The Kalinawa Art Foundation, in partnership with Gov. Imee R. Marcos of the province of Ilocos Norte, will hold the Second Annual Indigenous Peoples’ visual art exhibition at the Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol Auditorium, Provincial Capitol, Laoag City from February 02 until February 09, 2012. All Indigenous Peoples’ visual artists are invited to register themselves and their work for the exhibition. Registration begins at La Tabacalera Lifestyle Center on Thursday, February 2 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and continues on Friday, February 3 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
For the competition element of the event, the categories are: Traditional—pieces based on Indigenous traditional knowledge and/or materials; Youth—open category for artists under 18 years of age; Open Two Dimensional—any two-dimensional pieces excluding photography, which can include but is not limited to paintings, drawings, tapestries and etchings; and Open Three Dimensional—any three-dimensional pieces, including but not limited to sculpture and pottery.
The mission of the Kalinawa Art Foundation is to build on the inherent talent of the Indigenous People of the Philippines by supporting institutional mechanisms that will assist in the development of a visual fine arts sector that celebrates their culture, promotes talent, develops skills, facilitates training and builds cross-cultural education.
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Mr. David Gilinsky, who is responsible for creating the Foundation, established two important commitments among other principles to guide its activities. First, he insists that the Foundation build sustainable relationships. One way this can be realized is through the commitment of the FOUNDATION to undertake ongoing and recurring events. Second, the Kalinawa Art Foundation is a learning organization, not only in terms of the opportunities it presents and transfer of knowledge to others, but also within the organization itself. By returning to Laoag in the second year of its activities, the Kalinawa Art Foundation is beginning the process of fulfilling these commitments.
Public viewing and community sale will be open to the general public from Sunday February 5, through Thursday February 9, 2012. Nestor Horfilla, an Anthropologist artist, researcher, theater director, scriptwriter, and teacher, will work with the exhibition as the curator. Formal opening of the exhibition will be at the Provincial Capitol Auditorium, Provincial Capitol, on February 5 at 5:00 p.m. The Awards Ceremony is on Tuesday, February 9 at 5:00 p.m. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ VISUAL ART SHOW LAOAG CITY For further information on this release, please contact: Dhorie Santos Kalinawa Art Foundation Voice: (632) 759-3682 Facsimile: (632) 759-3681 E-mail: info@kalinawa.com Website: www.kalinawa.com
