Artists Of The World, Unite! We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Chains!

 

ABS-CBN on Monday, 15 April 2024 shares a post on Facebook titled “World Art Day” and says: “Happy World Art Day, Kapamilya!” (“Co-Family”). It shares the image above that says, “A masterpiece is still a masterpiece even when the lights are OFF and the room is empty.” Chariotte Geier. Below the image it says:

“SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS.
Tribute to those who share their masterpieces for all or even just the elite.”

I writer say: The term “Art” is not confined to masterpieces. Kimberley Kruge says (Picsart, picsart.com):

World Art Day is a UNESCO holiday dedicated to creative work in all of its forms. The day is meant to foster creativity around the world in a diverse way. It’s about opening up a global conversation about artistry.

Nota bene: “To foster creativity around the world in a diverse way.” And what are those diverse ways of creativity? “Creative works,” my list, alphabetical:

Article
Blog
Book
Essay
Exhibit
Film
Piano Piece
Placard
Poem
Song
etcetera.

In each one, your creativity can range from “Very Creative” to “Ordinary Creativity” – World Art Day would/should be celebrating more the ExtraOrdinary!

I quote again ABS-CBN:

“SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS.
Tribute to those who share their masterpieces for all or even just the elite.”

A total of 22 words – that’s all ABS-CBN can say about “World Art Day”!?

What is art?  About “World Art Day,” Wikipedia says (en.wikipedia.org)

World Art Day is an international celebration of the fine arts which was declared by the International Association of Art (IAA) in order to promote awareness of creative activity worldwide.

Establishment

A proposal was put forward at the 17th General Assembly of the International Association of Art in Guadalajara to declare April 15 as World Art Day, with the first celebration held in 2012. This proposal was sponsored by Bedri Baykam of Turkey and co-signed by Rosa Maria Burillo Velasco of Mexico, Anne Pourny of France, Liu Dawei of China, Christos Symeonides of Cyprus, Anders Liden of Sweden, Kan Irie of Japan, Pavel Kral of Slovakia, Dev Chooramun of Mauritius, and Hilde Rognskog of Norway. It was accepted unanimously by the General Assembly.

The date was decided in honor of the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was chosen as a symbol of world peace, freedom of expression, tolerance, brotherhood and multiculturalism as well as art’s importance to other fields.

Never mind the rest of the world, but why did not the Philippines declare today, Monday, 15 April as “World Art Day” and sponsored a public program at the Philippine International Convention Center?

Filipino artists are Very Important People! VIPs. They are very important to the present and future of our country! It is wrong to ignore them.

The rest of us Filipinos have ignored our own artists by ignoring to celebrate publicly and/or state publicly that, if they pass the strict criteria, our actors, actresses, article writers, bloggers, book authors, essayists, exhibit makers, filmmakers, piano piecemakers, placard makers, poets, singers, songwriters etcetera –

Artists, if constructive, should be declared heroes for their country!@517