Museo Pambata is encouraging art enthusiasts to help MP fulfill some of its 2012 wishes!
Art
and Objects, a fund raising event to benefit Museo Pambata Foundation
Inc., is an art sale and auction that gathers artists who personally
donated art pieces for this cause.
Items for sale include
those by Ben Cabrera, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Juvenal Sanso, Brenda Fajardo,
Araceli Dans and ‘objects’ such as a Ramon Orlina glass sculpture and
Jon and Tessie Pettyjohn’s pottery.
The art sale and auction
will be held on October 2 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati. Art
pieces can be viewed at the mezzanine of the hotel until October 6.
These can also be viewed online via www.museopambata.org/ artandobjects.
MP is a non-stock,
non-profit organization which relies on sponsorships, grants and
voluntary contributions to carry out its projects.
“We
hope that through this sale and auction of Filipino art pieces, we
would be able to raise enough funds to fulfill some of our wishes. That
is, to renew one of the exhibit rooms, install a better playground for
the children, acquire a big outdoor tent for summer events and a string
of physical requirements such as sound systems and air conditioning
units,” MP President Nina Yuson said.
Through sponsorships and
grants in 2011, MP was able to renew one exhibit room, welcome 20,822
subsidized children and adults to the museum, 35 Metro Manila barangays
through its Mobile Library, and hold the 2nd Asian Children’s Museum
Conference.
The Museo Pambata Foundation, Inc. is a non-stock,
non-profit organization that established the first interactive
children's museum in the Philippines. Opened to the public in 1994,
Museo Pambata has distinguished itself for its educational programs and
its interactive exhibits. Committed to provide alternative education and
uphold the welfare of children, Museo Pambata has also conducted
various programs and activities held in the museum, in Manila's schools
and communities and in different cities nationwide. Its educational
programs and special activities are anchored on the advocacy of
children's rights, primarily on their right to education, health,
recreation, and mental and physical development. In March 2012, Museo
Pambata was shortlisted and received a Special Commendation from the
jury of the First Children's Museum Award in Bologna, Italy “for
inspiring the creation of new children's museums in the Philippines and
Asia”.
For more information, call 523-1797, 5231798, 536-0595 or email info@museopambata.org.
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