A press statement from UP Mindanao quoted Prof. Perez as saying the publication is designed to be a text book for students, with a focus on visual arts and that what makes the book unique, is that the examples used as illustrations are art works of Mindanao artists.[]
Prof. Perez, or “Bong” to friends, is a faculty member of the UP Dept. of Humanities who earned his degree of Doctor of Fine Arts in Plastic Expression from Kyushu Sangyo University (Japan) and his Master of Arts Education from Saga University (Japan), and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Ford Academy of the Arts. Rogelito “Jun” Cayas is also a graduate of Ford Academy’s Fine Arts program, while Norman “Nonoy” Narciso earned his MA in Education from the University of Southeastern Philippines. The book is published by Blue Patriarch Publishing House. (MindaNews)