On its 5th year of partnership, the Asian Cultural Council Philippines Foundation and Leon Gallery mark another year with vibrant hopes for continued support in promoting the development of Filipino artists.
Asian Cultural Council's annual art auction, in collaboration with Leon Gallery, will showcase on February 23 at 2PM the best works of Filipino masters, icons, and outstanding contemporary artists, including some of the foremost visual artists-ACC Fellowship grantees.
ACC fellows Ambie Abaño, Anton del Castillo, Noel Soler Cuizon, Dexter Fernandez, Riel J. Hilario, Leeroy New, and Samuel Penaso will be presenting exceptional works to form part of the impressive pieces up for auction in a show of solidarity to raise funds for the ACC grants program.
Since 1963, Filipino artists from all art fields are being supported in their pursuit of cultural exchange through research, studies, and residencies anywhere in the United States or any country across Asia through the ACC fellowship grant. Among the luminaries in the ACC alumni list are National Artists Lucresia Kasilag, Jose Maceda and Ramon Santos for Music; Jose Joya for Visual Arts, Alice Reyes for dance and recently proclaimed stalwart Kidlat Tahimik (project grantee for Film). They are joined by some of the notable scholars and leading contemporary and young emerging artists in theater, literature, architecture, and other allied arts.
Describing the impact of the ACC fellowship experience, 2006 grantee Anton Del Castillo shares, ”Not only did the ACC grant take me to various places across the US, but it also took me to a whole other world of art that I wouldn't have known were it not for ACC. The opportunity to explore various museums across the country left me with knowledge that would prove useful to my practice throughout the years. I may have only stayed in New York for a short while, but the 6-month residency provided by the ACC changed my views on art, and hence my life, forever.”
