Unit 2: Local Community Artists/ Designer who can mentor

or train apprentice.

Local artist and designers who are practicing their specialization

in terms of art forms makes interesting contribution to people especially
in the recognition of the place. They give so much help in promoting the
local cultural practices however some of them are not even recognize
and sometimes their practices are unseen due to influences of
modernization. However there are those organizations that are making
advocacies on the preservation of local or community art works. It is
then on the interest that the study on how students could help this local
artist to be recognized although it is a challenge as culture and art
students there is nothing impossible to help them. They can also be
consider as mentors who can lead young once in preserving richness
culture of a specific local community. Looking into these people is a
great challenge but interesting and unbelievable that they are there who
continually practice the traditional art works.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit the student would be able to:

 Write an appealing local community artist biography through online research
and interview to recognize how they live their skills on specific art field.

3:2:1 Discussions
Direction: This is strategy is for quickly assessing the attainment of
concepts. Students capture or summarise their thinking about a main idea
by writing down three ideas about one aspect of the concept, two aspect
of another related aspect of the concept and one idea of a third aspect. A
separate sheet for this activity is allowed and written or encoded as well.
In answering this activity you have to focus on what is being asked below.
Discussion on each answer are expected on this activity then please be guided. If you
have questions and or clarification post it in our GC messenger or Google Classroom
private message or via SMS.

Write three functions of local community artist/designers.

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Write two importances of a local community artist/designers practices.
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Write one local community artist in your home town and talk about his/her practices.
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Hi there this is Prof. Tolibas

Thank you for your valuable effort of
answering the pre-test. I hope that you have
the idea on what are the things you need to
learn from this topic. It is then advice to you to
read comprehensively the content of this Unit
so as it will help you to do the series of
activities and will help also to be prepared for
the assessment.

What Are Different Types of Artists?

There are many different kinds of artists, and each uses a
different medium to express themselves. They often bring their
particular style and point of view to the works they produce. Some
examples of artists are painters, photographers, sculptors,
calligraphers, illustrators, printmakers, and graphic designers. They
may produce art as a hobby for their personal use, or they may be
hired to work as a professional artist. Some artists focus on a
specific medium or style, but art tends to be a fluid form of expression, so many artists
cross over into different forms of art. For instance, a painter might exclusively create
paintings or incorporate sculpting into their craft.

What Is an Artist?
An artist produces creative works in the form of painting, photography, sculpture,
drawing, performance, mixed media, or other art forms. They utilize their talents to
create work in a way that is unique to them, using a personal creative process to
complete their project. They may focus on one specific medium or may combine multiple
forms of art. For example, a sculptor uses their hands, tools, or a wheel to mold clay into
a work of art. Once the piece is dry, the sculptor may paint the piece before it is baked in
a kiln. Sketch artists may use pencil, chalk, charcoal, or other writing utensils to draw
realistic or abstract images. Artists may create artwork for personal satisfaction or as a
paid professional.

Which Industries Commonly Employ Artists?

Artists find employment in a wide variety of industries; some examples include
secondary and postsecondary education, entertainment, marketing, public relations,
manufacturing, and interior design. Each industry makes use of an artist’s talents in
different ways that are unique to company needs. For example, marketing relies on an
artist’s eye for what looks good in print, while interior design relies on an artist’s
experience with using patterns, textures, and colors in unique combinations. Movie
studios use artists to produce the visuals they need to promote their latest film release.
Artists who wish to teach others their craft may move into education and teach at a high
school or college.

How Do You Become a Professional Artist?

Becoming a professional artist is a process that takes shape differently for every
artist. Your first step to becoming a professional artist could be to complete a degree
program. Some earn an associate or bachelor's degree in visual arts, fine arts, or a
related field. You may also choose to develop your craft informally. Producing a catalog
of artwork is crucial; create works of art to cultivate your craft and compile a portfolio.
You should always be continuing to learn and develop your skills, keeping up with
current trends and best practices. You may also find it helpful to seek membership in a
trade association for support and networking.

How Do You Find Freelance Employment as an Artist?

To become a freelance artist, you must first cultivate your craft and develop a
technique that makes you stand out from other artists in the job market. Build a
substantial portfolio by generating many works of art that showcase your talent. Use a
variety of mediums to show your range of ability. For decorative art, cultivate
relationships with art galleries and other organizations that showcase artwork from local
artists to find venues to display your artwork. Visual artists in other industries such as
graphic designers and illustrators should network with different companies that utilize
freelance artists to find job opportunities (ZipRecruiter, n.d.).

Why local artists are so important?

Having a love of art is something most people can relate to. There are definitely
certain types of art that appeal more to one person than another but the general idea
isn’t a foreign concept. Many people enjoy the works visual artists create and appreciate
the work it takes to make a truly magnificent piece of artwork. 
The harder part of being an art lover is finding ways to support artists in your
local community. Depending on your level of interest in owning artwork for your own
private collection you may not be aware of the ways you can support your local art
community. Sometimes it can feel like buying a painting is the only way and that’s not
always something everyone feels is accessible to them. 

Why Do Local Artists Matter So Much?

Artists are some of the most passionate people you’ll ever meet. They are the
people that want to make your community proud. Their work is deeply personal to them
and they want to make sure it matters when it’s done. Artists in your local community are
going to be the ones using their artwork to affect change in your area the most. 
Local artists are the ones who are teaching your children about art in school.
They’re the ones spending time working with patients in healthcare settings using art
therapy to help a patient recover from all kinds of things. They’re the artists that inspire
your local businesses to think outside of the box for ways to increase their profits. 
Local artists matter because your community does better with them around. If
artists didn’t put their heart into their community you would be lacking a lot of things you
currently love about where you live. They matter because they care and they want to
continue making things better in your area.

How Can You Support Your Local Artists?

Supporting your local artists doesn’t have to be a complicated or financially out of
reach effort. There are plenty of things you can do to make a difference in your local art
community even if you don’t want to collect art for yourself yet. Finding ways that work
for you is the key to making sure your support matters. 
How you choose to help your local community is a personal decision but there
are some ideas you can use that might have a bigger effect than you think. Sometimes it
just takes a minute to think about how even things that seem too small to matter really
do have an effect.

To support your local artists you can do things like:

Sharing Their Work On Social Media:

Social media is where a lot of artists rely on getting word of mouth style
advertising more than they ever have before. If you see art in your area that you love
don’t hesitate to share it online. Tell people where it’s at in your town and who created
the artwork you currently love. 
You can also follow your local artists on their social media pages. If they share
an image you love, feel free to share that post with your friends. It’s another way to use
the same general idea to support your local artists. Social media is extremely powerful
when you use it well, and supporting your local art community is a great way to use it
very well.

Going To Local Events:

 These events can be anything from a gallery showing to a vendor style fair. The
point is just to make sure you’re present for the events you’re interested in. Events that
aren’t well attended may not be repeated ever again, so it really does make a difference
to just be there. If you feel like you want to buy something that’s great but just being at
the event makes a bigger difference than you might currently realize.

Shopping Locally For Art First:

If you do have a need arise where you want to buy some art, like decorating a
new home, think about your local community before hopping online to shop instead. A lot
of local artists would love the chance to create something for you specifically or show
you their work and see what you love. 
Sometimes it’s easy to forget about local communities when shopping online is
so convenient and readily available at your fingertips. Instead of logging on right away,
think about what artwork you’ve seen around town. Your favorite pieces of artwork
around your community can guide you to which artists you should look to first. 
If you don’t have a favorite local artist that’s fine too. Think about asking some
local galleries or shops that sell artwork for ideas on local artists that would suit your
style. Just the mindset of thinking locally first can really change your approach to where
you go for art purchases in the future (Nelson, 2020).

Suggested Readings:

10 Dipolog City Artist Recognize by PIA

Franklin B Gumapon
http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-dipolog-artists-recognized.html

16-year-old Addie Mark II Labadan from Dipolog City, Mindanao, shares his
colorful canvas paintings to our #POPCreators.
https://pop.inquirer.net/89123/in-photos-teen-from-dipolog-city-shares-his-colorful-works-
of-art

KALINAWA ART FOUNDATION FEATURING Dipolognon Artists Works

http://kalinawa.com/artist.php?page=40&q=&n=&order=artist

Hi there again it’s me Prof. Tolibas

I hope you understand the content of
this unit for further reading you can use the
follong link above. Now you can start doing
the activity 1, Enjoy
 Activity 1: Reflection
Direction: Create a reflection on the story of local artist in the community
as given below. Discuss its journey on the making of himself as an artist
and how the local community recognized him. Discuss also how you can
contribute on recognizing him to the public. The

Rubric for Student Reflections (40 Points)

Criteria Weight Above Meets Approaching Below
Expectations Expectations Expectations Expectations
4 3 2 1
The reflection The reflection The reflection The reflection
explains the explains the attempts to does not
student’s own student’s demonstrate address the
thinking and thinking about thinking about student’s
Reflective 5 learning his/her own learning but is thinking and/or
Thinking processes, as learning vague and/or learning
well as processes. unclear about
implications for the personal
future learning. learning
process.
The reflection is The reflection is The reflection The reflection
an in-depth an analysis of attempts to does not move
analysis of the the learning analyse the beyond a
learning experience and learning description of
experience, the the value of the experience but the learning
3 value of the derived learning the value of the experience.
Analysis derived learning to self or others. learning to the
to self or others, student or others
and the is vague and/or
enhancement of unclear.
the student’s
appreciation for
the discipline.
The reflection The reflection The reflection The reflection
articulates articulates attempts to does not
multiple connections articulate articulate any
connections between this connections connection to
between this learning between this other learning
learning experience and learning or experiences.
Making 2 experience and content from experience and
Connections content from other courses, content from
other courses, past learning other courses,
past learning, experiences, past learning
life experiences and/or future experiences, or
and/or future goals. personal goals,
goals. but the
connection is
vague and/or
unclear
Source:http://earlycollegeconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Portfolio-Rubric-for-
Reflection.PRINT_.pdf
Note: The rubric was modified from its source the column for weight was added.

Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/media/
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set=a.2235521069851935&type=3
Leo Marquiala - artist from Dipolog
Leo Jesus D. Marquiala, an artist from Dipolog City
By Art Tibaldo
I have known Leo Marquiala back in the late
70s during our college days. We were both enrolled
at the University of Santo Tomas College of
Architecture and Fine Arts (CAFA) taking up BFA
major in Painting. Yup, this writer is a painter and
so with Leo who always referred to us as “Bai”, a
Cebuano or Visayan way of calling a friend. At a
time when original Levi jeans was a rare
commodity in the country, Leo always wears his
imported but faded blue denim because his place in
Dipolog, part of Zamboanga Peninsula in Mindanao
is one of the trading backdoors of smuggled goods.
For several months, Leo and I stayed in a boy’s
dormitory near UST often contented with three
pieces of small “pandesal”, a melted chunk of
butter and coffee for breakfast as part of our
monthly rent.
If not for his penchant for drawing and visual
arts, I would say that Leo could be better off as a
musician because he plays the guitar too well that
he can even make it cry just like George Harrison’s
“While my Guitar Gently Weeps”. Around 1977 to
1978, I was probably too “baduy” or laid back with
my type of music like John Denver’s “Take Me
Home Country Road” when he influenced me with
Rock ‘n Roll and the songs of the Beatles. To Leo,
John Lennon appeared to be the greatest musician
that ever lived like the Michelangelo of music.
Though we missed him during the time we
received our diplomas, I learned years later that he
further explored the art circuits in the Ermita area
and had alliances with the Mabini artists like the
late Tony Ko, fellow UST alumnus. There was also
a time when Leo visited me in the mid-80s when he
traveled up north with his sister who was then with
the academe and had connections with the Cariños
of Baguio.
 More than three decades after our student
days, I was reunited with Leo this time in his home
town when my wife and I flew to Dipolog City as
wedding sponsors to our foster son Argie Lubon, a
junior officer of the Philippine Coast Guard.
Over lunch, Helen listens as two old buddies
reminisce old times. Since time permitted me to
see his place before the wedding, we dropped my
wife to our hotel so she can prepare for the
wedding as we motored to Leo’s place.
Luckily, we chartered a car for twelve hours and we
followed Leo in his motorbike towards his place not
too far away from the city proper. At a glance, his
place resembles a typical rural homestead with
trees abounding the surroundings but as you move
closer to its front door, you are greeted by painted
crossbars that accentuates the façade.

Entering his house from either front or

backdoor is an art experience as you see a mix of
painted boards, panels and canvasses. It is evident
that most of Leo’s work depicts the distinct culture
and customary practices of the Mindanao people in
various art styles. Though there is a touch of
modernism in the way Leo renders most of his
paintings, his old style with a touch of Post-
Impressionism and Fauvism is very much
revealing. Though I am not an expert in classifying
and identifying art-forms, Leo’s art style I believe is
very much his own as he use indigenous materials
to do his art pieces and fuses styles from different
cultures.

Belonging to the Samal Tribe of Sicayab,

Dipolog City as briefed in one of his online
promotions, Leo also perform ethnic music that
when I asked him to pose for me with his guitar, he
instead came out dressed with his ethnic attire with
a “Kuchapi” or “Kudyapi”, a type of guitar played by
indigenous people of Mindanao.

Our travel to Dipolog purposely for a family

affair became more memorable and worth the waits
and flight delays. Our side trip to the shrine of Dr.
Jose Rizal in Talisay, Dapitan is begging for
another narrative worth uploading in my next story.
Till we meet again Bai Leo. 

#DipologArtists #Tomasino, #USTFineArts, #Art
ibalChronicles 
Activity 2: My Journey and Plans in taking BCAE
Direction: Make a plan or goals in taking your course BCAE by following the questions
below as your guide. Make sure that the statement will answer who you are and what
are your plans as you making journey towards finishing BCAE. The structure and design
of your work depends on your creative minds. Criteria below will serve as the bases of
earning points from this activity. If you have questions and or clarification do not hesitate
to ask using the following mode of communication (Messenger, Google Classroom, SMS
and others).

Grading Percentage:

Creative Design of the output 20%

Quality of Content and Creative ideas 40%
Organization and relevance of thoughts 40%
Total of 100%

Percentage Equivalent Points

96-100% 10
91-95% 9
86-90% 8
81-85% 7
76-80% 6
75-below 5

My Journey and Plans in taking BCAE

Guide Questions:
1. What specific skills you have which you think will lead you to become an artist
in the future?
2. Which among the various industries you want to be employed in the future
where your skills in becoming an artist could be important criteria aside from
teaching?
3. What are the things that you need to consider in becoming a professional artist
as your journey?
4. If you are given a chance to become a freelance artist in the future what are
the things you will do to have sense on this journey in your life?
5. What do you think then is your function in your local community the moment
you achieved success on item number 1 to 4?
6. Final say or conclusion

Note: In the structure of this journey and plans in the future no need to write the
questions just make it as your guide in forming the whole output from this task.
Make sure that you understand the instructions before you start writing this
activity.
 Hi there it’s me again Prof. Tolibas
Congratulation you are done with all
learning activities in this unit the assessment
is now unlock you can start taking it and
submit base on the given schedule as

Creating an Appealing Artist Biography

Direction: Identify in your hometown a local artist and write an
appealing local community artist biography for this person
through online research and interview to recognize how they live
their skills on specific art field. Follow the guide below as if you
are putting yourself to your identified local artist as steps
revealed on the link given. Make sure that the making of this
task are not limited to what has been embedded on the guide
but your creative mind must work as well. Let this biography give
inspiration to the community for giving importance on the local
arts. Aside from the instructions above please read the rubrics
below so that you will be guided on how to get a highest points intended for this
formative assessment. Make use of the PowerPoint Presentation in writing biography of
identified artist.

LINK:
Writing an appealing artist biography
https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/how-to-write-an-appealing-artist-biography

Rubrics for Writing Local Artist Biography (80 Points)

Criteria Weight Excellent Good Fair Poor
4 3 2 1
Details early Details early Superficial No mention of
childhood family childhood family mention of family
life, adult family life as well as family life. life.
relationships adult family
3 which would relationships
Family Life include non- which would
traditional include non-
relationships and traditional
significant friends. relationships and
Analyzes the significant friends.
effect of these
relationships on
the individual's life
path.
Education 3 Mentions
educational
Details
educational
Mentions
educational
Does
explain
not

background and background and background but educational

other early provides analysis no analysis of background.
influences of all of significance significance later
training and later in life. in life.
learning events
that impact the
individual's later
views on life and
career.
Accomplishments 3 Explains the major
accomplishments
Explains the major
accomplishments
Shows some
understanding of
No
analysis
historical
of
of the person in of the person in person's person's
their historical his or her achievements in achievements in
 contexts at a high historical context historical historical
level of synthesis. at an adequate context. context.
Analyzes the level of synthesis. Mentions very Mentions no
significance of Mentions some few contempories,
why this individual contempories, contempories, dates, or
is important in his dates, and dates, or primary sources.
or her field of primary sources. primary sources.
expertise.
Mentions
contemporaries,
dates, and
primary sources
where applicable.
Powerpoint/Graphics 2 Slides are
attractive. Text is
Slides are
attractive. Text is
Slides
legible. Amount
are The slides are
not legible. The
legible. No legible. No of text is too amount of text is
grammatical grammatical great for the too great for the
errors. Graphics errors. More than amount of space space provided.
and effects are half of the slides provided. Some There are
used throughout use graphics and grammatical several
to enhance effects to enhance errors. Less grammatical
presentation. presentation. then half the errors. There is
Information is at Information slides have little use of
the advanced adequately graphics or graphics or
level and supports images. effects. effect. The
consistently Information information does
supports images. supports not consistently
images. support images.
Presentation 5 The presentation
is well
The presentation
is well
The
made
presenter
minimal
The presenter
made no eye
coordinated. All coordinated. Most eye contact with contact with the
material is material is the audience. audience.
presented using presented in new Everything is Everything is
language that is form and not as it read directly read directly
original. It does is written on the from the screen from the screen
not appear written screen or page. or page. or page.
down.
Connection 4 Explains
attracted
what
or
Explains
attracted
what
or
Explains what
attracted to the
Does not
mention or know
connected you to connected you to artist but not why they
the artist and why. the artist and why. why. selected the
What you learned artist.
about the artist ,
elaborate.
Source: https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=Z946C2&sp=yes&