Baguio City’s Artisans Need a Permanent Creative Space
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Baguio City was known for its crafts and folk art and is one of the exemplar cities that I’ve researched that has stood out to me. As a Filipino who immigrated at a young age, I knew nothing about the creative culture of the Philippines. This assignment was a great opportunity for me to know more about how different cities share their culture by being creative.
It’s crazy to find out that the people of Baguio pushed hard for the city’s selection to be the country’s first creative city as a way to challenge the government into providing better support for its artisans. The lack of a permanent space that artisans can call their home to make their art and share their art shows how undervalued they are. I think it's a shame that it took this long for the government to see the value the artisans have to Baguio’s creative economy and I hope that they will soon have a space to call home to make and share their art.