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Angono’s artists make art accessible

01/08/09

Posted under Angono, Art, Arts Culture and Entertainment

SEEING artworks in museums and galleries is often perceived as an activity only for the elite when in fact anyone can go and visit them.

This was what the Neo-Angono Artists Collective (NAAC) hoped to address when they opened the fifth Public Art Festival.

“Kino-consider lang na art ang isang bagay kapag nasa loob ng museum [A piece of work is considered art only when it is inside a museum]. The Neo-Angono artists found the need to explore art outside the gallery. So, we are utilizing public spaces like Angono River, public market, and the freedom park,” said Richard Gappi, festival coordinator and past president of NAAC.

Last year’s festival, which carried the theme “Bringing Arts and Culture to Public Space and Closer to the People,” hopes to address this misconception about art.

The NAAC’s public arts included installations near the Angono river and poetry posted in restaurants and public utility vehicles and graffiti.

Gappi believed that NAAC’s decision to make art accessible also raised art appreciation in Angono.

The NAAC, composed of about 60 young independent artists, is a non-government organization and a movement that aims to promote contemporary art in the form of visual, literary and performance arts.

According to Gappi, the United Nations International Labor Organization has listed about 600 artists in Angono, Rizal. Hence, the place has been dubbed an artist’s haven in the Philippines.

It is currently the hometown of national artists Carlos “Botong” Francisco and Maestro Lucio San Pedro.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines’website noted that Francisco is a “muralist who [has] single-handedly revived the forgotten art of mural and remained its most distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades.”

San Pedro, on the other hand, is known for his “creative nationalism” in music.

Up to this day, the number of artists in Angono keeps on increasing, said Gappi. “Nakakahawa ang art dito [Art is infectious here in Angono].”

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4 Responses to “Angono’s artists make art accessible”

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    Angono Art City Says:

    Thank you Neo-Angono Artists Collective for your great contribution to our beloved town of Angono. The creative program and activities you have which was highlighted by the media and posted all over the web is a boost to the objectives of Angono to be known to the world as the City of Arts!
    Angono - Philippine Culture and Traditions Alive! - Philippine Art at its Best!
    More Power and GOD bless NAAC!

  2. 3
    Nelson Says:

    Praise God for the Artist in Angono, more power to you! Mabuti yon na ma abot ang mga mababa sa lipunan ng mga artworks niyo. At totoo yon nakakahawa ito. Ako rin ay artist nguni’t hindi ko ma practice. Ok na ito na mai-panalangin ko ang kayong mga artists sa Angono and all over the Phillipines for your successes. God Bless.

  3. 2
    ARCH.RAYMOND R. GAPPI Says:

    TO NEO-AAC,

    MABUHAY ANG 5TH NAAC PUBLIC ART FESTIVAL!! PAGBATI SA ISANG MATAGUMPAY AT MAKABULUHANG SINING!! IPAGPATULOY ANG MITHIIN AT GAWAIN SAPAGKAT DITO TAYO NABUBUHAY, NAGKAKAUNAWAAN AT NAGKAKAINTINDIHAN!!!

    KALA PARENG WIRE,TOTONG,ARON TENG AT SA LAHAT NG TROPA DYAN AT KAY RICHARD(na kung saan kami ang original nestle twin!!)MABUHAY KAYO!!

    NAMIMISS KO LANG YUNG INUMAN NATIN!

    RAYMOND
    DUBAI,UAE
    JANUARY 9,2009

  4. 1
    Coffee lover Says:

    It’s great that art is being made more aware to the everyday people.

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