This Year’s Ibagiw Creative Festival Pairs Baguio’s Established Art Community with Emerging Gastronomy Scene

December 01, 2024

 

Long before the movie "That Thing Called Tadhana" influenced many from the younger generation to see Baguio City as a destination for broken-hearted people, the City of Pines has attracted a diverse range of individuals from various backgrounds for a multitude of purposes. For artists, the cool atmosphere of this mountaintop town fostered creativity, leading to a flourishing artist community over the years, which resulted in the creation of the Baguio Arts Guild, a prominent organization of artists founded by National Artists Kidlat Tahimik and Benedicto Cabrera aka BenCab, along with the late Santi Bose in 1987.


Ibagiw Creative Festival
Woven baskets by Rovilyn Mayat-an