Art Events in Manila and Beyond

A TOUR OF THE AMORSOLO RETROSPECTIVE, PART I

A study tour of four museums participating in the Amorsolo Retrospective

Organized by the Museum Foundation of the Philippines

Hosted by Mrs. Petty Benitez Johannot

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 8am-5pm

For inquiries call or text Elvie Magpayo at 404 2685 or 0928 5039392

Fee for Members: Php 1,500
Fee for Non-members: Php 1,700

The fee includes the cost of transportation, museum entrance fees and
guides, and lunch at Via Mare excluding drinks

Fernando Amorsolo was the first Philippine National Artist for the
Visual Arts. He is famed for his bucolic scenes celebrating Philippine
rural life and customs, light-filled landscapes and portraits of
society figures. The seven-museum retrospective celebrates his
extensive oeuvre. Each museum focuses on a different aspect of
Amorsolo's art, some of them little known. We will visit four
museums. Part 2 is tentatively scheduled for January 17, 2009.

AM
8:00 Meet in front of Sanctuario de San Antonio Church in
Forbes Park, Makati City

9:00 Vargas Museum, Univ. of the Philippines, Quezon City
Capturing Anxieties: Amorsolo, His Contemporaries and
Pictures of the War

10:45 Lopez Museum, Benpres Bldg, Ortigas Centre
Tell Tale: The Artist as Storyteller, Amorsolo as Co-Author

PM
12:00 Filipino Lunch at Via Mare, Greenbelt 3, Makati City

1:30 Ayala Museum, Makati City
Amorsolo's Women Concealed and Revealed

3:00 Yuchengco Museum, RCBC Tower, Makati City
Mukhang Tsinoy: Portraits by Fernando Amorsolo

16:30 Back to Sanctuario de San Antonio