The 2020 Ibagiw Creative Festival
THE third staging of the Baguio Creative City Festival 2020 this November is all sys tems go but with certain adaptations that conform to the new normal. This creative event according to its new set of organizers will attempt to blend an array of virtual and physical platforms for its various activities. It will be a celebration of the resilience and creativity of local artists and artisans that brings hope and inspiration to the community amid the Covid- 19 pandemic.
Last year’s celebration ushered in thousands of guests and visitors who trooped to the city for the second staging but this year will be more of a guided, coordinated, and online through virtual platforms that are actually challenging artists and craftspeople to be visible in the digital domain.
With Baguio’s emerging brand as a model in new normal adaptation, strict measures of health and safety protocols will still be observed for as long as the global pandemic is still in the air.
For its opening program, there will be a grand launching at the façade of the Baguio Convention Center with an exhibit of contemporary arts on November 6. The Creative and Nature Crawl will have destinations at the Mandeko Kito and Museo Kordilyera at the University of the Philippines, Botanical Garden, Pilak Silvercraft, Ili Likha Artists Village, and an option for forest bathing in an identified eco-system within Baguio. For the western part of the city, the creative crawl has also identified destinations such as the Mirador Hill particularly its eco-park and Jesuit’s Villa, the Bencab Museum, and a place called Mount Costa near the border between Baguio and the town of Sablan.
Starting from November 7 up to the 30th, there will be artisan’s fair, crafts competitions, and an activity that features the various gardens in Baguio. The festival will likewise feature local wood
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