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FA104: The Creative ProfessionalLessons and lectures on how to be a creative professional in the Philippines Author: Jaime Bautista
Jamie Bautista teaches a class at Ateneo de Manila University called FA:104 The Creative Professional. Here, he has some lectures and guest interviews that gives tips and advice to students and creative professionals on how to make it in the creative industries in the Philippines. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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S1E3 - Events Management for the CCP with Nikki Garde-Torres
Episode 3
Monday, 20 April, 2020
Episode Notes Jamie Bautista talks with Nikki Torres about what it's like being an employee of a cultural government institution, the world of Philippine theater, the ins and outs of production management, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cultural events like The Virgin Labfest. This is for the college class Jamie teaches called FA 104: The Creative Professional. DOMINIQUE “NIKKI” GARDE-TORRES is an events manager, a cultural worker and a writer. As an Events Manager working full time for the Cultural Center of the Philippines, she has acted as Production and Stage Manager of many local and international festivals among which are the PASINAYA Open House Festival, The Virgin Labfest, the National Theater Festival, Neo FIlipino and the Wi-Fi Contemporary Dance Festival. She was an apprentice for Britain’s David Glass Ensemble and attended the Association for Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centers Conference in Korea as a delegate of the CCP. She also took part in the Toyama Performing Arts Market in 2015. In her free time, Nikki is a freelance writer who has written scripts for many CCP events as well as for various magazines and newspapers. She has written several articles for the 2nd edition of the CCP Encyclopedia for the Arts Theater volume. She has penned a booklet on voter education for the Philippine Educational Theater Association. A lover of children and young adult's literature, Nikki is the Assistant Regional Advisor of the Philippine Chapter of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Jamie and Nikki met in 2017 when Jamie's first theater script was adapted as a staged reading for Virgin Labfest, where Nikki was the production manager. The Virgin Labfest for 2020, titled "Kapit", will be stream 9 new and untested one-act plays online from June 10-28, 2020. Details on their Facebook page at @thevirginlabfest. For those who want to donate to the Pass the Hat project to support the Virgin Labfest stagehands who have lost work due to the pandemic, you can send your donations in these ways: BDO LORAINE MACATANGAY 0046-1015-2684 BPI MARA AGLEHAM 004479-1525-81 GCASH JOSHUA TAYCO 09269954708 Kindly send your deposit confirmations to maraagleham12@gmail.com virginlabfest #culturalcenterofthephilippines This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
