CCP Officials Internal Audit Department

Maria Margarita Moran-Floirendo Dennis P. Lopez

President Department Manager
Dennis N. Marasigan Finance Services Department
Vice President and Artistic Director Lilian C. Barco
Eva Marie D. G. Salvador Department Manager
Department Manager Human Resource Management Department
Arts Education Department Elaine S. De Padua
Mauro Ariel S.R. Yonzon Department Manager
Department Manager Marketing Department
Production and Exhibition Department Eugene A. De Los Santos
Carmencita J. Bernardo Orchestra Director
Department Manager Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
Cultural Exchange Department Libertine S. Dela Cruz
Teresa S. Rances Officer-in-Charge
Department Manager Cultural Content Department
Administrative Services Department Professional Associations
International University Theatre Association
(IUTA)
The IUTA was established at Université de
Liège (Belgium) in 1994 to develop and
promote recognized post-secondary activity
in theatre training, creation, research and
theoretical and practical research,
throughout the world, at the level of
university or higher studies. The IUTA is
present in every continent and has members
in over fifty countries. It holds a World
Congress every two years. Its current
President is Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso, who is
also the IUTA Philippine Center Executive
Director and CCP President.
 HISTORY OF NNCA
The successful overthrow of the dictatorship
in 1986 through the People Power Revolution
inspired the different sectors of society to
rally behind the new government towards the
restoration of democracy. On March 12,
1986, the Alliance of Artists for the Creation
of a Ministry of Culture (AACMC) drafted
and adopted a proposal for the establishment
of a Ministry of Culture. The group cited the
Manuel B. Cabalejo inability of the Ministry of Education,
Culture, and Sports to devote time and
Department Manager attention to cultural planning due to the
gargantuan task of addressing the problems
of the educational system.
President Corazon Aquino responded by
issuing Executive Order 118 on January 30,
1987 which established the Presidential
Commission on Culture and the Arts
(PCCA). It was a diminutive agency
compared to the proposal of AACMC but the
said order was cognizant of the existence of
specialized cultural agencies and that these
should only be placed under the umbrella of
one agency to coordinate their efforts.
In 1992, under the new constitution, Congress
enacted Republic Act No. 7356 which
institutionalized the establishment of the
National Commission for Culture and the
Arts (NCCA) replacing PCCA. This said law
mandated the formulation of national
cultural policies and programs according to
the following principles:
a) pluralistic, fostering deep respect for the
cultural identity of each locality, region or
ethno-linguistic locality, as well as elements
assimilated from other cultures through the
natural process of acculturation;
b) democratic, encouraging and supporting
the participation of the vast masses of our
people in its programs and projects;
c) non-partisan, open to all people and
institution, regardless of creed, affiliation,
ideology, ethnic origin, age, gender or class,
with no organized group or sector having
monopoly of its services; and
d) liberative, having concern for the
decolonization and emancipation of the
Filipino psyche in order to ensure the full
flowering of Filipino culture.
The establishment of the NCCA prompted
the cultural agencies that were attached to it,
by virtue of the same law, to review its
existing mandates and programs to
harmonize the delivery of cultural services.
CCP, for its part, transformed itself to
become the national coordinating center for
the performing arts. It also sought to remove
its “elitist” image by strengthening its
outreach programs and developing
partnerships with local arts councils.
NNCA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
As governed by RA 7356, The National
Commission for Culture and the Arts is
governed by a Board of Commissioners
composed of 15 members, namely:
 Hon. Sherwin Gatchalian
(Chairperson, Senate Committee on
Education, Arts, and Culture)
 Hon. Roman Romulo (Chairperson,
House Committee on Basic Education
and Culture)
 Hon. Annalyn M. Sevilla,
Commissioner (Undersecretary for
Finance-Budget and Performance
Monitoring, Department of
Education)
 Hon. Edwin R. Enrile, Commissioner
(Undersecretary for Legal and Special
Concerns, Department of Tourism)
 Hon. Arthur P. Casanova,
Commissioner (Chairman, Komisyon
sa Wikang Filipino)
 Hon. Rene R. Escalante,
Commissioner, (Chair, National
Historical Commission of the
Philippines)
ACTIVITIES OF NNCA
It is also responsible for the annual
celebration of:
 National Arts Month (February)
 UNESCO-ITI World Theatre
Week (March 21–27)
 National Literature Month (April)
 National Dance Week (Fourth
Week of April)
 Hon. Jeremy R. Barns, Commissioner
(Director IV, National Museum)
 Hon. Cesar Gilbert Q. Adriano,
Commissioner (Director IV, The
National Library of the Philippines)
 Hon. Victorino Mapa Manalo,
Commissioner (Executive Director,
National Archives of the Philippines)
 Hon. Ar. Michael F. Manalo,
Commissioner (Head, Subcommission
on Cultural Heritage)
 Hon. Rolando B. Tolentino, Ph.D,
Commissioner (Head, Subcommission
on the Arts)
 Hon. Vicente C. Handa,
Commissioner (Head, Subcommission
on Cultural Dissemination)
 Hon. Abubacar M. Datumanong,
Commissioner (Head, Subcommission
on Cultural Communities and
Traditional Arts)
 Hon. Oscar G. Casaysay (Executive
Director, National Commission for
Culture and the Arts
 National Heritage Month (May)
 Linggo ng Musikang Pilipino (Last
Week of July)
 Indigenous Peoples Month (October)
 Museums and Galleries Month
(October)
 Library and Information Services
Month (November)
ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST
The Order of National Artists of the
Philippines (Filipino: Orden ng mga
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng
Pilipinas) is an order bestowed by the
Philippines on Filipinos who have
made significant contributions to the
development of Philippine art.
Members of the Order are known as
National Artists. Originally instituted
as an Award, it was elevated to the
status of an order in 2003.
The Order is administered by the
Cultural Center of the Philippines by
virtue of President Ferdinand
Marcos's Proclamation № 1001 of
April 2, 1972 and the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts.
The first Award was posthumously
conferred on Filipino painter
Fernando Amorsolo.
CRITERIA
The National Artist of the
Philippines are based on a broad
criteria, as set forth by the
Cultural Center of the Philippines
and the National Commission on
Culture and the Arts:
1. Living artists 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;
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;
4. Artists who have created a
significant body of works and/or
have consistently displayed
excellence in the practice of their
art form, enriching artistic
expression or style; and
5. Artists who enjoy broad
acceptance through prestigious
national and/or international
recognition, Award 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.
Nominations are then submitted to
the National Artist Secretariat that is
created by the National Artist Award
Committee; experts from the different
art fields then sit on a First
Deliberation to prepare the short list
of nominees. A Second Deliberation,
which is a joint meeting of the
Commissioners of the NCCA and the
Board of Trustees of the CCP, decides
on the final nominees. The list is then
forwarded to the President of the
Philippines, who, by Presidential
Proclamation, proclaims the final
nominees as members of the Order of
National Artists.
Categories under which National
Artists can be recognized originally
included:
 Music – singing, composition,
direction, and/or performance;
 Dance – choreography, direction
and/or performance;
 Theater – direction, performance
and/or production design;
 Contemporary Arts – painting,
sculpture, printmaking,
photography, installation art,
mixed media works, illustration,
graphic arts, performance art
and/or imaging;
 Literature – poetry, fiction, essay,
playwriting, journalism and/or
literary criticism;
 Film and Broadcasting/Broadcast
Arts – direction, writing,
production design,
cinematography, editing, camera
work, and/or performance; and
 Architecture, Design and Allied
Arts – architecture design,
interior design, industrial arts
design, landscape architecture
and fashion design.
However, National Artists have since
been honored under new categories.
The NCCA created the category of
National Artist for Fashion Design
when it nominated Ramon Valera,
but subsumed that category under
"Architecture, Design and Allied
Arts". President Fidel V. Ramos
issued an executive order creating the
category of National Artist for
Historical Literature before
conferring the honor to Carlos
Quirino.