Attended a nude sketching session yesterday at the Las Islas Art Gallery
in Intramuros, Manila. It was primarily for the students of the Fine Arts
department of FEATI University headed by Janice Young. They had a
model who could inspire the 19th century french painters. Renoir would
be delighted to paint her. Anyway, the creative energy was average not
overly excited. There were a few good sketches produced.

This coming 16th of March there is Art in the Park art show in Salcedo
Park in Makati. The receipts for the reasonably priced artworks will
partially go to charity, about 20% of it, 30% to the managing organiztion
and 50% to the artists Not too shabby, I'd say. There'll be fun and plenty
of food.

There is a growing generation of new artists who need to be trained like their
counterpart across the ocean. This i believe is the one thing that's lacking in the
creative mix. However, there is another discussion among artists who feel there is
also a need to educate the art consumers in terms of differentiating decorative art
from fine art.

The art consumers in a way sort of dictate what art to produce, that may be
alright assuming they know what is "art".  Anyway art properly rests upon the
shoulders of the artists as it is with medicine to the doctors and lawyering to the
lawyers. There are exceptions i'm sure but we are talking in general terms.

How does one educate the consumers but to insist to produce what the artists
feel like producing and not to succumb to the invitation of money or the so
called "wallet or check book art". Another way is to hold symposia or whatever
forums to get them to understand art as fine artists were taught to understand.

The Tamawan artists had their show at the Ayala musem two weeks ago.
It had an environmental message about how the forests and trees are treated
by capitalists. The artworks are exquisetely rendered from the eyes of the
local Benguet artists.

If you missed it, there'll be another time next year for another
show.

that's all for now folks!

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