More B.R.A. Art from the CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop

For those who have followed my blog, you must have a B.R.A. overdose by now. But, I guess that is advocacy is all about, right?!

Advocacy is the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.*

Health advocacy supports and promotes patient's health care rights as well as enhance community health and policy initiatives that focus on the availability, safety and quality of care.**

The CMZ B.R.A. (Bra to Raise Awareness) Campaign Project advocates for Breast Wellness and Breast Cancer Awareness using old and used brassieres and using ART as the medium.

We had two CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. (Act Right Together) workshops where CMZ staff, then, with partners in the community joined hands to create fabulous bra art from old and used bras. Along the way, many were inspired to continue to create embellished bras.

We had the "Borloloy Buffet" which is another term for "Blings Buffet"available for participants to choose their art materials then come up with their concepts.

The products of the CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. workshop are used for the Ciudad De Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. (Bra to Raise Early Awareness for Screening and Technology) Installation Art, but because of very innovative creations, we also have the CMZ B.R.A. Art Exhibit for the chosen embellished bras.

In this post, I will share with you many of the individual decorated bras in several collages using InstaMag. Some of these bras may be viewed with the CMZ B.R.A. Art Exhibit and the others are now part of the  B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art.

We have Decorated Bras from our CMZ Staff and Nurse Trainees. We have about 200 bra art from the Hemodialysis Unit; about 50 decorated bras from Medical Records / Rehab Unit group; about 28 from Radiology and about 15 from the OR/DR/NICU group.

We have partners in the community especially, from the Breast Cancer Survivor group (Mindanao Breast Cancer Support and Empowerment Association); our partners in health = Department of Health Region IX, Oficina De Salud, PhilHealth; Western Mindanao Command; our school partners = Ateneo De Zamboanga University, Universidad De Zamboanga, Brent Hospital and Colleges and Nuevo Zamboanga Colleges Inc.; our friends from the banking industry = PNB and Metrobank.

And of course, we have the support of our friends from other parts of the Philippines: Elsie Cubero Lim from the Cebu City Budget Office (pink floral bra); Dr. Joy Santos-De Leon and family from Bocaue, Bulacan (silver bra with teddy bear) and Prescy Valenzuela Yulo of Skin Rejuve with six Manila branches.

Most of all, my friends from Brunei/Singapore also sent bra art made by Molly Yap's daughter, Elene who is 14 years old!

Here is more from our CMZ staff/trainees and from partners in the community...

So, if you are from the Zamboanga City area, please schedule your FREE LECTURES on Breast Wellness and Breast Cancer Awareness at the Ciudad Medical Zamboanga Breast Wellness Center at 992-7330 local 1278!

Let the Awareness start with us!

Early detection and early treatment save lives!!!

Ciudad De Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art: UP CLOSE!

The City of Zamboanga is so proud to present the Ciudad De Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art, which was finally unveiled last March 21, 2014.*

B.R.E.A.S.T. means Bra to Raise Early Awareness for Screening and Treatment.

The Ciudad De Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art is the creation of Sulu-born International Artist, Rameer Tawasil together with Zamboanga artists, Ciudad Medical Zamboanga staff and partners in the community.

There is a total of 1268 bras making up this B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art with this breakdown:
 = = = 508 decorated bras for the giant bra cups and straps.
 = = = 164 colored bras for the breast-shaped backdrop.
 = = = 308 black bras for the whole stage floor.
 = = = 288 black bras for the three sides of the stage.

Rameer Tawasil together with the GIANT BRA made up of colorful, decorated bras!!!

Last February 7 and March 12, 2014 were CMZ B.R.A. (Bra to Raise Awareness) Art Workshops with our staff as well as friends partners  in the Zamboanga City community who shared in the making of the wonderfully decorated bras! **

There were about 550 bras as a result of the two workshops and more were done after the workshop! There were contributions of Art bras from local artists (with Rameer Tawasil) and those which were mailed in from other places in the Philippines and with international participation, too!***

Thus, we can proudly call this an ART WORK of the ZAMBOANGA COMMUNITY deserving to be dubbed CIUDAD DE ZAMBOANGA B.R.E.A.S.T. INSTALLATION ART!

Chosen embellished bra art are now on display in Lantaka Hotel and soon in other parts of Zamboanga City while most of the art bras are part of this innovative public installation art!****

Here are close-up shots of this Advocacy Art: Can you identify which decorated bras were made by you?

with sequins, beads, ribbons and tinsel... and I see the bra I made!

painted bras done by the Zamboanga artists...

more ribbons, sequins, flowers and painted ones...
and the green one comes from CMZ Dietary Department!

I see a fish (this must be Jam's bra from Medical Records)...some tubes, ribbons and beads!
... and the violet one comes from West MinCom!

I see a sequined vinta and curacha (I know Charisse of Radiology made this!)...
and the tubings must be from Hemodialysis!

more painted and sequined bras!

the big black bra with pink flowers comes from Ward G's Decorated Bra Box! 
with 15 decorated bras for the center strap

 Here are pictures from Rameer Tawasil: 

at the sides of the BRA: 
38 decorated bras on the right strap and 50 decorated bras in the left strap

center part of the bra (midstrap) has 15 decorated bras

the back portion of the Ciudad De Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art with 164 colored bras.

this was changed to all  black bras for the sides of the stage:
76 black bras on the right; 144 bras in the center; 68 bras on the left side.

right bra cup has 212 decorated bras

the left bra cup has 193 decorated bras! 

As we appreciate this Ciudad De Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art, let also think of the fertile minds, creative hearts and skilled hands of our partners in Zamboanga City and our friends from other parts of the Philippines and abroad, who gave their time, talent and treasure for the noble advocacy of BREAST WELLNESS and BREAST CANCER AWARENESS through ART!

P.S. related links:
*       http://inpinaysciudad.blogspot.com/2014/03/ciudad-de-zamboanga-breast-installation.html

**     http://inpinaysciudad.blogspot.com/2014/03/cmz-bra-art-workshop-2014-with-zc.html

***   http://inpinaysciudad.blogspot.com/2014/03/cmz-bra-art-workshop-part-ii-with.html

**** http://inpinaysciudad.blogspot.com/2014/04/cmz-brart-bra-to-raise-awareness-art.html

CIUDAD DE ZAMBOANGA B.R.E.A.S.T. INSTALLATION ART 2014

It is International Women's Month and finally, the Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. (Bra to Raise Early Awareness for Screening and Treatment) Installation Art is unveiled at the Ciudad Medical Zamboanga frontage close to the CMZ Pharmacy. 

This is the beautiful product of the Ciudad Medical Zamboanga Corporate Social Responsibility project called the CMZ B.R.A. (Bra to Raise Awareness) Campaign Project! headed by CMZ Medical Director, Dr. Filipinas Rojo.

Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. (Bra to Raise Early Awareness for Screening and Treatment) Installation Art created by Rameer Tawasil
(photo credit: Juvee Calica)

This Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art is created by the Sulu-born, international artist Rameer Tawasil with artist friends and CMZ staff, trainees and affiliates jointly working with him to finish this innovative artwork. Decorated bras made by our partners in the community also add to the beauty of this Installation Art! 

Total height including stage: 4.27 m or 14 feet.
Height of stage: 1.22 m or 4 feet
Width: 4.88 m or 16 feet
Depth: 2.44 m or 8 feet

We started the CMZ B.R.A. (Bra to  Raise  Awareness) Campaign Project last January 17, 2014 (National Cancer Consciousness Week) with the B.R.A. Drop Box Decorating Contest followed by the B.R.A. Collection Contest (launched World Cancer Day February 4, 2014) which yielded about 9600 bras from all over the Philippines and also from friends abroad (Brunei, U.S.A., UK and the Netherlands) at the end of the collection period!

B.R.A. Drop Box Decorating Contest 

Collection of old and used bras which will be used for the Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. (Bra to Raise Early Awareness for Screening and Treatment) Installation Art ~~
with Hon. Myra Paz V. Abubakar and Hon. Josephine Pareja,
lady councilors of Zamboanga City

Along the way, we also had the CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop done last February 7 and March 12 to start decorating the old and used bras in preparation for the Installation Art.

CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop Feb 7, 2014
to start making the decorated bras for the giant BRA art!

CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop Feb 7, 2014

Products of the CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop 
March 12, 2014

CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop March 12, 2014 with the Rameer Tawasil, Mindanao Breast Cancer Support and Empowerment Association and the Ciudad Medical Confidants and Ms. Mila Arieta.

Mayor Isabelle "Beng Climaco-Salazar shares her belly dancing bra for the CMZ B.R.A. Campaign Project as partners from the Dept. of Health RIX, City Health Office, Ciudad Medical Confidants and CMZ Execom

The embellished bras from the CMZ B.R.A. A.R.T. Workshop outdid everyone's expectations and so as an offshoot, please also visit the CMZ B.R.A. rt Exhibit now at the Lantaka Hotel and probably by next April at Tony's Restaurant in Paseo Del Mar showcasing the decorated bras done by CMZ Staff and friends as conceptualized by Rameer Tawasil!

And not to forget, we want to thank our partners in the community as well as friends from Bulacan, Cebu, Manila and Brunei who decorated about 500 bras, some of which are already part of this great masterpiece.

Dr. Joy Santos-De Leon and family from Bocaue, Bulacan
send this decorated bra to show support!

from Elsie Lim of the Cebu City Budget Office

Skin Rejuve Aesthetic Clinic with 6 branches in Manila: Kamias, Ortigas, Greenhills, Timog, Mabini, Makati, 

Decorated bras by Elene Kho, a 14 y.o. Brunei /Singaporean young lady as mailed by her mom, Molly together with old and used bras all the way from Brunei!
These are now displayed at Lantaka Hotel 
with the CMZ B.R.A.rt Exhibit

Why don't you come and visit the Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T.  Installation Art at Ciudad Medical Zamboanga and spot where your decorated bra is... then, have your picture taken and of course, post it on FB!

Here Nurse Corp Velasco of Camp Navarro General Hospital (WestMinCom) found her violet decorated bra! 

She found her bra...maybe, you can find your bra, too!

Photo Credit: Juvee Calica

with the CMZ Pharmacy Staff (photo credit: Edsel Tiu)

And if you notice,  there are also two artworks on each side which were made by artists from CMZ Ward E led by Jude Locson for the B.R.A. Drop Box Decorating Contest, and is now an additional attraction for the gigantic bra!

Come and have your photos taken here! 

The Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art  may be the largest BRA art made up of old and used bras as well as decorated bras here in the Philippines and the world! (Please inform us if you believe otherwise!)

And most of all, this is THE work of art of the Zamboanga City community and from friends in the Philippines and also internationally, which makes this Ciudad de Zamboanga B.R.E.A.S.T. Installation Art even more meaningful!

Don't forget to schedule your Breast Wellness and Breast Cancer Awareness lectures at the Ciudad Medical Zamboanga Breast Wellness Center with this phone number: (63)(62)992-7330 local 1278. This will further give deeper meaning to this B.R.A. awareness campaign with more knowledge gained from these learning sessions!

P.S.
Thanks so much to our Media Partners:
* Dante Corteza of Zamboanga Times and is part of the conceptualization of this B.R.A. Project together with Dr. Filipinas Rojo and artist, Rameer Tawasil
* Ms. Mila Arieta of Zamboanga Today
* RG Antonet Go of Zamboanga Today and 93.1 Brigada News FM  Zamboanga
* Ronnie Lledo, Christine Taola and the GBPI TV 11 team 
* Bhong Simbajon and the RMN team 
* Nonong Santiago of Zamboanga Today/GMA