will you still love me?

FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS

September 14 to 16, 2018 – Various CCP Venues

when my mask shatters

and you see how broken I really am
will you still love me?
-Julia Buencamino

Mental health conditions distort the perception of the afflicted mind. Creating art relieves stress,
stimulates creative thinking, and boosts self-worth by giving us a sense of accomplishment. Art also
gives aesthetic distance to our personal struggles so it can provide a safer space to our minds.

For its second year, the Festival of Arts and Ideas engages artistic expression with issues concerning
mental health conditions, resilience and healing. The festival’s main components include an exhibit, an
interactive paper crane origami installation, film screenings, workshops, performances, poetry readings,
forums and other interactive activities.

will you still love me? Festival of Arts and Ideas aims to develop awareness about mental health
through activities that help shed light on the struggle with mental conditions; equip participants with
creative and artistic tools to build mental resilience; and overcome the stigma of mental illness through
various interactive activities.

FESTIVAL COMPONENTS

CHECKING IN (1:30 – 2:30 pm )

Bulwagang Carlos Francsico (Little Theater Lobby)
 Breath, Mind and Body Awareness Exercise with Shamaine Buencamino, JK Anicoche and Christine
Came.

EXHIBIT/INSTALLATION
Bulwagang Carlos Francisco (Little Theater Lobby
 Paper Crane Origami Installation
 Object Portrait inspired by the Julia Bench Project with contributions by visual artists from the PHSA
Alumni Amorsolo-Abelardo batch

FILM SCREENING & FORUM (3-4:30pm and 5:30-7pm)

Tanghalang Manuel Conde
 Films on mental conditions from the 3rd Quisumbing-Escobar Film Fest followed by a forum

2-HOUR WORKSHOPS (3 - 5pm )

CCP Library, Bulwagang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining (MKP Multi-Purpose Hall), Pasilyo Victorio Edades
(4th Floor Hallway) and Bulwagang Amado Hernandez (Conference Room)
 Reflection: Trace Monotype Printmaking by the Association of PinoyPrintmakers
 Bibliotherapy (to be confirmed)
 Demons, Angels Writing Workshop with Ramil Digal Gulle and Louise Lopez
 Learn to Play the Ukulele with the Happy Music Ukulele Club
 Poetreat,a poetry workshop with Dr. Vim Nadera, Jr.
 Movement Connection, a dance healing session with Christine Crame
 Pabaong Tinapay, an art activity by JMEAD Arts Factory
 ArtPsych Workshop ( 1-3pm)

PERFORMANCES (8-10pm )
Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater)
 KOMUNIDAD – participatory performance with Sipat Lawin Ensemble
 I:UNDERWATER AND OTHER WORKS – biographical theatre by Issa Manalo and Shamaine
Buencamino, interspersed with modern ballet pieces by Kare Adea, Karmela Cortez Jabla and Cheska
Vasallo
 WillYouStillLoveMe? – poetry readings, dance interpretations and video testimonials culminating
with a forum led by Alya Honasan ( 3-5pm )

OTHER COMPONENTS
 A Page, A Day Booth (journal making)