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Implementation of Alternative Work Arrangement in response to the energy crisis

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In accordance with Memorandum no. ECLV-2026-013, UPD-OICA staff will adopt work-from-home (WFH) arrangement every Friday starting April 13, 2026.The office will be closed to on-site transactions during this time.

Regular office operations remain from Monday to Thursday. Holidays will be observed without changes in the alternative work arrangement.

Thank you very much.


You can reach us by e-mail, phone, or through the Contact Us page:
Monday – Friday

  • Administration – oica.upd@up.edu.ph
  • OICA Grants Program – grants_oica.upd@up.edu.ph
  • UPD CCTGACH – cctgach_oica.upd@up.edu.ph
  • UPD HASPAG / PASP – haspag_pasp_oica.upd@up.edu.ph
  • UPD VACSSP – vacssp_oica.upd@up.edu.ph
  • Special Projects – specialprojects_oica.upd@up.edu.ph

Monday – Thursday – 8981 8500 loc. 2658 or 2660
Friday – +63 915 082 7287

[EXTENDED] 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 18 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.

SA/GA Announcement!

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The UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UPD-OICA) is looking for

2 STUDENT ASSISTANTS
1 GRADUATE ASSISTANT

for 2nd Sem AY 2025-2026

Interested applicants should submit all the requirements on or before 5 FEBRUARY 2026 through email at oica.upd@up.edu.ph.

Call for Participants—Blind Together Workshop

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[CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – 20 SLOTS ONLY]

Blind Together — Body, Space, and Perception in the Dark
a workshop by Toffee Sabklong and Ong Pholchai

Workshop Session: 2.5 hours, Mon Feb 9: 1:00-3:30 p.m.
UP College of Music Dance Studio☘️

Interested participants may register on or before 5 FEBRUARY 2026 at bit.ly/BTParticipants or by scanning the QR code.
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Blind Together — Body, Space, and Perception in the Dark is an experiential movement workshop that invites participants to encounter the body without relying on vision. Through movement, listening, touch, and spatial awareness, the workshop explores how perception reorganizes when sight is no longer the primary sense. By temporarily embracing visual limitation, participants investigate how the body reads space, relates to others, and navigates uncertainty through non-visual modes of knowing.

The process gently guides participants into unfamiliar bodily states—hesitation, vulnerability, disorientation, or lack of confidence—and offers practical ways to remain present with these sensations. Drawing inspiration from the working methods of blind dancers and Contact Improvisation, the workshop engages perception at multiple levels: bodily orientation, listening, touch, spatial navigation, and interpersonal communication. The session also opens critical questions around inclusive and accessible performance, proposing the body as a site of shared perception rather than visual mastery.

*Walk-in observers are welcome.