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Starweek’s around town in eight days – Sunday to Sunday
November 23-30, 2003

visual arts

National Museum. Valera, a Retrospective. Exquisite ternos, wedding and other gowns by the late Ramon Valera until Nov. 30. KLIK: 75^TH Anniversary Exhibit of the Camera Club of the Philippines. Selected photos of events and people as well as day-to-day objects until Dec. 31 at the Level IV, South Wing. The Exhibition of Rice. Different rice varieties found in the Philippines, farm implements, baskets, musical instruments, works of art and other objects related to rice at the Level V, North-East Wing. Until March 2004. Permanent exhibits: Gallery of the masters, San Diego wreck, interactive exhibits. (Former Finance Bldg., Agrifina Circle, Manila) Tel. 527.0308

Metropolitan Museum of Manila. Designing with Traditional Patterns. Traditional patterns as resources for contemporary products. Selections from the 2003 Philip Morris painting competition at the Main Galleries until Nov. 30. The Arts of Macao at the Upper Level Galleries until Dec. Banahaw: The Arts of Laguna and Quezon Mountain Towns at the Tall Galleries until Feb. 2004. (BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd.) Tel. 523.7855

NCCA Gallery. Luwas: Cultural Tension and the Works of our National Artists. Works of National Artists that examine the rural-urban, barrio-city dynamics. Until Nov. 23. (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 633 Gen. Luna St., Intramuros) Tel. 527.2192

Kulay Diwa Art Galleries. Everybody Wants to Feel Better. Christopher Zamora’s first solo exhibit at the White Gallery. Code Red. Latest exhibit of Ronaldo Ruiz. Both until Dec. 4. (Kulay Diwa Art Galleries, #25 Lopez Ave., Lopez Vill., Sucat, Parañaque)

FIRMA. Purlucere (the Unfolding). Paintings by Bruihn from Nov. 27 to Dec. 11. Glitterati. Naga Jewelry by Wynn Wynn Ong. (Ground Floor, Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati) Tel. 757.4009

Boston Gallery. Perpective. Jose Santos III’s recent works in oil at the Upper and Lower galleries. Federico Sievert’s of intimately scaled works on canvas at the Alcove. Both until Dec. 5. (72 Boston St., Cubao Quezon City)

Remix. Clairelynn Uy’s oils at Liongoren Gallery (111 New York St., Cubao, Quezon City) until Nov. 27.

The Wind in My Face. Phyllis Zaballero at Galleria Duemila (The Artwalk, SM Megamall) until Nov. 28.

Mindanao Reflections. Jimmy Vista at the Genluna Gallery (12 Gen. Luna St., Davao City) until Nov. 29.

Art from a Silent World. Modern sculpture by China’s deaf and mute artists; paintings by the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists at the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center (Anda cor Cabildo Sts., Intramuros, Manila) until Dec. 5. New exhibit: memorabilia of civic and business leader Don Antonio Roxas-Chua.

First Solo Show. Still-life artist Rona Buenaseda-Chua at the Crucible Gallery (L/4, Bldg. A, SM Megamall), Nov. 25 to Dec. 7.

Carlos. Paintings and sculpture by Carlos Rocha at the R1 Lifestyles Wing of Power Plant Mall (Rockwell Center, Makati) until Dec. 7.

Odyssey ’70. F B Concepcion at Avellana Gallery (House a-19, 2680 Harrison St., Pasay City) until Dec. 9.

Nena Saguil: Landscapes and Inscapes/From the Material World to the Spiritual. At the Ateneo Art Gallery (Ateneo campus, Katipunan)