Mortals, a collaborative painting by Tristram Miravalles, MikiBoy Pama, Gwen Decena, Frelan Gonzaga and Joe Geraldo <\/p>\n
VIVA Excon cofounder Charlie Co and festival director Manny Montelibano <\/p>\n
The 13th instalment of the Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibit and Conference (Viva Excon) returned to Negros Occidental last Nov. 13-19, and successfully gathered different artists and artworks from the islands. Theme was Inspire. <\/p>\n
This is the fourth time that Negros Occidental hosted Viva Excon, and it is a pleasure that it goes back to where it originally started, said top Bacolod-based artist Charlie Co, one of the founders of Viva Excon. <\/p>\n
The art group Black Artist in Asia founded Viva Excon 26 years ago. It is the largest artist-run art exhibition and conference in the Visayas. It tours the region every two years with the help of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. <\/p>\n
The idea of this is to showcase the creative works of Visayas and to have a voice in the Philippine art scene, Co said. We would like everyone to know that we also have a good number of talents here. <\/p>\n
Manny Montelibano, Viva Excon 2014 festival director, said organizing the event was made difficult because of logistical issues only worsened by the recent calamities that hit many areas of the Visayas. <\/p>\n
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CURATOR Patrick Flores <\/p>\n
But Montelibano said public response to the festival was overwhelming. He added that despite scarce resources, the festival invited artists from Luzon, Mindanao and even outside the Philippines. <\/p>\n
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