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Right after the war, Purita Kalaw Ledesma, a businesswoman, art collector and visionary together with the graduates of the UP School of Fine Arts used to get together and talk about the need to organize an alumni association. Alfredo Pestano and Antonio Dumlao were two gentlemen Purita would discuss this topic with. But it just one of those things. All talk and no action, finally in 1947 she paid a visit to the UP school of Fine Arts where she met her old professor, and brought up the idea organizing an alumni association.

They suggested several names of people who she would met. These professors were not very enthusiastic and they discouraged her, saying that it was another “ningas cogon” project one of the names that came up was Emilio Aguilar Cruz. She never met him before, so she has introduced herself to him. Another name was Virginia Flor Agbayani, Purita was able to gather enough people; 13 in all and they decided to get together, met on a Sunday, February 15, 1948 at the school of fine arts which was still on Taft Avenue where the Supreme Court is now located.

Besides Cruz, there were Ramon Peralta Jr. the son of a former professor; Severino Fabie, a talented sculptor and Nemesio Faustino who was teaching art education at the School of Fine Arts and Trade. Candido Alcantara was there recording secretary and Purita Kalaw Ledesma was chosen President, Peralta was appointed executive secretary. More artist came to that meeting because word had gotten around. Some who came were not even graduates or student of UP they came to listen, discuss and suggest ideas, there was this need to communicate with fellow artist. In the secondary meeting, Hernando Ocampo and Cezar Legaspi were present. Since many of those joined were not graduates of UP the group simply could no longer be an alumni association. It became Art Association of the Philippines.



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Remembering Purita Kalaw Ledesma
Mother of Art Association of the Philippines


PURITA KALAW LEDESMA Founder, Art Association of The Philippines

Recipient, 1st AAP Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
Purita Kalaw Ledesma, Businesswoman, art collector visionary. In 1948, she help organized the Art Association of the Philippines after me student of the U.P. School of Fine Arts, she became the AAP ’s fervid leader and prime mover for the awareness and promotion of art and culture in the local community.

Under her guidance and aspiration, the AAP provided a “support system” for painters, printmakers and sculptor. With the ideal’s she set, the AAP would soon develop into the biggest art group in the country.

The AAP ’s well publicized annual and semi-annual exhibition were continue to be main events in the Philippine culture calendar, names like Botong Francisco, Cezar Legaspi H.R. Ocampo and Vicente Manansala arouse from such contests Thanks to her, the meaning of arts found its rich in a society that is now more sensitive and responsive to the needs of Filipino artist. Which is why the National Commission for Culture and Arts has bestowed recently the “Dangal ng Haraya” to Purita Kalaw Ledesma for her major contribution to cultural promotion.

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2006 AAP Annual harvest

First posted 01:04:15 (Mla time) February 05, 2007
Gino Dormiendo
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