WAWI NAVARROZA *official*news*and*archive*: 2006-08-06

About Me

Name: Magus, The Librarian

Location: Manila, Philippines

Ms. WAWI NAVARROZA is a Manila-based photographer/visual poet. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts Major in Communication Arts with a specialization in Photography from De La Salle University, Manila, mentored by the artist/curator Judy Sibayan. She has been awarded in both local and international contests for her works in portraiture and fine art photography. Among these were awards in photography from AAP (Art Association of the Philippines) in 2001 and 2003, and prize winner for "Con Otros Ojos" photography contest in Barcelona, Spain 2000. Recently, she has succesfully mounted her first solo exhibit entitled "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama". She is currently at work on a documentary portraiture project involving a distinct filipino minority. In between, she regularly contributes fashion editorial photography, concept art direction, and feature writing for various magazines and periodicals. She also sings for a unique rock band called The Late Isabel and simultaneously entertains other forms of art as part of her many creative expressions. She lives beside the lake and collects hats and cat figurines.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

NEWS! 2006 Ateneo Art Awards - WINNERS / Wawi Navarroza bags first-ever ART SMART Award

The Ateneo Art Gallery

proudly announces the winners of the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards

POKLONG ANADING
"Anonymity"
18-30 August 2005
Finale Art Gallery

MIDEO CRUZ
"Banquet"
2 February - 5 March 2006
Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo,
Cultural Center of the Philippines
13 April 2006
Substation, Singapore

MAYA MUÑOZ
"Closer"
8-30 April 2006
Hiraya Gallery

The Awards were conferred to the three young Filipino visual artists for their outstanding contribution to the definition and development of modern and contemporary Philippine art at a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent on 8 August 2006.
ANADING was also bestowed with the 2006 Ateneo Art Gallery Sydney Studio Residency Grant, the only program of its kind organized by a Philippine cultural institution. It provides him with roundtrip airfare, allowance, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, as well as an invitation to exhibit at The Cross Art Projects, a leading alternative art space in the Australia.

The other artists short-listed for the Awards were Yason Banal, Lena Cobangbang, Marina Cruz, Anton del Castillo, Bembol dela Cruz, Wawi Navarroza, Rodel Tapaya, Jay Ticar and Jevijoe Vitug.

NAVARROZA took home the first ever Art Smart Texter's Choice Award for the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards for her exhibition "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama." Muñoz and del Castillo received the second and third highest number of SMS votes respectively.

The Art Smart program, an innovative service provided by the country's leading wireless telecommunications company, Smart Communications, in partnership with the premier museum of modern Philippine art, the Ateneo Art Gallery, to bring modern and contemporary Philippine art to a wider audience, allowed Smart subscribers to vote for their favorite participating artist during the the "Ateneo Art Awards 2006: Outbound" exhibition at the North Court, Power Plant Mall from 1 - 7 August 2006. The same exhibition runs at the Ateneo Art Gallery from 16 August - 21 September 2006.

"Outbound," the theme of this year's Awards exhibition, is inspired by the winning and short-listed artists' tendency to eschew conservative acceptance as they work beyond society's comfort zones - challenging the status quo, reflecting, responding and, indeed, underscoring the Filipino's experiences and reactions to the vicissitudes of the everyday.

"Ateneo Art Awards 2006: Outbound" is presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery together with Metro Society, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Land, Smart Infinity and Y Style with the support of the Australian Embassy - Manila, Bega, Dairy Farmers, Jam 88.3, Wave 89.1 and NU 107.

Monday, August 07, 2006

NEWS! From the darkroom into your mobile phones: ART SMART makes Wawi Navarroza artwork available for download as MMS for the first time

Smart Communications and the Ateneo Art Gallery launch Art Smart, an innovative service for the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards, bringing modern and contemporary Philippine art to a wider audience.

During the exhibit run of Outbound: The 2006 Ateneo Art Awards at the North Court, Power Plant Mall from 1 - 7 August 2006, Smart subscribers may vote for the participating artist of their choice. The winner of the Art Smart Texter's Choice Award will be announced during the Awards Ceremony at Rockwell Tent, 8 August, 6:30 pm.

When a subscriber votes for an artist for the first time, he/she will get an MMS image of the artist's artwork on exhibit with accompanying text elaborating on the finer points of the work for added appreciation. The first vote will give the artist five (5) points and each succeeding SMS vote will earn the artist one (1) point. Subscribers may vote for more than one artist and vote as many times as he/she wishes.

A subscriber will be charged P15 when voting for a particular artist for the first time and P2.50 for each succeeding SMS vote. The artist receiving the vote will receive a royalty for every successful MMS download.

To vote for a particular artist, subscribers must key in ART and send to 299.

The participating artists and how to vote for them are as follows:

To vote for: Maya Muñoz, With Love and Squalor key in ART 1 and send to 299.

To vote for: Rodel Tapaya, Bayan ng Ginhaw key in ART 2 and send to 299.

To vote for: Mideo Cruz, Banquet key in ART 3 and send to 299.

To vote for: Jevijoe Vitug, Lessons from the Masters key in ART 7 and send to 299.

To vote for: Anton del Castillo, Covenant key in ART 8 and send to 299.

To vote for: Marina Cruz, Kambal key in ART 9 and send to 299.

To vote for: Wawi Navarroza, The Coercive Silver Spoon key in ART 10 and send to 299.

To vote for: Jay Ticar, Broken Table of Measures key in ART 12 and send to 299.

Art Smart MMS downloads of the artists' works will also be available during the exhibition run at the Ateneo Art Gallery from 16 August - 21 September 2006.

The 2006 Ateneo Art Awards is presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, Smart Infinity, Rockwell Land, Power Plant Mall, Metro Society and Y Style with the support of the Australian Embassy - Manila.

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Service EXCLUSIVE for Smart subscribers only.