{"id":62856,"date":"2021-10-09T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=62856"},"modified":"2021-10-06T16:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T08:04:40","slug":"tarlac-art-fair-2021-putting-local-art-on-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2021\/10\/09\/tarlac-art-fair-2021-putting-local-art-on-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarlac Art Fair 2021: Putting Local Art on the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paintings, sculptures, photographs and crafts by Tarlaque\u00f1o artists take center stage at the first ever<\/strong> Tarlac Art Fair<\/strong> from October 1 to November 13, 2021 at Diwa ng Tarlac. The exhibit organized by the Tarlac Provincial Government<\/strong> is a satellite exhibition of ManilART<\/strong> \u2013 the country\u2019s premier annual national art fair.<\/p>\n

\"\"In Plain Sight\/IMAGE from Red Torch Communications<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With this year\u2019s ManilART theme \u201cContinuing Legacy\u201d, Tarlac showcases the province\u2019s collective achievement in the realm of culture and the arts as they bring forward its high level of proficiency in art production and production design. Local artists banded together to collectively represent the best of what the region has to offer with a diverse and abundant lineup of paintings, photos, pottery, and local crafts. Among the artists who contributed works in their chosen medium are Judeo Herrera, Harlem Sunga, Carlo Ramos Dizon, and Mark Lander Garcia. Each manifested their creative proclivity, and mastery of technique\u2014an artistic patrimony premised on Filipino ingenuity.<\/p>\n

Pieces in the collection provide a wide array of styles such as realism, expressionism, figurative, and abstract as well themes that reflect personal, social, environmental, and political issues affecting their community and the nation. Pottery designs, on the other hand, reflect the blending of colloquial aesthetic merging with the modern eclectic taste.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the first ever Tarlac Art Fair, we aim to acquaint the public with our province\u2019s take on Philippine contemporary art,\u201d shares Tarlaque\u00f1a artist and organizer MelissaYeung-Yap. \u201cWith the support of our Talarque\u00f1o artists, the collection is set to showcase our unique vernacular, rich history, and the heritage of our people. Hopefully, this endeavor can promote more regional artists, and also inspire younger artists to get into the arts\u201d she concludes.<\/p>\n

To provide art lovers with a chance to enjoy the collection despite travel restrictions, the Tarlac Art Fair 2021 will also take things digital with a virtual setup available on platforms provided by Tarlac Art and ManilART.<\/p>\n

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We are Part of the Puzzle\/IMAGE from Red Torch Communications<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Tarlac Art is an initial joint project of the Provincial Government of Tarlac, Tarlac Provincial Tourism, ManilART, with the sponsorship by KATINKO.<\/p>\n

ManilART2021 and its satellite sites are co-presented by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), ManilArt Foundation, and Bonafide Art Galleries Organization (BAGO) for the annual Museum and Galleries Month nation-wide event.<\/p>\n

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This is a press release. Minor edits were made prior to publishing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Provincial Government of Tarlac, Tarlac Provincial Tourism, and ManilART proudly present the Tarlac Art Fair 2021, running from Oct 1 to Nov 13, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":62865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,94],"tags":[15282,15281,15280],"class_list":["post-62856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-press-release","tag-art-exhibition","tag-art-fairs-in-the-philippines","tag-tarlac-art-fair-2021"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Tarlac-Art-Fair-2021.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62856"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62869,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856\/revisions\/62869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}