Making art accessible to all means engaging with one's surroundings. By starting a community-based initiative, not only do you get to know those around you, but you also get to form an established identity for your neighborhood. Think about how Manila has Escolta, Quezon City with Cubao Expo, and Makati with the Salcedo Market. These are all mini communities that thrive due to like-minded artisans and vendors working together to form a regular audience. 

With Community Art Grounds, a curation by Search Mindscape founder and art consultant Ayni Nuyda, Burgos Park in Forbestown, Taguig became a ground for creatives from all over the area to share their unique artworks and get to know people in the area. Throughout a three-day weekend event held last March, Burgos Park hosted live demonstrations, collaborative workshops, and one-on-one encounters with artists and their collectives. It allowed people in the area to get to know more about artists in their area and even learn how to craft a thing or two. 

"Community Art Grounds is process-oriented," shares Ayni. " It was intended to present unique, diverse art communities and engage a broad urban audience." Among those present at the event were Magna Fanta Kompyuter, Jose Solon Perfecto,  Bobby Wuds Balingit, Ryan Rebote, and Fatima Starr. Main highlights of the event were open studios for the Alitaptap Artists Community, which had over 25 artists sharing their work with the public. Simon Te and Mic Rahman also held a participatory woodblock project of theirs entitled "Public Record," where visitors learned about the process of woodblock printing. Jose Solon Perfecto held clay workshop sessions where he invited others to create their own functional or decorative art pieces. Special works on display included a recycled installation of Olivia d’Aboville’s "Floating Dandelions." Art Toys PH also had cat sculptures on display, while some artists also offered pet portraits to capture the cuteness of furbabies. 

"Events like Community Art Grounds don’t just bring art closer," says Ayni. "They dissolve the distance between artwork and audience, turning everyday spaces into sites of encounter and exchange. What unfolded was not just a program, but a shared moment that holds value as a memory—families, friends, and furbabies creating together."