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  • Tourism - Land areas are converted into sites for tourist consumption. 
  • Militarization - The insecurity and tensions brought about by militarized zones apprehend the people’s ability to create art. It prevents people from having communal gatherings, where exchanges and passing of knowledge can take place. 
  • Christianization - The influence of Christianity and the conversion of the natives to a foreign religion have affected the preservation of their indigenous rituals and traditions. 
  • National Commission For Culture And The Arts - This is the overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture; and an executing agency for the policies it formulates (Dumandan, 2019).
  • Cultural Center of the Philippines - The mission of the Cultural Center of the Philippines is the leading institution for the arts and culture in the Philippines by promoting artistic excellence and nurturing the broadest publics to participate in art making and appreciation (Dumandan, 2019)
  • National Museum - An educational, scientific, and cultural institution that acquires, documents, preserves, exhibits, and fosters scholarly study and public appreciation of works of art, specimens, and cultural and historical artifacts representative of the unique cultural heritage of the Filipino people and the natural history of the Philippines (Dumandan, 2019). 
  • Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines -One of the major museums in the Philippines. The museum was among the first to develop and extend its audience by embracing the philosophy of art for all, adopt a bilingual approach in exhibition texts, and implement a vigorous education and community outreach program. The museum seeks to amplify the Filipinos' sense of artistic and cultural heritage from the past and in contemporary global contexts and experiences (Dumandan, 2019). 
  • BenCab Museum - Houses the permanent collection of Philippine National Artist Benedicto Cabrera in several galleries, as well as venues for art shows and exhibitions. 
  • Art Fair Philippines - The premier platform for exhibiting and selling the best in modern and contemporary Philippine visual art. 
  • ManilART - The Philippines' premier international art fair. It showcases the best in contemporary visual arts for the development and promotion of Filipino art and culture locally and internationally. 
  • Finale Art File - Considered as a premier gallery institution in the Philippines. It showcased hundreds of exhibits by some of the most talented names in contemporary visual arts.
  • Kublai Art Gallery and Davao Contemporary Art Gallery - a unique cultural expression of Davao’s visual artists.
  • Thirteen Artists Awards - mark the turnings in and of Philippine contemporary art, to update its modernizing potential and to assess how artists today engage with other forces in the art world 
  • Puni (Bulacan) - This is a popular Bulakenyo’s way of decorating using leaf fronds folding which has a Malayan origin.
  • Straw Folding - In this art, the straws are folded by rolling elongated sheets of wax coated paper into cylindrical, hollow tubes. 
  • Origami - is from ori meaning “folding”, and kami means “paper”. Origami is the art of paper folding that is associated to Japanese culture
  • Singkaban (Malolos, Bulacan) It is a decorated bamboo arch to welcome signage of a town, city or village in the country.
  • Bamboo Art - To use bamboo for decorations, it must undergo some processes such as cleaning and cutting, peeling, splitting, stripping or weaving it. For more detailed designs, artists use incising, burning, carving, and dyeing.
  • Saniculas (Pampanga) - cookies made with imprint of San Nicolas de Tolentino, the miracle healer according to Pampanga’s local legend.
  • Polvoron Molderm - This kitchen tool can help you mold the powder for polvoron into perfectly oval or round shapes (biscuit molder, doughnut molder)
  • Pabalat (San Miguel, Bulacan) - The art of making the pabalat or pastillas wrappers has transformed in recent years from being a local, folk tradition into a popular art.
  • Packaging - The packaging design can be simple and straight forward, or colorful and complex
  • Taka (Paete, Laguna) - refers to the paper maché using carved wooded sculpture used as a mold.
  • Paper Maché - Using molds, paper pieces or pulp are put together with a glue or other adhesives
  • Pagbuburda (Taal, Batangas and Lumban, Laguna) - Taal embroideries are characterized by fine design with delicate, embossed, durable and colorful patterns.
  • Stitching - are the basic elements of sewing, knitting or embroidery whether by hand or machine. 
  • Nylon Bracelets - A tough light weight elastic synthetic polymer ornament band hoop or chain worn on the wrist.
  • CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES - leading institution for the arts and culture in the Philippines by promoting artistic excellence and nurturing the broadest public to participate in art making and appreciation
  • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF MANILA -The museum seeks to amplify the Filipinos sense of artistic and cultural heritage from the past and in contemporary contexts and experiences.
  • MANILA ART through lectures, workshops, demonstrations, and other activities with support from both local and foreign exhibitors an fair reinforces the awareness and appreciation for Philippine visual arts by merging it with other disciplines.
  • ART FAIR PHILIPPINES The premier platform for exhibiting and selling the best in modern and contemporary philippine visual art.
  • FINALE ART FILE considered as a premier gallery institution in the Philippines
  • BEN CAB MUSEUM -Houses the permanent collection of Philippine National Artist Benedicto Cabrera one of its primary commitment is CONSERVATION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
  • MINIMALISM -an artistic movement that seeks to take away unnecessary and leave only the essential.
  • FOUND OBJECTS taking something that people seem to find useless and using it in a unique way in order to make an artwork.
  • LARGE-SCALE ART the creation of something huge to express diverse perspectives in artwork
  • JUNK -comprises old or discarded items, that are often deemed worthless or have minimal value, yet for the discerning eye of an artist, they hold creative potential.
  • REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS art that has subjects and presenta stories, images, representations, symbols
  • NON-TRADITIONAL ART MATERIALS materials such as coffee, plastic bottles, and recyclable items, which are typically not associated with traditional art mediums, and bear resemblance to those utilized in junk art
  • LOCAL ART MATERIALS -comes from the place or locality but may or may not be originally part of that place or locality