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Antiqueño Scholarship for the Arts
Voices from the Ecosystem

Real Stories, Real Lives

Students, scholars, and institutions who have watched the practice at close range.
Students & Scholars
"I feel privileged to have been given the chance to be a recipient of Aladin Antiqueño's Fine Arts Scholarship program. I am not only honing my technical skills, but also my interpersonal and multidisciplinary skills. Forever Grateful."
Mica Collado · BFA Fine Arts, 2nd Year · Working Scholar
"I have won several grand prizes of national art contests. After graduation as his scholar, I am now teaching in college where I impart the knowledge that was taught to me and pass it on to the next generation of artists."
Ranier Bolivar · BFA Graduate · National Grand Prize Winner · College Educator
"I am turning 70. Because of financial conditions in my younger years, I had to work hard to raise my family. When my children all graduated, I enrolled in Fine Arts under the mentorship of Dr. Aladin. I am expecting to graduate next year — a great milestone in my life."
Maestro Orobia · Seasoned Artist · BFA Scholar · Nearly 70 · Graduating Next Year
Institutional Endorsements

Letters from Colleagues

A note on scope: of the four letters below, only the Universidad de Manila letter was written for the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining. The Cadiz City letter endorses Dr. Antiqueño for the NCCA's Order of National Artists, and the Greenman Trading and Sta. Catalina College letters endorse him for the Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards 2026 — reproduced here as evidence of standing across award tracks.

Universidad de Manila — Office of the Vice President for Student Success and Support Services
Dr. Rejan L. Tadeo, OIC–VP for Academic Affairs · Dean, College of Public Policy and Governance · For the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
Universidad de Manila endorsement letter
City of Cadiz, Negros Occidental
Hon. Salvador Escalante Jr., Mayor · For the NCCA Order of National Artists
City of Cadiz endorsement letter
Greenman Trading
Matthias Gelber, Founder · For the Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards 2026
Greenman Trading endorsement letter
Sta. Catalina College, Inc.
Sr. Esther Bravante, OP, School Head · For the Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards 2026
Sta. Catalina College endorsement letter

The Camahalan critical essay — "The Afternoon That Never Happened" — is reproduced in full, all 18 pages, in the Archive.

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