Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts (LSAA) 2023

This year marks the pearl anniversary of the Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts (LSAA). Established in 1993 as the Dean’s Awards for Literature when the college was the School of Arts and Sciences under a dean, the LSAA gives recognition to graduating students who made a mark in the different fields of arts during their stay at the Loyola Schools.

This year, twenty-five students received the LSAA in various categories:

Creative Writing:

• Jerome Allen Co Agpalza, BFA Creative Writing (Poetry)
• Marie Clarisse Z Cabinta, AB Interdisciplinary Studies (Fiction)
• Carmencita G Dolina, BS Computer Science - BS Digital Game Design and Development (Poetry)
• Gayle Denise Aringo Dy, BFA Creative Writing (Poetry)
• Richell Isaiah S Flores, BS Applied Mathematics - Master in Data Science (Poetry)
• Alliya Kyla P Garcia, BFA Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
• Maria Angela D Lanuza, BFA Creative Writing (Fiction)
• Andrea G Posadas, AB Communication (Poetry)
• Bianca Faith A Santiago, BFA Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
• Maria Nicole M Zarate, BFA Creative Writing (Playwriting)

Screen Arts:

• Lance Caesar C Biene, AB Communication (Direction)
• Jellene Geviane R De Vera, AB Communication (Cinematography)
• Jaennina Angeline C Gangat, AB Communication (Cinematography)
• Mayumi Gabriela D Yabes, BFA Creative Writing (Production)

Theater Arts:

• Katrina Fai F Batara, BFA Theatre Arts (Directing)
• Arianna Louise P Lopez, AB Communication (Performance)
• Luis Antonio Rafael A Sumilong, BFA Theater Arts (Technical Theater)
• Francisco Miguel F Yabut, BFA Theater Arts (Technical Theater)

Visual Arts:

• Maria Rosario Paulina V Singh, AB Communication (Photography)
• Marie Jilliene Cloe T Sison, BFA Information Design (Graphic Design and Illustration)

Dance:

• Selina Ma Victoria L Noel, AB Political Science (Choreography and Performance)
• Sarah Noelle L Perdigon, BFA Information Design (Performance)

Music:

• Sabina Marie A Dimayuga, AB Interdisciplinary Studies (Composition)
• Kris John Paul S Gonzales, AB Communication (Performance)
• Raymond Andrew C Nojadera, BS Computer Science - BS Digital Game Design and Development (Arrangement)

Mr Danilo Francisco M Reyes, faculty member of the Department of English, has also received the Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities Award–a lifetime achievement honor given to alumni or faculty members. The most recent recipient of the award was composer and singer Jose Mari Chan. Other recipients were poet Emmanuel Torres, theater director Felix “Nonon” Padilla, and visual artist Jose Tence Ruiz, whose retrospective exhibition entitled “Litanya: 1972–2022” is currently running at the Ateneo Art Gallery.

The awards are a testament to the artistic talent on campus and the attempt of the Loyola Schools to give them due support and recognition. Many recipients of the Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts over the last thirty years have gone on to have successful careers in the arts. Among them are novelist Miguel Syjuco, filmmaker Khvan de la Cruz, actor Paolo Fabregas, poet L Lacambra Ypil, and the late writer Clinton Palanca.

The awarding ceremony, the first onsite one since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, was held on 10 June 2023 at the Rizal Library.