ADVISERS

CURRENT ADVISERS:

RONWELL JASON BACANI, MGT, PAEA       

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY:

Design is a delicate artifact, and its significance is seen only when the culture is embedded into it, not just purely commercialism.

Ronwell Bacani obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Advertising Arts degree at University of the East – Caloocan. After graduation, he immediately entered the world of Advertising as a freelance storyboard illustrator, graphic artist and layout designer for various companies in the Philippines. In the same year, he became part of Atlas Nutrition and Agriworld Agri-Products, Inc. as a graphic and visual artist. Atlas is one of the premier animal nutrition specialists in the Philippines. In 2008, he was promoted as its Senior Graphic Designer and OIC of the Advertising and Marketing Division. Simultaneously, he was appointed as Art Director and headed the creative campaign of Atlas at different trade shows and displays. Ronwell also worked as Visual Artist and Director for several events of foreign organizations such as the Taiwanese Compatriot Association in the Philippines (TCAP) and Taiwan Association, Inc. where he served as the brain behind the successful advertising and marketing presentation of the 14th Taiwan Product Show: Food and Food Machinery Show and the Taiwanese Orchestra “Shock Concert Band” Philippine concert tour.

His career and vocation as an artist did not wind up in the industry; In March 2010, he joined the roster of Faculty of the UE-College of Fine Arts (now UE-CFAD) to contribute his knowledge and expertise, where he showed his unparalleled qualities and perseverance not just as an advertising specialist but as an art educator. His zeal in artistic study and research made him completed his two academic papers – the “Tavola dell’ Artista”:  A Multi – functional Artist’s table for the UE-CFAD studios, that earned him the degree of Master in Graphics Technology at Technological University of the Philippines – Manila; and the “Honoring our Past, Creating our Future: The 50 years of the UE-CFAD and its Institutional Emblem – A Semiotic Approach”.

Aside from his career and academic endeavors, Ronwell is also a reputable leader. He once served as President of Buklod Sining Student Organization and presently the Chairman Emeritus of its Alumni Society. He has a simple principle, that if you are a member of a group your commitment should not stop after your commencement. You now have the definitive opportunity to help the organization in your own way to prepare the members in the industry arena that they want to pursue. Leaders are not born they are made, and Ronwell may just be the epitome of that, as he was elected for a second term as the ‘Praefectus Maximus’ of the UE-CFAD Academic Guild in June 2018. Overall, Ronwell is not just an academician, leader and a visual artist. Through his works, actions, advocacies and principles, he is a living emblem of KNOWLEDGE, NATIONALISM and FREEDOM.

 

 

 RICHARD SORIANO LEGASPI

Art Academician / Advocacy Filmmaker / Artiste Multidisciplinaire

He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of the East, major in Advertising Arts. He studied filmmaking at the Asian Film Academy in Busan, South Korea in 2007. His artistic practice are more focused on raising consciousness and creating space for dialogue on communal issues, the responsible transformation of society and creative activation through contemporary art.

Legaspi’s achievements gained more importance when he represented the Philippines in major festivals and won the Miglior Montaggio award in San Gio, Italy. His films were officially selected in more than 150 International Film Festivals. He received the prestigious UNESCO Laureate artist recognition in 2013 and eventually becoming a resident artist of the Università delle Idee – Italy which he also won the ILLY DESIGN PRIZE – Art for Social Change.

A two-time Gawad Cultural Center of the Philippines for Alternative Film and Video awardee, 62^nd Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature winner in 2012, Gawad Urian nominee in 2013 and 2015, National Commission for Culture and the Arts Competitive Grant winner 2009 and 2012, Cinemalaya and Cinema One Film Festivals Jury Prize in 2009 and 2012, International Photography Awards (IPA) 2017 – Silver Prize winner for moving images and the Film Development Council of the Philippines acknowledged Legaspi as one of Philippine Film Ambassadors of 2017 for winning in Kingston, Jamaica.

Legaspi was the first Filipino artist featured in a retrospective of Monsoon Asia Film Festival 2016 in Taiwan; he was also invited to different art shows in major alternative galleries and exhibition spaces in Italy, Germany, and Taiwan. His films about migration and integration of memories was exhibited at the Arte AL Centro in 2013, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy 2015, PeninsulaLab Wollinerstrasse, Berlin 2015, Sianguang Workstation, Taiwan 2017, UNICEF – 3 United Nations, New York and Instituto Italiano de Cultura ” – Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires, 2017.

 

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FORMER BUKLOD SINING ADVISERS:

Prof. Edgardo G. Garcia

Faculty Adviser, Buklod Sining Organization

“If artistry needs foundation, this professor is the institution…”

Prof. Garcia or also known as Sir Ed, serves as the father of Buklod Sining Art Organization since 1989. His immeasurable effort to serve the organization as adviser brought Buklod Sining into its distinction as one of the best recognized college organizations in University of The East.

For him, guiding buklod members in their journey for artistic excellence is a part of his advocacy as an art academician. He is a true blooded warrior in the true sense of the word. He studied in UE Caloocan from High School to College and finished a degree in Fine Arts, major in Advertising Arts in 1984 and prior to his teaching assignments he has been a visual artist before in a design firm in Singapore and Art Department Head at Sugar Land Corporation to name a few.

Prof. Garcia is also the coach of UECFA Basketball Team and Volley Ball Team for more than decades and represented the college together with selected Buklod Sining members in different competitions like the recent DOT Paskong-Pasko Lantern Contest wherein the group bagged the Grand Prize for two consecutive years in 2007 and 2008 respectively.

He also handles foundation subjects of Advertising Department such as Anatomy and Cartooning. In the previous years, he handled subjects like “WORKSHOP” and Advertising Production.

What makes Buklod Sining proud of having Mr. Garcia for 20 glorious years is that, he taught the members to be responsible by all means, that the meaning of organization is respecting each other’s views, opinions and ideologies. That Buklod is for the student and by the student.

Mr. Garcia is here to guide and support the vision of Buklod Sining as the home of UE’s internationally acclaimed artist, like a father who’s after his children’s welfare.

On the lighter side, he’s a certified pet lover and a number one fan of the UE Red Warriors.

He’s a buzzer beater in every ball games before…

 

Prof. Ellen D. Villanueva, MGT

Faculty Adviser, Buklod Sining Organization

“The home of the visionaries is not complete without a mother.”

That is the advantage of having Prof. Ellen Villanueva for Buklod Sining. Technically, she never brought us in this world. But what we feel every single day is we have a guiding radiance in the form of an affectionate woman, honing our artistic sensibilities and uplifting our morals as art visionaries.

She has been one of the advisers of Buklod Sining Art Organization since 1995 and up to now. We can’t imagine our beloved organization without her presence in times of uncertainties and in times of victories.

She graduated Fine Arts at the Far Eastern University, major in Advertising Arts in 1986 and finished her Master in Graphics Technology Degree at the Technological University of the Philippines – Manila last year, major in Industrial Design. She also attended and represented the College of Fine Arts in a Design Convention in Hong Kong in 2008, and applied the concept of “Functional Dress” in the senior advertising class Fashion Show last year in Mall of Asia.

As a female adviser, she is exceptionally perfect and open-minded, always at hand to help the members in different art competitions like the Department of Tourism Lantern Contest, as Buklod brought home the back-to-back Grand Prize Award.

Professor Ellen Villanueva, currently teaches senior advertising subjects like Workshop, Textile Design, Layout and Computer Graphic Design. She is also active in helping the marketing promotion of the university through her artistic designs and concepts.

What makes Buklod Sining proud of having Mrs. Villanueva for 20 glorious years is that she taught the members how to be rational and upright.  Her rules in classrooms are also her rules in Buklod Nilad. Know our responsibilities as BUKLOD and develop your talents through hard work, keenness and seeking guidance from the Lord. A devoted Christian and a mother of four wonderful kids; she is undeniably one of the most sincere and exceptional professors in the campus.

Professor Ellen Villanueva is simply an epitome of passion and excellence.