Aquino cousin leads 'Yumbassadors' for youth empowerment
MANILA, Philippines ? President Benigno Aquino III?s cousin, Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino IV, is among the nine youth leaders handpicked by a local fastfood chain to represent and promote youth empowerment and nationalism.
Dubbed as the ?Yumbassadors,? the nine youth leaders are Jollibee?s representatives in promoting individuality and excellence among the youth through fun, relevant and engaging activities. The nine Yumbassadors are the Youth Icons in their chosen fields ? Academics, Sports, Literature, Arts and Social Entrepreneurship.
Profiles of Jollibee Yumbassadors
Nasser Lubay is the perfect example of how perseverance leads to success. The 27-year-old is a self-taught visual artist whose fusion of traditional painting methods, graphic arts, and other modern techniques have given the world a taste of world-class Pinoy talent. In Berlin, he placed 2nd at the Celeste Prize, an international competition for contemporary artists, with his watercolor painting Rebirth. And at the 2009 World Eco Bag Exhibition in Malaysia, his Save the Green design was shortlisted for 1000+7 Designs. He was also selected to participate in the first major cross strait international art show, the Animamix Biennial 2009-2010 Taiwan and China.
Rizal’s zarzuela gets a modern reboot
The production will also utilize video and image projections designed by award-winning visual artist Nasser Lubay (2nd place, Celeste Prize 2009, Berlin, Germany, and a selected artist for Animamix International Biennial 2009).
Closing the gaps at IMMAP Open Mic Night
The first IMMAP Open Mic Night proved that digital is a social, personal and even physical experience. Over 300 attendees from various fields and interests packed the floor of Craft Pub & Grill at the Fort Strip in Taguig City on November 10 for a night of talks, drinks and networking.
Open Mic Night grew out of the unconference, an informal speaker program open to all. Powered by the Pecha Kucha format, talks were presented in 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each. Speakers were nominated and chosen through online voting.
Being an event of the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines, digital was inevitably a major focus of the night's talks, but marketing was not the only topic tackled by the 16 speakers, who each downed a shot before their respective talks. “Digital is everyone,” said Pao Peña, chief digital officer of Leo Burnett and one of the organizers of Open Mic Night. “Our cross-section of speakers proved that.”
2nd Animamix Biennial 2009 - 2010 Visual Attract & Attack
Contemporary animation and comic aesthetics
Based on the issue of "contemporary comic aesthetics," curator Victoria Lu conceives a hyperlinked exhibition in museums in Taiwan and China, including MOCA Taipei, MOCA Shanghai, Today Art Museum Beijing, and Guangdong Museum of Art. These museums in four different cities will simultaneously hold four different exhibitions based on the same subject curated by: Maple Yujie LIN, PAN Qing, LIU Chunfeng, HUANG Yun, and ZHANG Jiaping. A book, Animamix: The New Aesthetics of the 21st Century , will be published jointly by the four institutions.
Filipino Artist Nasser Lubay's Work Named 2nd Best Work in Celeste Prize 2009
Though Lubay did not win the prize money worth 8,000 €, Lubay declared in his Facebook account that the "recognition is the prize," aside from the competition being an international one. German artist Michael Luther's "Gallery (Desk)" bested Lubay's work by a mere 2 points or one vote. Lubay, on the other hand, bested Czech artist Juraj Kollar's "Landscape." Lubay also said in his Facebook that he voted for Kollar's work.
A jollier, brighter Christmas for 400 kids at the Jollibee Maaga ang Pasko bash
The highlight of the event came when life-sized toy ballerinas appeared onstage to signal this year’s grand gift-giving celebration led by Jollibee Philippines president Pepot Miñana, Jollibee Foundation president Grace Tan, Jollibee vice president for marketing Albert Cuadrante, Jollibee Foundation vice president Belen Rillo and executive director Gisela Tiongson with the original Jolly Toy Scout Aga Muhlach.
Some of the Yumbassadors—Jollibee’s chosen Pinoy youth icons—also helped shower the kids with gifts and love. They were three-time Palanca Awardee Miro Capili, visual artist Nasser Lubay, and coffee painter Sunshine Plata.
The Philippine Artscape: 2009 Harvests
A self-taught artist also emerged as winner in the Celeste Prize 2009 held in Berlin, Germany. Nasser Lubay whose entry, Rebirth ( watercolor) bagged the second prize in the painting category, besting 734 finalists from different parts of the world, is from Candelaria, Quezon. The Celeste Prize is an international art competition for contemporary artists organized by Associazione Culturale L’Albero Celeste, a nonprofit Italian cultural association.
Lubay opens rich world to art lovers in ‘Nursery of Curiosities’
Seven years after becoming a finalist at a prestigious international art competition in Germany, artist Nasser Lubay is set to open his first solo exhibit, Nursery of Curiosities, at the Arte Pintura Gallery in Mandaluyong City on Sunday.
Presented by the Artist Playground, Arte Pintura and Talent Factory Inc., and curated by Philip Almazan Paraan, Nursery of Curiosities will not only introduce the 34-year-old Lubay’s paintings to a larger audience, but also unveil an original composition titled “Nursery of Curiosities—The Theme” by award-winning composer Jesse Lucas and a catalogue of the exhibit.
Akumal Enjoys Art and Culture at Ondarte Opening
On July 23rd, a huge turnout of Akumal tourists and locals welcomed international artists and their works at Ondarte. What was for many years the beloved Italian bistro Que Onda, has now reinvented and reopened as an artists’ retreat and gallery with the purpose of supporting artists and promoting culture.
The opening’s featured artists from around the world were Cathryn McEwen from Australia, Jorge Llamos Gonzalez from Cuba, Nasser Lubay from the Philippines, Diane Richey Ward from the USA, Susan Riegel from the USA. Ondarte will open its doors to the public once a month to display the works of its resident artists.
Yumbassadors World Vision
This year, World Vision invited selected Jollibee Yumbassadors as guest speakers led by teen star Sam Concepcion who himself has been a long-time World Vision Ambassador. Sam was also joined by Bam Aquino, youth leader and social entrepreneur who pioneered the HaPinoy project; Miro Frances Capili, the youngest three-time Palanca awardee; Carmela Lao, first Filipina to bag International Mathematical Olympiad medals; and Sunshine Plata, renowned coffee painter whose fan base includes Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Last year, Jollibee introduced these world-class Pinoy achievers known as Yumbassadors to promote youth empowerment and Pinoy pride among teens in line with Yum campaign. International karting sensation Jean Stefano Marcelo, Grand slam tennis champion Francis “Nino” Alcantara and award winning visual artist Nasser Lubay were also handpicked to be part of this circle.
Young Filipino painter wins art contest in Germany
NASSER Lubay, a 26-year old self-taught painter from Quezon bagged second place honors in the painting category of the prestigious Celeste Prize 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
The Celeste Prize, an international art competition for contemporary artists, is organized by a non-profit Italian cultural association, ‘Associazione Culturale L’Albero Celeste’ founded by Steven Music. The final selection of winners was held at the Alte AEG Fabrik in Berlin last Sept. 26.
“I was pleasantly surprised when they called out my name,” muses Lubay, who flew to Berlin to attend the exhibition of shortlisted finalists. He adds, “I was also informed by the chairman that I was one vote short of the grand prize winner, and he told me that it’s the very first time that an entry from the Philippines was chosen to compete in the finals.”
He continues, “Just to be able to be there to experience everything was already priceless, so when I was announced second prize winner, I just felt so ecstatic and blessed considering that the finalists were the ones who chose the winners by secret balloting.”
VIDEO: Celest Prize 2009 Berlin, Germany
Five works voted by fellow finalists in Berlin
40,000 € prizes were awarded on 26 September to the five artists whose works received a majority of votes from fellow finalists. The awards ceremony was held in the City of Berlin's old electricity generating plant, the Alte AEG Fabrik, as part of a four day exhibition which ends on 28 September during Berlin’s Art Forum week. All five artists received prizes directly from Adrienne Goehler and Mark Gisbourne (two of the three members of the 2009 prize selection committee) and prize founder, Steven Music.
Results Painting Prize 8,000 €
Winner - Michael Luther - Gallery (Desk)
Second - Nasser Lubay – Rebirth
Third - Juraj Kollar – Landscape