[can-talk] (no subject)

The School of English, Media Studies and Art History presents 

 

A Museum Studies Public Lecture 

in association with 

The University of Queensland Art Museum

 

FRIDAY 20 JULY 2007

5:30pm-7:00pm

 

PUBLIC LECTURE

 

Dreamweavers: 

Art & Intangible Heritage among Indigenous People of the Philippines

 

By

 

Corazon Alvina

 

Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila

 

 

This lecture introduces the artistic tradition of Dreamweaving amongst
the T'boli of Lake Sebu, an indigenous people living in South Cotabato
in southern Philippines.  A people renowned for their artistry,
particularly T'nalak woven cloth, the T'boli are among the few
indigenous groups of the Philippines that have kept their artistic
heritage alive in the face of the relentless pressures of modern life
and the erosion of their traditional way of life.  The lecture
highlights the inextricable bond between land, environment, myth and
culture embodied in the weaving traditions of the T'boli, and the
importance of keeping alive the intangible heritage passed on through
the generations in order to keep a people, a heritage and a unique art
form alive.

 

Corazon S. Alvina is Director of the National Museum of the Philippines
and the National Art Gallery, overseeing 18 branches and archaeological
sites throughout the country. She is Chairperson of the executive
committee of the Asia-Europe Museum network (ASEMUS), Chair of the
Philippine National Committee of the International Council of Museums
(ICOM), and one of the governing board members of SPAFA (SEAMEO Project
for Archaeology and Fine Arts). She is a commissioner of the Philippine
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and sits as one of
the directors of the National Historical Institute Board.  Cora was
previously Director, then President of the Metropolitan Museum of
Manila, where she headed an education-driven exhibitions agenda,
outreach programmes, and a bilingual policy that used the Philippine
national language as the main language. Cora is Associate Professor in
the University of Santo Tomas graduate school for cultural heritage
management, where she teaches in museum studies.

 

 

VENUE 

The University of Queensland Art Museum

Within the James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre

The University of Queensland

University Drive, St Lucia

Brisbane  QLD  Australia

 

FRIDAY 20 JULY 2007

5:30pm-7:00pm

 

RSVP 

 

Dr Kim Selling

Research Officer, Museum Studies

School of English, Media Studies and Art History

The University of Queensland

Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia

[t] +61 7 3346 9804  [f] +61 7 3365 2799

[e] k.selling at uq.edu.au

 

CRICOS Provider No: 00025B

-------------------------

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.collectionsaustralia.net/pipermail/can-talk/attachments/20070709/02dc09d2/attachment-0001.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Cora public lecture flyer.pdf
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 116367 bytes
Desc: Cora public lecture flyer.pdf
Url : http://lists.collectionsaustralia.net/pipermail/can-talk/attachments/20070709/02dc09d2/attachment-0001.obj