• City High students exhibit artworks

  Filed under Davao City National High School
  Mar 3

  STUDENTS of the city’s biggest public secondary school prove they can also be in the same league as those professional art painters. They are holding a public art exhibit.

  Close to a hundred paintings made by a select group of Davao City National High School (DCNHS) students are on display at the Activity Center (5th floor) of Gaisano South Citimall.

  It’s the first time that DCNHS art students display their works outside their school.

  “This is not a competition, this exhibit aims to expose the works of the students,” visual arts teacher Glecy Aileen Gonzales told Times The show opened last Friday and will run until March 7. Gonzales said 90 paintings from 40 students are on display.

  Visual art is one of seven segments under the add-on special art program that also include music and theaters, among others, in DCNHS.

  In 2000, DCNHS became the regional pilot school for the program, one of the initiatives of then education secretary Brother Andrew Gonzalez. Other schools in the region are now following the DCNHS effort.

  But previous art shows of the students were only held inside the campus, thus limiting its exposure within the school community.

  “Now, everybody can now see their works,” said teacher Gonzales who assists in the exhibit. “The students are very happy that their works are on public display.”

  Only few students are qualified to take the add-on art curriculum.

  Out of 8,000 DCNHS students, only 40 are currently listed in the visual art program.

  Teacher Gonzales said students should have a general average of 85 percent before they can apply for the subject, and only those few selected students who have the true desire in the field are accepted.

  Senior student Rosfel John Bernal, the batch president, is hoping that he could someday make money from his art works.

  “Right now, I have received several inquiries (on my works),” Bernal said.

  Since undertaking the program, Bernal said he has already produced at least 16 paintings in canvass, and countless art works in smaller mediums like oslo and bond papers.

  “Every grading, we need to submit a painting (in canvass)… that’s four paintings every year,” he said. Two of his paintings are on display. Bernal said he and the rest of the art students are very proud to have the art exhibit in the mall.

  “We are so blessed since our skill in visual arts has been enhanced,” he said.

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