BAGUIO CITY – The 7th Tam–Awan International Arts Festival (TIAF7) closes the year with hopes for peace.
TIAF7, with “Peace Pacts” as its theme, will focus on various peace practices all over the country and the world as well as the role of artists in attaining peace.
Chanum Foundation with its continued partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts bankrolled the this year’s festival.
The festival aimed to empower artists as well as communities highlighting the arts, culture, and heritage as well as the capacity of artists to contribute to society and reach people with their art.
On Wednesday, December 7, Tam – Awan Village Artists, Gretta Apolinar, Joanne Bray Siadto, Art Lozano and Alfred Dato, Lily Villanueva and Jen Lorenzo, Lester Rodriguez and Herwin Buccat, Edwin Macadaeg and Alfonso Dato, Tara Lalaine Natividad and Luisa Galang gave workshops to students and teachers.
Chanum Foundation president, Jordan Mang-osan and Frenchman, Damien Noll also showcased demonstrations on solar art.
Both artists use the power of the sun to create their chosen masterpieces with Mang-osan known to be the lone professional solar artist in the country, using the sunrays to burn and etch images on wood while Noll, practices his solar art on animal bones, touring the globe with his work.
Mang-osan who leads the Tam –Awan Village Artist Group has welcomed Noll to partake of Cordilleran culture.
On Friday, December 9, a lecture on Mountain Province Peace Pacts by Floro K. Wageyen followed by a demonstration.
Artists also converged to talk about the importance of gallery promotion, maintenance, and set-up.
While on Saturday, Roland Cruz of Ayala Museum will talk on Universal Peace Sign Symbols.
The Philippine Art Educators Association (PAEA) will spearhead the “Daloy ng Kapayapaan sa Diwa ng Buhay, Edukasyon at Sining,” talk and workshop.
By HENT
