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2005 Metrobank
Art and Design Excellence (MADE)
Prize for Achievement in Sculpture
Awarded
October 6, 2005
Mr. Duddley Diaz, a Filipino
sculptor based in Italy, received
this year’s Metrobank Prize for
Achievement in Sculpture (MPAS), an
award of distinction under the
Metrobank Art and Design Excellence
(MADE) Program of the Metrobank
Foundation. Ambassador Rubens Fedele
of Italy together with Atty. Charito
Cruz, President of Cabinet Spouses
Association personally awarded Diaz
with a medallion and a cash prize of
P 150,000 for his outstanding body
of artwork and significant
contributions to the development of
Philippine sculpture.
A graduate of the University of the
Philippines, College of Fine Arts,
Diaz further honed his craft at the
School of Sculpture of the Academia
di Belle Arti in Florence. He was
likewise a recipient of the Freemen
Full Fellowship Grant of the Vermont
Studio Center Johnson in Vermont. In
his career, he has staged more than
a dozen solo exhibits, both in the
Philippines and abroad and has taken
part in numerous local and
international group exhibitions.
Among the honors Diaz has received
is the Special Award for “La Madonna
del Popolo”, which is part of the
exhibit staged by the Cathedral of
Verona in Italy, as well as a
Presidential Award as Outstanding
Filipino Artist Abroad.
Another award in sculpture was
bestowed by Metrobank Foundation.
The Metrobank Arts and Design
Excellence (MADE) national
competition, the expanded arts
program of the Foundation, which
also includes sculpture, awarded Jan
Leeroy C. New, who bagged the grand
prize for his work entitled the
“Cradle”. Juan Miguel G. Aquilizan,
meanwhile, received a special
citation for his “Timog, Silangan,
Hilaga, Kanluran” (Still Life) or
“”South, East, North, West”. New
received P 150,000 in cash and a
trophy, while Aquilizan got a
special citation.
View the winners' works
here.
Sculptor, painter and art jeweler
Eduardo Castrillo, a Thirteen Artist
awardee of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines and former President
of the Art Association of the
Philippines headed this year’s
distinguished panel of judges.
Serving as members were Mr. Ben-Hur
G. Villanueva, Ms. Charito Bitanga-Peralta,
Mr. Cid Reyes and last year’s MPAS
awardee, Mr. Dan Raralio.
Following the opening day exhibit, a
series of lectures were given by Mr.
Duddley Diaz, Prof. Racquel Florendo,
Architect Prosperidad Luis, Mr. Noel
El Farol, Leo Almeria and Architect
Francisco “Bobby” Mañosa. The
lectures were part of the continuing
effort of the Metrobank Foundation
to promote and cultivate art
awareness.
In 2004, the Metrobank Foundation
launched MADE after 20 years of
awarding talented young painters
under the Young Painters’ Annual.
With the expanded arts program, the
Foundation also aims to recognize
the outstanding works of young and
promising sculptors, architects and
interior designers. Just like the
Foundation’s previous art
competition, MADE aims to provide a
venue for talented artists in
various disciplines to express their
creativity and provide them with
incentives to further hone their
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