National Artist

• When then Spaniards came in the 16th century, they introduced Christianity to the islands and used literature to colonize the country.
• Literary journalism is the reportage of actual events that employs literary techniques.
•   Landscape architecture enhances outdoor public spaces, landmarks, and structures by contouring the environment.
• The Pretenders, is the story of one man’s separation from his poor background and the dissipation of his wife’s prosperous family.

   
•   Francisco Sionil Jose was the founder of the Philippine chapter of the international organization PEN.

   
• Pointillism is a painting technique in which the artist uses small, distinct dots of pure color to create an image.
• ·  Long before the arrival of Western influences, early Filipinos already have stories to tell to younger generations.

   
• The Babaylan, the early healers, used chants to please the supernatural beings or spirits to bestow good health and fortune in the home and the fields.
• During the time of the Americans, English was introduced and Filipinos have grown adept in the usage of the language.
•   Franciso Arcellana short stories are written in lyrical prose-poetic form.
• Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship , which allowed him to study in Stanford University and Columbia University.
•  Doveglion is Jose Garcia Villa’s pseudonym.
• The Siliman University Writers Workshop is Asia’s longest running writer’s workshop held in the city of Dumaguete.
• The bahay – kubo, which is small one – room hut built using light woven materials, to modern and stylish architectural designs that usually see in urbanized areas.

   
• The architecture of the Philippines reflects its history and tradition.
• ·       Churches and mosques across the country, as well as buildings in the metropolitan and rural areas have risen in response to the growing demands of the Filipinos.
• ·       The National Artist award is the country’s highest honor given to an artist who,  according to the NCCA, “embodies the nation’s highest ideals in the humanities and aesthetic expression through the distinct achievements of individual citizens.”
• ·       Philippine literature is a rich group of literary works that has developed along with the country’s history.
• ·       According to esteemed critic scholar DR. NICANOR TIONGSON, there is a vital role played by contemporary artists in “creating art that will contribute to social change by enlightening viewers and audiences about the nature and causes of the problems they face as Filipinos today.”
• ·       In 1972, Presidential Proclamation No. 1001, s. 1972 created and established “the Award and Decoration of the National Artist.”
• Proclamation No. 1001, s. 1972

  ·       This law enabled the government “to give appropriate recognition and prestige to Filipinos who have distinguished themselves and made outstanding contributions to Philippine arts and letters.”
• ·       The national artist then became part of the prestigious roster of the Order of National Artists.
• ·       National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) jointly administer the nomination and selection of the chosen exemplary artists, who are conferred by the President of the country.
• ·       In 1972, the Philippines named its first national artist – world class painter FERNANDO AMORSOLO.
• ·       The national artist award is a great honor given to the Filipino whose life and works have contributed to the advancement of the country’s arts and letters.
• ·       Order of the National Artist is the highest recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to Philippine Arts.
• ·       President of the Philippines is the government official has the right to confer the National Artist Award
• ·       The Order of the National Artist Awards recognizes the excellence in the following fields EXCEPT.

  a.       Allied Arts                                                            

  b.       Film                                                                                       

  c.       Theater
• ·       The recipient of the National Artist award will receive the following benefits

  1. National Artist gold – plated medallion
  2. Monthly Life Pension                                                      
  3. State Funeral  
• ·       1972 -  The Order of the National Artist Award was established
• ·       Dance is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way. 
• ·       Francisca Reyes Aquino awarded as the National Artist in the field of Dance
• ·       Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event.
• ·       Salvador F. Bernal is awarded as the National Artist in the field of Theater Design
• ·       Music is a collection of coordinated sound or sounds.

   Levi Celerio is awarded as the National Artist in the field of
• ·        Levi Celerio is awarded as the National Artist in the field of music
• ·       Literature is a term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material
• ·       Jose F. Sionil is awarded as the National Artist in the field of Literature
• ·       The highly stylized three letter Ks in the National Artist Medallion stands for         Katotohanan, Kabutihan, at Kagandahan  
• ·       Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas -bank minted the National Artist gold – plated medallion