2016 National Arts Crafts Fair opens

MANILA – The 2016 National Arts and Crafts Fair, a trade fair that features both indigenous crafts and contemporary art, opens today until October 30, 2016 at the Megatrade Halls 1-3 in SM Megamall.

“A fair that brings together fine examples of craft and design and contemporary art, this National Arts and Crafts Fair aims to dissolve the divide between art and craft,” said Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance.

The fair, spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotion (DTI-BDTP) and supported by Senator Legarda, will exhibit the cultural expressions of local artists from different regions across the country, mainly highlighting both contemporary art and crafts that exemplify indigenous living traditions through hand-made products, ornaments, jewelry, fabric and accessories, among others.

Legarda, author of Republic Act 9501 or the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Republic Act 9509 or the Barangay Kabuhayan Act, said, “This fair is a powerful platform to promote MSMEs as viable rural livelihood and to showcase Filipino home-made products as well as individual and indigenous talents.”