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Quarter 1 – Module 2:
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE
ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Module 2: CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
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Quarter 1 – Module 2 :
CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
What is this module all about?

This module covers various contemporary

arts practices of the regions where the school is
located. It aims to provide students with an
appreciation of a broad range of styles in the
various disciplines with consideration on these
elements and principles, and engage you to an
integrative approach in studying arts.

Through this module, you will broaden and

acquire the necessary creative tools that
opportunities in processing your individual career
goals and aspirations.

For the learner:

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

a. Explains Filipino artists’ roles and identify

their contribution to contemporary arts.
b. Analyzes and evaluates contemporary art
forms based on the elements and principles.
c. Relates the significance of art forms from the
regions

Let Us Learn!

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• Can you describe the characteristics of different contemporary art forms?
• Can you enumerate the regional initiatives in preserving and promoting
contemporary arts? Can you identify artists and their works?

Let Us Try!

• Do you know any of the Filipino artists? Are you

familiar with their artworks?
• Are you familiar with Jose Garcia Villa? The
author of the story “Footnote To Youth”?

Let Us Study

Many exceptional Filipino artists emerge as the arts in the country

progresses. These artists aid in promoting arts in and out of the Philippines
through their artworks and their contribution o their specific fields. The
government recognize4s their remarkable inputs in the development of the
Philippine Art. Through the national Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
and the Cultural center of the Philippines (CCP), it gives awards to these notable
contemporary artists and the most prestigious recognition of them is the Order of
the National Artist Award (Order ngPambansangAlagadngSining).

Furthermore, the NCAA does not only focus on the development of the
modern and contemporary arts but also in the preservation of the traditional arts
as well being the foundation of art in the country. The government also gives
recognition to the nation’s finest traditional artists at present through the
GawadsaManlilikhang Bayan or the national Living Treasures Award.

Music

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Antonio R. Buenaventura
Antonio Buenaventura, together with Francisca Reyes Aquino, national Artist for
Dance, researched on and popularized Philippine folk songs and dances in 1935.
He wrote songs and
musical arrangement based on the folk songs of different ethnic groups in the
country. Included in his works are several marches and symphonic and orchestral
music composition.. His notable marches include History of Fantasy, Triumphal
march, Echoes of the Past, Second Symphony in E-flat, Ode to Freedom, and
Echoes from the Philippines while his known orchestral music composition
includes Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Philippine Triumphant. Symphony in C
Minor, Mindanao sketches, and Concert Overture.

Jose Maceda
Jose Maceda’s life-long musical career focused on understanding Filipino
traditional music. He conducted researches and fieldworks on traditional music
which resulted in his wide array of recorded music from different parts of the
country. His papers led to the understanding and appreciation of the ethnic and
traditional music of the Philippines, locally and internationally.Apart from
conducting researches, he also wrote some compositions inspired by traditional
music. His major works include Ugma-ugma, Pagsamba, Udlot-udlot, Kubing,
Agungan,ugnayan,Aroding, Ading, Siasid, and Suling-suling.

Lucricia R. Kasilag
Lucricia R. Kasilagreinforces the Filipino’s appreciation to music by fusing
Western influences productions like “Toccata for Percussions and Winds,
Divertissement and Concertante”, Filiasiana, Scenes, Her Son, AngPamana, Jpose,
Sisa, AwitngmgaAwit Psalms, Fantasie on a 4-note Bayanihan Dance Company.
Together with other artists, she made the group one of the finest

Ernani J. Cuenco
ErnaniCuenco is one of the remarkable singer, composer, film scorer, and
musician in his time. Many of his songs etched a mark in the hearts of the
Filipinos due to his style of incorporating Kundiman elements in his bailad love
songs. Many of his works served as the theme songs and musical scores for
numerous Filipino movies that to his fame. Some of his popular works
includeBatosaBuhangin, BulongngPuso, Klaesa, Gani Kita Kamahal,
DiliginmongHamogang UhawnaLupa and naham, KahitnaMagtiis. CFuenco
collaborated with Levi Celerio, another National Artist for Music, in composing and
adding lyrics to most of his musical compositions used in the films. Also, before
entering the movie World, Cueno was a cellist for five years in the Manila

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 Symphony Orchestra and a soloist for two years in the Manila Chamber of
Orchestra. He was also a professor in the University of Santo Tomas.

Lucio San Pedro

Lucio San Pedro is a master composer known for creatively using folk idioms in
his musical compositions. Unlike other artists, he did not incorporate folk song
materials ni his works. Instead, he extracted the Filipino essence and style from
the folk materials and used them in his compositions. His music has this effect of
bringing a sense of identity of the Filipinos. He cantatas. Some of his famous
songs include Sa UgoyngDuyan, Lulay, Choral compositions include Eastern
Cantatas, Sa Mahal Kong Bayan; orchestral works include The Devils Bridge,
Malakas at Maganda Overture, Hope and Ambition; and band musical
compositions include Dance of fairies, and LahingKayungmanggi. Moreover,
Maestro Lucio San Pedro was the conductor of three bands namely Pen Kong
Grand Mason Band, the San Pedro Band of Angono, and Banda AngonoNumero
Uno.

Antonio J. Molina
Antonio Molina’s notable contribution to the Philippines music is his works. He
innovated the Philippine music in his time by using folk instruments like the
kulintangan and gabbang. He composed more than 300 hundred works involve
orchestral music like AngBatingaw Choral Symphony, Kundiman-Kundungan, the
Living World; chamber music like hating gabi, String Quartet, Kung
saIyongGunita; keyboard music like Malikmata, We were Moonlight, Dancing Fool;
others.Molina came from a family of musician who influenced him to play different
instruments . His father founded the Orquestra Moolina with 22 musicians who
studied music for free in in theMolina’s residence. The said band was disbanded in
the Spanish period. Molina
studied Law at the University of Sto. Tomas and manila Law Office School but later
on stropped because of his father’s illness. He then established the Rondalla Ideal
and continued with his music career until it flourished. He became known as the
last musical triumvirate along with two othermusicians NicanorAbelardo and
Francisco Santiago, who set the bar of folk music.

Francisco Feliciano
Francisco Feliciano was a musician, composer, teacher, and conductor known for
incorporating ”Asianess” in his music. His works show the rich culture and
ethnicity of Asia especially the Philippines. This world renowned artist created
unique musical works by transforming our indigenous music to a level equal to
the music of the western countries. In his choral pieces, he used musical lines
from ethnic songs resulting to the enthusiastic harmony of sound and culture. His
operas and orchestral works, on the other hand, has unique musical language
carrying contemporary style that uses model scales. His major works include
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 Sihaysa Kabila ngPaalam, La Lobanegra, PokpokAlimangko, Pamagun, and the
Ashen Wings.

Levi Celerio
Levi Celerio started palying the violin when he was 11 years old. Due to his
extraordinary talent in music, Alexander Lippay of the University of the Philippines
Conservatory of Music recommended him at the academy of Music Manila for a
scholarship. However, Celerio had an accident resulting to a broken wrist which
stopped him from playing the violin but this accident did not stop him from
continuing a career in music. He became a lyricist and wrote a wide range of songs
of different themes. He composed an estimate of 4000 thousand musical works.
Some of his famous pieces are Sa UgoyngDuyan, DahilsaIsanBulaklak, saanKa
Man naroroon, Ang Pipit, Kung Tayo’yMagtanim, Kalesa, etc.. He was also the
lyricist of the famous Christmas song. AngPasko ay Sumapit.Celerio also became
known for writing songs for Filipino movies. He collaborated with other National
Artists like Lucio San Pedro and ErnaniCuenco.

Moreover, Levi Celerio was the National Artist known for making music using a
leaf. He was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for such talent.
Celerio was a great musician who deserved a great honor for enriching the
Philippine music.

Ramon Santos
Ramon Santos’ music highlights Asia’s and Philippines’ rich artistic tradition and
features elements from western and non-western areas. He combined Philippine
indigenous instruments and vocals to orchestral instruments and other
instruments from foreign nations like the Javanese gamelan. He also composed
works that interweaved Asian Culture, drama, poetry, and dance like his
Sandiwaan, DaragangMagayon, Ta-O, AwitniPulau, etc. Moreover, included in his
popular unique compositions is the Kulintang. It is a piece for solo piano which
resembles the sound of Kulintang., a musical instrument from Mindanao. Santos
promoted the Philippine music to other nations through his cultural education
programs. He organized an international festival for rondalla and forum for
traditional music attended by composers.

Jovita Fuentes
Jovita Fuentes was a remarkable Filipina artist known for her portrayal of Cio-cio
san in Madame Butterfly by Giac33omo Puccini, which was held in
TeatroMunicipale di Piacenza in Italy. Spain awarded her as the “Embahadora de
Filipinas a su Madre Patria” for outstanding portraying different roles in numerous
musical performances in Europe. It has to be noted that at that time Filipinas are
rarely heard in Europe, but Jovita made the country proud for her exceptional
voice and performances. Fuentes was also the founder of the Artists Guild of the
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 Philippines which periodically produced the “Tour of Operaland” production which
promoted opera in the Philippines. She also supported other musical organizations
which kept Philippine music alive. Also, Jovita was an educator of music at the
University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music, Sta. Isabel College, and
College of Holy Spirit.

Andrea Veneracion
Andrea Veneracion played a significant part in the development of the Philippine
choral music. She was the founder of the world-renowned choral group, the
Philippine Madrigal Singers, which was won numerous awards in and outside the
country. The Madrigals contributed of the development of choral literature and
movement throughout the Philippines

Dance

Francisca Reyes Aquino

In 1920’s, Francisca Reyes Aquino vigorously researched on the different folk
dances of the Philippines which made her the “Folk Dance Pioneer” of the country.
Her research entitled “Philippine Dances and Games” contains the country’s
unrecorded celebrations, folk dances, rituals, and games. She has also published
many books regarding Philippine dances like Fundamental Dance Steps and
Music, gymnastic for Girls, Philippine National Dances. Due to her valuable
contribution in the development of Filipino culture, former President Ramon
Magsayasay awarded her the Republic Award of Merit.

Ramon Obusan
Ramon Obusan promoted the Philippine ethnic dances and performed them with
respect and authenticity. His presentations attempt to demonstrate the ethnic
dances original routine and music. Some of his full-length presentations are
Kayaw ’68, Kayaw ’74, Vamos a Belen Series, noon Po sa Amin,
KasaysayanngLahi, Maynila, and the Rare and Unpublished Dances.

Alice Reyes
Alice Reyes major and most significant contribution in the Philippine dance is the
development of unique Filipino modern dance idiom. She creatively interweaved
Philippine ethnic dance, modern dance, and ballet producing a one of a kind
contemporary dance routine. She popularized contemporary dance in the
Philippines through her concepts, tours, outreach works and lecture-

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 demonstrations in schools. Some of her major works are Amada, tales of the
Manuyu, Bayanihan Remembered, Rama Hari, and At a Maranaw Gathering.

Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
Lucreciareyes-Urtula was the dance director of Bayanihan Dance Company for
three decades who choreographed various dances for the group. Among her major
`works are cultural dances namely Singkil, Vinta, Tagabili, Pagdiawata and
Salisid.

Theater

Daisy Avellana
Daisy Avellana was the so-called First Lady of the Philippine Theater because of
her magnificent performances in classic Filipino and international theater
productions and plays. Some of the productions she significantly became part of
were Othello, Macbeth in Black, tatarin, Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Diego
Silang, WalangSugat, etc. She also popularized the Philippine theater and
dramatic arts by founding the Barangay Theater Guild with her husband, Natioanl
Artist LambertoAvellana. They utilize the radio and television to make theater arts
are known to the Filipinos.

Rolando Tinio
Rolando Tinio was an outstanding stage director, poet, thespian, and playwright
known for his numerous remarkable productions and notable scripts. Some of his
works include film scripts for Now and Forever, gamitin Mo Ako, and Milagros,
sarswela like Ang Mestiza, and Ana Maria, and komedya like Orosman at Zafra.
Rolando Tinio is also a National Artist for Literature aside from Thater.

Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero

Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, being a theater and artist, has mentored and trained many
performing artists for 35 years. He also introduced and popularized Philippine
theater to different parts of the country by establishing the UP Mobile Theater. His
major works include Wanted; A Chaperon, Condemned, Perhaps, In Unity, Three
Rats, the Forsaken House, Frustrations, etc.

Severino Montano
He was a top caliber playwright, theater artist, and director who took up degrees
in and outside the country to master theater arts and later on to share his

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 leanings and competencies to the younger Filipino generation. He became the head
of the UP Dramatic Club.

Visual Arts

Fernando Amorsolo
, known as the “Grand Old Man of the Philippine
Artist of the country. Lighting is the most prominent element of Amorsolo’s
painting. His significant works are Planting Rice, DalagangBukid, The Mestiza in a
Stream, among others.

Carlos “Botong” Francisco

Carlos “Botong” Francisco was a naturalist from Angono, Rizal. Francisco painted
murals showing the historical part of the Philippines. The significant elements in
Francisco’s painting were their lines and shapes that seem like cutouts and their
lush tropical colors. His major works include Blood Compact, The Martyrdom of
Rizal, Bayanihan, Sandugo, Portrait of Porita, First Mass at Limasawa, the
Invasion of Limahong, etc.

Abdulmari Asia Imao

Abdulmaria Asia Imao is a visual artist from Sulu, who articulated the Muslim
culture and art in the country. His artworks include murals
Natrional Bank, Industrial Mural of the Central Bank of the Philippines, and the
Mural Relief in Filmmaking painted in the Manila City Hall.

Francisco Coching
Tagged as “Dean of Filipino Illustrators” , Francisco Coching was popular for his
komoks drawings. The significant features of Coching’s works were their fluid
drawings and dramatic storyline. His works illustrated gallant men and beautiful
ladies and the victory of good over evil. Among his works are Lapu-Lapu, Pedro
Penduko, Hagibis, El Nido, and Maldita.

Literature

Jose Garcia Villa

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 Jose Garcia Villa is the contemporary poet who used the pen name Doveglion, a
combination of a dove, eagle, and lion. He was known not just locally but
internationally. He received awards outside the country for his remarkable stylr in
writing poetry. His poems collection include Many Voices, Poems 55, Footnote To
Youth, Poems in Praise of Love, The Best Love Poems of Jose Garcia Villa, etc.

Nick Joaquin
Nick Joaquin is a playwright, poet, novelist, short story writer, and a journalist.
He was the most distinguished Filipino writer who used English as his medium of
writing. His literary pieces explored the Spanish colonial past of the country and
social changes evident in the Philippines. Included in his works are Dona
Geronima, The Order of Melchizedek, The Ballad of Five Battles, Rizakl in Saga,
Cave, and Shadows, and The Woman, Who Have two Novels.

Edith Tiempo
In over five decades, Edith Tiempo produced numerous remarkable poems and
short stories. Evident in her poems is the harmony of intellect and emotions which
resulted in fine literary pieces. The “Littlest Marmoset” and “Bonsa” are two of her
notable poems.

Carlos P. Romulo
Carlos P. Romulo was an editor, a reporter, and a publisher. He wrote series of
articles producing the World War II and won the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in
America. Included in his works were his novel The United, his autobiography 1
Walked with Heroes, and other war-time memoirs.

Film and Broadcast Art

Lino Brocka
LinoBrocka was an award winning director who used “freedom of expression” in
his works. He was social activist that gave hope to the marginalized sector of the
society through his productions. Some of his films he produced include Wanted:
Perfect Mother, TubogsaGinto.
TinimbangkaNgunitKulang, Orapronobis, Maynila:SaKukongLiwanag, Bona, and
Makiusap kasaDiyos, among others.

Ishmael Bernal
Ishmael Bernal was the so-called “Genius of the Philippine Cinema.” Apart from
the aesthetics of his productions, the powerful messages contained in his films
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 created a great impact to the Philippine cinema. The significant element in
Bernal’s works was their symbolic details. Among his works are Himala,
NunalsaTubig, PahiramngIsangUmaga, and Broken Marriage.

Gerardo de Leon
He was a medical practitioner by profession but because od his burning passion
for cinema, he chose to pursue his career in directing films. Among his classic
productions areNoli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, DaigdigngMgaApi, and Sisa.

Eddie Romero
Eddie Romero was a screen playwright, a producer, and a film director. He wrote
other screenplays like AnongGanda Mo, So Long America, Isumpa Mo Giliw,
MamengIniibig Kita, and hindi Kita Malimot.

Architecture, Design, and Allied Arts

Pablo S. Antonio
Pablo S. Antonio was known for his simple architectural desi9gns consisting of
clean lines and functional curves. Included in his significant works are Far
Eastern University Administration and Science buildings; and theaters like the
Lyric Theater, Ideal Theater, and Galaxy Theater, among others.

Juan F. Nakpil
The most prominent elements in Juan F, Nakpil’s architectural design were their
strength, functions, and aesthetics. His works were reflections of the Philippine
traditional and cultural heritage. Some of his major works are the Avenue Theater
and Hotel Building, Quezon Institute Buildings, International Eucharistic
Congress Altar, and the renovated Quiapo Church.

Ildefonso P. Santos
Ildefonso Santos was a famous landscape architect known for landscaping plazas,
gardens, hotels, playgrounds, commercial centers, housing projects, parks, etc. He
introduced outdoor shopping concept through his design of the Makati
Commercial Center where in incorporated fountains, sculptures, and landscape
walks. Among his projects are the Laguna’s Caliraya Lake Resort, Loyola Memorial
Park Eternal Gardens Memorial Park, Tagaytay Highland Resort, Lipa,
Batangas’ Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club, and Imus, Cavite’s Orchard Golf,
and Country Club.

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Leandro V. Locsin
Leandro Locsin was a remarkable architech who designed numerous’ structures
including residential and commercial buildings, churches, government offices,
hotels, etc. His grandest work is the Istana NurulIman (Palace of Religious Light).
The design of the structure is a mixture of Islamic and Malaysia themes and
modern lines.

Fashion Design

Ramon Valera
Ramon Valera was the fashion designer who innovated the Philippine terno. He
was the one who transformed the components of the traditional baro’tsaya into a
single clothing. The most prominent part of his ankle-long creation were its bell-
shaped or butterfly sleeves. Also included in the innovation he employed in his
ternos are the use of zipper instead of books and exclusion of Panuelo. Panuelo is
the long scarf being wrap around the shoulders as a symbolism of Filipina
modesty.

The Philippine Contemporary Art is divided into seven major art forms; visual arts,
literature,music, theater, dance, architecture, and film. Each art forms have
significant developments in the contemporary period. The artists thirst for
innovation, the social, economic, and political environment, and the emerging new
technologies are among the factors that influenced the development of these
contemporary art forms.

Visual art - introduced by Victorio Edades through his art exhibition which shocked
many Filipinos audiences due to his different style in painting Instead of using
usual bright and happy colors, he used dull and dark hues in his works with the
life of the laborers, workers, and lower sector of the society as his subjects.

Literature–The works of different poets and writers revolved on subjects like the search
for love and identity, oppression, and those subjects concerning the poet’s private
worlds. This kind of poetry was followed by poems containing social issues.

Music – Philippine music continuously evolved, and Pinoy pop or the Filipino pop music
took place. Pinoy pop covers different forms like jazz, dance hits, folksong revival,
rock and roll, rap, etc. Folk balladeers influenced alternatives music. Some
alternative music are Freddie Aguilar’s Anak. HerberBartolome’sTayo’yMgaPinoy,
and Florante de Leon’s Ako’y Pilipino.

Theater – Different styles were employed in the Philippine contemporary theater.there

are other forms of theater art emerged like the dula-dula, this is a short drama-
poem. Musical with contemporary themes, dance dramas employing ethnic music
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 and choreography, plays mixing realistic and non-realistic styles, and tradirtional
drama forms with contemporary messages are also among the different theater art
forms today.

Dance – Numerous folkloric dance was established later on. There were dance groups
that developed Filipino adaptations of European and American dances like the
rigodon, polka, fandango, jota, etc.These dance groups integrated traditional
customs in these dances.

Architecture – The Philippine architecture was characterized as simple, rational, and

functional. Filipinos introduced the neoclassic style in building structures. One of
the structures built during this period was the Metropolitan Theater.

Film – The film industry in the Philippines started in 1897 through the initiatives of
foreign businessmen. In the Contemporary period, Philippine film revolved around
a variety of subjects and themes like martyr wife, superhero, action, melodramas,
comedies, etc. Among all the art forms, the film has the largest audience.

Let Us Practice

Enumerate 5 National Artists per areas of specialization. Write their

names on the table below.

Art Form Artists

Architecture

Visual art

Film
Literature

Music

Theater

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Dance

Let Us Practice More

1. Choose 3 of the art forms from the discussion and write a brief essay discussing the art forms
chosen. Include the significant development and characteristics.
2. 3 dances introduced by the American
3. 3 Filipino Architects who introduced different structures and styles.

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

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 Let Us Remember

There are 66 National Artists in the country who produced

remarkable artworks and played a big part in the
development and preservation of the country’s art in the
areas of Visual Arts, dance, Music, Architecture Design
and Allied Arts. Broadcast and Film, Theater, and
literature

The Philippines already has rich culture and arts

before the colonization. Our ancestors developed
these native art forms which depict the life of the
Filipinos untouched by any colonizer.

It is important to know the different traditional art

forms of the country, their origins, and the artists
who preserved and is continuously preserving the
art

It is necessary that you should know the Filipino Artists and

their share in the Philippine art to preserve, promote, and
appreciate the country’s heritage and identity.

Appreciating and recognizing the National Artists of the

Philippines and their noteworthy contributions to their
areas of specialization.

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 Let Us Assess

A. Direction: Choose 3 artists per area of specialization and list down one
major work per artist.

Artist: Major Work

_______________________________________________________________________
Music
1.
2.
3.
_______________________________________________________________________
Dance
1.
2.
3.
_______________________________________________________________________
Theater
1.
2.
3.
_______________________________________________________________________
Film
1.
2.
3.
_______________________________________________________________________
Literature
1.
2.
3.
_______________________________________________________________________
Architecture
1.
2.
3.
_______________________________________________________________________
Visual Arts
1.
2.
3.

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B. From the National Artists enumerated in letter A, Choose one artist per art form and briefly
describe the artist’s technique/style in artmaking.

Music

Dance

Theater

Film

Literature

Architecture

Visual Art

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 Let Us Enhance

Direction:

The class will be divided into five groups; each group will research on 3
National Artists of their choice Include the artist’s biography, techniques,
major works, and samples of their work (photo of artwork/music/clip/video
clip). Each group will report about national Artists researched.

Rubrics:
Content 10 points
Delivery/Presentation 5
Creativity 5
Coherence 5
Total 25 points

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 Let Us Reflect

The various contemporary arts practices of the regions were highly appreciated
of a broad range of styles in the various disciplines with consideration on these elements
and principles, and engaged students to an integrative approach in studying arts.
Through this, it broadened and acquired the necessary creative tools in
processing students’ individual career, goals and aspirations.

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Email Address: lrms.regionxi@deped.gov.ph For inquiries

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