with the rest scheduled for exhibition in the Philippines. The audio features a solemn litany listing 1,908 Desaparecidos, reciting each individual's name alongside the date of their abduction.
The installation converses with the Pavilion’s venue, 5.18 Archives, and a section of its permanent exhibition titled 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥/𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥/𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥/𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, which houses archival records and objects of the historic May 18 Uprising, Gwangju’s democratization movement against Martial Law that resulted in the death, detention, and execution of 5,000 people. Parola stands in solidarity and asserts the call to surface all victims of enforced disappearances and make the Marcos-Duterte regime accountable.
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 is an exhibition of the Philippine Pavilion at the 16th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Lisa Ito-Tapang, presented by the UP College of Fine Arts, UP Fine Arts Gallery, and the UP President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts. The exhibition will be on view at the 5.18 Archives, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, Dong-gu, Geumnam-ro 221, South Korea, from September 5, 2026, to November 1, 2026.
[1] Excerpt from the abstract of Ides Macapanpan’s master’s thesis titled WINALA: Ang Dialektiko ng Espasyong Inokupa, Inookupa, Ookupahin ng mga Winala, Nawawala, Nawalan (Isang Pag-aaral at Installation Art).
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𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗡 is a cultural worker and Instructor at the University of the Philippines Baguio. She finished her Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Industrial Design, and Master of Fine Arts at the CFA, UP Diliman. She is a member of the UP Artists Circle Sorority, Ugnayan at Galian ng mga Tanod ng Lahi (UGATLahi), Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti Kordilyera (DKK), and the All UP Academic Employees Union. Her art practice is immersed in the context of collective production of progressive art practices, such as effigies and murals. Her thesis exhibition, Winala, Nawawala, Nawalan (Disappeared, Missing, Lost) is an installation dedicated to the victims of enforced disappearances in the Philippines.
이데스 마카판판 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗻은 문화예술인이자 유 피 바기오 캠퍼스의 교육자이다. 유피 미술대학에서 산업디자 인을 전공하여 미술학사와 석사를 취득했다. 유피 아티스트 서 클 소로리티, UGATLahi 민족문화 수호 예술가 연대, DKK 코 르딜리에라 토착문화예술공동체, 전국유피교직원노동조합의 소속으로 활동하고 있다. 그녀는 인형상(effigy)과 벽화 등 사 회적·정치적 메시지를 담은 작품을 공동 제작하는 작업활동을 이어오고 있다. 졸업 작품인
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PAG-AARAL SA ORAS Philippine Pavillion, Gwangju Biennale Si imbitasyon ng Philippine Pavillion curator na si Propersor Lisa Ito, na in-organisa ng Kolehiyo ng Sining Biswal, Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman sa pamumuno ni Dean Toym Imao, kabilang ang Tambisan sa Sining sa ika-16 na Gwangju Biennale Pavillion sa Gwangju, South Korea. Pinamagatang Pag-aaral sa Oras (Studies in Time) ang Philippine Pavillion. Magbubukas ang Gwangju Biennale Pavillion sa ika-5 ng Setyembre at tatagal hanggang sa unang araw ng Nobyembre. Sa 518 Democratic Movement Archives ang ekshibisyon ng Philippine Pavillion. Kalahok si Danielle Madrid, kasalukuyang Pangkalahatang Kalihim ng Surian ng Sining at si Renan Ortiz, ang kasalukuyang Executive Director ng Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research. Bitbit din ng Tambisan sa Sining, na kinakatawan ng Pambansang Tagapangulo nitong si Jo Tanierla, ang mga likhang sining ng organisasyon para mga pambansang protesta at pagkilos. Inilunsad ang Gwangju Biennale noong 1994 bilang pagpupugay sa May 18 Democratization Movement at sa ika-50 taon ng paglaya ng Timog Korea. Kabilang din sa Philippine Pavillion sina Jef Carnay (katuwang si Racquel de Loyola), Karl Castro, Federico Sulapas Dominguez, Avie Felix, Ides Macapanpan mula sa UP Academic Union, Cap Reyes (†), at si Jose Tence Ruiz. Nagpapasalamat ang Tambisan sa Sining sa pagkakataon na itanghal sa internasyunal na entabaldo ng sining at kultura ang Pambansa, Siyentipiko, at Makamasang Kultura at ang epiko ng proletaryong rebolusyon! Mabuhay ang mamamayang lumalaban! Mabuhay ang artista ng bayan!
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From 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 materials come 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 works. ✨ Discover the latest exhibition of visual artist Jandy A. Carvajal, an exploration of materiality, devotion, and resourcefulness through works created from salvaged aluminum, biscuit tin can covers, matchboxes, egg cartons, soil, and more. Drawing from his years of exploring the 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒́ technique, Carvajal transforms everyday and discarded materials into new artistic possibilities while honoring familiar images of 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙞. The exhibition opens on September 7, 2026 and runs until September 30, 2026. Visit the NCCA Gallery at the Ground Floor of the NCCA Building, 633 General Luna St., Intramuros, Manila, Monday to Sunday, 9am-6pm. #NCCA #NCCAGallery
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The Department of Language, Literature and the Arts is looking for ONE (1) Student Assistant for 1st Semester, AY 2026-2027. REQUIREMENTS *Application letter addressed to the Department Chairperson of DLLA (Asst. Prof. Felicisimo G. Galletes, Jr.). *Include your preferred work schedule. *Screenshot of enlisted subjects from AMIS for this semester. *Must not have a study load of more than 18 units. Submit the requirements via email at dllacac.upbaguio@up.edu.ph with subject line "DLLA SA Application." Shortlisted applicants will be notified via email. Deadline: SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 UPB OPA Office of Public Affairs UPB USC CAC Committee University of the Philippines Baguio
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The UP Baguio College of Arts and Communication is in need of TWO (2) Student Assistants for 1st Sem AY 2026-2027! REQUIREMENTS Application letter addressed to the Dean of the College of Arts and Communication (Asst. Prof. Io M. Jularbal, Ph.D.). Include your preferred work schedule. Screenshot of enlisted subjects from AMIS for this semester. Must not have a study load of more than 18 units. Submit the requirements (hard copies) to the CAC OCS. Shortlisted applicants will be notified via email. Deadline: SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 UPB OPA Office of Public Affairs UPB USC CAC Committee
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Maligayang pagdating sa Kolehiyo ng Sining at Komunikasyon, mga naka-naka at artista ng bayan! ❤️ Nawa’y masiyahan kayo sa pananatili ninyo sa kolehiyo at pamantasan! #ProudtobeCAC
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The Master of Arts in Language and Literature Program announces the thesis proposal defense of Ms. Andrea Genesis Sobremonte entitled “In the Name of the Sacred: A Discourse Analysis on the Ilokano Folk Healing Processes in San Juan, La Union” Date, time, and modality: 27 August 2026, 5:00 PM via Zoom Thesis Adviser: Asst. Prof. Io M. Jularbal Reader/Critic: Elizabeth Calinawagan Thesis Panel Members: Asst. Prof. Ma. Rosario Florendo, Asst. Prof. Roland P. Rabang For interested viewers and inquiries, email the MALL Program Coordinator at mall.upbaguio@up.edu.ph University of the Philippines Baguio Graduate Program Office UPB OPA Office of Public Affairs University of the Philippines Baguio
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Meet the faculty members of the UP Baguio College of Arts and Communication for the Academic Year 2026-2027! For more information about our faculty, head over to https://cac.upb.edu.ph/faculty #ProudToBeCAC
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PABATID: Ipinababatid ng Komite ng Pista ng mga Wika 2026 na ipagpapaliban muna ang gawaing Mga Panayam sa Wika at Impormasyon na nakaiskedyul bukas, 11 Agosto, dahil po sa hindi bumubuting panahon. Humihingi ang Komite ng inyong pag-unawa tungkol dito. Ipababatid po ang bagong petsa ng gawain sa lalong madaling panahon. Nawa'y manatili pong ligtas ang lahat at palaging mag-ingat.
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With heartfelt gratitude, the College of Arts and Communication honors the retirement of our three professors whose dedication, wisdom, and passion for teaching have left a lasting impact on our college and countless students. Thank you for your service to the college and the legacy you leave behind. We wish you good health, happiness, and a fulfilling life. Once our professors, forever our mentors. Padayon! ❤️
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