Programs
The Museum also has Education and Extension Programs that link various sectors and audiences and promote better understanding of art and heritage, corporate collections, and the creative industries.
1. Young Curators Program (with the University of the Philippines Manila)
2. Art workshops on Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy
3. Volunteer and internship programs
For more information, please contact Elma Abrina, Programs Officer, at (632) 889-1234 or via e-mail at abrina_programs@yuchengcomuseum.org.
Past Lectures
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For more details about our previous lectures, please contact Elma Abrina, Programs Officer, at (632) 889-1234 or via e-mail at abrina_programs@yuchengcomuseum.org.
Sustaining Sulu People's Identity of Power, History, and Culture Through Their Visual Arts
Abraham P. Sakili, PhD
September 20, 2008 lecture in conjunction with the exhibit Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu
The art studies professor from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and guest curator of the exhibit "Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu" provides an overview of Sulu's history of power and analyzes representative art such as ukkil aesthetics and military artifacts.
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Dance & Power CrossCurrents
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
September 20, 2008 lecture in conjunction with the exhibit Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu
The groundbreaking scholar and practitioner of pangalay, and author of "Pangalay: Traditional Dances and Related Folk Artistic Expressions" and "Ukkil: Visual Arts of the Sulu Archipelago," talks on and demonstrates the dance as a rich source of ethno-historical information and living heritage.
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Sulu Power, Contexts and Dynamics
Prof. Julkipli M. Wadi
September 20, 2008 lecture in conjunction with the exhibit Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu
The associate professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies at UP Diliman, and writer for Singaporean online column OpinionAsia, explains the nature of Sulu power, its dynamics, and domestic and international contexts. He also discusses the reasons for the rise and decline of Sulu power.
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Sulu Treaties: Their Historical Implications on the Moro Quest for Self-Determination
Atty. Mehol K. Sadain
September 20, 2008 lecture in conjunction with the exhibit Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu
The lawyer and lecturer on Shari'ah in the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Program of the UP Law Center, and on Muslim-Christian Commonality at the Philippine Judicial Academy of the Supreme Court, explores the different treaties the Sulu Sultanate had entered with Western colonizers, and their historical significance and implications in the wake of renewed interest in Moro self-determination.
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