Pasakalye Street Artists At The Baguio Creative Festival 2018

Photo by Liezl F. Dunuan

Pasakalye artists paint up a frenzy at the Baguio Creative Festival.

The Pasakalye Group of Artists does it again, this time at the media preview of the Baguio Creative Festival on Nov. 10 at Dominican Hill. This group of artists showcased their painting prowess in an on-the-spot painting event from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

While media guests were being given a tour of the art installations at Dominican Hill, 16 top local artists finished their paintings within two hours. The event was part of the activities for the opening day of the EntaCool Baguio 2018, otherwise known as the Baguio Creative Festival.

Pasakalye Artists Show Us How It’s Done

Pasakalye is a group of local artists known for their street art fest usually conducted during the weekends. Through the leadership of Maricar Docyogen, a local entrepreneur and owner of Bookends, a vintage bookstore, the group was formed in 2016. The aim of the group is to help promote the work of local artists.

Since then, members of the group have done several art exhibits and events, which include on-the-spot painting sessions and pencil sketching sessions.

For this year’s launch of the Baguio Creative Festival, the following artists took part in this show of talent: Fredi Agunoy, Ged Alangui, Julian Almirol, Roland Bay-an, Roni Cabilla, Buddy Cabrera, Mario Calub, Joseph Domirez Jr., Eric Egualada, Resty Lopez, Wigan Warren Nauyac, Gilbert Rafer, Tor Sagud, Arcely Talicuad, Willie Teves, and Jonathan Villabos.

Private Sector Support For The Arts

Like most creative events during the festival, the support of the private sector is instrumental in staging the on-the-spot painting. Local paint manufacturer, Davies Paints Philippines provided the paint materials for the Pasakalye artists.

Ms. Kath Mendiola of Davies Paints mentioned that they have long been supporting art initiatives in the Cordilleras. It all started with the Stobosa Project in La Trinidad. This was followed with their support for Maela Jose’s Tinatik installation in 2017. They also actively support the Brigada Eskwela initiatives of the Department of Education.

Ms. Mendiola says that they are excited and very happy to be among the sponsors of the Baguio Creative Festival. Baguio has long been known for its artists, so they believe that a festival like this will surely flourish with so much creativity in the city.

For more information about the festival, visit the Creative Baguio website.