Roles of Filipino

Artists and their

Contribution to
Contemporary
Arts
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Filipino artists play a role in
presenting and educating the
public about our history,
culture, society, and identity.

As a rule, the Filipino artist’s

role is four-fold: the personal,
the social, the physical, and
the immaterial.
 The Personal
 the artist expresses what he or she feels.
 The Social
 the artist expresses what he or she sees around him

or her.
 The physical
 the artist finds a need to create something useful
but also pleasing to look at.
 The Immaterial
 the artist gives form to the immaterial, the hidden
truths of the universe and the spiritual force that
inhabits the world.
Who is an Artist?

The artist is a crusader, attempting to

sway the viewer to his or her side. In
An artist reflects the time and culture of the past decades, there has been a rise
his period but seen in a different light. in national fervor. The Filipino artist has
In this way, he or she gets to influence become a social critic, exposing the
his reader, viewer, listener, intentionally inequalities of life, the effects of
or unintentionally. urbanization, globalization, and
neocolonialism, evident in most
contemporary works today.
Who is an Artist?

• The artist has also become an advocate for what he or

she believes in. he or she creates an artistic controversy,
thereby becoming an agent of change.
Filipino Artist?

• He or she creates, not only to realize his or her personal

fulfillment, but also express a point of view. He or she is a
storyteller, narrating everyday life of extraordinary events:
presenting cultures in different lights, and recording and
preserving history for future generations to see.
 Many of them have made significant contributions in
their own fields, earning them the Order of National
Artists.
National
Artists of It has been established by virtue of Presidential
Proclamation No. 1001 s. 1972 and aims “to give
the appropriate recognition and prestige to Filipinos who
have distinguished themselves and made outstanding
Philippines contributions to Philippine arts and letters.”
The Order of National Artists is the highest award
: conferred by the President of the Philippines to the
nation’s artists.
 The categories for the Order of National
Artists are music, dance, theater, visual
arts, literature, film and broadcast arts,
and architecture or allied arts.
National
Artists of the The awarding of the Order is
Philippines: administered by the Order of the
National Artists Secretariat – NCCA and
CCP- and is conferred by the President
of the Philippines every three years.
 • Cultural organizations, educational
institutions, and private foundations
and councils may submit nominations
National for the Order once the Secretariat
announces the opening of
Artists of the nominations.
Philippines: • The Secretariat then screens and
deliberates the nominations before
submitting a list of recommended
nominees to the President….
 Filipino artists who have made significant
contributions to the cultural heritage of the
country;

It aims to Filipino artistic accomplishment at its highest

level and to promote creative expression as

recognize: significant to the development of a national

cultural identity; and

Filipino artists who have dedicated their lives to

their works to forge new paths and directions for
future generations of Filipino artists.
 a. Living artists who are Filipino citizens at the time of nomination and at

The Order of the awarding, as well as those who died after the establishment of the
award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death.

National Artist
b. Artists who through the content and form of their works have
contributed in building a Filipino sense of nationhood.

shall be given to c. Artists who have pioneered in a mode of creative expression or style,
artists who have thus, earning distinction and making an impact on succeeding
generations of artists.

met the
following d. Artists who have created a substantial and significant body of works

criteria: and/or consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art form
thus, enriching artistic expression or style.
The Order of e. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through:

National Artist e.1 Prestigious national and/or international recognition,

shall be given to such as the Gawad CCP para sa Sining, CCP Thirteen
Artists Award, and NCCA Haraya Awards (Alab and Dangal)
artists who have
met the e.2 Critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works

following
criteria: e.3 Respect and esteem from peers.
LIST OF
NATIONAL
ARTISTS
OF THE
PHILIPPINE
S
LIST OF NATIONAL
ARTISTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES

Legend: (+) deceased; (++) posthumous conferment.

Source:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/lists/national-
artists-of-the-philippines/
Fernando Amorsolo National Artist for Visual Arts (May
30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)
The country had its first National Artist in Fernando C. Amorsolo. The official
title “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art” was bestowed on Amorsolo when the
Manila Hilton inaugurated its art center on January 23, 1969, with an exhibit
of a selection of his works. Returning from his studies abroad in the 1920s,
Amorsolo developed the backlighting technique that became his trademark
were figures, a cluster of leaves, a spill of hair, the swell of breast, are seen
aglow on canvas. This light, Nick Joaquin opines, is the rapture of a sensualist
utterly in love with the earth, with the Philippine sun, and is an accurate
expression of Amorsolo’s own exuberance. His citation underscores all his
years of creative activity which have “defined and perpetuated a distinct
element of the nation’s artistic and cultural heritage”.
 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 the Philippines collection;
Planting Rice (1946)-UCPB collection; Sunday Morning Going to Town
(1958)-Ayala Museum Collection.
Levi Celerio National Artist for Literature / Music (1997)
(April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002)
Levi Celerio is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades. He
effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional
melodies: “O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May
Singsing” (Pampango), “Alibangbang” (Visaya) among others.
Born in Tondo, Celerio received his scholarship at the Academy
of Music in Manila that made it possible for him to join the
Manila Symphony Orchestra, becoming its youngest member.
He made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the only
person able to make music using just a leaf.
Levi Celerio National Artist for Literature / Music (1997)
(April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002)

A great number of his songs have been written for the

local movies, which earned for him the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the
Philippines. Levi Celerio, more importantly, has
enriched the Philippine music for no less than two
generations with a treasury of more than 4,000 songs
in an idiom that has proven to appeal to all social
classes.
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 Probinsyano (1996), among many
others. 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
Fernando Poe, Jr. National Artist for Cinema (2006)
(August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004)
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 on December 14, 2004.
 The categories for GAMABA are folk architecture,
maritime transport, weaving, carving, performing arts,
literature, graphic, and plastic arts, ornament, textile or
Gawad sa fiber art, pottery, and other artistic expressions of
traditional culture.
Manlilikha ng
Bayan This award was institutionalized by 1992 Republic Act
No. 7355, with the NCCA in charge of its
(GAMABA) implementation. The process or awarding a Manlilikha
ng Bayan is similar to that of the Order of the National
Artists. However, only NCCA’s ad hoc panel of experts
and reviewers will screen and review the nominations.
They will then submit the list to the President of the
Philippines for proclamation.
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)
• First awarded in 1993 to three outstanding artists in music and poetry,
the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan has its roots in the 1988 National
Folk Artists Award organized by the Rotary Club of Makati-Ayala. As a
group, these folk and traditional artists reflect the diverse heritage
and cultural traditions that transcend their beginnings to become part
of our national character. As Filipinos, they bring age-old customs,
crafts and ways of living to the attention and appreciation of Filipino
life. They provide us with a vision of ourselves and of our nation, a
vision we might be able to realize someday, once we are given the
opportunity to be true to ourselves as these artists have remained
truthful to their art.
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)
• As envisioned under R.A. 7355, “Manlilikha ng Bayan” shall
mean a citizen engaged in any traditional art uniquely
Filipino whose distinctive skills have reached such a high
level of technical and artistic excellence and have been
passed on to and widely practiced by the present generation
in his/her community with the same degree of technical and
artistic competence.
To become a “Manlilikha ng Bayan”, the candidate
must possess the following qualifications:
1. He/she is 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. He/she must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in
existence and documented for at least fifty (50) years.
3. He/she must have consistently performed or produced over a
significant period, works of superior and distinctive quality.
To become a “Manlilikha ng Bayan”, the candidate
must possess the following qualifications:
4. He/she 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. He/she 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.
A traditional artist who possesses all the qualities of a Manlilikha ng
Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left him/her incapable
of teaching further his/her craft, may still be recognized if:

He/she had created

a significant body of
He/she has passed
works and/or has
He/she has been on to the other
consistently His/her community
instrumental in the members of the
displayed has recognized
revitalization of community skills in
excellence in the him/her as master
his/her the folk art for
practice of his/her and teacher of
community’s which the
art, thus achieving his/her craft.
artistic tradition. community is
important
traditionally known.
contributions for its
development.
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roles and contributions of Filipino artists
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