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The Panit Bukog Exhibit is returning to Cagayan de Oro City this November after 16 years.

This collaborative endeavor by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ National Committee on Visual Arts is set to showcase Mindanaoan realities through the artists’ craft.

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On its fourth installment, this year’s exhibit will display a variety of works, from wall-bound pieces, sculpture, installation, performance to video, animation, digital image, and multi-media art forms.

Taking its name from the Visayan term for skin, panit, and bone, bukog, the exhibit will center on essential and unique Mindanaoan realities lived and immersed in by participating artists.

The exhibit, on view until Nov. 30, highlights the transformative power of art and the critical role of artists in Mindanao’s vibrant cultural landscape.

With these themes at its core, the exhibit will define Mindanao’s concept of peace, underscore the intimate relationship between peace and the environment, and convey issues of ownership, control, and use of the regions’ natural resources. Further, it will underscore art and the artists’ crucial responsibility in addressing these issues.

This year’s artists come from Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City, Iligan City, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga City, General Santos City, Pagadian City, and Bukidnon.

Here in Cagayan de Oro, the participating artists are: Nick Aca, Michael Bacol, Patricia Borja, Oscar Floirendo, Christian Loui Gamolo, Christopher Gomez, Jayson Labtan, Michelle Lua, Kelly Ramos, Ryan Roa, and Jericho Vamenta.

Besides the exhibit, Panit Bukog 4 will conduct art talks where artists share their passion and process, and workshops for opportunities to hone artistic talents to interested participants.

Exhibits will open at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan’s Museo de Oro (Nov. 7), Capitol University’s Museum of Three Cultures (Nov. 8), and SM Downtown Premier (Nov. 9).

Panit Bukog is designed as a travelling exhibit since it began in 2000, moving from Cagayan de Oro to Iligan in 2001 then Davao in 2002. The fourth instalment looks forward to advancing the artistic advocacy for Mindanao’s peace and environment.

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