Sorsogon State University Bachelor of Science in Architecture student, Mr. Justin R. Golloso landed Top 25 in the 56th Shell National Student Art Competition (NSAC) making him a ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ from the said event which opened last June 26, 2023 and awarding ceremony on November 28, 2023.
Centered on the theme, โ๐๐๐กรญ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฎโ, the 56th Shell National Student Art Competition aims to highlight local ingenuity and progress as well as to showcase how respective communities empowered people, uplifted the environment, and made a positive impact in the world. The submission of entries was conducted as early as June 26, 2023 to October 6, 2023 with the final screening conducted on November 9-11, 2023, and the awarding on November 28, 2023.
The NSAC is one of the longest-running art competitions in the Philippines which started in 1951 upon the quest to make art accessible to the public and showcase the rich Philippine art by young artists.
Mr. Golloso is one of the 2,900 participants across the Philippines who competed in the NSAC which has categories such as Oil/Acrylic, Watercolor, Sculpture, Photography, and Digital Fine Arts. His nationally recognized watercolor painting titled โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ featured a local vendor using a โ๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏโ – a tool used in shredding/grating coconut meat primarily used in Bicol Region. He described the entry as โ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ – ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ.โ Golloso expressed the painting as a reflection of effort, resilience and commitment leading the path to excellence.
On October 27, 2023, Golloso visited the Office of the SorSU President and met with Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus where he showcased his masterpiece and the inspiration behind it. Sorsogon State University through its Administration and Academic Affairs Office continually encourages and supports students’ development in honing their talents and skills in the field of arts.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐. ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ! ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ช๐๐ค๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ผ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ! (SorSU PIO)
