• Interdisciplinary because it embraces most branches of arts – visual (painting and sculpture), theatre (plays and drama), dance, music, film, literature (poetry and fiction), and architecture
• Inter-cultural and multi-lingual because it features artists and cultural workers not only from Mindanao and some parts of the Philippines, but also from the Asia-Pacific (Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands, etc.)
• Multi-media, because there will be live performances as well as projected (through film showing)

LIVING ARTS FESTIVAL immediately comes after 2009 World Ocean Conference, possibly one of next year’s biggest gatherings on response to climate change.  Thousands of participants worldwide are expected and that the LAF organizers are already conferring with the WOC Secretariat to officially name the LAF as one of its official side events.

LIVING ARTS FESTIVAL will have most of its events free to the public, assuring you the widest reach in terms of audience. 

LIVING ARTS FESTIVAL is an ideal venue for your demonstrate your everyone's concern for environment. People's participation will be considered as investment on “arts-for-nature” and shall form part as an “endowment fund for the future”. 

LIVING ARTS FESTIVAL’s scale is unprecedented and its menu of activities is definitely one for the record. At this point, we have already confirmation from Mr. Joey Ayala, Popong Landero, Bayang Barrios and other prominent artists who will be sharing their works paying homage to Mother Nature.

ABOUT THE SAVAO DAVAO GULF FOUNDATION

The Save Davao Gulf Foundation, Inc. (SDGFI) was established in 1998 by a group of people concerned about the condition of one of the country key biodiversity areas: the Davao Gulf.  More specifically, SDGFI addresses the environmental degradation and the depletion of marine resources in Davao Gulf.  It is involved in the marine turtle conservation, establishment of marine protected areas, coastal clean-up, tree planting initiatives, cetaceans and marine mammals rescue, among others.

With its mission to address “head on the threats to the quality of the waters of Davao Gulf”, SDGFI initiated the formation of Davao Gulf Management Council (DGMC) to effectively coordinate with the various stakeholders in the gulf composed of 5 cities and 18 municipalities, relevant government agencies, NGOs, people’s organizations and academic and research institutions. As its Secretariat, it is the lead agency in its advocacy, resource generation and support mechanism.

SDGFI is the Davao Living Arts Festival’s main proponent.