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Arts Appreciation

Activity 3
Reaction Paper

Complied to:
Ms. Primeda Tan
Course Instructor
Complied by:
Ronald S. Guanzon BSIS 1A
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1.) Who was the artists featured in the video documentary?

Answers:

A. Levi Celerio
B. Lucio San Pedro
C.) Julie Lluch Dalena
D.) Sari Dalena
E.) Leonor Orosa Goquingco
F. Kidlat Tahimik
G. Kawayan
2.) Discuss the contribution of each artist to the Philippine Art.

Answers:

A.) Levi Celerio

Contributions:

Composer and lyricist.

Wrote lyrics for more than 4,000 Filipino folk and love songs.

Made the Guinness Book of Records for playing music using leaves.

Wrote lyrics for more than 4,000 Filipino folk, Christmas and love songs,
including many that became movie titles.

He was awarded the title of national artist for music and literature in 1997 by
Philippines President Fidel Ramos, who cited the prolific lyricist and composer
for writing music "that was a perfect embodiment of the heartfelt sentiments
and valued traditions of the Filipino."
Gawad Urian awardee from the Pilipino Film Cretic in 1992

According to him
The power of music – the hour of hard work music will give you power
and in the hour of friendship music will bring understanding and in the hour of
love music brings more romance
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B.) Lucio San Pedro

Contributions:
Was become a Chairman of Composition Department of Center
Scholar University.
1947 was sent in Juilliard School of Music in America as scholar
under Professor Bernard Wagenaar
1991 proclaimed as National Artist for music
ASEAN Awardee of Singapore
Composer of Popular lullaby “Sa Ugoy ng Duyan “and the
symphonic Poem “lahing kayumanggi”
Folksong music
According to him:
A serious composer thinks twice before he/she writes something and
Being a composer of the Philippines & living within at this with world
C.) Julie Lluch Dalena
Contributions:
Christian Artist and the Feminist artist
1983 who help establish the Indepence
1985 renewed Christian who help her
1992 did a work that call her doxology where the women is Really
died and she said in order to really live you have to know how you
die.
 1997 won the Araw ng Maynila award for Sculpture.
Held her first one-woman show at Sining Kamalig in 1977
According to her:
The value of art cannot be overrated and she believed art should be
Taught early in school and also art is spiritual.
D.) Sari Dalena
Contributions:
Documentary about the participation of women about the
revolution.
Won, Best Director for Ka Oryang (2011
Honored as one of the Cultural Center of the Philippine's 13
Artists Awards in 2000 
Independent filmmaker 
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E.) Leonor Orosa Goquingco

Contributions:
Mother of the Philippine Theater Dance
First artist who used the theme about our culture
Pioneer of new folkdance styles
First choreographed was the Legend of the sea and sky
Filipinescas: Philippine life, Legends and Love in Dance
This serves as the best work of her with length of 2
hours
And it was shows in a 4 country.
1970 awarded as National Artist for Dance
Tribute to La Orosa Cultural Center of the Philippines
Teaching Ballet for 15 years
ASEAN Awardee in 1993
According to her: Music, Dance, and visual art filipinos were very talented and
Have extra ordinary talents.
F.) Kidlat Tahimik
Contributions:
Filmmaker
The father of the Philippine independent film
Performance Artist
Culture Observer
One of the pioneering independent filmmakers in Asia.
Besides directing, he is involved in script-writing,
shooting, editing and acting.
His works have won international acclaim for the unique
sense of humor with which he presents the Filipino
qualities of proud consciousness as developing nation,
and resistance to cultural imperialism.
G.) Kawayan De Guia
Contributions:
Baguio City-based artist and curator whose practice spans
painting, installation and sculpture
His artworks use indigenous and colonial artefacts, playfully
transforming them into lavish and often ironic critiques of
consumerism, global trade and the impact of the American
occupation of the Philippines.  
Established the centennial of Philippine independence in 1998

Built an installation art composed of congregational prayers

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3.) Discuss the hindrance each artist experienced before they reach the fame in their own

of field of specialization?

Answers:

A.Levi Celerio – that time Philippines was colonized of Japan then in order for them
Stay away from the war they stop in arayat mountain and they did not
know that the Japanese soldiers was there then they accused as a
Gorilla then the gun was ready to click then he said no then he proves
that he is a musician he gets many leaves and use to start a music in a
Japanese language, then Japanese soldiers sings because they know the
lyrics and the song then when we are far away from them that times I
was nervous.
B.) Lucio San Pedro – he was playing music just to earn a few pesos in night club for
Schooling and a scholar ng Up until he was graduated then on 1935
the president created a committee to travel country to have create a
folksongs.
C.) Julie Lluch Dalena -the kind of art she’s doing now is conscious about the
Relationship or the conflict between nature and grace
For Instance between life and death, death & resurrection
And she was a personal attachment with clay.
D.)Sari Dalena – the daughter of Julie LluchH Dalena and was a member of Women
E.) Leonor Orosa Goquingco – she was go to 7 country and raise a funds to have
she left she raised a funds to have money to use
only her wife was a sponsor because his husband
F. Kidlat Tahimik – went to paris to become an economist but he was a regular
Speaker in all art & film festivals. After 5 years he realized that he was
not an economist then on 1972 in Munich Germany he started to be
serious in film maker And he preserved the Ifugao culture. And he
wanted to run as a President that his ambitious .
G. Kawayan – son of Kidlat Tahimik