ARTIST AND ARTISAN

MODULE 3

What’s the difference between an artist and an artisan? This

question is comparable to the issue of what constitutes art and
what is labeled as a craft.

ARTIST
The word “artist” is generally defined as an art practitioner, such as a
painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer, writer, poet, musicians and the
like, who produces or creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic
value using imagination.

ARTISAN
An “artisan” is a craftsman, such as carpenter, carver, plumber,
blacksmith, weaver, embroiderer, and the like, who produces
directly functional and/ or decorative arts.

Key Components on the Art Mark

The art market is an economic ecosystem that relies not only on supply and demand but also
on the fabrication of a work’s predicted future monetary and/or cultural value.

The following are the important players in the market:

Curator
A curator, who is a manager or overseer, and usually a curator
or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e.g, gallery, museum,
library, or archive), is a content specialist charged with an
institution’s collections, selecting art to be displayed in a
museum, organizing art exhibitions in galleries or public places,
researching artists, and writing catalogs and involved with the
interpretation of heritage.

Art Buyer

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An art buyer is a professional who is knowledgeable in art, who may scout talents for an
advertising agency seeking to employ an art director , or who may look for an art for a collector
or company.

Art Dealer
An art dealer is a person or a company that buys and sells works
of art. Art dealers often study the history of art before starting
their careers. They have to underrstand the business side of the
art world. They keep up with the trends in the market and are
knowledgeable about the style of art that people want to buy.

The Creative Process

Robert Fritz, based on his book, enumerated the steps in the creative process, and said
that creating is a skill that can be learned and developed. Like any other skill, we learn by
practice and hands-on experience – we can learn to create by creating.
Three Stages in the Creative Process:
1. Germination (Idea)
It is the initial momnet when you conceive a new project in your life. It is a moment with
a lot of energy coming out of the future you envision. In the germination stage, you are palnting
the seeds of your creation.

2. Assimilation
It is a crucial step in the craetive process. During this phase you will internalize and
assimilate or incorporate the idea you want to create. Plan, analyze it, and cultivate it with all
the available resources.

3. Completion
Completion is the time to finish your project, to give in the final shape before you
present it to the audience. It is a difficult time because your energy will be small and likely
dispersed with a new vision.

Medium and Technique

Medium
It refers to the materials that are used by an artist to create a work of art. The plural of
medium is media. Without the medium, an idea remains a concept or it would just dwell in the
walls of the artist’s imagination. It is challenging to manipulate medium and transformit from its
raw state.
Technique

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 It refers to the artist’s ability and knowledge or technical know-how in manipulating the
medium. It is the manner by which the artist controls the medium to achieve the desired effect;
thus nit is the technique that ratists differ from one another.

PROCESS
-Tapping into the skin throught a thorn end of a calamansi or pomelo
tree.

MEDIUM TECHNIQUE
- Ink mixture of charcoal and water
- Batok (ancient term)
- Body as human canvass
- Hand tapping

PERSONS INVOLVED
Whang Od’s grand niece (Grace Palicas)
Tourist, Pilgrims, Trekkers

Recognition and Award for Artist and Artisan

1. Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan (GAMABA) National Living Treasure Award

The award was institutionalized in 1992 through Republic Act No. 7335. The National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA), which is the highestbpolicy-making and
coordinating body of the Philippines for culture and the arts, was tasked with the
implementation.

2. National Artists
National Artists of the Philippines
The Order of the National Artists is considered t be the highest national recognition for
individuals who contributed to the development of Philippines arts.

List of GAMABA Awardees 1

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 Lang Dulay Ginaw Bilog
(+ 2015) (+ 2003)
Textile Weaver Hanunuo Mangyan
T’boli Panaytayan, Oriental
Lake Sebu, South Mindoro
Cotabato 1993
1998

Masino Intaray Uwang Ahadas

(+ 2013) Musician
Musician and Storyteller Yakan
Pala’wan Brookes Point, Lamitan, Basilan
Palawan 2000
1993

Federico Caballero Samoan Sulayman

Musician
Epic Chanter Maguindanao
Sulod-Bukidnon Calinog, Mama sa Pano,
Iloilo Mguindanao
2000 1993

Salinta Monon Alonzo Saclag

(+ 2009) Musician and Dancer
Textile Weaver Kalinga Lubugan, Kalinga
Tagabawa Bagobo 2000
Bansalan, Davao
1998

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