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Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Regions
Filipino Artists and their
Contribution to Contemporary Arts
Quarter 3 - Module 4
Management Team
Chairperson: Arturo B. Bayocot, PhD, CESO III
Regional Director
Contemporary
Philippine Arts
from the Regions
Filipino Artists and their
Contribution to Contemporary
Arts
Quarter 3 - Module 4
Lesson 2:
National Artists of the Philippines and their Contributions
What I Need to Know................................................................................... 1
What’s New: Solving the Puzzle.................................................................. 2
What Is It: National Artists of the Philippines.............................................3-16
What’s More................................................................................................ 17
What I Have Learned..................................................................................17
What I Can Do: An Ideal Artist...................................................................18
Summary
Assessment: (Post-Test)
Key to Answers
References
What this Module is All About
Hello learners! Congratulations! You have come to this module wherein you
will encounter, explore, and deeply understand the significant roles of our National
Artists from all over the regions, and identify their contribution to contemporary arts.
This module becomes more exciting since you will also evaluate contemporary art
forms based on the elements and principles. Aside from that, you will delve deeper,
interpret, and relate the significance of art forms from the regions and promote your
own art/s to represent your own place and culture.
The activities in this module have been designed to provide you with rich and
stimulating learning practices about significant contemporary artists from the regions.
This module will discuss and introduce about our National Artists in music, dance,
theater, visual arts , literature, film and broadcast arts, architecture, design and allied
arts that will brings you the full understanding of the art of today.
Furthermore, you will make known also to the Contemporary in Traditional Art
– Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA), our National Living Treasure who have
preserved some of the Philippines’ most important traditions and kept Filipino
creativity alive!
a. Explain how traditions becomes contemporary and vice versa through the
practices of artist awardees of Gawad sa Manlililkha ng Bayan (GAMABA)
Awards.
b. Identify the works of National Artists and recognize their contributions to
Philippine art and culture.
c. Create a work / poster that promotes traditional art with local and GAMABA
awardees as examples.
d. Appreciate the value of the National Artists awardees through painting,
drawing or performance.
Pre - test
Multiple Choice. Select the letter of the best answer from among the given choices.
1. A Tinalak weaver who produced creations and who remained faithful to the T’boli
tradition as manifested in the complexity of her design, fineness of workmanship and
quality of finish.
A. Magdalena Gamayo C. Haja Amina
B. . Lang Dulay D. Salinta Monon
2. It is the highest national acknowledgment given to Filipino people who have made
noteworthy commitments to the improvement of Philippine expressions.
A. GAMABA award C. GAMBANA award
B. National Artists Award D. International Artist Award
3. It is an award given to recognize the outstanding work of the artists in the Philippines
to promote a genuine appreciation of traditional craft and art.
A. GAMABA award C. GAMBANA award
B. National Artists Award D. International Artist Award
4. A director for theater and film, has the distinction of being called “The Boy Wonder of
Philippine Movies”
A. Lamberto V. Avellana C. Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka
B. José María V. Zaragoza D. Manuel Conde
5. The “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”
A. Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka C. Cesar Legaspi
B. Fernando C. Amorsolo D. F. Sionil Jose
6. A GAMABA awrdee of Tagabawa Bagobo of Bansalan, who was awarded for fully
demonstrating the creative and expressive aspects of the Bagobo abaca ikat
weaving.
A. Ginaw Bilog C. Salinta Monon
B. Samaon Sulaiman D. Masino Intaray
7. She is known as the Queen of Kundiman.
A. Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama C. Andrea Veneracion
B. Daisy H. Avellana D. Haja Amina Appi
8. Asian president of the United Nations General Assembly who multifaceted career
spanned 50 years of public service as an educator, soldier, university president,
journalist, and diplomat.
A. Amado V. Hernandez C. Carlos P. Romulo
B. Alonzo Saclag D. Fernando Amorsolo
9. A screenwriter, film director and producer, the quintessential Filipino filmmaker
whose life is devoted to the art and commerce of cinema spanning three generations
of filmmakers
A. Eddie Romero C. Ildefonso P. Santos
B. Darhata Sawabi D. Pablo S. Antonio
10. A GAMABA awardee who popularized the the tabungaw hat.
A. Ginaw Bilog C. Salinta Monon
B. Samaon Sulaiman D. Teofilo Garcia
The Contemporary in
Traditional Art: Gawad sa
Lesson
Manlilikha ng Bayan ( GAMABA)
In one form or another art, has always been around. It helps mankind in the
improvement of various activities and their products. It has a varied and multiple complex. It
is as wide as an ocean, covers a wide range of activities such as photography, painting,
sculpting, and architecture, etc. But as time rolls by newer forms of art arose, such as music,
theatre, and photography, etc., in which are nowadays considered the most beautiful types of
performing arts.
From the preceding lesson we have learned that traditional arts, like the pre - colonial
indigenous arts are also contemporary. They are living traditions and are produced up to the
present, in modified ways.
In this lesson, you will learn about our National living treasures, more formally known
as the awardees of Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA).
Their incomparable dedication to craftsmanship and excellence show how these
Filipinos lives and work. Many cultural practices of indigenous communities were preserved
because of their passion, abilities, and tenacity in passing down their tradition to the
youngsters. It’s one thing to be recognized as a living legend of the arts in the Philippines,
and it’s a whole other thing completely to be acknowledged as an artist who has kept a
rare sort of traditional Filipino creativity and ingenuity alive.
In 1992, the National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) began selecting and
honoring recipients of the National Living Treasures Award, also referredto as Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA), through Republic Act No. 7355. It continues to be awarded
today and is handed out in the form of a medal.
The picture above shows the thirteen National Living treasures who have possess
technical and creative skills, creating work with fine artistic quality, and ties to community
and folk-art traditions. More than that, they show a strong character and unfaltering integrity,
leading them to earn the respect and admiration of the people.
The awardees yield art forms that are entwined into daily life. These proves how pre -
colonial traditions continue through to the present.
How does tradition become contemporary, and the contemporary traditional?
(retrieved from Contemporary Art from the Regions textbook (2016 pp.57)
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Traditional art is based on indigenous people’s cultures that are largely honed by oral
tradition. It finds deep affinities with nature, place, society, ritual, and spirituality and
everyday life. In traditional integrative art, forms and expressions do not normally end up as
objects distanced from everyday living. The site of dissemination and knowledge transfer is
neither in the formal spaces of a museum nor a theater. The process of creation is usually
shared among members of the community, and appeals to broader aspects of life.(extracted
from Contemporary Art from the Regions textbook , Flaudette May Datulin et.al pp. 58 )
Thus, it emphasis on the intangible and communal aspects of art production that are closely
aligned with the process based and collaborative inclination of some contemporary art
practices.
The worker of a farmer named Teofilo Garcia of San Quintin in the Province of Abra,
2012 GAMABA awardee who have discovered and popularized the durable tabungaw hat
out of enlarged upo or gourd. He hollowed out the upo / tabungaw, varnished and polished it
to make it more durable and unique yellow sheen.
He used different mediums such as varnish to strengthen organic material, strips of
rattan (uway) to line the hat, fern (nito) is placed on the mouth of the hat as decoration. He
intended to transform the harvest into durable hats to protect the people who are exposed for
long hours under the heat of the sun, especially the farmers. Until now, he shared his
knowledge and skills of making the Tabungaw hat at San Quintin National High School and
inspires the youth to value tradition and to ensure its preservation.
Based from the given example of the work of Teofilo Garcia, we reiterate that
Philippine traditional art, though based on long - standing , established practices, has always
been contemporary in a sense that it is art that is being made now, and that it persists as
part of continuing performance of tradition ((extracted from Contemporary Art from the Regions
textbook , Flaudette May Datulin et.al pp. 57 ) .
What’s New
Activity 1: Coloring the words
For you to assess your level of understanding about the traditional arts and GAMABA
awardees, you are going to hunt the word or group of words related to it by coloring it using
your crayons or colored pens .You can trace the word/s horizontal, vertical, diagonal,
backwards or another way to form a words. Write your answer in a sheet of paper.
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T R A D I T I O N A L A R T L G
P A P O S U C E A S D F K V P A
E L B T H Q O A K E N S P L O M
L A A U S L N A T U R E E A L A
T S H S N N T R R F Y J O C I B
L T A G E G E H O B A O P I T A
A C Z S H T A E L T E K L S I Y
R A A D U A Y W E A V I N G C N
L A N G D U L A Y K G R O U N D
T T R A Y R A R O P M E T N O C
T E O F I L O G A R C I A O U H
N D I S A S T E R L H A Z A E D
R T E O F I L O G A R C I A O T
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
What Is It
What is GAMABA?
The word GAMABA stands for GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN ( National Living
Treasures). It is an award given to recognize the outstanding work of the artists in the
Philippines. The given award was established in 1992 through Republic Act No. 7355 until
2012. There were thirteen finest folk artists of the land who have received this distinction for
their dedication in creating the craft, using skills, and indigenous methods and materials.
Artists who received the recognition for preserving the traditional art of the Philippines which
kept the art alive even in the contemporary period (Sandagan & Sayseng 2016).
Who are the GAMABA awardees? What are their qualifications?
The GAMABA awardees are the people who have adopts a program that will ensure the
transfer of their skills to others. They undertake measures to promote a genuine appreciation
of traditional craft and art and instill pride among our people about the skill of the Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA). Filipinos conferred as the forefront of the practice,
preservation, and promotion of the nation’s traditional folk arts.
(https://aboutphilippines.org/files/Gamaba-Awardees.pdf)
To become a GAMABA awardees is same as joining a contest there are mechanics
and guidelines to follow.
1. Must be an inhabitant of an indigenous/traditional cultural community
anywhere in the Philippines that has preserved indigenous customs,
beliefs, rituals and traditions and/or has syncretized whatever external
elements that have influenced it.
2. Must have engaged in a folk-art tradition that has been in existence and
documented for at least fifty (50) years.
3. Must have consistently performed or produced over a significant period,
works of superior and distinctive quality.
4. He/she/group must possess a mastery of tools and materials needed by
the art and must have an established reputation in the art as master and
maker of works of extraordinary technical quality.
5. Must have passed on and/or will pass on to other members of the
community their skills in the folk art for which the community is traditionally
known.
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GAMABA Awardees
Yakan musical instruments are not the easiest or most affordable to maintain, but Uwang
Ahadas of Lamitan, Basilan made it his life’s work to master them. From an early age, he
and his siblings were encouraged to play these instruments, and he developed a passion for
them, training himself by observing older members of the community. At age 20, he
broke tradition by reaching excellence in playing the kwintangan, an instrument
typically played by a woman. The instrument, made up of logs arranged beneath a
tree near a rice field, is used to call for abundant grains and rice growth. He is also
dedicated to sharing his knowledge to younger folk; his teaching style is hands-on
and supportive, giving his students his full attention. He was awarded in 2000. (
https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-artists-national-living-treasures.html
.Gamayo’s skill and instinct are none more apparent than they are in her ability to replicate
designs she’s only seen once. Her binakol, or woven cloth, continues to draw praise and
awe for its above-average thread count and uniform weave. To keep Ilocos’ abel weaving
tradition alive, she teaches her practice to her cousin’s daughter-in-law and sister-in-law. She
was awarded in 2012.
(https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-artists-national-living-treasures.html
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Lang Dulay, T’nalak weaver
Musician Samaon Sulaiman was a master of the kutyapi, a two-stringed lute that
requires highly technical skill to play. The Maganoy, Maguindanao native learned from his
uncle, Pinagunay, at age 13, developing and learning different forms and styles of playing
the instrument.
The sound is melodic and rhythmic, its effect meditative and captivating. He was also
proficient in playing instruments such as the kulintang, agong (a suspended gong with a wide
rim), gandingan (a gong with a narrow rim), and tambul. Sulaiman’s fascination for his craft
led him to become an influential teacher. He was awarded in 1993 and died in 2011.
(https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-artists-national-living-treasures.html ).
Weaving pandan mats is a long and difficult process that is handed down from
woman to woman across generations: Pandan leaves are harvested and made into narrow,
long strips, sun-dried, pressed, and dyed before finally becoming suitable for weaving. The
resulting mats are used for sleeping and saying prayers or given as gifts to newly-weds.
HajaAmina Appi of Ungos Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi created intricate mats that boast
beautiful geometric designs, vibrant colors, and fine symmetry. She was awarded National
Living Treasure in 2004. She experimented with her work and developed her own tints to
create thehues she had in mind. Appi died in 2013, but her art lives on through her children
and other young women in her community.
((https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-artists- national-living- treasures.html ).
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, chanter and educator
Her favorite pattern, despite or because of its difficulty, was the Binuwaya (crocodile),
and she continued weaving until her death in 2009. For her, not only was it a source of
income, it was a source of pride as well. She and her younger sister were the only Bagobo
weavers left in their community, and she dreamt of having a structure built for teaching new
would-be weavers. She was awarded in 1998. (https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-
artists-national- living-treasures.html)
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Darhata Sawabi, textile weaver
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Masino Intaray, chanter and musician
What’s More
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unique setting, the works are changed into mass delivered ornaments so as to satisfy
the needs of the traveler exchange. Neon hues and structures woven from
engineered strands have been made accessible as of late to make projects of
levelheaded material plans for business purposes.
5. Militarization. The weakness and pressures realized by hostile areas capture the
individuals' capacity to make workmanship. It keeps individuals from having public
social events, were trades and passing information can happen.
What I Can Do
Activity 3: Create a story.
Create a comic strip or a story book. Choose from the above factors that affects the
traditional artist’s production process as your theme or topic. You can draw and color by
hand on a bond paper or any similar material. (The teacher will prepare rubrics as a tool for
scoring)
Congratulations because you were able to succeed the activity above. What do you
believe are a portion of the issues identified with the awards? What do you think are the
challenges faced by our living treasures before they become an awardee?
Now, let us walk around and see the sights of the challenges met by our living
treasures when it comes to the production process and the changing environment.
The conventional specialists' method of creation keeps on being influenced with the
elements of progress. Environmental debasement introduced by disasters, modernization,
and free enterprise tries uprooting the indigenous people groups from their hereditary path.
As their command post, it is considered of foremost significance - this is the place assets are
assembled and shared, and where culture is performed.
1. What is the essence of GAMABA? Do you think having two national credits for
human expressions emphasize the gap between independent articulations and
regular, network-based ceremonies and works of art?
3. Contemporary art is an art of today, as a senior high school student do you consider
yourself a contemporary artist or a traditional one? How and why?
What I Can Do
Activity 5: Creating a poster
(The Teacher will make rubrics as tool for scoring)
Name one traditional art form in your community. Create a poster to promote it. It can
be on long bond paper or you can digitally make the poster with computer. Explain your
concept and share to your friends or family.
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National Artists of the
Lesson
Philippines and their
Contribution
In the past exercise, we have found out about the GAMABA as an honor given to the
customary expressions. Here we will find out about another national award for the craftsmen
who participate specifically disciplinal regions, for example, the visual expressions. We may
experience a portion of the craftsmen we have referred to already. In this lesson, we take a
gander at their works all the more intently, particularly as far as joint effort and trade, as we
see the National Artist Award in the soul of the open circle, to whom specialists and grant –
giving bodies are considered responsible.
It is the highest national acknowledgment given to Filipino people who have made
noteworthy commitments to the improvement of Philippine expressions; in particular, Music,
Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied
Arts. The request is mutually directed by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and gave by the President of the
Philippines upon suggestion by the two organizations.
It has a similar glory as the GAMABA and the National Scientist Award. The honor is
presented at regular intervals through a thorough consultation and determination process
mutually encouraged by two significant social workplaces, the National Commission on
Culture and expressions of the human experience and the social focal point of the
Philippines.
NAA was built up in 1972 under Presidential Decree No. 1001 gave by then
President Ferdinand Marcos. The first was Fernando Amorsolo, who was presented the
honor after death. Much has changed since the organization of the honor. As of this
composition, the list has included 66 awardees from seven disciplinal zones, to be specific:
engineering, structure and associated expressions, film and communicate expressions,
visual expressions, writing, move, music, and theater.
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What’s New
Activity 1: Solving the Puzzle – fill in the puzzle with the correct answer.
(Please answer in your own sheet of paper)
Across
1 The highest form of award given to Filipino artist
3 He issued PD no. 1001
5 National Commission on Culture and the Arts
7 National Scientist Award
9 a person who is skilled in a craft.
1 2 6 8 10
4 3
5
9
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Down:
2 First Filipino artist awardee
4 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
6 a person who is awarded something
8 merit / honor
10 skills
What Is It
Who are the awardees? Who are the National Artists in music, dance, theater,
architecture, and visual arts? What are their most important contributions to the country? Are
there criteria laid down as basis in choosing them? These are some of the few questions that
comes into mind when we talk about awardees.
The choice of the National Artist of the Philippines is based on a broad criteria set forth by
the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines)
1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination
as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but
were Filipino citizens at the time of their death.
2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and
form of their works.
3. Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative
expression or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists.
4. Artists who have created a significant body of works and/or have consistently
displayed excellence in the practice of their art form, enriching artistic expression or
style; and
5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international
recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical
acclaim and/or reviews of their works, and/or respect, and esteem from peers within
an artistic discipline.
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Since the criteria are presented above, let us get ready! We will sail to meet and greet the
famous National Artist of the Philippines. Now let us begin!
PABLO S. ANTONIO
National Artist for Architecture
(1976)
(January 25, 1902 – June 14, 1975)
LEANDRO V. LOCSIN
National Artist for Architecture, 1990
(August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994)
Locsin’s largest single work is the Istana Nurul Iman, the palace of the Sultan
of Brunei, which has a floor area of 2.2 million square feet. The CCP Complex itself
is a virtual Locsin Complex with all five buildings designed by him — the Cultural
Center of the Philippines, Folk Arts Theater, Philippine International
Convention Center, Philcite and The Westin Hotel (now Sofitel Philippine
Plaza).
https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/)
JUAN F. NAKPIL
National Artist for Architecture, 1973
(May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986)
Among others, Nakpil’s major works are the Geronimo de los Reyes Building,Magsaysay
Building, Rizal Theater, Capitol Theater, Captain Pepe Building, Manila Jockey Club,
Rufino Building, Philippine Village Hotel, University of the PhilippinesAdministration
and University Library, and the reconstructed Rizal house in Calamba, Laguna.
https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/)
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ILDEFONSO P. SANTOS, JR.
National Artist for Architecture, 2006
(September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014)
Santos, Jr., who grew up in Malabon, made his first mark with the Makati Commercial
Center where he introduced a new concept of outdoor shopping with landscaped walks,
fountains and sculptures as accents. Santos, Jr.’s contribution to modern Filipino landscape
architecture was the seminal public landscape in Paco Park. Santos, Jr.’s most recent
projects were the Tagaytay Highland Resort, the Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club in
Lipa, Batangas, and the Orchard Golf and Country Club in Imus, Cavite.
https://ncca.gov.ph/about- culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/)
FRANCISCO T. MANOSA
National Artist for Architecture and Allied Arts (2018)
Birthday: 12 February 1931
For all his more than 60 years of architecture life, Arc. Bobby Mañosa designed
Filipino. From the 1960s in his landmark design of the Sulo Hotel until his retirement about
2015, he courageously and passionately created original Filipino forms, spaces with
intricateand refined details. But what is most valuable is that Mañosa was in the heart and
soul of a Philippine architectural movement. He has developed a legacy of Philippine
architecture, which is essential to our Filipino identity and at the same time, deeply
appreciated and sharedin our world today.
Major Works:
San Miguel Building, Ortigas Center, Pasig City (designed with the Mañosa Brothers)
Chapel of the Risen Lord, Las Piñas City
Our Lady of Peace Shrine, EDSA, Quezon City
World Youth Day Papal Altar, Quirino Grandstand, Manila, 1995
Metrorail Transit System Stations for LRT 1, circa 1980s
Quezon Memorial Circle Development Plan
Lanao del Norte Provincial Capitol, Tubod, Lanao del Norte
Tahanang Pilipino (Coconut Palace), CCP Complex, Manila
Amanpulo Resort, Palawan
Pearl Farm Resort, Samal Island, Davao, completed 1994
La Mesa Watershed Resort and Ecological Park, La Mesa Dam, Quezon City
( Source:https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/)
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LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA
National Artist for Theater and
Film (1976)
(February 12, 1915 – April 25,
1991)
Lamberto V. Avellana,
director for theater and film, has the
distinction of being called “The Boy
Wonder of Philippine Movies” as
early as 1939. He was the first to use the motion picture camera to establish a point-of-view,
a move that revolutionized the techniques of film narration.
Sakay was declared the best picture of 1939 by critics and journalists alike and set
the tone for Avellana’s career in film that would be capped by such distinctive achievements
as the Grand Prix at the Asian Film Festival in Hong Kong for Anak Dalita (1956); Best
Director of Asia award in Tokyo for Badjao, among others. Avellana was also the first
filmmaker to have his film Kandelerong Pilak shown at the Cannes International Film
Festival. Among the films he directed for worldwide release were Sergeant Hasan (1967),
Destination Vietnam (1969), and The Evil Within (1970).
LINO BROCKA
National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts (1997)
(April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991)
Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka, director for film and broadcast arts, espoused the
term “freedom of expression” in the Philippine Constitution. Brocka took his social activist
spirit to the screen leaving behind 66 films which breathed life and hope for the marginalized
sectors of society — slum-dwellers, prostitutes, construction workers, etc. He also directed
for theater with equal zeal and served in organizations that offer alternative visions, like the
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the Concerned Artists of the
Philippines (CAP). At the same time, he garnered awards and recognition from institutions
like the CCP, FAMAS, TOYM, and Cannes Film Festival.
To name a few, Brocka’s films include the following: “Santiago” (1970), “Wanted:
Perfect Mother” (1970), “Tubog sa Ginto” (1971), “Stardoom” (1971), “Tinimbang Ka
Ngunit Kulang” (1974), “Maynila: Sa Kuko ng Liwanag” (1975), “Insiang” (1976),
“Jaguar” (1979), “Bona” (1980), “Macho Dancer” (1989), “Orapronobis” (1989),
“Makiusap Ka sa
Diyos” (1991).
ISHMAEL BERNAL
National Artist for Cinema (2001)
(September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996)
Ishmael Bernal was a filmmaker of the first order and one of the very few who can
be truly called a maestro. Critics have hailed him as “the genius of Philippine cinema.”
Among his notable films are “Pahiram ng Isang Umaga” (1989), “Broken Marriage”
(1983), “Himala” (1982), “City After Dark” (1980), and “Nunal sa Tubig” (1976). He was
recognized as the Director of the Decade of the 1970s by the Catholic Mass Media Awards;
four-time Best Director by the Urian Awards (1989, 1985, 1983, and 1977); and given the
ASEAN Cultural Award in Communication Arts in 1993.
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FERNANDO POE, JR.
National Artist for Cinema (2006)
(August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004)
Ronald Allan K. Poe, popularly known as Fernando Poe, Jr., was a cultural icon of
tremendous audience impact and cinema artist and craftsman–as actor, director, writer and
producer. *
The image of the underdog was projected in his films such as Apollo Robles(1961),
Batang Maynila (1962), Mga Alabok sa Lupa (1967), Batang Matador and Batang
Estibador (1969), Ako ang Katarungan (1974), Tatak ng Alipin(1975), Totoy Bato (1977),
Asedillo (1981), Partida (1985), and Ang Probisyano (1996), among manyothers. The
mythical hero, on the other hand, was highlighted in Ang Alamat (1972), Ang Pagbabalik
ng Lawin (1975) including his Panday series (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984) and the action
adventure films adapted from komiks materials such as Ang Kampana sa Santa
Quiteria(1971), Santo Domingo (1972), and Alupihang Dagat (1975), among others. Poe
was born in Manila on August 20, 1939. After the death of his father, he dropped out of the
University of the East in his sophomore year to support his family. He was the second of six
siblings. He married actress Susan Roces in a civil ceremony in December 1968. He died
onDecember 14, 2004.
KIDLAT TAHIMIK
National Artist for Film (2018)
Birthday: 3 October 1942
Kidlat Tahimik has continually invented himself through his cinema, and so his cinema is as
singular as the man. His debut film, Mababangong Bangungot (1977), was praised by critics
and filmmakers from Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa and is still considered by many
as a pioneering postcolonial essay film. Tahimik’s intense independence as an artist and, at
the same time, the film itself called for Filipinos to actively live out their independence and
not allow their culture to be imperialized by the west. Kidlat’s “imperfect” film is an exemplar
of what is worldwide known as “Third Cinema,” a cinema that is critical of neocolonial
exploitation and state oppression.
Notable Works:
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FERNANDO AMORSOLO
National Artist for Visual Arts
(May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)
Among others, his major works include the following: Maiden in a Stream(1921)-GSIS
collection; El Ciego (1928)-Central Bank of the Philippines collection; Dalagang Bukid
(1936) – Club Filipino collection; The Mestiza (1943) – National Museum of thePhilippines
collection; Planting Rice (1946)-UCPB collection; Sunday Morning Going to Town (1958)-
Ayala Museum Collection.
HERNANDO R. OCAMPO
National Artist for Visual Arts (1991)
(April 28, 1911 – December 28, 1978)
Industry Brass Mural, Philippine National Bank, San Fernando, La Union Mural
Relief on Filmmaking, Manila City Hall
Industrial Mural, Central Bank of the Philippines, San Fernando, La Union Sulu
Warriors (statues of Panglima Unaid and Captain Abdurahim Imao), 6 ft., Sulu Provincial
Capitol.
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GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
National Artist for Sculpture (1973)
(July 24, 1890 – July 12, 1976)
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino is a product of the Revival period in Philippine art. The
result was the UP Oblation that became the symbol of freedom at the campus.
Acknowledged as his masterpiece and completed in 1933, The Bonifacio Monument in
Caloocan stands as an enduring symbol of the Filipinos’ cry for freedom Other works
include the bronze figures of President Quezon at Quezon Memorial, life-size busts of
Jose Rizal at UP and UE, marble statue of Ramon Magsaysay in GSIS Building;
granolithics of heroic statues representing education, medicine, forestry, veterinary science,
fine arts and music at UP. He also designed the gold and bronze medals for the Ramon
Magsaysay Award and did the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
His comic strips spiced up the slices of Filipino lives with witty illustrations executed
throughout his 56 years of cartooning. He created over 500 characters and 20 comic strips in
widely circulated publications. Alcala’s most iconic work, Slice of Life, not only made for
decades long of widely circulated images of Filipino everyday life, it also symbolically
became an experiential way for his followers to find a sense of self in the midst of an often
cacophonic, raucous and at odds environment that Filipinos found themselves amidst.
Notable Works:
Slice of Life Weekend 1980-1986
Asiong Aksaya, Daily Express, Tagalog Klasiks, 1976-1984
Smolbatteribols, Darna Komiks 1972-1984
Siopawman, Daily Express, 1972-1983, 2002
Kalabogesyons, Pilipino Komiks, 1966-1972
Congressman Kalog, Aliwan Komiks, 1966-1972
Baryo Pogspak, Holiday Komiks, 1966-1972
Loverboy, Redondo Komiks, 1964-1969
Mang Ambo, Weekly Graphic, 1963-1965
Kalabog en Bosyo, Pilipino Komiks, 1949-1983
Islaw Palitaw, 1946-1948
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FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
National Artist for Literature (1990)
(September 6, 1916 – August 1, 2002)
EDITH L. TIEMPO
National Artist for Literature (1999)
(April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011)
A poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic, Edith L. Tiempo is one of the finest
Filipino writers in English. Her works are characterized by a remarkable fusion of style and
substance, of craftsmanship and insight. Born on April 22, 1919 in Bayombong, Nueva
Vizcaya, her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as
revealed, in two of her much-anthologized pieces, “The Little Marmoset” and “Bonsai”. As
fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as “descriptive but
unburdened by scrupulous detailing.” She is an influential tradition in Philippine literature in
English. Together with her late husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded and directed the
Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the
country’s best writers.
BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
National Artist for Literature (2006)
As a librettist for the Tales of the Manuvu and Rama Hari, he pioneered the creative fusion
of fine arts and popular imagination. As a scholar his major books include the following:
Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its Development; Philippine
Literature: A History and Anthology, Revaluation: Essays on Philippine Literature,
Writing the Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa.
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VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO
National Artist for 2003
He is also known as Rio Alma, is a poet, literary historian, and critic, who has revived
and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he championed modernist poetics.
In
34 years, he has published 12 books of poetry, which include theseminal
Makinasyon and Peregrinasyon, and the landmark trilogy Doktrinang Anakpawis, Mga
Retrato at Rekwerdo and Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa. In these works,his poetic voice
soared from the lyrical to the satirical to the epic, from the dramatic to the incantatory, in his
often severe examination of the self, and the society.
RAMON L. MUZONES
National Artist for Literature (2018)
(20 March 1913-17 August 1992)
Ramon Muzones was a Hiligaynon poet, essayist, short story writer, critic,
grammarian, editor, lexicographer, and novelist who authored an unprecedented 61
completed novels. A number of these represent groundbreaking “firsts’ in Hiligaynon
literature such as the feminist Ang Bag-ong Maria Clara, the roman a clef Maambong Nga
Sapat (Magnificent Brute,1940), the comic Si Tamblot (1946), the politically satirical Si
Tamblot KandidatoMan (Tamblot is Also a Candidate, 1949), the 125- installment longest
serialized novel Damade Noche (1982- 84), etc. Hailed by his peers as the longest reigning
(1938-1972) among “thethree kings of the Hiligaynon novel,” Muzones brought about its
most radical changes while ushering in modernism. With a literary career that spanned fifty-
three years (1938-1990), his evolution covers the whole history of the Hiligaynon novel from
its rise in the 1940s to its decline in the 1970s. Muzones tried his hand at a variety of types
and proved adept in all as literary fashions. In the process, he not only extended with
remarkable versatility and inventiveness the scope and style of the Hiligaynon novel, but he
also enriched Hiligaynon literature’s dramatis personae.
Notable Works:
Shri-Bishaya (1969)
Malala nga Gutom (Malignant Hunger,1965)
Babae Batuk sa Kalibutan (Woman Against the World,1959)
Ang Gugma sang Gugma Bayaran (Love with Love Be Paid, 1955)
Si Tamblot (1948)
Margosatubig (1946)
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RAMON VALERA
National Artist for Fashion Design
(2006)
(August 31, 1912 – May 25, 1972)
Using zipper in place of hooks was already a radical change for the country’s elite
then. Dropping the panuelo–the long-folded scarf hanging down the chest, thus serving as
the Filipina’s gesture of modesty–from the entire ensemble became a bigger shock for the
women then. Valera constructed the terno’s butterfly sleeves, giving them a solid, built-in but
hidden support. To the world, the butterfly sleeves became the terno’s defining feature.
SALVADOR F. BERNAL
National Artist for Theater
Design (2003)
(January 7, 1945 – October 26,
2011)
CARLOS QUIRINO
National Artist for Historical
Literature (1997)
(January 14, 1910 – May 20, 1999)
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among so many subjects. In 1997, Pres. Fidel Ramos created historical literature as a new
category in the National Artist Awards and Quirino was its first recipient. He made a record
earlier on when he became the very first Filipino correspondent for the United Press
Institute.His book Maps and Views of Old Manila is considered as the best book on the
subject. His other books include Quezon, Man of Destiny, Magsaysay of the Philippines,
Lives of the Philippine Presidents, Philippine Cartography, The History of Philippine
Sugar Industry, Filipino Heritage: The Making of a Nation, Filipinos at War: The Fight
for Freedom from Mactan to EDSA.
Her books include the following: Philippine National Dances (1946); Gymnastics for Girls
(1947); Fundamental Dance Steps and Music (1948); Foreign Folk Dances
(1949); Dances for all Occasion (1950); Playground Demonstration (1951); and
Philippine Folk Dances, Volumes I to VI.
RAMON OBUSAN
National Artist for Dance (2006)
(June 16, 1938 – December 21, 2006)
Ramon Obusan was a dancer, choreographer, stage designer, and artistic director.
He achieved phenomenal success in Philippine dance and cultural work. He was also
acknowledged as a researcher, archivist and documentary filmmaker who broadened and
deepened the Filipino understanding of his own cultural life and expressions. Through the
Ramon Obusan Folkloric Grop (ROFG), he had affected cultural and diplomatic exchanges
using the multifarious aspects and dimensions of the art of dance. mong the full-length
productions he choreographed are the following: “Vamos a Belen! Series” (1998-2004)
Philippine Dances Tradition“Noon Po sa Amin,” tableaux of Philippine History in song,
drama and dance“Obra Maestra,” a collection of Ramon Obusan’s dance
masterpieces“Unpublished Dances of the Philippines,” Series I-IV “Water,
Fire and Life, Philippine Dances and Music–A Celebration of Life. Saludo sa
Sentenyal”“Glimpses of ASEAN, Dances and Music of the ASEAN-Member
Countries”“Saplot (Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group): Philippines Costumes in Dance”
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ALICE REYES
National Artist for Dance (2014)
She is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director, she has made a lasting impact
on the development and promotion of contemporary dance in the Philippines. Her dance
legacy is evident in the dance companies, teachers, choreographers, and the exciting
Filipino modern dance repertoire of our country today. Her biggest contribution to Philippine
dance is the development of a distinctly Filipino modern dance idiom. Utilizing inherently
Filipino materials and subject matters expressed through a combination of movements and
styles from Philippine indigenous dance, modern dance, and classical ballet she has
successfully created a contemporary dance language that is uniquely Filipino.
Her masterpiece Amada to the modern dance classic Itim-Asu, to her last major work
Bayanihan Remembered which she staged for Ballet Philippines Among her major works:
Amada (1969), At a Maranaw Gathering (1970) Itim-Asu (1971), Tales of the Manuvu
(1977), Rama Hari (1980), Bayanihan Remembered (1987).
Dubbed the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance” and “Dean of Filipino
Performing Arts Critics”, Leonor Orosa Goquingco, pioneer Filipino choreographer in
balletic folkloric and Asian styles, produced for over 50 years highly original, first-of-a-kind
choreographies, mostly to her own storylines.
LUCRECIA REYES-URTULA
National Artist for Dance (1988)
(June 29, 1929 – August 4, 1999)
A choreographer, dance educator and researcher, spent almost four decades in the
discovery and study of Philippine folk and ethnic dances. She applied her findings to project
a new example of an ethnic dance culture that goes beyond simple preservation and into
creative growth. Over a period of thirty years, she had choreographed suites of mountain
dances, Spanish-influenced dances, Muslim pageants and festivals, regional variations and
dances of the countryside for the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company of which she was
the dance director. These dances have all earned critical acclaim and rave reviews from
audiences in their world tours in Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Among the
widely acclaimed dances she had staged were the following: Singkil, a Bayanihan signature
number based on a Maranao epic poem; Vinta, a dance honoring Filipino sailing prowess;
Tagabili, a tale of tribal conflict; Pagdiwata, a four-day harvest festival condensed into a six-
minute breath-taking spectacle; Salidsid, a mountain wedding dance ; Idaw, Banga and
Aires de Verbena.
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ANTONINO BUENAVENTURA
National Artist for Music
(1988)
(May 4, 1904 – January 25,
1996)
JOSE MACEDA
National Artist for Music (1997)
(January 31, 1917 – May 5, 2004)
LUCRECIA R. KASILAG
National Artist for Music
August 31, 1918 – August,
2008
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ERNANI J. CUENCO
National Artist for Music (1999)
(May 10, 1936 – June 11, 1988)
RYAN CAYABYAB
National Artist for Music (2018)
Birthday: 4 May 1954
Mr. C is the most accomplished composer, arranger, and musical director in the
Philippine music industry since this bloomed beginning 1970s. His learned, skillful, and
versatile musical style spans a wide range of genres: from conservatory or art compositions
such as concert religious music, symphonic work, art song, opera, and concerto to
mainstream popular idioms in the music industry and in live contemporary multimedia shows
(musical theater, dance, and film).
Notable Works:
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DAISY H. AVELLANA
National Artist for Theater (1999)
(January 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013)
Daisy H. Avellana, is an
actor, director, and writer. Born in
Roxas City, Capiz on January 26,
1917, she elevated legitimate
theater and dramatic arts to a new
level of excellence by staging and
performing in breakthrough
productions of classic Filipino and
foreign plays and by encouraging the establishment of performing groups and the
professionalization of Filipino theater. Together with her husband, National Artist
Lamberto Avellana and other artists, she co-founded the Barangay Theatre Guild in
1939 which paved the way for the popularization of theatre and dramatic arts in the
country, utilizing radio and television.
ROLANDO S. TINIO
National Artist for Theater and Literature (1997)
(March 5, 1937 – July 7, 1997)
Rolando S. Tinio, playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic, and translator marked his
career with prolific artistic productions. Tinio’s chief distinction is as a stage director whose
original insights into the scripts he handled brought forth production’s notable for their visual
impact and intellectual cogency. Subsequently, after staging productions for the Ateneo
Experimental Theater (its organizer and administrator as well), he took on Teatro Pilipino. It
was to Teatro Pilipino which he left a considerable amount of work reviving traditional Filipino
drama by re-staging old theater forms like the sarsuela and opening a treasure-house of
contemporary Western drama. It was the excellence and beauty of his practice that claimed
for theater a place among the arts in the Philippines in the 1960s. Aside from his collections
of poetry (Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung – Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso, A Trick of Mirrors)
among his works were the following: film scripts for Now and Forever, Gamitin Mo Ako,
Bayad Puri and Milagros; sarswelas Ang Mestisa, Ako, Ang Kiri, Ana Maria; the komedya
Orosman at Zafira; and Larawan, the musical.
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero is a teacher and theater artist whose 35 years of devoted
professorship has produced the most sterling luminaries in Philippine performing arts today:
Behn Cervantes, Celia Diaz-Laurel, Joy Virata, Joonee Gamboa, etc. In 1947, he was
appointed as UP Dramatic Club director and served for 16 years. As founder and artistic
director of the UP Mobile Theater, he pioneered the concept of theater campus tour and
delivered no less than 2,500 performances in a span of 19 committed years of service. By
bringing theatre to the countryside, Guerrero made it possible for students and audiences, in
general, to experience the basic grammar of staging and acting in familiar and friendly ways
through his plays that humorously reflect the behavior of the Filipino. His plays include Half
an Hour in a Convent, Wanted: A Chaperon, Forever, Condemned, Perhaps, In Unity,
Deep in My Heart, Three Rats, Our Strange Ways, The Forsaken House, Frustrations.
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HONORATA “ATANG” DELA RAMA
National Artist for Theater and Music (1987)
(January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991)
Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama was formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman in
1979, then already 74 years old singing the same song (“Nabasag na Banga”) that she sang
as a 15-year old girl in the sarsuela’s Dalagang Bukid. Atang became the very first actress
in the very first locally produced Filipino film when she essayed the same role in the
Sarsuela’sfilm version. As early as age seven, Atang was already being cast in Spanish
zarzuelas suchas Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and Marina. She counts the role though of
an orphanin Pangarap ni Rosa as her most rewarding and satisfying role that she played
with realism,the stage sparkling with silver coins tossed by a teary-eyed audience. Atang
passionately believes that the Sarsuela and the kundiman expresses best the Filipino soul,
and even performed kundiman and other Filipino songs for the Aetas or Negritos of
Zambales and the Sierra Madre, the Bagobos of Davao and other Lumad of Mindanao.
What’s More
Activity 2: Be Influenced
Choose among the Filipino artists at least three (3) mentioned above and explain how they
influenced you as a person.
Create a sample of their work: (Teacher will make rubrics as a tool for scoring)
What I have
Learned Summary
1. Traditional art is based on indigenous people’s cultures that are largely honed by
oral tradition. It finds deep affinities with nature, place, society, ritual, and
spirituality and everyday life.
2. The word GAMABA stands for GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN ( National
Living Treasures). It is an award given to recognize the outstanding work of the
artists in the Philippines
3. There are mechanics and guidelines to become a GAMABA.
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4. There are thirteen (13) GAMABA awardees recognized by the Philippine
Commission of Culture and the Arts.
5. Factors Affecting the Traditional Artist’s Production Process
a. Christianization
b. Mining and infrastructure projects
c. Christianization
d. Militarization
6. National Artists Award is the highest national acknowledgment given to Filipino
people who have made noteworthy commitments to the improvement of
Philippine expressions; in particular, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts,
Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts. The request is
mutually directed by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and gave by the President of the
Philippines upon suggestion by the two organizations.
What I Can Do
Think about how you can represent an ideal artist. You may:
1. Create a drawing / painting / soft sculpture (using commercial clay, textiles, and
cotton, paper, etc.
2. Make an avatar using a computer program or application.
3. Perform a video monologue.
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Assessment
Post Test
Multiple Choice. Select the letter of the best answer from among the given choices.
1. A Tinalak weaver who have produced creations which remain faithful to the T’boli
tradition as manifested in the complexity of her design, fineness of workmanship and
quality of finish.
C. Magdalena Gamayo C. Haja Amina
D. Lang Dulay D. Salinta Monon
2. It is the highest national acknowledgment given to Filipino people who have made
noteworthy commitments to the improvement of Philippine expressions.
C. GAMABA award C. GAMBANA award
D. National Artists Award D. International Artist Award
3. It is an award given to recognize the outstanding work of the artists in the Philippines
to promote a genuine appreciation of traditional craft and art.
C. GAMABA award C. GAMBANA award
D. National Artists Award D. International Artist Award
4. A director for theater and film, has the distinction of being called “The Boy Wonder of
Philippine Movies”
C. Lamberto V. Avellana C. Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka
D. José María V. Zaragoza D. Manuel Conde
5. The “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”
C. Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka C. Cesar Legaspi
D. Fernando C. Amorsolo D. F. Sionil Jose
6. A GAMABA awrdee of Tagabawa Bagobo of Bansalan, who was awarded for fully
demonstrating the creative and expressive aspects of the Bagobo abaca ikat
weaving.
C. Ginaw Bilog C. Salinta Monon
D. Samaon Sulaiman D. Masino Intaray
7. She is known as the Queen of Kundiman.
C. Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama C. Andrea Veneracion
D. Daisy H. Avellana, D. Haja Amina Appi
8. Asian president of the United Nations General Assembly who multifaceted career
spanned 50 years of public service as an educator, soldier, university president,
journalist, and diplomat.
C. Amado V. Hernandez C. Carlos P. Romulo
D. Alonzo Saclag D. Fernando Amorsolo
9. A screenwriter, film director and producer, the quintessential Filipino filmmaker
whose life is devoted to the art and commerce of cinema spanning three generations
of filmmakers
C. Eddie Romero C. Ildefonso , P. Santos
D. Darhata Sawabi D. Pablo S. Antonio
10. A GAMABA awardee who popularized the the tabungaw hat.
C. Ginaw Bilog C. Salinta Monon
D. Samaon Sulaiman D. Teofilo Garcia
RUBRICS
References:
Flaudette May Datulin et. al 2016. Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions
https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/
https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-artists-national-living-
treasures.html
https://www.tccd.edu/magazine/volume-03/issue-02/arts/
https://artist-strange-work.com/why-is-art-so-important-to-mankind/
https://www.danebank.nsw.edu.au/why-the-arts-are-so-important-in-the-21st-century/
https://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_definition_of_context_in_art_terms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines
https://www.slideshare.net/DyenkayeSaludez/physical-education-and-health-grade-11
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