16 May 2012 - As part of the Memphis in May International Festival (MIMIF), 13 paintings from the Philippine Center in New York's collection of art works by Filipino and Filipino-American artists are on exhibit at the Goodwyn Gallery-Memphis Central Library for the month of May. The Philippines is the featured country for this year's MIMIF.

The MIMIF exhibit marks the first time that works from the Philippine Center's collection are being shown to the public outside the Center.

The Center's MIMIF show includes works spanning different styles, trends, and periods of Philippine art with paintings by renowned artists Norma Belleza, Tam Austria, Manuel Baldemor, Pacunayen, Rodrigo Paras Perez, Goy Agustin, Lenore RS Lim, Edgar Doctor, and Manuel Rodriguez, the father of Philippine print-making.

Also featured are the works of emerging modern and folk artists, Elmer Oliva, G. Buensuceso, Ambie Abano, and Erick Dator.

Consul General de Leon thanked the Memphis Central Library and the MIMIF officials for inviting the Philippine Center to exhibit some of the pieces in its collection outside of New York City and in the process introducing Philippine art to a wider audience.

The Artwork of the Philippine Center Exhibit was curated by Deputy Consul General and Philippine Center Manager Theresa Dizon-de Vega with assistance from Ms. Bernadette Shinault-Davis, Press Relations Supervisor of the Memphis Public Library and Information Center.

Other Philippine-themed exhibits at the MIMIF include the EDSA People Power Revolution photographic works of Pulitzer Prize winner Kim Komenich at the National Civil Rights Museum, The Corregidor Island Story at the Mississippi River Museum, Philippine Textiles from the Museo de Ilocos Norte at the Brooks Museum of Art, Flora de Filipinas at the Memphis Botanic Garden and Living Landmarks and Cultural Landscapes of the Philippines at the American Institute of Architects.

The Memphis in May International Festival will run until May 31.