ARTDEC’s membership includes faculty affiliates from Visual Art & Design academic institutions in the Philippines namely -University of the Philippines, Far Eastern University, University of San Carlos, University of the East, Bulacan State University, St. Scholastica’s College, CIIT College of Arts & Technology De La Salle Lipa, Adventist University of the Philippines, Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science & Technology and the ������Ƶapp.

The Council of Visual Arts & Design Educators, Inc. (ArtDEC) was initiated in October 2012 by representatives of higher educational institutions (HEIs) that offer programs in visual arts and design in the Philippines. ArtDEC was organized primarily to provide art and design educators with opportunities for professional development and networking with fellow academicians as well as with practitioners in the creative Industry. Some of the founding members and current officers/board of trustees of ArtDEC also serve as CHED Technical Committee for Fine Arts.

ArtDEC’s major activity for the year 2024 was held during the three-day conference (July 4-6, 2024) at School of Architecture, Fine Arts and Design (SAFAD) Theater, University of San Carlos (USC) Talamban Campus, Cebu City with the theme “REDESIGN: Explore the Ways Design Practice is being Re-considered, Re-defined and Re-formed”.

The said conference was hosted by both academic institutions – ������Ƶapp College of Fine Arts and Design, Manila and University of San Carlos School of Architecture, Fine Arts and Design, Cebu in partnership with National Bookstore.

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Under the vision of Congressman Vicente “Ching” Veloso, Third District of Leyte, and the indefatigable work of Leyte Provincial Board Member Ana Veloso-Tuason, the project envisions to harness the creativity of local artisans toward global designs that will generate revenues and livelihood for the community. The DCP, through the leadership of Executive Director Rhea Matute and Consultant Milo Raval, mobilized design experts who engaged the community in capacity-building, hand-holding and exhibition display of the products. The documentation synergy was a critical mass of knowledge and skills from the USTGS-CCCPET, CFAD, DCP, DTI-Leyte. The institutional buyers exhibition will be in Guinciaman, San Miguel, Leyte on December 15-25, 2021.

UST GS CCCPET’s Cultural Mapping Project in 2018 spawned the USWAG Project as a Continuing Cultural Mapping Activity. With documented natural resources, local skills inventory, manpower profiling, and community organizing, the stakeholders decided to advance towards skills upgrade and product upscale. The project produced heritage-inspired designs of housewares and lighting accessories made out of local indigenous materials. This heritage utilization model is integral to CCCPET’s heritage conservation and sustainable development framework.

The USTGS-CCCPET team was composed Assoc. Prof. Eric Babar Zerrudo, PhD and Ms. Beverly Bautista, while the UST-CFAD was led by Dean Asst. Prof. Christie Que and Mr. Romano Macaisa, Chair of Department of Industrial Design. One of the DCP’s lead designers Mr. Charles Boris Mañez is a graduate student of UST Graduate School’s Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Studies.  

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UST Museum Director fr. Isidro C. Abano, O.P. said the exhibition was in praise of the harmony of God’s entire universal creation.

“Christmaseum will always make the UST Museum a special place where Christmas begins in the campus,” Abaño said.

“[This exhibition is] a great opportunity for the students of College of Fine Arts and Design to experience an actual exhibition design.”

Under the supervision of Chair Mr. Romano Macaisa, MFA, the classes of 1IND1, 1IND2, and 1IND3 (Materials Design Class); and 2IND1, 2IND2, and 2IND3 (Model Construction Class) crafted the celestial objects and angels that unified both motion and light that illuminate the centerpiece: the Nativity scene.

The exhibit can be viewed until January 3, 2020.

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Bringing pride to the University were Huili Chua, Pamela Dimen, Patricia Gallares, Eubelle Garvida, and Anjela Kallos. The students, under the supervision of Mr. Wilfredo Tubig, utilized materials like bottle caps, CDs, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, plastic wrappers, and cardboard in creating the winning work. The contest’s theme was “A Better World to Live In.”A simple recognition ceremony was held last September 27 in the Beato Angelico Gallery, in the presence of San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation and CFAD officials.

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The objectives of the activity were: to improve IP awareness among the students who are in their thesis year; and to capacitate them to perform simple patent search for their research projects.  Peralta gave the definitions and the characteristics of the different IP rights and how they are applied to their respective fields.  Then, he oriented them on the different free search engines that can be used in conducting patent search to determine the novelty and inventive step of their projects, to help them to avoid ‘re-inventing the wheel’ and thus make their projects fall within patentable subject matter. He also touched on technology transfer, where their projects can be presented to industry, who can adopt their technologies and ensure their innovations can be used by the public.

One of the objectives of the ITSO is to improve IP awareness sharing their expertise and train faculty, students, and researchers in matters of IP, patent searching, and patent drafting. This will eventually lead to more technologies that will be commercialized and transferred to industry partners for public use and at the same time may earn royalties to the inventors as their incentives to create more.

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A project led by ������Ƶapp Fine Arts and Design Studies Research Fellow and  faculty member Asst. Prof. Guillerma L. Mendoza, titled “Diskarte: Understanding Design culture through the Works of the Filipino Exemplars,” secured a grant until 2020.

Another recipient is , whose “Julio Nakpil @ 150 Music Project: Rethinking and Reimagining the Musical Works of Julio Nakpil in the Context of Philippine Modernity, Transculturation and Cultural Nationalism,” obtained a grant until 2019.

Both research grants are under the SALIKHA Creative Grants project, a joint program by CHED and NCCA.

“Diskarte,” which also includes ������Ƶapp Research Fellows Asst. Prof. Mary Grace V. Hernandez, Assoc. Prof. Nady S. Nacario, and , underlines the understanding of the emergence and development of Filipino design.

“Julio Nakpil @150,” highlights and reassess the renowned revolutionary composer’s contributions to Philippine culture and history. Together with Chua in this research project are ������Ƶapp Director ,  Dean Assoc. Prof. Antonio P. Africa, Ph.D., and  faculty member Asst. Prof. Mary Ann Venturina-Bulanadi.

The SALIKHA Creative Grants project is a financial endowment initiative by CHED and NCCA for higher learning institutions to support creative projects affected by the K to 12 transition program.

The project also aims to support local researchers who endeavor on studies focusing on culture and the arts, namely, its present theme “Transforming higher education through culture and arts.” A preliminary monitoring for the “Julio Nakpil @150” grant was already conducted last November 20.

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The conference, which showcased both academic papers and professional proposals, included themes such as “Evolution and Contribution of Design Education,” “Global Transition and Local Design Response,” and “The Change and Certainty of Design Principle,” which were the themes that Mendoza reviewed papers for.

Mendoza joined experts from the University of Arts London, Plymouth University, Hongkong Polytechnic University, University of Cincinnati, Nanjing University of the Arts, and the University of Brighton, among others.

Cumulus is the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design, and Media. The ������Ƶapp is the lone Philippine university who is a member of the association.

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