Baguio

BenCab

BenCab Muse um, housing the works of Filipino National Artist for Visual Arts Benedicto Cabrera, opened early this year. The museum, named after the artist, is located in Tadiangan, Tuba, Benguet, and is a four-storey, contemporary structure that sits on top of a hill, offering a view of a river and a waterfall. The museum’s BenCab Gallery showcases the artist’s works covering four decades starting in the 60s in Manila, in the 70s when the artist lived in London and in the 80s when he came back to the Philippines and settled in Baguio and the Cordilleras, places that grew dear to him.

The Cordillera Gallery houses the artist’s collection of tribal artifacts and crafts from the northern Philippine highlands such as bulols or rice gods, functional carved objects, baskets, and indigenous weapons. The Philippine Contemporary Gallery showcases his paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures; and the Maestro Gallery features selected works of Filipino masters such as Jose Joya, Arturo Luz, Vitorio Edades, among others.

BenCab Museum

The BenCab Museum is a project of the BenCab Art Foundation, a nonstock, non-profit organization aimed at promoting the arts, and preserving and protecting the environment and the culture and traditions of the Cordilleras. Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9am-5pm. For more information, visit www.bencabmuseum.org. For inquiries and guided tours, call +6374/ 442 7165 or e-mail bencabmuseum@gmail.com.

Photo and Article Source: Inflight Magazine ( Seair)