BACOLOD City – The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) extended its scholarships grants on various courses for cultural artists and workers in Negros Occidental.
NCCA Accreditation and Grants Processing Section head Christopher Lucindo said the P4 million scholarship grant was formally forged in a memorandum of agreement signed on Tuesday.
The courses, which will be taught in workshops on specialized areas, will be offered under HANAS: Scholarship Program in Culture and the Arts initiated by the West Visayas Museum Association (WVMA), Inc. and Colegio San Agustin (CSA) in Bacolod City.
The “HANAS” project aims to improve the skills of performing artists, cultural workers, teachers, and second liners through short courses.
Around 150 full scholars for the various workshops on the specialized areas and practices offered from April to May will be accepted, said HANAS executive and workshop pedagogy director Rudy Reveche.
Reveche said participants who will attend a total of 120 hours of workshops will be receiving a certificate of completion and certificate of attendance will be given to short training course attendees.
Courses offered include the Fundamentals of Theatre, Fundamentals of Film, Dance, Basic Museology, Weaving, and Creative Curriculum.
Classes will be held at the CSA campus and at the Negros Museum.
The culmination of workshops and presentation of outputs will be held in May and June. (With a report from PNA/PN)
