Tags: Arts Training and Workshops, Culture, Performing Arts
By Marjorie Gorospe
QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA–The Quezon City government wants to bring the culture and arts closer to the community by putting up a local arts council that will help residents identify and relate to the heritage of the city.
The local government recently launched the “Konseho ng Kultura’t Sining ng Lungsod Quezon” (Quezon City Culture and Arts Council), which is a league of artists from different branches of arts from music to dancing and theater, among others.
The council is fully supported by Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Josefina Belmonte.
The launching was packed with performances from Lakalin Drum Circle, Contemporary Dance Network Philippines, poetry reading by national artist Bienvenido Lumbera, and a performance from Filipino singer and composer Joey Ayala.
Lumbera is one of the advisers of the culture and arts council while Ayala currently heads the music cluster in Quezon City.
“I grew up in Quezon City seeing tall grasses and carabaos which is why I always make it a point to impart the things that I have seen in the past to the younger generation. May we all work hand in hand to reawaken our culture and arts among our people,” Ayala says.
Another adviser Antoinette Bass-Hernandez adds that the culture and arts council exists to also establish “an arts map within the city.”
“The council will also be consolidating all existing artistic groups in the city and tap these artistic leaders and groups to reach out to the communities. This could be either bringing the performances closer to people or help the local community to hone their hidden artistic talent,” Hernandez says.
Hernandez says the council also aims to integrate basic arts to the curriculum of public schools in the city to bring back the culture to the grassroots level.
Another goal is to conduct regular performances at the Quezon City Hall Carillon Plaza to also help artists get more exposure to public.
“About 85 percent of the artists in Metro Manila are in Quezon City but most of them go to Cultural Center of the Philippines just to perform, and that’s one thing we are trying to consider,” Hernandez says.
As of the moment, the council would still need to conduct further planning in the coming months to finalize its plans.
“We also hope that after three year, we would be able to define what Quezon City culture is and we look forward to honing more artists in the city to participate in this project,” Hernandez says.
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