MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) has teamed up with Eskinita Art Farm to offer an mentorship experience for the grand awardees of the ongoing 2025 Metrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE) competition. This collaboration underscores MBFI’s dedication to fostering the growth of Filipino artists, ensuring they receive not just recognition but also continuous artistic guidance.
Each grand awardee of the 2025 MADE competition will receive a total prize of 500,000 pesos, which includes a 150,000 peso scholarship for the prestigious Eskinita Art Residency Program. This opportunity 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 great honor for me to be a partner of the Metrobank Foundation because I started my artistic journey here. We’re excited to be an extension of the MADE program. We hope that this link will be very successful in terms of helping the new MADE winners develop as an artist. It’s important for us at Eskinita that they continue creating art after joining MADE competition,” shared Esquillo.
“MBFI is deeply honored to partner with a distinguished MADE awardee. This collaboration highlights the impact of our enduring commitment to supporting Filipino artists for over four decades now. It’s a testament to the vision we articulated in 1984 with our competition tagline, Artists of Today. Masters of Tomorrow,” said MBFI President Aniceto Sobrepeña.
MADE is currently accepting entries for the following categories: (1) painting (oil/acrylic on canvas) for 18 to 35 years old; (2) sculpture for 18 to 50 years old; and (3) mixed media for 18 to 40 years old. Entrants may conveniently register for an account and upload photos of their artwork through the MADE Competition Portal at https://metrobankartanddesign.awardsplatform.com/.
