Bianca Mae De Juan of Victorias City and Reka Calumberan of La Castellana town won the provincial government’s Visual Arts Exhibition 2024, and were given P100,000 worth of scholarship grants to the Linangan Art Residency Program in Manila.
The awarding of winners was held at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City Feb. 28, and attended by participants from local government units in Negros Occidental, Feminine Touch artists, and other guests.
The activity was spearheaded by Board Member Rita Gatuslao, chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Education, and the Negros Occidental Scholarship Program Division, a Capitol press release said.
The event was also attended by Board Members Araceli Somosa and Valentino Miguel Alonso, Mayvelyn Madrid, and executive assistant to the governor and PIO Charina Magallanes-Tan, who represented Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.
This year’s Visual Art Exhibition was themed, “Laragway sang Katahum”. | Capitol PIO photos
