“What you could do

today, do it now, so you

could do something else
tomorrow.”
Eduardo Verchez Garcia
“Eddie Garcia”
in an interview with Esquire in 2018
 Orden ng
Pambansang Alagad
ng Sining
Background:
• Proclamation No. 1001 – 4/27/72
– The beginning of the National Artist Award
• Proclamation No. 1144 – 5/15/73
– CCP Board of Trustee - NAAC
• Presidential Decree No. 208 – 6/7/73
• Republic Act No. 7356 – 4/2/92
– NCCA was organized
• Executive Order No. 236 – 9/19/03
 Honors Code of the Philippines
 Cultural Order
 National Artist Award was thereby renamed ORDER
OF NATIONAL ARTIST
QUALIFICATION
S
Qualifications:

The artist must be a Filipino citizen

or at least at the time of the
nomination. An artist who has
passed on can still be nominated as
long as he/she was a Filipino
before they died.
Qualifications:

The artist should have

contributed “in building a
Filipino sense of
nationhood” as seen in
their works.
Qualifications:

The artist should have lead the

way in new and creative
expression or style, separating
themselves from others and in
turn influencing other
generations of artists.
Qualifications:

The artist’s work should be

noteworthy and an embodiment
of excellence, further enriching
their chosen field of creative
expression.
Qualifications:

The artist should be

critically acclaimed and
accepted by legitimate
institutions and peers.
Benefits
Benefits:

The title and rank

of a National Artist
Benefits:

Medal bearing the

insignia of National
Artist as well as a
citation
Benefits:
A cash gift of
Php 200,000 to the living artist
and Php 150,000 for those who
were recognized after their
death, which will be given to the
heir of the awardee
Benefits:

Minimum lifetime
personal monthly
stipend of
Php 50,000
Benefits:

Medical and
Hospitalization benefits
not exceeding
Php 750,000 per year
Benefits:

Life insurance to
those who are still
qualified
(GSIS)
Benefits:

State funeral and

interment at the
Libingan ng mga
Bayani
Benefits:

A reserved place at state

functions, awarding
ceremonies, and cultural
events
 The new batch of National Artists
(2018) is composed of Cebuano writer-
scholar Resil Mojares and Hiligaynon
writer Ramon Muzones (literature),
composer Ryan Cayabyab (music),
architect Francisco Mañosa
(architecture), filmmaker Eric "Kidlat
Tahimik" de Guia (film), dramatist-
puppeteer Ameial Lapeña-Bonifacio
(theater), and cartoonist Lauro Alcala
(visual arts).
 2022
National Artists
Nora Cabaltera Villamayor "Aunor“
Film and Broadcast Arts

Salvacion Navera Lim-Higgins (pc)

Fashion Design

Agnes Dakudao Locsin

Dance

Fides Belza Cuyugan-Asensio

Music
 Ricardo "Ricky" Arreola Lee
Film and Broadcast Arts

Gémino Henson Abad

Literature

Antonio "Tony" Ocampo Mabesa (pc)

Theater

Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (pc)

Film and Broadcast Arts