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Launch of Sining Filipina art competition in Taguig on Friday. ABS-CBN News

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Anna Cerezo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173650995777920250110110148_sining filipina.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Launch of Sining Filipina art competition in Taguig on Friday. ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Launch of Sining Filipina art competition in Taguig on Friday. ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Sining Filipina, the first-ever all-female art competition in the Philippines, is back for a second run.</p><p>Following the success of the inaugural batch, which drew over 700 entries, the competition aims to empower even more women artists across the country.</p><p>“This is an opportunity for them to show their talent and we hope to discover new talent, great talents, future National Artists in this competition,”  Zonta Club of Makati and Environs committee chairperson for Sining Filipina Stella L. Cabalatungan said in an interview held during the initiative’s launch in Taguig City, Friday morning.</p><p>“Art is the expression of the human experience. By creating their pieces, they will be expressing themselves, and in doing so, empowering themselves to have a voice,” Zonta Club of Makati and Environs president Joanne Zapanta-Andrada added.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DD6pC_ERfz8/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3903637.1999999993%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="990" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>To further diversify the pool and foster greater creativity and expression, Sining Filipina opened this year’s medium to mixed media.</p><p>Women of all ages are invited to submit their paintings measuring 2x3 feet or 3x3 feet by Feb. 13, 2025.</p><p>“Open to all, no more categories. What we have done is to mix everyone to get best of the best… The first round of judging will be done virtually. Once we have that, we will catalog all the entries and we will prepare for all judges to evaluate then we will trim down to 50,” Canalatungan said.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1877592098234376351&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-01-10T11%3A43%3A04.912924%3A81d27059-386f-4e02-8b75-5325101b1909%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=6a17b2746553890f92ab2985b1553e89a4bae2c9&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:672px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1877592098234376351"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>All artworks from the 50 finalists will be showcased at the Sining Filipina exhibit at SM Aura in Taguig City by the end of March, as well as at other key locations, to celebrate and remind the public of the talent of Filipinas.</p><p>“They will be exhibited also in the other malls for Women’s Month and Chinabank, our major sponsor, has offered to put it in the museum as well as other public places,” SM Supermalls vice president for corporate marketing Grace Magno said.</p><p>Meanwhile, 10 winners will be awarded with cash prizes totaling to about P500,000.</p>

<p>Sining Filipina, the first-ever all-female art competition in the Philippines, is back for a second run.</p>

Sining Filipina, the first-ever all-female art competition in the Philippines, is back for a second run.

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Sining Filipina art competition returns to empower more women

Anna Cerezo,

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Published Jan 10, 2025 07:54 PM PHT

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