“The wall is alive. It continually evolves, reflecting the nation’s pressing concerns.” Ides Josepina D. Macapanpan For ten years now, artistic expression and social activism materialize in a form of a mural with the help of students from the College of Fine Arts (CFA) in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. This dynamic […]
Ana Patricia “Patreng” Non of the UP College of Fine Arts has become a household name—and if not her name itself, then the community pantry that she set up in Maginhawa Street, Diliman, during the height of the COVID lockdowns, which sparked a wave of similar free-food-for-the-poor projects across the country, with as many as […]
The much-awaited Lantern Parade 2021 of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) campus was held online for the second year and on-ground at the College of Fine Arts (CFA) studio on December 21. This year’s parade hopes to inspire UP constituencies across the nation and every Filipino affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent […]
It was a yearning she just couldn’t shake off. As a high school senior back in 1963, Virgie Garcia wanted to study painting and pursue a Fine Arts degree in UP Diliman. Fifty years later, she finally enrolled in the program.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
