Contemporary Arts

in the Philippines
• National Artist
- Film and Broadcast Arts
- Architecture, Design and Allied Arts

• Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan

- Folk Architecture
- Weaving
- Carving
Learning
Targets…
 What is the meaning of National
Artist?
 What is the meaning of
GAMABA (Gawad sa
Manlilikhang Bayan)
 Explains Filipino Artists’ roles
and identify their contribution to
contemporary arts.
 Compares forms of arts from the
different regions
What is National Artist?

―Who paved the way to free expressions

of art in the country, their works and
triumphs, and what made them who
they are now.
Film and Broadcast Arts
― is a 4 year programme about telling stories
- whether fictional or factual. It combines
high standards of training in production
skills to make programmes - dramas and
documentaries for radio, television
and cinema with a solid academic education
in media theory and contextual studies.
Ronald Allan K. Poe
August 20, 1939 -December 14, 2004

Do you know “Isang

Bala ka lang!”

• Also known as
“Da King”

• President Benigno
Aquino III has
conferred a
posthumous
National Artist to
the late king of the
Philippine Movies
FPJ.
 One of the famous movie of Fernando Poe Jr.

• Is a
1986 action film directed
by Pablo Santiago and
written by Antonio Pascua
 Eddie S. Romero
July 7, 1924 - 28 May 28, 2013

• The influential and

legendary director,
producer and
screenwriter was
known for his films
that focused on
Philippine culture,
history and politics.

• His career spans three

generations of
filmmakers that
began with his 1947
directorial debut “Ang
Kamay Ng Diyos”.
• His career spans three generations of
filmmakers that began with his 1947
directorial debut “Ang Kamay Ng Diyos”.

• He switched to making international films

in the 60s that brought together a cast of
Filipino and American actors.

• His 13-part series of Noli Me Tangere,

meanwhile introduced José Rizal’s novel
to a new generation of viewers
 One of the Famous Work of Eddie Romero

• Is a 1976 Filipino
romantic musical drama
film set in the era
of Spanish colonization in
the Philippines.
• The film was selected as
the Philippine entry for
the Best Foreign Language
Film at the 49th Academy
Awards, but was not
accepted as a nominee
Lamberto V. Avellana
February 12, 1915 - April 25, 1991

• Anak Dalita, which

was named Best
Film at the 1956
Asia-Pacific film
Festival, was a
realistic portrayal
of poverty-stricken
Filipino Coping
with the aftermath
of World War II
• Also known as “The Boy
Wonder of Philippine Movies” as
early as 1939. He was the first to
use the motion picture camera to
establish a point-of-view
 Famous Work of Lamberto Avellana
• Anak Dalita - is a 1956
Philippine crime
film directed by Lamberto
V. Avellana. The film was
selected as the Philippine
entry for the Best Foreign
Language Film at the 29th
Academy Awards, but was
not accepted as a
nominee. The film won the
Best Film Award at the
Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
Architecture, Design and Allied Arts

• Architecture – both the process and the

product planning, designing, and
constructing buildings and other physical
structures.
• Design – creation of plan or convention
for the construction of an object, system,
or measurable human interaction
• Allied Arts – the decorative arts as
applied to buildings
Ildefonso P. Santos Jr.
“I.P. Santos”
September 5, 1929 - January 29,
2014

• He introduced
outdoor shopping
concept through his
design of the Makati
Commercial Center
where incorporated
fountains, sculptures
and landscape walks
• Also know for being
“The Father of
Philippine Landscape
Architecture”
Makati Commercial Center
Famous Work of I.P. Santos
Manila Hotel Paco Park
 Juan Felipe de
Jesus Nakpil
May 26,1899 - May 7, 1986

• Juan Nakpil was a

Filipino architect.
He was known for
his Philippine
Architecture. Juan
has integrated
strength, function
and beauty in the
buildings that are
the country’s
heritage today
Famous Work of Juan Nakpil
Minor Basilica of the
Black Nazarene, Quiapo Capitol Theater, Manila
Francisco Mañosa
February 12, 1931 – February 20,
2019

• Known as the
"Father of
Philippine Neo-
vernacular
Architecture“
• He championed the
use of Filipino
materials in his
work, including
rattan, bamboo,
coconut, and capiz.
Famous work of Francisco Mañosa
Coconut Palace EDSA Shrine
What is GAMABA (Gawad sa Manlilikhang
Bayan)?

— The National Living Treasures Award,

alternatively known as the Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan is conferred to a person
or group of artists recognized by the
Government of the Philippines for their
contributions to the country's intangible
cultural heritage
Folk Architecture

— is the living environment people have

created for themselves.
—We can define local architecture as an
architecture formed in the process of
anonymous design which later becomes
traditional under the influence of various
factors.
Old Spanish Bridge
(Ivana, Batanes)

• Fr. Nicolas Castano

is the engineer-
architect of this
famous bridge in
the Ivan, Batanes
Weaving

― Involves many threads being

measured, cut, and mounted on a
wooden platform. The threads are
dyed and weaved on a loom.
 Buntal Hat
(Baliuag, Bulacan)

• a very fine white

Philippine fiber
obtained from
the stalks of
unopened leaves
of the talipot
palm and used in
making hats.
Carving

― The action of carving.

― An object or design cut from a
hard material as an artistic work.
Paete’s Wood Carving
(Laguna)

• Paete is the Wood

Carving Capital of
the Philippines.
• Paete’s name was
taken from the word
“paet” (or pait),
which is the local
term for chisel, the
main tool used in
woodcarving.
• In 2005, Paete was
proclaimed as the
wood carving capital
of the Philippines.