Another Award for Cajipe-Endaya in New York

New York City, New York - June 8, 2009 – Aida Bartolome, Executive Director of the FOUNDATION FOR FILIPINO ARTISTS, INC.(FFAI), and Society of Philippine American Artists’ (SPAA’s) Trustee, announces that Imelda Cajipe Endaya was awarded First Prize at the juried exhibition entitled “Beautiful Aging,” ongoing until August 31, 2009 at the United Hebrew Lazarus Gallery, sponsored by the Rotary Club of New Rochelle and United Hebrew Geriatric Center, in New Rochelle, NY. Jurors were Tracey Fitzpatrick from the Neuburger Museum, Lisa Robb from the Pelham Art Center and Jean-Paul Maitinsky from the Hudson River Museum. The exhibit includes 30 pieces, chosen from over two hundred entries. Curator Jodie Moise who designed the exhibition at the new art gallerysaid that Imelda’s award recognized her participation with three mixed media works on textile entitled: Woman Beyond Place, Eighty-Six Emerging Eighteen, and The Poppy Necktie. The show seeks to salute the aging process as positive part of our life’s journey, in celebration of the United Hebrew’s 90th year of caring for older adults. The UH Lazarus Gallery is located at 391 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, New York 10805. For information, contact Linda Forman at 914-632-2804 or lforman@uhgc.org .

Meanwhile in Manila, Cajipe Endaya received the “Ani ng Dangal” Award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts during the nationwide International Arts Festival held on Arts Month last February. For garnering international prizes for their art, five individuals were given the award in music, seven in dance, five in visual arts, three in literary arts, fourteen in film and broadcast, and twenty-one choral groups.

Since its inception in 1988, the FFAI has actively supported Filipino artists in the local community to promote Filipino artistry and creativity as well as multi-cultural understanding. FFAI is a non-profit organization under IRS 501 (c) (3). Its mission is to help artists promote and develop human awareness, cultivate the utmost potential of people and be able to take on leadership roles in training and human development, for the betterment of the global community in New York. Imelda was a guest resident artist of FFAI and taught art in its summer program in 2007. FFAI and SPAA, in keeping with their traditional ties continue to co-organize activities and events on the visual arts.

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