Chancellor Alfonso is appointed UP Artist

 

The University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) has appointed Dr Grace Javier Alfonso as one of the UP Artists for 2009-2011. The BOR approved her appointment and those of other 26 UP Artists during its 1252nd meeting held at Quezon Hall, UP Diliman on 18 December 2009

Dr. Alfonso is the current Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Open University. She is an artist, sculptor, and painter; a filmmaker, director, film researchers, and critic; and a multimedia expert. She finished her Ph.D. in Communication in 1990; her M.A. Humanities (Art History) in 1980, and her Bachelor's in Fine Arts in 1972, all from the University of the Philippines. Her most recent works are her interpretation of the UP Oblation. These can be seen in UPOU Headquarters in Los Baños, in UP Manila, and the UP School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte.

 

 

 

 

 

Date posted: 2 February 2010