CULTURE AND ARTS

Art Influences Culture, Culture Influences Art

Art and culture also provide a commanding and democratic way of sharing, shaping, and
expressing human values.

(They allow us to explore our inner capabilities and give us insight on how we imagine and use
different means to relate with each other.)

Art influences society by changing opinions, instilling values and translating experiences across
space and time. Research has shown art affects the fundamental sense of self.

(Painting, sculpture, music, literature and the other arts are often considered to be the repository of
a society’s collective memory)

Art preserves what fact-based historical records cannot: how it felt to exist in a particular place at a
particular time.

Art in this sense is communication; it allows people from different cultures and different times to
communicate with each other via images, sounds and stories.

Art is often a vehicle for social change. It can give voice to the politically or socially disenfranchised.
A song, film or novel can rouse emotions in those who encounter it, inspiring them to rally for
change.

Art also has utilitarian influences on society. There is a demonstrable, positive correlation between
schoolchildren’s grades in math and literacy, and their involvement with drama or music activities.

Culture explores the meaning of life, while giving life meaning.

Culture affects an artist’s artwork by proving them with a social context against why their work
can be defined.

(All artworks are, to some extent, the products of their culture, and they reflect prevailing
assumptions and beliefs.)

Arts bring different people together, and culture helps to appreciate each other with their
diversity.

(They bring about understanding. Lessons acquired from these subjects can be applied in
learning positive behaviors and lifestyles that need consistency.)

Throughout history, art and culture of various kinds and forms has been part of the evolution of
our societies.

(It can connect directly to people´s heart and body, sometimes more than to the mind, which
enables art to actually shift mindsets in a more profound way than other forms of
communication.)

The greatest works of art, however, have the capacity to

transcend the times in which they were created.

The arts of the Philippines reflect a society with diverse cultural influences and traditions.