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Call for Applications—UPD HASPAG Cycle 4

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We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the UP Diliman Honorific Award for Student Performing Arts Group (UPD-HASPAG) Cycle 4 (2026-2029).

Guidelines, criteria, and application forms may be downloaded from https://bit.ly/UPDHASPAG.

Interested performing organizations should accomplish the Intent to Apply form on or before 17 February 2026 through bit.ly/UPDHASPAGApplication to start the application process.

For further inquiries, you may contact us via email at haspag_pasp_oica.upd@up.edu.ph.

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The UP Diliman Honorific Award for Student Performing Arts Group (UPD HASPAG) is an awards system under the Artist Support Program of the UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UPD-OICA). It gives qualified groups the honorific title “Official Student Performing Arts Group of UP Diliman (OSPAG).” The OSPAG holds the appointment for three years and is entitled to an annual incentive grant of PhP250,000.00 to be used for the group’s major productions.

Call for Performers!—Blind Together

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The UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UPD-OICA), together with the UP Dance Company and the Quezon City Person with Disability Affairs Office (QC PDAO), invites volunteer performers to take part in BLIND TOGETHER, a site-responsive performance project exploring access, perception, and embodied ways of knowing.

The project is conceived and led by Thai blind performing artist Toffee Tabklong, facilitated by Thai artist and activist Nitipat Ong Phochai, and centers non-visual approaches to movement, sound, and performance.

We Are Looking For:
20 movement-based performers
10 musicians (open to all instruments and sound-based practices)
Sign-up here: bit.ly/BTPerformers

This is a volunteer-based artistic collaboration open to UP students, faculty, alumni, independent artists, and community members interested in inclusive, socially engaged, and experimental performance.

Schedule
Volunteer-artists must be present at all rehearsals and the performance proper.
Orientation: February 2, 2:00 PM
Rehearsals: February 2, 4, 6, 9, and 11, 4:30 PM
Technical Rehearsal: February 12, 3:00 PM
Public Showcase: February 13, 4:00 PM

Join us in creating a shared space of listening, movement, and access.

Rizal Day—30 Disyembre 2025

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Ating gunitain ang buhay ni Dr. Jose Rizal—isang siyentista, pilosopo, makata—sa pamamagitan ng pagyakap sa iba’t ibang uri ng kaalaman at kakayahan at sa pagsasaloob ng mga ito sa iba’t ibang uring serbisyong pampubliko tungo sa isang marangal, makatarungan, at mulat na pagpapairal ng nasyonalism sa ating lipunan.

Ito ang ilang piling mga sulatin tungkol sa buhay ni Dr. Jose Rizal, na nagpapakita ng kanyang paglago bilang intelektual at rebolusyonaryo:

Call for Applications—UPD CCTGACH Cycle 9

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Apply now for the UP Diliman Creative/Critical Thesis Grant in the Arts, Culture and the Humanities (UPD CCTGACH) Cycle 9!

What is UPD CCTGACH?
This is a competitive research grant and/or creative work subsidy in the form of an outright grant for undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students in programs related to the critical study of arts and culture.

The deadline for submitting applications for the UPD CCTGACH Cycle 9 is on 29 January 2026 (Thursday).

Submit the requirements via the submission portal (https://bit.ly/UPDCCTGACHApplications)

Read the program guidelines and download the application forms here: https://bit.ly/UPDCCTGACH

*ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE GIVEN DEADLINE. Incomplete applications will not be processed.

For further inquiries, you may contact us at cctgach_oica.upd@up.edu.ph.