The Artist & the Artisan

Artist
• Someone engaged in art activity related to
creating art, practicing arts, or demonstrating
arts.
• ART: refers to making tangible or intangible
products as an expression of creativity and
imagination for purely aesthetic reasons.
 Artisan
• Produces crafts which are meant for
decoration and are designed to be practical or
useful
 Artist vs Artisan
• Artist (producer of art)
• Artisan (designer of craft)
• The distinction is not in quality or artistic
achievement but in function
Art Museum/Art Gallery
 Art Museum or Art Gallery
• Building or space for the exhibition of art, usually
visual art.
• Museums can be public or private, but what
distinguishes a museum is the ownership or
collection.
• Art galleries are sometimes used to host other
artistic activities such as performance arts, music
concerts or poetry readings
• See list of museum in the Philippines in the book
 Performance Task
• Cultural Mapping
 Cultural Mapping
• Cultural mapping has been recognized by
UNESCO as a crucial tool and technique in
preserving the world's intangible and tangible
cultural assets. It encompasses a wide range
of techniques and activities from community-
based participatory data collection and
management to sophisticated mapping
using GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
• Cultural mapping involves a community identifying
and documenting local cultural resources. Through this research
cultural elements are recorded – the tangibles like galleries, craft
industries, distinctive landmarks, local events and industries, as well
as the intangibles like memories, personal histories, attitudes and
values. After researching the elements that make a
community unique, cultural mapping involves initiating a range of
community activities or projects, to record, conserve and use these
elements. …the most fundamental goal of cultural mapping is to
help communities recognize, celebrate, and support cultural
diversity for economic, social and regional development 
(Keynote speech, Clark, Sutherland & Young 1995.  Cultural
Mapping Symposium and Workshop, Australia).
Cultural asset mapping is a foundational step in
cultural planning. It identifies a community's
strengths and resources through the process of
inventorying tangible and intangible cultural assets.
Tangible assets include arts and natural heritage
resources on public and private land -- including
urban design and public art, cultural facilities, cultural
industries, artist networks, cultural festivals and
events, cultural occupations, and cultural
organizations. Intangible assets include stories and
traditions that contribute to defining a community's
unique identity and sense of place.
 Methods
• Surveys and/or in-person interviews with artists, arts
institutions, residents, business owners, educators,
politicians, churches, community associations, and
social service organizations
• Focus groups with individuals to learn about stories
and traditions specific to the diversity of cultures
within the study area
• Collection of data on arts participation from arts
institutions and organizations
• Collection of data on the locations of public art and
historic structures and locations
 Parts of Cultural Mapping
A complete asset mapping document includes
some or all of the following elements:
•Background of the municipality
•Methods (identify who were
surveyed/interviewed and how)
•Findings & Conclusions
•GIS maps
 Mapping Assessment
• Discussion on strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats facing the
identified cultural assets
• Polling to identify the most valued cultural
assets
• Discussion on why high value is placed on
these assets
• Identification of strategies that could improve
or expand these assets