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• The Order of National Artists (Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts namely; Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts
• The order is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions
• The Order of National Artists Award is one of the honors conferred by the Republic of the Philippines that embodies the nation's highest ideals in the humanities and aesthetic expression through the distinct achievements of individual citizens
• Achievements of National Artists

  • Their vision, unusual insight, creativity and imagination, technical proficiency of the highest order in expressing Filipino culture and traditions, history, way of life, and aspirations
• Selection Criteria for the National Artists of the Philippines

  • Must be a Filipino citizen
  • Work has contributed to nation-building
  • Their distinctive style and pioneering works impacts succeeding generations of artist
  • There is excellence in the practice of their art form
  • Their art form enriches artistic expression or style
  • Their work is prestigious national and international recognition
• Leandro V. Locsin


  National Artist for Architecture, 1990. Reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture. Synthesized the oriental and occidental to produce a new object of profound harmony
• Francisco T. Mañosa


  National Artist for Architecture and Allied Arts, 2018. Designed Filipino forms and spaces with intricate and refined details. Developed a legacy of Philippine architecture, which is essential to our Filipino identity and deeply appreciated and shared in our world today
• Lino Brocka


  National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, 1997. Espoused the term "freedom of expression" in the Philippine Constitution. Took his social activist spirit to the screen leaving behind 66 films which breathed life and hope for the marginalized sectors of society
• Fernando Amorsolo


  National Artist for Visual Arts. Developed the backlighting technique that became his trademark, with figures, a cluster of leaves, a spill of hair, the swell of breast, seen aglow on canvas. This light is an accurate expression of Amorsolo's own exuberance
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco


  National Artist for Painting (1973). Single-handedly revived the forgotten art of mural and remained its most distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades. Turned fragments of the historic past into vivid records of the legendary courage of the ancestors of his race
• Guillermo Tolentino


  National Artist for Sculpture (1973). Executed the UP Oblation that became the symbol of freedom at the campus, and the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan which stands as an enduring symbol of the Filipinos' cry for freedom
• Abdulmari Asia Imao


  National Artist for Visual Arts (2006). A sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary filmmaker, cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture. Popularized the indigenous ukkil, sarimanok and naga motifs
• Vicente Manansala


  National Artist for Painting (1981). His paintings are described as visions of reality teetering on the edge of abstraction. Developed a close association with other masters like Hernando R. Ocampo, Cesar Legaspi, and Carlos Botong Francisco
• Vicente Manansala


  Illustrator, developed close association with Hernando R. Ocampo, Cesar Legaspi, and Carlos Botong Francisco, admired Botong as a master of the human figure, preferred Cezanne and Picasso for their balance of skill and artistry, trained in Paris and at Otis School of Drawing in Los Angeles, believed the beauty of art is in the process, closely associating it with the act of making love
• Amado V. Hernandez


  Poet, playwright, and novelist, practiced "committed art", viewed the function of the writer as the conscience of society and to affirm the greatness of the human spirit in the face of inequity and oppression, contributed to the development of Tagalog prose by stripping it of its ornate character and writing in a more colloquial style, wrote the first Filipino socio-political novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit that exposed the ills of the 1950s agrarian society
• Carlos P. Romulo


  Multifaceted career spanning 50 years of public service as an educator, soldier, university president, journalist, and diplomat, first Asian president of the United Nations General Assembly, Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C., and minister of foreign affairs, prolific writer who published 18 books including novels, autobiographies, and war-time memoirs
• Honorata "Atang" Dela Rama

  Formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman, first actress in the first locally produced Filipino film, started acting in Spanish zarzuelas at age 7, considered her role as an orphan in Pangarap ni Rosa as her most rewarding and satisfying, believed that sarswela and kundiman express best the Filipino soul
• Francisca Reyes Aquino


  Acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer, researched unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual, and sport in the 1920s, wrote a thesis titled "Philippine Folk Dances and Games" that was used by teachers and playground instructors, served as supervisor of physical education at the Bureau of Education and distributed her work, received the Republic Award of Merit from President Ramon Magsaysay
• Levi Celerio


  Prolific lyricist and composer, effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional melodies, made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the only person who was able to make music using just a leaf, wrote a great number of songs for local movies, earned the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines, enriched Philippine music for two generations with a treasury of more than 4,000 songs
• The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National Living Treasures Award was institutionalized through Republic Act No. 7355 in 1992
• Manlilikha ng Bayan


  Candidate must be an inhabitant of an indigenous/traditional cultural community, engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in existence and documented for at least 50 years, consistently produced works of superior and distinctive quality, possess mastery of tools and materials, and passed on their skills to other members of the community
• Manlilikha ng Bayan Awardees


  • Uwang Ahadas (musician)
  • Magdalena Gamayo (textile weaver)
  • Eduardo Mutuc (metalsmith and artist)
  • Teofilo Garcia (gourd casque "tabungaw" maker)
  • Lang Dulay (textile weaver)
  • Masino Intaray (chanter and musician)
  • Darhata Sawabi (textile weaver)
• Basal


  A gong music ensemble
• Tambilaw and tinapay rituals

  1. Rice cooking

  2. Sharing
• Ampo't Paray


  Pala'wan rice god
• Intaray


  • Performed the kulilal, a lyrical poem expressing love, accompanied by two-stringed lute and bamboo zither
  • Performed the bagit, an instrumental piece about nature
  • Chanted epics, stories, myths of origin, and the teachings of ancestors
• Intaray was awarded


  1993
• Intaray passed away


  2013
• Darhata Sawabi


  • Textile weaver
  • Led young women towards making a living out of her craft
  • Primary creation was the headpiece pis siyabit
  • Gained recognition for the precision of her work and her passion for preserving traditional designs, as well as teaching the youth
• Darhata Sawabi was awarded

  2004
• Darhata Sawabi passed away

  2005