Contemporary Arts

• Rattan - it belongs to the palm family
• Bamboo - it is used as building material, furniture, musical instruments, etc.
• Coir - It is the fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree
• Buntal - Its supple ivory white strands are quite durable, pliable, and have good dyeing qualities.
• Tikog - It is a native reed plant used as a raw material for mat weaving and belongs to sea grasses.
• Bakbak - is a flat thick durable sheath as twine or and is a strong brown fiber used to make furniture.
• Nito - is a plant belonging to the fern family that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of Mindanao.
• Buri - It is extracted from the matured leaves of the buri palm and its fiber is durable and resistant to moisture.
• Abaca - belongs to Banana Family and its fiber has a natural luster with colors ranging from pure white to ivory and dark brown.
• Pandan - It is processed and transformed into splints that are being used as raw material and is considered as a tropical plant.
• Decollage


  The artist cuts and treats away pieces of an original image creating lacerated poster
• Decoupage


  The artist adheres cut-outs of paper and then coats these with one or transparent coating of varnish
• Digital Arts


  The artist manipulates his videos and images creating animation with 3D virtual sculpture using a computer
• Frottage


  The artist rubs a crayon on a piece of paper which has been placed over an object creating an embossed image or words
• Decalcomania


  The artist applies watercolor to paper or glass then transferring a reversal of the image onto canvas or other flat materials
• Land Art


  The artist goes around nature and uses natural materials such as soil, rock, organic media and water creating a new form of art
• Print Making


  The artist crates print by transforming ink from a matrix ink from a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material
• Graffiti


  The artist expresses an underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression through spray-based paint on a wall or other surface and is often seen in a public space
• Collage


  The artist gathers magazines and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paints, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and glues these together on a piece of canvas creating a new whole art
• Mixed Media


  The traditional artist expresses himself by combining various traditionally distinct visual art like when he works on canvas that combines paint, ink and collage, he carefully chooses layers and allows enough dying time between the layers ensuring the final work to have structural integrity