Write-up on College of Home Economics Artworks

There are certain artworks found in the College of Home Economics

that are very much noticeable when one enters the college. These are
namely the Joya painting by the late Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Jose
Joya, and the wooden sculpture wall installation by Ansel Day-ag. Both of the
paintings depict and represent the College of Home Economics and its
commitment to the development of skills and practices for the upholding of
the Filipino family.
The Joya Painting is an art work in the form of abstract expressionism
which show the various aspects tackled by the programs in the College of
Home Economics in the 1960s. Certain tools, objects, and figures can be
made out of the seemingly abstract painting when a closer look is taken. The
images of the fork, spoon, ruler, scissors, child, each represent a field of
knowledge that is offered by the College.
The wall installation by Ansel Day-ag is in the form of a wooden
sculpture that depicts the encompassing fields of the College of Home
Economics. The home, workplace, and the community is shown to be
interconnected with the family which is known to be the basic unit of society.
This is shown by the visible image of the family and the dwellings that go
with this image. For the family has been and will be the focus of the College,
the art work shows the focus of the Colleges mission and vision to be always
for the improvement of the lives of the Filipino families.
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These artworks indeed are a representation of the College of Home

Economics and the college has been existing for and with the University of
the Philippines, and most especially for the homes and families that the
college has always been committed to serve.