contemporary

• GAMABA AWARDEES


  Individuals recognized for their contributions to traditional arts and crafts
• Eduardo Mutuc


  • Dedicated his life in creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze and wood
  • Believes craftsmanship begins with respect for one's tools and the medium, and the only way to improve one's skills is to immerse oneself, learn the technique, and to practice
• Darhata Sawabi


  • Tausug weaver of pis syabit – the traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head cover
  • Women in Sulu province have grown up learning in weaving the pis syabit and she is one of those who took the art of pis syabit making to heart
• Haja Amina Appi


  • Recognized as a master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community for her unique designs, straightness of her edging (tabig), and fineness of her sasa and kima-kima
• Lang Dulay


  • T'boli traditional weaver of "tinalak" or T'boli cloth made of colorful abaca fabrics
  • Used abaca fibers as fine as hair which speaks more eloquently than words can
• Salinta Monon


  • Tagabanwa-Bagobo traditional weaver of distinct abaca fabrics called inabal
  • Developed a keen eye for the traditional designs and can identify the designs as well as the author of a woven piece just by a glance
• Alonzo Saclag


  • Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts who mastered not only the Kalinga musical instruments but also the dance patterns and movements associated with his people's ritual
• Federico Caballero


  • Sulod-Bukidnon epic chanter who works for the documentation of the oral literature
  • Considered as bantugan which means a person who has attained distinction
  • Strikes to dispense justice in the community through his work as a manughusay which is an arbiter of conflicts
• The standards of artistic acquisition demand that individual should know and be able to communicate at a basic level in any of the artistic disciplines – dance, music, theatre, or the visual arts
• The standards of artistic acquisition demand that individual should be able to communicate proficiently in at least one art form
• The standards of artistic acquisition demand that individual should be able to develop and present basic analyses of the work of art from structural, historical, and cultural perspectives, and from combinations of those perspectives
• The standards of artistic acquisition demand that individual should have an informed acquaintance with exemplary works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods
• The standards of artistic acquisition demand that individual should be able to relate various types of arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts disciplines
• Artistic Ability


  • A good artist continuously develops this ability to further his natural, creative skills
  • Openness to new trends and techniques in artistic expressions
• Creativity


  • A good artist knows how to make the most use out of his imagination
  • Come up with original ideas and have the courage to be different in his artistic expressions
• Manual Dexterity


  • A good artist always allots time for practicing his skills
  • Artist' techniques differ in the manner in which he makes coordinated hand and finger movements
• Computer Editing


  • A good artist keeps up with technology and exerts effort to gain computer literacy
  • Equip himself with the ability to handle computer graphics ad other multimedia files
• Communication Skills


  • A good artist should be able to convey information to people clearly and simply
  • Ability to transmit and receive messages clearly aids him in being able to read and understand his audience
• Self-promotion/ Marketing Skills


  • A good artist should learn how to pub
• Theatrical production


  Any work of theatre, such as a staged play, musical, comedy or drama produced from a written book or script
• Stages of Play Production

  1. Find a Script

  2. Figure Out the Nitty Gritty

  3. Casting

  4. Rehearsals

  5. Publicity and Opening Night
• Proscenium Stages


  • Have an architectural frame, known as the proscenium arch, although not always arched in shape
  • Their stages are deep and sometimes raked, meaning the stage is gently sloped rising away from the audience
  • Sometimes the front of the stage extends past the proscenium into the auditorium, known as an apron or forestage
  • Theatres containing proscenium stages often include an orchestra pit for live music and a fly tower for the movement of scenery and lighting
• Thrust Stages


  • Project or "thrust" into the auditorium with the audience sitting on three sides
  • The thrust stage area itself is not always square but may be semi-circular or half a polygon with any number of sides
  • Used to increase intimacy between actors and the audience
• Theatres in-the-round


  • Have a central performance area enclosed by the audience on all sides
  • The arrangement is rarely "round", more usually the seating is in a square or polygonal formation
  • Actors enter through aisles or vomitories between the seating
  • Scenery is minimal and carefully positioned to ensure it does not obstruct the audience's view
• Arena Theater


  • Large scale auditoria with a central stage area and audiences on all sides, similar to theatres in-the-round
  • The stage area is usually rectangular more like a sports arena, with tiered seating
• Open air theatres


  • Outdoor theatres that do not have a roof, although sometimes parts of the stage or audience seating will be covered
  • May make use of the natural light as it changes during the day, particularly sunset
• Novel


  A work of fiction told through narrative prose focusing on characters and a plot with at least some degree of realism
• 5 Steps of Writing Process

  1. Prewriting

  2. Drafting

  3. Revising

  4. Editing

  5. Publishing