ARTS01G- CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

National Artist for Dance National Artist for Dance

(May 2006) (March 1976)

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Ramon Arevalo Obusan Leonor Orosa Goquingco
(June 16,1938–December 21,2006) (July 24,1917–July 15,2005)
 Ramon Obusan was a dancer, artistic  Leonor Goquinco was also known
director, stage designer and a as Cristina Luna and as the
choreographer. He was also known as pioneer Filipino choreographer in
researcher, archivist, and balletic folkloric. She is also called
documentary filmmaker who as " Mother of Philippine Theater
centered on Filipino culture. Obusan Dance","Trailbrazer", and "Dean of
also founded Ramon Obusan Folkloric Filipino Performing
  Arts Critics".
Group in 1971. Goquinco innovations has
Vamos a Belen! Series (1998-2004) reformed the Folk Dances.
Philippine Dances Tradition Festival in
Obra Maestra, a collection of Maguindanao (depicting a Muslim
Ramon Obusan's dance royal wedding)
masterpieces Vinta!, Morolandia (choreographe
d in 1938)

National Artist for Theater National Artist for Theater

(1997) (1999)

Wilfrido Ma. O Guerrero Daisy Hontiveros Avellana

(January 22,1910–April 28,1995) (January26,1917–May12,2013)
 Wilfrido Guerrero is a theater artist  Daisy Avellana was the first lady of
and a teacher who produced the most the Philippine Theater. She is a writer,
sterling luminaries in Philippine actor, and director. In 1939, Barangay
Performing arts today like Joy Virata, Theatre Guild was co-founded by
Jonee Gamboa, etc. As the artistic Avellana and her husband, National
director of the UP mobile Theater, he Artist Lamberto Avellana ,which
delivered 2500 performances with his popularize theater and dramatic arts
campus tour in 19 faithful years of by radio and television. She
service. professionalized the Filipino Theater.
Women are Extraordinary ”(1937) A Portrait of the Artist as
“Our Strange Ways” (1953) Filipino (1965)
Pag-asa (1951)

National Artist for Visual Arts National Artist for Visual Arts
(2006) (1997)

Benedicto ‘Bencab’ Cabrera Arturo Rogelio Luz

( Born on April 10, 1942) (Born on November 20, 1926)
 Benedicto Cabrera, better known as Arturo Luz was a sculptor, designer,
BenCab and glorified as master of and painter for more than 40 years.
Contemporary Philippine Art. His paintings are marked by
Basically metaphorical, Cabrera’s meticulous simplicity and restraint,
work regularly portrays lady and ever with subdued colors and understated
y so often men wrapped in whirling, form. Luz himself described them as
bundled textures and capes. BenCab "semi representational, semiabstract."
never fails to draw his inspiration Luz established the Luz Gallery that
from life—capturing the delicate developed a Filipino artistic
movements and raw emotions of community. He professionalized the
actual living figures or at least of his art gallery as an institution that
memories from his encounters. greatly influenced the Filipino Artists.
"Sabel"(1965)- homeless real-life "Harana" (Serenade)- exhibited in
scavenger woman "Asian Artists in Crystal" 1955
"Talipapa"- oil painting of a Street Musicians(1952)- an oil
market painting of performing musicans.
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