2011 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE)
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This is a repost of the of the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. Call for entries 2011 WHich is a part of the Metrobank Foundation Inc. Visual Arts Program.
For those who want to join this competition, kindly read the details below. I may not join this art competition for i have decided to join the 2011 GSIS Painting Competition having the submission on the same date. 
2011 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE)
Artistic Immersion in Celebration of the National Arts Month: Ani ng Sining Lecture Series
Metrobank Foundation Art and Design Excellence (MADE) gears up this 2011 by participating in the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) entitled “Ani ng Sining” in celebration of the National Arts Month. Adhering to its commitment to the promotion of arts and culture especially in the youth, MADE, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, will conduct a lecture series with special topics on visual arts, sculpture, architecture and interior design. Specific lecture topics are: visual arts, print making, furniture design, functional art and infusing nature & culture into the built environment. Distinguished artists and scholars in their respective fields were invited to discuss their area of expertise. More than giving inspiration, MADE aims to ignite change by providing venues for interactive scholarly discussions on the role of art in the progress of our culture and national identity as Filipinos. As it is our core objective to encourage young artists and designers to excel in their career, MADE continuously creates opportunities where young artists and designers can engage themselves in their art and gain deeper understanding of their role in Philippine society. The lecture series will be conducted in various schools in Metro Manila (University of the Philippines Diliman and Far Eastern University Manila) and the provinces of Cagayan de Oro (Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City) and Negros (Negros Museum, Bacolod City). The lecture series is accompanied by a traveling exhibition of the MADE 2010 winning works.
“MADE national competition continues to give meaning to the works of these young artists” said Metrobank Foundation President, Mr. Aniceto M. Sobrepeña. Further, he adds, “in partnership with NCCA, we hope not only to inspire young artists and designers but also to ignite their passion so they will continue to enrich the Filipinos’ artistic cultural heritage.”
MADE is composed of four (4) competitions, which are Painting, Sculpture, Interior Design, and Architecture. The Painting Competition is categorized into two: Oil/Acrylic on Canvas and Watermedia on Paper. The Painting and Sculpture Competitions are open-theme competitions for Filipinos 18 to 35 years old and without any solo exhibition. The Interior Design Competition is open to licensed interior designers 25 to 45 years old, while the Architecture Competition is for licensed architects 25 to 50 years old. Deadline for submission of entries is on May 7, 2011 for Painting and Sculpture and May 24,2011 for Interior Design and Architecture.
Aside from the recognition, winners for each competition will receive PhP 200,000 for the Grand Prize and PhP 150,000 for the Special Prize. Entry forms for the competition can be downloaded from the Metrobank Foundation website, www.mbfoundation.org.ph. MADE is an annual competition which aims to recognize budding artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture and interior design, as well as to launch and enhance their careers.
The Metrobank Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of the Metrobank Group of Companies chaired by Dr. George S.K. Ty. Over the last 30 years, it has promoted a culture of excellence among Filipinos through its various programs notably the Search for Outstanding Teachers, the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence, The Outstanding Philippine Soldier, Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service, the Metrobank Math Challenge, and College Scholarship Program. The Foundation also has a grants program that assists NGOs and government in the fields of education, healthcare, and the arts. Metrobank Foundation celebrates Filipino excellence and presents wellsprings of hope in the future of our nation.
-I hope this repost of the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence 2011 mechanics and details helps you guys if you are looking for a painting competition this 2011. I haven’t joined any Metrobank Arts Competition yet because of conflict of schedule and i hope I can join next year.
The Metrobank Art and design excellence is a prestigious competition, but for as of this moment, I am having doubts about their taste in art.
though the MADE competition is an open theme painting competition, I feel that there are some lapses in judgment of the competition.
Why?
I have been there in the competition proper and the exhibit as well.
(I am not saying this just because I was able to make it in semifinals or that I was not able to win the competition, if you are there in the exhibit, everyone is a winner)
Last 2009, I was there at the exhibit of MADOCS and saw some of the greatest artwork itself.
And I couldn’t believe it that the one who was there who acted as curator for the art also had an entry in the competition. Guess what. He just won the first prize.
Though I don’t say that his works don’t qualify to win the competition, there are various grounds to which an entry may deem fit for the winning status.
The entries in the competition are fierce and subjective. You can easily discern some of the meanings in other entries and some as hard as ever.
There are “Biases” Which I consider a hindrance to The foundation itself in discerning true and legendary artworks.
. Neurosis works by repressing an original image and replacing it with a counterfeit. A virtual space may convey an artist’s frank feelings effectively, but it may still be “dishonest” in the sense that the image in the artist’s original glimpse remains a secret. Masochistic and sentimental works often present just such masquerading images. Since the discovery of Style and, following on its heels, the discovery of the unconscious, many artists mined their personal dreams and fantasies. Some may have had no concern that a neurosis may be fooling them. Others may have tried to reveal images that the forces of modern culture have repressed. The Expressionist James Ensor (image on left, d. 1949) and the Surrealist Salvadore Dali (image on right, d. 1989) brought such images into public consciousness. What their purposes were we can leave to biographers.
2. The bias of egotism favors images that promise to enhance one’s reputation and neglects those that do not. True, most artists appreciate the gentle erosion of the ego that comes with maintaining friendships, but they also feel the baser human desires to have clout in the lives of others and to maximize their standard of living – desires symbolized by blatant images that can overpower the subtler images of using the mind and heart in self-transcending ways.
3. A group-centered bias will not only suppress sympathetic images of some other community whose well-being is alien to one’s own; it can surreptitiously promote those handed-down images that reinforce a community’s irrational attitudes. Discernment of images is more difficult here than in egotism because of an interesting reversal of the role of affection: Where affections and camaraderie tend to starve egotism, they feed group loyalty. An individual’s grudges need “nursing,” we say, to withstand the weaning effect of fellowship, but the grudges of a fellowship are badges of honor.
4. The bias against thorough explorations always threatens to cut short the tedious work of artistic exploring in favor of some easier diversion. Artists trying to explore uncharted spiritual waters constantly hear the Sirens’ call to pull ashore and relax. Why ply the turbulent river of self-transcendence when self-contentment is so pleasant?
5. A fifth bias may be added here: a bias against dealing with the power of transcendent urges to raise the question of God. We could name it a secularist bias, understood as a working assumption that the world we know is all there is and a determined refusal to consider that there is such a thing as a realm of transcendence. It eschews not only religion but also the prior questions about human sufficiency, death, one’s own conception, and the ultimate destiny of the human race. In artists, this bias will not entertain images whose power may take the public beyond what can be ordinarily expected and into a realm that transcends the merely human.
–” derived from What Do I Do When I Paint?
by Tad Dunne, PhD”
We don’t know what will happen in this year’s competition, I do hope their standards change, now that they have a new attorney.
Even I have similar kind of questions in my mind as Immanueli De Silva has. I’ll be glad to receive an answer.
Kaya nmn pla hanggang ngayon wala ako balita sa entry ko sa Metrobank, kasi mukhang bias nga sa loob. Di sa nagyayabang pero alam ko pa naman na mas maganda at may laban ang new entry ko this year, dahil pinaghandaan ko kesa nung nag finalist ako dati. Pero iba rin talaga ang kutob ko sa judging ngayon ng MADE. Sana ayusin nila dahil every year mas maraming aspiring young artist ang sumasali at magagaling. Mga Tae sila
Are you sure the curator is the one who won the Grand Prize? Baka nagccreate ng black propaganda the one that you talked to? Ive been following the competition and buying some of the semi finalist works and there never was a time that the “sneak peek” or semifinalist exhibit was “curated” by another semifinalist. They reveal the judges after the competition and I must say, im always impressed that nagpapalit palit ng judges every year. As you said it is a prestigious competition.
I like the competition becuase they extend helping the semi finalist sell their work thats why I attend the awarding for some years now. It got me thinking not only of competitions but of our Filipino artists as well….