Education & Culture
PAGLULUAL is organized with four key components. USAPANG LUAD is an
academic seminar where local and international ceramic experts present their
work, their influences, inspirations and processes. LIKHANG LUAD is the
umbrella term for all creative activities in the event, where invited ceramic art
experts share their expertise in lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and kiln
building. PABINYAG NG APOY includes all traditional and alternative firing
activities of the event. The highlight of which is the firing of LUAL Kiln. Finally,
KATHANG LUAD is an exhibition that features the works of invited ceramic
experts, faculty, students and project participants.
As a whole, PAGLULUAL imbibes the ideas of LUAL, exuding the emotions
that go with conceiving, creating and nurturing; sharing the vision of transforming
society through ceramic arts, by inspiring and progressing individual and
collective journeys in clay.
Through these projects, the researcher hoped to enrich the knowledge, skills,
techniques and practices of not only the UP Fine Arts community, but also of
ceramic and materials engineering students and faculty from within and outside
the university, local potters, and members of the ceramic and pottery
communities and industries. The PAGLULUAL projects helped to jumpstart
interest in ceramics and pottery among UP students and subsequently, the
development of new academic ceramic programs. More broadly, PAGLULUAL
also paved the way for cultural exchanges between UP and both local and foreign
universities and fostered a culture of research among beneficiaries through
exposure to the varied possibilities and potential of ceramic arts.
Beyond learning and collaboration, the projects also promoted Philippine ceramic
arts through the development of local clays and clay bodies in pioneer sites in
Batangas and Ilocos Norte.
By raising awareness and interest in stoneware clay art, the PAGLULUAL
projects aim to raise the profile and entrepreneurial value of Philippine ceramics.
Funded by: UP OIL | UP Diliman OICA | UP Diliman OVCRD
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