Punto! takes prominent spot in heritage-timeline.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Significant events and milestones of Pampanga’s capital since its attainment of cityhood in 2001 onto 2021 are now memorialized in a heritage timeline art piece at the Heroes Hall here.
Unveiled on Friday by Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago, Vice Mayor Jimmy Lazatin, and city tourism officer Ching Pangilinan as part of the celebrations of the 21st cityhood anniversary, the mixed-media painting is a masterpiece of renowned artist Norman Tiotuico using the dabbing technique.
The art project serves as a continuation of an older timeline painting which was made in 2005 that featured historical events from 1754 to 2004.
The two artworks are just among the notable projects of Tiotuico for San Fernando. He was also behind the sculptures “Pasbul ning Kasalesayan” at City Hall and “Ding Bayaning Talaturu” inside the Department of Education building at the Civic Center in San Isidro.
“I am very grateful to the city for the trust they gave me to carry out these large-scale projects. Our wish now is to create a new heritage timeline for many years to come because we have seen important changes in the city,” Tiotuico shared.
The painting’s highlights started from the conversion of the then Municipality of San Fernando to City of San Fernando in 2001 and proceeds to significant events in culture and arts, economy, governance, and even the city’s Covid-19 response.
“This project will remain here at Heroes Hall as one of our goals is to continue adding art collections to the building. After the pandemic, we wish to open it to tourists and visitors of the city,” said Pangilinan.
Santiago, for his part, said the project is a showcase of Fernandino excellence in the arts.
“Apart from demonstrating our development as a city, the project has demonstrated Fernandinos’ excellence when it comes to art. I was amazed at the design, the project construction and we could really be proud of it elsewhere,” he added.
