July 24 – July 26
Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary
Baguio City
Art and artistic happenings are abundant in Baguio City, but apart from the announcements of events, published writing about Baguio’s thriving art scene is lacking. Mt Cloud Bookshop, Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary, the Ateneo Art Gallery, and Pananaw ng Sining Bayan are responding to this lack by offering a three-day Art Writing Workshop here on July 24, 25, and 26. During the workshop writers will learn about conceptual tools for doing documentation and reviews or critique, or simply writing about art and publishing in local media, blogs, or online platforms. The main point is to increase writing about art in Baguio. Written documentation and reviews are a vital element of a robust art scene and important for increasing public appreciation for art.
Director of the Ateneo Art Gallery, Victoria Herrera will provide grounding in art history. Professor Oscar Campomanes of the Ateneo de Manila School of Humanities will speak on art writing and criticism. Erlyn Alcantara, curator of the Sanctuary Gallery in Maryknoll, will speak about the history of the Baguio art scene. Local artists and participants in the workshop may also share their knowledge on the current pulse of the arts in Baguio. The workshop will be facilitated by Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, editor of Pananaw Philippine Journal for Visual Arts, and Yael Buencamino, Managing Curator of the Ateneo Art Gallery. Writing exercises will also be conducted.
Invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/854977141261418
