To promote and ensure the sustainability of the indigenous art and culture of the T'bolis in the southern part of the Philippines, San Beda Alabang Museum designed an exhibition of the famous fabrics woven by the T'boli women. Known as "dream weavers," it is believed that the design details of the fabric were derived from the visions which were handed down by their ancestors.
The pandemic halted an exhibition that was intended to advocate for their art. Join this discussion to use this as a case study to discuss ways to support indigenous communities financially, socially, and emotionally as they navigate challenges of modernism, commercialism, and the pandemic.
This program will be hosted via Zoom. You will receive additional details upon registration.
Meet the Speakers:
Joseph Richard Renta, Curator and Administrator, San Beda Alabang Museum and Archives
Joseph Richard Renta is a visual artist, art restorer, museum curator, interior designer, and academician. He completed a BS Commerce degree major in Marketing (Magna Cum Laude) at San Beda College Mendiola, a Diploma in Basic and Advanced Interior Design from the Philippine School of Interior Design, a Master's degree in Cultural Heritage Studies from the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas and a Master's degree in Global Development and Social Justice from St. John's University in Rome, Italy.
Renta is a college professor and handles administration, consultancy and art restoration of several museums and cultural heritage centers namely: San Beda Alabang Museum and Archives, Museo Ning Angeles, Radio Veritas Asia Museum and previous Curator of PJ Lhuillier Museum, Museo Diocesano de Pasig, and Miriam College Museum (Gallery of Women's Art).
On the side, he creates highly detailed art illustrations of religious images and designs church retablos (main altar). He is the Founding President of the Association of Catholic Artists of the Philippines (ACAP), Inc. Currently writing his dissertation for the Doctorate degree in Applied Cosmic Anthropology at the Asian Social Institute (ASI), Manila.
Evangeline Leonardo Lopez, Researcher, San Beda Alabang Museum and Archives
Lopez's expertise includes phenomenological study and/or research about indigenous cultures, local practices, history and lineage, art, music, movements, natural wellness and healing practices, artifacts, and other rare finds. She is an advocate for public policy change and improvement on the "Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act" of 1997 Forum organized by the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) and participated by members of the Philippine Academy of Acupuncture, Inc. (PAAI). She is affiliated with the Philippine Academy of Acupuncture, Inc., Mother Butlers' Guild of St. Andrews Cathedral (Paranaque City), and Association of Catholic Artists of the Philippines (ACAP) and is currently taking her PhD-Applied Cosmic Anthropology at the Asian Social Institute in Manila.
Rosanni Recreo Sarile, Former Sub-committee Member, National Commission for Culture, and the Arts, Republic of the Philippines
A retired faculty, department chair, associate dean and former Director of Marketing Communications at De La Salle University–Dasmariñas, Rosanni Recreo Sarile currently serves as the Secretary and Luzon representative of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts - Committee on Cinema, PRO of Cavite Provincial Tourism Board, President of Cavite Association of Historical Sites and Museums, Coordinator to the Asian Universities Resource Network (AUDRN) and Administrative Officer of the Museo De La Salle.
She has been part of several books titled, The Virgins of Cavite: History, Arts and Religiosity about the 10 parishes where Mary is the patroness saint, Tena't Magkarakol: Diocese of Imus Jubilee Book and others. She also produced several documentary videos about amulets, language, filmmaking and fish industry. Her last video documentary titled "Alay, Kasable, Desu" that tackles about the T'boli communities in South Cotabato.
Sarile holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from Philippine Women's University and an M.A. in Teaching Drama and Theater Arts from the Philippine Normal University. Presently, she is taking PhD in Applied Cosmic Anthropology at the Asian Social Institute, Manila, Philippines.
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