ARTS

PROMOTION AND
PRESERVATION
 ART
• is a national heritage that is essential in building the nation and ensuring
democracy. Paintings, sculptures, songs, dances, poetry and other art forms
remind people of the origins, histories, struggles and triumphs of the nation.

• As part of the democratic thrust of the Corazon Aquino administration,

Executive Order No. 118 created the Presidential Commission on Culture and
the Arts in 1987. Five years later, Republic Act 7356 established the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts.
 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON
CULTURE AND THE ARTS
• The NCCA is the country’s “overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants giving
agency for the preservation, development, and promotion of Philippines arts and culture.

• There are six arts and cultural government agencies under the NCCA:
– Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
– National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
– National Museum of the Philippines
– National Library of the Philippines
– The National Archives of the Philippines
– Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
 CULTURAL CENTER OF THE
PHILIPPINES (CCP)
• For almost 50 years, CCP has been serving as the premier venue in the Philippines for culture and the arts. It has
hosted numerous shows and exhibitions on both performance and visual arts.

• It is home to nine artistic resident companies:

– National Music Competition for Young Artists Foundation (NAMCYA)
– Ballet Philippines
– Philippine Madrigal Singers
– Philippine Ballet Theater
– UST Symphony Orchestra
– Tanghalang Pilipino
– Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company
– Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group
NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION
OF THE PHILIPPINES (NHCP)
• was created with a vision of “a Filipino society with citizens
informed of their history, who love their country and are proud of
their cultural heritage.
 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE
PHILIPPINES
• Located at the heart of Manila, the National Museum of the Philippines is the
country’s repository of archaeological artifacts, national treasures, and rare
specimens found and produced in the country.

• The National Museum is also responsible for putting up a network of museums

around the country to serve as local destination of the diverse natural and cultural
heritage of the country
• The National Museum has two main divisions – the Natural History Museum
and the National Art Gallery.

• The most valuable artwork housed in the National Museum is Juan Luna’s
opus, Spolarium. It is the largest painting in the Philippines. (4.22 meters x
7.675 meters)
 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
• Established in 1901, was then called the American Circulating Library.

• Today, NLP has the mandate of serving as a “repository of the printed and
recorded cultural heritage of the country and other intellectual literary and
information sources.

• It is the home to rare books and documents such as Acta de la Proclamacion de la

Independencia del Pueblo Filipino and the manuscript of the trial of Andres
Bonifacio.
 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF
THE PHILIPPINES
• is guardian to 400 documents from the Spanish era dating 1552 –
1990 and various records from the American Period to the Republic.
 KOMISYON SA WIKANG
FILIPINO
• was created via Republic Act No. 7104: “Congress shall establish a national
language commission composed of representatives of various regions and
disciplines which shall undertake, coordinate and promote researches for the
development, propagation and preservation of Filipino and other Philippine
languages.