For decades tourists were told there is no cave art in Tabon Caves. American Philip Maise disagrees. It takes concentration and a keen eye to see what he found below. However, rather than telling the people of the Philippines what he clearly sees, he asks them to look for themselves.
As an incentive, he has decided to make a contest to reward deserving artists of the Philippines.
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| Derived work from photo: by Philip Maise all rights reserved |
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| Photo: by Philip Maise all rights reserved |
Maise has come to realize few can slow their life down and look. Therefore, he has decided to turn to the artists and children of the Palawan to repaint the ancient images.
See Facebook: Paint Tabon Caves Contest: 650,000 Php prizes in 8 competitions
The 250,000 Php grand prize goes to the artist that best recreates the damaged mural pictured.
7 Different images and 1 engineering challenge are in the contest. They are open for different types of artists from young children to professional artists.
#1 - Children in Palawan up to 6 years old.
#2 - Children in Palawan from 7 to 11 years old.
#3 - Children in Palawan from 12 to 14
#4 - Youths in Palawan 15 to 17.
#5 - University students within the Philippines.
#6 - Grand prize contest all Filipino citizens and children.
#7 - Univeristy professors and doctoral candidates for integration into theis.
#8 - Engineering students and engineers.
See Wikipedia page Tabon Caves for images.
The contest Philip Maise is organizing is in based on a contest held in Hawaii to supply a painting of the Hawaiian diety Pele. The winning artist was Maise's next-door neighbor named Arthur Johnson. Johnson carefully researched the subject of the goddess of the volcano, accurately painted a volcanic scene, and modeled a Hawaiian woman of royal blood. The painting was reproduced and sold to tourists.
Award details and terms.
1. For contests #1-#4 images are to be uploaded onto Facebook pages that will be announced on 20 October 2015 and public voting with the "Like" feature will determine the winners.
2. Contests #5-#8 are judged by a panel. The deadline for submission is 5 pm Friday, 23 October, 2015. In Puerto Princesa.
3.Winning artists and engineer will be informed on Thursday, 29 October, 2015
4. Awards and public announcements will be made at the IsDa Revolution Award Ceremony held Sunday 1 November, 2015.
5. Physical paintings must be between 0.75 and 1.5 meters in height. Return shipping must be included if a submission is to be returned. Submit any digital image in JPG format and sized less than 1mb. If selected, a larger file can be sent.6. Ownership of physical paintings continues with the artist. However, New Media Artists will be provided the rights to market the first 500 copies in the medium of their choosing.
7. Awards are in the form of a contract underwhich New Media Artist will front the cost to make and market copies of works to Filipino residents and tourists. Profits from the sales of works will be split 50/50 with artists until minimum award contract values are reached. The anticipated first year share of profits from this contest is 1-2 million peso.
8. Artists of physical works may, at their option, elect to have New Media Artists market their work on a consignment basis at Casa Nieves in Puerto Princesa under a separate agreement.
9. Works will be judged for historical accuracy, attention to detail, as well as color selection.
10. Judging will be coordinated by Festival founder Dante Nico Garcia.
11. All digital works as well as digital images must attribute Philip Maise. See details of license to use image on Wikipedia.
Note: The above rules are preliminary and subject to change. Final contest rules will be announced by July 21st, 2015.
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