10 February 2014 – The Philippine Embassy in Ankara, Gazi University, and Gazi University Faculty of Arts and the Visual Arts Education Practice and Research for Disabled People (GEGSEM), is set to launch today an international visual arts group exhibition, entitled “For the Philippines,” for the benefit of the victims of supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

High-ranking Turkish Government officials, the members of the diplomatic corps in Ankara and Istanbul, international organizations and business groups, Turkish academe and artistic community, and the Filipino communities in Turkey are expected to attend.

Ambassador Maria Rowena Mendoza Sanchez, Consul General Robert Ferrer, Consul Leilani S. Feliciano and Cultural Officer Eunice Trinidad  met with Mr. Bulent Salderay, Faculty of Gazi University Fine Arts Department and Head of the Visual Arts Education Practice and Research for Disabled People (GEGSEM) and Mr. Jonal Buenafe, Ankara-based Filipino artist, to discuss preparations for the event.

One hundred and six (106) artworks from 85 Turkish artists have been received by Gazi University Faculty of Arts Department for this endeavor and more are expected to be received in the coming days before the opening ceremony scheduled today at the Embassy Exhibition Halls in Ankara.END