Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Professor Reuben Ramas Cañete Conducts Workshops in HERENCIA Art Education Seminar

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Professor Reuben Ramas Cañete of the UP Asian Center delivered several lectures and conducted workshops at the HERENCIA program held in Museo Iloilo from 4 to 8 May 2015 in Iloilo City.

The HERENCIA Seminar-Workshop serves as a training program for public school teachers and aims to promote the teaching of art in the Philippines. It is based on the book, HERENCIA: A Legacy of Art and Progress (published by BPI Foundation) that showcases the diversity and range of Philippine art throughout history.  

Professor Cañete gave lectures and workshops on color theory and painting, on the use of art in the classroom, and on developing lesson plans that center on the arts and the humanities. Joining him as speakers were art teacher Malou Roque and art critic Cid Reyes; they discussed the elements of art, basic drawing, and art criticism, among other topics.

Attended by 45 public school teachers in Iloilo, the HERENCIA workshop was organized by BPI Foundation with the help of Filipinas Heritage Library.  Both organizations collaborate on implementing the program, which started in 2010 and has been held in seven other venues, with Iloilo being the latest.

Professor Cañete has a Ph.D. in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines Diliman and specializes on political aesthetics, masculinity studies, and the preservation and promotion of local artistic traditions in Cebu and Bulacan.  At present, he is Assistant to the Dean for Cultural Affairs, curator of the Asian Center Museum, and is part of the Executive Council of the National Committee on Visual Arts, National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Visit his faculty profile.

Photo: Professor Cañete (second from right) with other experts and participants in the HERENCIA workshop. Courtesy of BPI Foundation.

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