The exhibitions through the collaboration of the University of the Philippines Visayas Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage (UPV MACH) and the Lopez Museum and Library (LML) will push through with the inclusion of P7.5 million in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) FY 2024. 

The project is the brainchild of former Senator Franklin Drilon who championed Iloilo’s arts and culture renewal and supported by Senators Loren Legarda and Sonny Angara.

The activities will be under Cycle 1 of the collaboration project which is comprised of a series of art exhibitions at the UPV MACH employing pieces from the LML collection, specifically, pieces by notable Filipino artists such as Juan Luna, Felix Hidalgo, Fernando Amorsolo, and others.

Preliminary meetings, dialogue, and site inspection was conducted by a team last year led by former Tourism Secretary Narzalina Lim.

With this partnership, UPV MACH fulfills its vision of becoming a university museum that serves students, scholars, and the community in the experience and study of art and cultural heritage. It also supports the goal of the LML to share its collection with a wider audience especially those outside the art and cultural center, that is, Manila.

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The first cycle of the UPV MACH-LML collaboration is scheduled to begin in November 2024 through March 2025.

The chief curator is Dr. Patrick D. Flores and OICA Director Martin Genodepa will be the assistant curator and head of the project. (UPV OICA).