ARTISTS

AND
ARTISANS
 WHAT MAKES AN
ARTIST DIFFERENT
FROM AN ARTISAN?
 An artist is dedicated only to the creative side, making
visually pleasing work only for the enjoyment and
appreciation of the viewer, but with no functional value.
Artist is an art practitioner such as painter, sculptor,
choreographer, dancer, musician, etc. who produces or
creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic value
using imagination.
 An artisan on the other hand, is essentially a manual
worker who makes items with his or her hands, and who
through skill, experience and create things of great beauty
as well as being functional.
Artisan is a craftsman, such as carpenter, carver, plumber,
blacksmith, weaver, embroider, etc. who produces directly
functional and/or decorative arts.
 AWARDS
and
CITATIONS
 In history, the support for the arts and
culture is not limited to the allocation
of funding or patronship.

 The artist are given incentives and

honor for their work through state-
initiated and given awards and
citations.
 2 MAJOR AWARDS GIVEN TO
PHILIPPINE ARTISTS
A. Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng
Sining (Order of National Artists)
 The Order of National Artists is the
highest National Recognition given to
Filipino individuals who have made
significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts.
(Music, Dance, Theater, Visual
Arts, Literature, Film,
Architecture)
 Jointly administered by the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the
President of the Philippines upon
recommendation by both institutions.
 The first recipient was Fernando
Amorsolo in 1972 (National Artist for
Visual Arts).
 INCENTIVES AND PRIVILEGES

1. the rank and title

2. medallion or insignia and a
citation
3. cash awards and a host of
benefits (monthly life pension,
medical and hospitalization and
life insurance coverage)
4. a state funeral and burial at
the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

5. a place of honor or designated

area during national state
functions, along with
recognition or
acknowledgement at cultural
events.
B. Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
(National Living Treasures Award)

GINAW MASINO SAMAON

BILOG INTARAY SULAIMAN
 GAMABA conducts the search for
the finest traditional artists of the
land whose distinctive skills have
reach a high level of technical and
artistic excellence and have been
passed on to and widely practice
by the present generation in his
community.
(weaving, carving, graphic and
plastic arts, textile, pottery and
other artistic expressions of
traditional culture)
 created in 1992 under RA#
7355 by the NCCA.
 INCENTIVES AND PRIVILEGES

1. a specially designed gold

medallion

2. an initial grant of 100,000php

and a 10,000php monthly
stipend for life (later increase to
14,000php)
3. maximum cumulative amount
of 750,000php medical and
hospitalization benefits

4. funeral assistance and tribute

fit for a national living treasure
Activity:
• If you are an artist, what kind of artist
will you be?
• What art field will you explore? Why?
• How can you utilize the arts to
express yourself to your community
and your relation to others and to the
earth/world?