The 5th Indigenous Peoples' Visual Art Exhibit

MANILA (April 26, 2011) - Kalinawa Art Foundation announces the 5th Annual SocSKSargen (South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos City) Indigenous Peoples’ Visual Art Exhibit at the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU).

The Foundation calls on all visual artists in the region so that “the event will have a wide selection of art for the appreciation of patrons throughout the world”.

The week-long exhibit from April 28 to May 6 is in partnership with NDDU and General Santos City government.

Kalinawa Art Foundation’s mission is to build on the inherent talents of the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines by supporting institutional mechanisms that will assist in the development of a visual fine arts sector.

Further, this sector aims to celebrate culture, promote talent, develop skills, facilitate training and build cross-cultural awareness.

Founder David Gilinsky established two important commitments to guide the Kalinawa, first is to build sustainable relationships through a commitment to undertake ongoing and recurring events, and second as a learning organization not only in terms of the opportunities it presents and its transfer of knowledge to others, but also within the organization itself.

Opening ceremony for the exhibit is scheduled on April 30 at 5:00 pm. The Exhibit will open for public viewing with curator Al Nezzar Ali, a Moro visual artist and vice president of the Kalimudan Culture and Arts, and community sale from May 1 to May 5 at the NDDU lobby.

For the competition element of the event, awards are divided into three categories – Traditional which is based on indigenous traditional knowledge and/or materials, Open Two Dimensional on any two-dimensional medium excluding photography, which includes but not limited to paintings, drawings, tapestries and etchings, and Open Three Dimensional on any three-dimensional medium, including but not limited to sculpture and pottery.

A total of P27,000 prizes will be given away at the awards ceremony on May 6.

Registration of participants will be on April 28 and 29 at the NDDU lobby.

Other activity scheduled during the Indigenous Peoples’ visual art exhibition includes workshop on painting (May 2) and workshop on clay molding (May 3). (KALINAWA ART FOUNDATION/ SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)