ONA

• Order of National Artist (ONA)


  Proclamation 1001, S. 1972 established the National Artist Award
• Proclamation 1001, S. 1972 established the National Artist Award


  April 27, 1972
• Categories of National Artists

  • Music
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Visual Arts
  • Literature
  • Film
  • Broadcast Arts
  • Architecture and Allied Arts
• Proclamation 1144, S. 1973


  May 15, 1973
• Presidential Decree 208, S. 1973 reiterated Proclamation 1144


  June 7, 1973
• Honors and Privileges of National Artists

  • 10,000 pesos
  • 2,000 Monthly Pension
  • Medical and hospitalization
  • Life insurance – if insurable
  • All expense funeral service
  • All expense trip
• Republic Act No. 7356, S. 1992


  April 2, 1992
• Honors Code of the Philippines


  Provides additional prestige to National Artists
• Executive Order 236, S. 2003


  September 19, 2003
• Executive Order 435, S. 2005


  June 08, 2005
• ONA Groups


  • ONA Secretariat
  • ONA Special Research Group
  • ONA Council of Experts
  • ONA Jury of Experts
• ONA Secretariat


  Plans, organizes and implements the Order of National Artist
• ONA Special Research Group


  Verifies information and creates presentations
• ONA Council of Experts


  Reviews the information and creates the short list
• ONA Jury of Experts


  Further reviews the information and creates the short list
• Criteria to become a National Artist

  • Citizenship
  • Pioneer
  • Building Filipino sense of nationhood
  • Excellent
  • Broad acceptance
• Citizenship


  By the time of nomination, the person should be a Filipino citizen. For deceased, they should have been Filipino from 1962 onwards.
• Building Filipino sense of nationhood


  The person's works should reflect the Philippines and give identity to the country
• Pioneer


  The person must have pioneered a style
• Excellent


  The person should have mastered their skills
• Broad acceptance


  The person must have been widely recognized
• Benefits and Privileges of National Artists

  • 200,000 pesos one-time payment
  • 150,000 pesos if posthumous awardee
  • 50,000 pesos monthly pension
  • 750,000 Medical and hospitalization
  • Funeral insurance of 500,000
  • Libingan ng mga bayani (Heroes' Cemetery)
  • Lifetime materials
  • All expenses paid for tours connected to arts
  • Gold-plated medallion from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
  • Recognition of National Artist
• 7 artist awarded in 1973:

  • FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO
  • CARLOS V. FRANCISCO
  • AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
  • ANTONIO J. MOLINA
  • JUAN F. NAKPIL
  • JOSE GARCIA VILLA
  • GULLERMO TOLENTINO
• PRESIENTIAL DECREE 208, S. 1973

  • REITERATED P.P. 1144
  • IDENTIFY THE HONORS AN PRIVELEGES
• CCP

  • Cultural Center of the Philippines