Baguio stages first Creative Festival
Baguio City launches today, November 10, 2018, the first Creative Festival as a celebration for its recognition as the first UNESCO Creative City in the country. This festival is a consolidated effort of the City of Baguio, the Department of Tourism (DOT), The Department of Trade and Industry, the Baguio Arts and Crafts Collective, Inc. (BACCI) and the different Art Groups and Craft Centers. The recognition as a creative city under Crafts and Folk arts was awarded on October 30, 2017 and a soft launch for the festival was done on February with the unveiling of the Creative City’s logo designed by National Artist Ben Cabrera. BenCab during the launching of the Creative City Logo. Applying for a creative city title only took 2 months to prepare for the proponents. Baguio was already an art haven and also a center for crafts and folk arts making it easier for Baguio to acquire the title given the short preparation time to fill in the necessary documents. Out of the ...