Filipino National Artists’ roles

and identify their contribution to

Contemporary Arts
By: Sarah Jean R. Tilos
Most Essential Learning Competency
Explains Filipino Artists’ roles and identify their contribution to Contemporary Arts
 Objectives of the
Day
At the end of this lesson, you
will be able to:

1. Describe the National

Artists Awards in the
Philippines.
2. Reflect on the
importance of the
National Artists Awards
in the Philippines.
3. Perform different
activities in line with the
various art forms in the
Philippines.
 Instructions: Form five
(5) groups and read the
following scenes.
Someone is painting Small group of students
singing their favorite Two people dance
her favorite stuff. together.
OPM song.

Group of people do
Someone is reading
acting the part of
lines from his/her
their favorite
favorite poem.
Philippine movie
Learning Topics:

1. The Filipino Artists

2. The Philippine
National Artists
REVIEW
Various Art Forms before
Contemporary Era Various Contemporary Art Forms
1. Visual Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, INTEGRATIVE ARTS
Art
Photography
❖ Choreography
2. Architecture, Fashion, ❖ Musical Instruments
Applied
Art Pottery, Jewelry Design, ❖Literary & Musical Compositions
Interior Design ❖Visual Designs & Applied Arts
3.
Combined
Performing
Arts and
Dancing, Music, Theater Arts, ❖ Theatrical Performance
Others Film Productions, Literature
❖Cinema
 “In every work of art, the artist
The Filipino himself is present”
Artists
~Christian Morgenstern
 Artist – one who
The Filipino Artists professes and practices
an imaginative art
In the past, the artist’s role
was well-defined and that
is to create something that
uplifted the spirit,
something aesthetically
pleasing and entertaining.
In the kind of arts that we
have today, the Filipino
artists’ role is four-fold:

1. The PERSONAL
2. The SOCIAL
3. The PHYSICAL
4. The IMMATERIAL
 The Personal
The artist expresses what he or she
feels.
 The Social
The artist expresses what he or she
sees around him/her
 The Physical

The artist finds a need to create

something not only pleasing to
look at but something useful as
well.
 The Immaterial

The artist gives form to the

immaterial, the hidden truth of
the universe, and the spiritual
force that inhabits the world.
 1. The Filipino artist gives his opinion about the culture of his time.
ROLE OF FILIPINO 2. The Filipino artist is a crusader, attempting to sway the viewer to his of her
side.
CONTEMPORARY 3. The Filipino artist has become a social critic.
ARTISTS 4. The Filipino artist has also become an advocate for what she believes in.
5. The Filipino is versatile.
 National Artists of the
Philippines

Order of National Artists – it had

been established by virtue of
Presidential Proclamation No. 1001’s.
1972
National Artists of the Philippines
The Order of the National Artists is the highest award
conferred by the President of the Philippines to the
nation’s artists
What does it
take to be a
National Artist?
1. Living artist who have been
Filipino citizens for the last
ten years prior to nomination
as well as those who have
died after the establishment
of the award in 1972 but were
Filipino citizens at the time
of their death;
What does it take to be a National Artist?

Deceased
What does it take to be a National Artist?

Posthumous
Confernment
What does it
take to be a
National Artist?
2. Artists who have helped build
a Filipino sense of nationhood
through the content and form of
their works;
3. Artists who have
distinguished themselves by
pioneering in a mode of creative
expression or style, making an
impact on succeeding
generations of artists;
What does it
take to be a
National Artist?
5. Artist who enjoy broad
acceptance through
prestigious national and/or
international recognition,
awards in prestigious
national and/or
international events, critical
acclaim and/or reviews of
their works, and/or respect
and esteem from peers
within an artistic discipline.
Process of Nomination & Conferment
STEP 5
STEP 4

STEP 3

STEP 2

STEP 1
Benefits of
being a
National 1. The rank and title of National
Artist, as proclaimed by the
Artist Presidents of the Philippines;

2. The INSIGNIA of a NATIONAL

ARTIST and a CITATION
Benefits of being a National Artist

3. A lifetime emolument and material and physical

benefits comparable in value to those received by the
highest officers of the land such as:
Benefits of being a National Artist

A. a cash award of one hundred thousand pesos

(P100,000.00) net of taxes, for living awardees;
Benefits of being a National Artist
B. a cash award of seventy-five thousand pesos
(P75,000.00) net of taxes, for posthumous awardees,
payable to legal heir/s;
Benefits of being a National Artist
C. a monthly life pension, medical and hospitalization
benefits;
Benefits of being a National Artist
D. Life insurance coverage for Awardees who are still
insurable;
Benefits of being a National Artist
E. A state funeral and burial at the Libingan ng mga
Bayani;
Benefits of being a National Artist
F. A place of honor, in line with the protocolar
precedence, at national state functions, and recognition
at cultural events;
Presentation of the National Artists of the
Philippines