MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Metrobank Basis, Inc. (MBFI) has teamed up with Eskinita Artwork Farm to supply an mentorship expertise for the grand awardees of the continued 2025 Metrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE) competition. This collaboration underscores MBFI’s dedication to fostering the expansion of Filipino artists, making certain they obtain not simply recognition but additionally steady inventive steerage.
Every grand awardee of the 2025 MADE competitors will obtain a complete prize of 500,000 pesos, which features a 150,000 peso scholarship for the distinguished Eskinita Artwork Residency Program. This chance comes with the invaluable mentorship of Alfredo Esquillo, Jr., a distinguished artist and the 1993 MADE First Prize winner for Oil on Canvas.
“It’s a fantastic honor for me to be a accomplice of the Metrobank Basis as a result of I began my inventive journey right here. We’re excited to be an extension of the MADE program. We hope that this hyperlink will probably be very profitable by way of serving to the brand new MADE winners develop as an artist. It’s essential for us at Eskinita that they proceed creating artwork after becoming a member of MADE competitors,” shared Esquillo.
“MBFI is deeply honored to accomplice with a distinguished MADE awardee. This collaboration highlights the influence of our enduring dedication to supporting Filipino artists for over 4 many years now. It’s a testomony to the imaginative and prescient we articulated in 1984 with our competitors tagline, Artists of At present. Masters of Tomorrow,” stated MBFI President Aniceto Sobrepeña.
MADE is presently accepting entries for the next classes: (1) portray (oil/acrylic on canvas) for 18 to 35 years outdated; (2) sculpture for 18 to 50 years outdated; and (3) combined media for 18 to 40 years outdated. Entrants could conveniently register for an account and add images of their paintings via the MADE Competitors Portal at https://metrobankartanddesign.awardsplatform.com/.
