The seventh edition of the Kaisa sa Sining (KSS) Apprenticeship Program lands in Bacolod City through the Cultural Exchange Department (CED) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

Running from July 15 to 24 at the University of St. La Salle (USLS), this year’s program welcomes 24 participants from 18 KSS organizations nationwide. The program features mentorship sessions focused on specific areas of arts and theater, accompanied by lectures, interactive sessions, demonstrations, case studies, and practical applications.

Ricardo Salanap Jr. from Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City, apprentice this year, said he hopes to enhance the creative and technical capacities of his school’s theater company, while inspiring future educators and artists in the Bachelor of Culture and the Arts Education program, where he currently teaches part-time drama classes. “This apprenticeship will play a vital role in elevating the standards and professionalism of technical theater locally and make a significant impact on regional theater practices by elevating the practice and pedagogy of stage management and technical theater.”

The apprenticeship is one of the support programs that the CCP CED provides for its KSS network, which to date has 77 members nationwide composed of local government units, educational institutions, and community-based organizations. In the past six years, a total of 164 apprentices from 84 local communities have completed the program and were trained-mentored on arts, production, stage and tour management, technical theater (lights and sounds), film and new media, visual arts, production design, venue operations, library and archives, video production, and cultural exchange.


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