More than a year after the city of Baguio was designated as a UNESCO Creative City in October 2017, the Baguio artists community together with the local government is holding the first Baguio Creative Festival from November 10 to 18. The festival, named ENTACool, will be a yearly festival like the famous Panagbenga Flower Festival, which is held every February. …

Amidst the Panagbenga Flower Festival of 2018, Baguio City also launched itself as a Creative City under the United Nations Creative Cities Network. As part of the launch, a Creative Baguio Exhibition Hub was opened at People’s Park. The hub showcased each of the main crafts that Baguio is famed for: weaving, carving and sculpture, silver craft, visual arts and …

Baguio City formally opened the first Creative Baguio Exhibition Hub on Feb. 10 at Malcolm Square, Lower Session Road. Mayor Mauricio Domogan welcomed special guests and local folks to the event amidst indigenous chants and dances to the beat of ethnic instruments. Philippine National Commission to UNESCO Secretary General Lila Ramos Shahani shared what it means for Baguio to be …

Urban planner Dr. Mary Ann Alabanza-Akers shares her ideas on how Baguio can take on the challenge of being a Creative City of UNESCO. This was during a talk on Urban Planning Strategies to Enhance Creative Cities on Jan. 4 hosted by the Baguio Museum. Dr. Alabanza-Akers, who is the daughter of renown Baguio architect Jose Alabanza, said that her …

Baguio City hopes to become part of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network and be the first “creative city” in the Philippines. This comes after other cities vying for the title have been eliminated by UNESCO. According to Department of Tourism – Cordillera Regional Director Venus Tan, their office received information about the city …