The Daet Arts Council is offering its first Artist-In-Residence (AIR) program in Daet, capital town of the province of Camarines Norte.

Daet is a small town with a very long beach hugging the Pacific Ocean, tagged as the 61st surfing destination in the world. The artist will be staying in a beach house right on water’s edge. The house sits on an 8 hectare property, an isthmus that extends from the mainland, separated from it by the course of a river, whose mouth opens into the sea right next to the house. The house has a 270 degree view of water.

Bagasbas Beach is also the site for the Bagasbas International Eco-Arts Festival, a community+artist installation festival now on its third iteration (www.bbieaf.org).

The artist will be staying at the beach house for a period of three months. Meals will be provided at the beach house by the house caretaker. The small coastal village of Bagasbas is a short walk.

Artistic production will be centered  in the beach house, where the artist can work on his art right by the roar of the beach. Art workshops will be scheduled at the Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation where the artist can communicate his methods and his vision to the community at large. Near the end of the residency, an exhibition of the artist’s production will be held in Daet. The Daet Arts Council reserves the right to choose the works that will remain and be exhibited at the later ABEM Museum.

The town of Daet is about a five kilometer bike ride away. A bike will be provided the artist for his transportation.

The artist is expected to spend for his roundtrip fares to Manila as well as all visa and other documentation necessary for his entry to the country.  There is a AIR fee of  US$ 3,000.00 which will contribute towards the daily maintenance of the artist as well as other preparations which will be made for his stay. The Daet Arts Council can issue the selected artist an official invitation to help the artist find any funding he needs to join this program.

Seasons are markedly demarcated in Daet, and the AIR program will be offered three times in a year, as follows:

                    First Period - Summer Period        March-May every year
                                                    Hottest time of the year, temperatures averaging
                                                    37-38 Celsius. Best time for the beach and sea travel.

                    Second Period - Rainy Period        June-August  every year
                                                     Start of the rainy season,  very wet, punctuated by
                                                     occasional typhoons
             
                    Third Period - Cool  Period           November-January every year
                                                     Relatively, the coolest time of the year.
                   
The Bagasbas Beach AIR program will be curated by artist Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia.

Artists working on all media are invited to apply. For questions, please email the curator, Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia at jgp88@yahoo.com. Please put “Bagasbas AIR” in subject heading.