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FUNCTIONS
  1. Regulates/Manages all artistic and cultural support systems of the office including:

    a. OICA Financial Grants for student organizations and units (OICA GRANTS)
    b. Honorific Awards for Student Performing Arts Groups (HASPAG)
    c. Performing Arts Scholarship/Stipend Program (PASP)
    d. Visual Arts and Cultural Studies Scholarship/Stipend Program (VACSSP)
    e. Creative/Critical Thesis Grant in the Arts, Culture, and Humanities (CCTGACH)
    f. OICA Technical Assistance Program (TAP OICA)—inactive
    g. Internship/Fellowship—upcoming

  2. Reviews, evaluates, and makes recommendations/related actions regarding program guidelines, operations, and targets/accomplishments

  3. Recommendatory body for program/grant approval
  MEMBERS
  1. College of Music (CMu)
  2. College of Home Economics (CHE)
  3. College of Human Kinetics (CHK)
  4. College of Fine Arts (CFA)
  5. College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP)
  6. Asian Center (AC)
  SECRETARIAT
  1. Maria Lourdes B. Arandia
  2. Micah M. Bais
  3. Cyprian Jeremiah Q. Damot
FUNCTIONS
  1. Manages/Directs the cultural policies and governance relating to the arts and culture environment of UP Diliman
  2. Plans, develops content for trainings and seminars, education regarding creative industries, heritage conservation (tangible and intangible), arts management, cultural research and documentation, fund generation
MEMBERS
  1. Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT)
  2. College of Architecture (CA)
  3. College of Home Economics (CHE)
  4. College of Fine Arts (CFA)
  5. College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP)
  6. Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum (BnD)
SECRETARIAT
  1. Johannah Mae O. Razal
  2. Maria Lourdes B. Arandia
  3. Micah M. Bais
FUNCTIONS
  1. Management of linkages with other arts institutions and cultural services and trainings especially on cultural industries
  2. Extension services and cultural exchanges
  3. Networking
MEMBERS
  1. College of Architecture (CA)
  2. Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT)
  3. College of Home Economics (CHE)
  4. College of Arts and Letters (CAL)
  5. College of Media and Communication (CMC)
  6. Asian Center (AC)
  7. Diliman Information Office (DIO)
SECRETARIAT
  1. Johannah Mae O. Razal
  2. Jhunie Pearl V. Sanchez
FUNCTIONS
  1. Management of venue and audience development especially on the development of an arts complex in UP Diliman
  2. Dissemination of artistic and cultural outputs of UPD artists and cultural workers
MEMBERS
  1. UP Theater Complex (UPTC)
  2. College of Music (CMu)
  3. College of Human Kinetics (CHK)
  4. College of Media and Communication (CMC)
  5. College of Architecture (CA)
  6. College of Arts and Letters (CAL)
  7. Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum (BnD)
SECRETARIAT
  1. Cyprian Jeremiah Q. Damot
  2. Jhunie Pearl V. Sanchez




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OICA Advisory Board

Asst. Prof. Monica Fides Amada W. Santos

OICA Director | Chair, OICA Advisory Board

Prof. Luis Maria T. Bo-ot, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Architecture

Prof. Jimmuel C. Naval, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Arts and Letters

Assoc. Prof. Noel Christian A. Moratilla, Ph.D.

Dean, Asian Center

Asst. Prof. Giovanni Francis A. Legaspi

Dean, Asian Institute of Tourism

Prof. Marc J. San Valentin

Dean, College of Fine Arts

Prof. Shirley V. Guevarra, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Home Economics

Prof. Francis Carlos B. Diaz

Dean, College of Human Kinetics

Prof. Fernando dlC. Paragas, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Media and Communication

Prof. Ma. Patricia B. Silvestre, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Music

Prof. Ruth R. Lusterio-Rico, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Prof. Jose Carlo G. de Pano, Ph.D.

Director, Diliman Information Office

Prof. Josefina F. Estrella

Director, UP Theater Complex

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History and Mandate

The UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) was established in March 1999 by the UP Board of Regents and is under the UP Diliman Office of the Chancellor. It assumed the functions of the dissolved UP Diliman Committee on Arts and Culture. The transformation of OICA from a committee to an office was spearheaded by Prof. Eufracio C. Abaya, Ph.D. who later became its first director.


Current OICA Logo
First version of the OICA Logo

THE OICA LOGO

The UPD-OICA tree-of-life logo was conceptualized during the term of Prof. Eufracio C. Abaya, Ph.D. as OICA Director in 2000. It first appeared as a graphic image in the poster of the UP Diliman Month February 2000 which had the theme “Hitik sa Sining 2000: Pamana at Pagsulong.” The poster was designed by UP College of Fine Arts faculty members Armando B. Burgos and Roberto Eliseo G. Paulino based on the Samal “Tree of Life,” an applique tapestry displayed during festivities in Tawi-Tawi. By February 2001, the image was adopted as the OICA logo in that year’s UP Diliman Month poster with the theme “Hitik sa Sining 2001: Talas-Suri sa Tuwid na Simulain.” The logo was modified during the term of director Ruben D.F. Defeo. (Source: RGPaulino, pers. comm., 2021)


Prof. Cecilia S. De La Paz, Ph.D. 1 May 2018 – 31 July 2023
Prof. Sir Anril P. Tiatco, Ph.D. 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2018
Prof. Marc San Valentin 1 May 2015 – 1 July 2015
Prof. Jose Danilo A. Silvestre 1 November 2012 – 30 April 2015
Prof. Ruben D.F. Defeo 1 January 2007 – 31 May 2012
Prof. Eufracio C. Abaya, Ph.D. 1 March 1999 – 31 December 2006
Source: Excerpts from the Minutes of the 1128th BOR Meeting, 28 January 1999

  1. The need to systematize art and culture programs towards the development of medium- and long-term plans for culture and the arts, in the context of the overall vision and mission of the University.

    The UPD-OICA shall aim at making UP Diliman the center for audience and venue development for culture and the arts, and the cultural center for Quezon City. In this regard, it shall establish links with the government of Quezon City to mutually strengthen their respective cultural programs.

  2. The need to institutionalize domestic and international art and cultural linkages.

    The UPD-OICA shall enable the University to proactively develop and sustain cultural exchanges as well as promote the University’s dynamic cultural development management programs, informed by the principles of cultural diversity and unity, universal cultural rights and cultural integrity.

  3. The need to rationalize financial support and fund generation.

    The UPD-OICA shall enable the University to generate additional funds (i.e. endowment and grants) and thus increase its cultural funds solely derived from student fees. This will contribute to program and project sustainability as well as to the creation of an environment that will encourage initiatives from UP Diliman with respect to cultural preservation, transformation, and other related concerns.

  4. The need for a University-based policy making body on art and cultural development management.

    The UPD-OICA shall perform this function in consultation with an advisory group duly constituted by the Chancellor.
Source: Adopted from the dissolved UP Diliman Committee on Arts and Culture

  1. To formulate, subject to Chancellor’s approval, policies, and programs on artistic and cultural activities for the UP Diliman campus that are aimed at:

    a. Enriching the artistic and cultural experiences of the UP Diliman students, faculty, staff, and residents;
    b. Promoting humanistic and nationalistic values among UP Diliman Students and employees as part of their continuing general education;
    c. Creating a cultural environment conducive to the full realization by the UP Diliman artists of their potentials;

  2. To organize, coordinate, and/or support various artistic and cultural activities or objects in UP Diliman;

  3. To promote and support the various artists and artistic groups based in UP Diliman; 

  4. To plan, evaluate, and oversee the development of theaters, museums, sculpture, gardens, art galleries, and other artistic and cultural facilities and infrastructure in the UP Diliman campus; and

  5. To promote UP Diliman as a major cultural center of the Philippines.






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What is OICA?



The Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) seeks to advance UP Diliman (UPD) to the forefront of artistic and cultural engagement in the country by providing its artists, cultural workers, and scholars with rich and varied spaces and opportunities to realize their full potentials while enriching the artistic and cultural experience of the UPD community and beyond.


OICA was created by the UP Board of Regents in March 1999 to formulate policies, guidelines, plans and programs on artistic and cultural activities for UPD.

As such, it is envisioned to systematize programs towards the development of medium- and long-term plans for culture and the arts, in the context of UPD’s mission and vision. It is likewise tasked to create and sustain domestic and international art and linkages and generate additional funds to sustain its programs.



The Office has five major functions.

The first is to formulate policies and programs on artistic and cultural activities for the UPD campus that will enrich the experiences of the UPD academic community, at the same time promoting humanistic and nationalistic values and creating an environment conducive to the full realization of the artists’ potentials.

The second function is to organize, coordinate and/or support various artistic and cultural activities and programs at UPD in theater, music, cinema, visual arts, and other art forms; the third is to promote and support the various artists and artistic groups and the fourth is to plan and oversee the development of cultural facilities and infrastructure on campus.

Its final function is to promote UPD as a major cultural center in the Philippines.





To do this, OICA has four key programs, namely: Artist Support, Audience Development, Venue Development, and Cultural Exchange. These programs provide financial and technical support to artists and art groups, as well as artistic and cultural initiatives of units and organizations. OICA has also proactively developed and implemented its own projects to further enhance the initiatives from various sectors of the University.





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