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08.01.09

Angono’s artists make art accessible

- 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.

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