The Filipino Artist’s Role &

their Contributions to
Contemporary Arts
Prepared by: LADYLYNN B. MACASABUANG
Learning Competency:

•Explains Filipino artist’ roles and identify

their contribution to contemporary arts
Learning Objective
•Discuss details about the role and
contribution of Filipino artists to
contemporary arts.
Learning Topic:
1.The Filipino Artists
2. Philippine National Artists
3.Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
4.World-Class Filipino Artists
Review:
VARIOUS ART FORMS BEFORE
CONTEMPORARY ERA: VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS:
VISUAL ART: INTEGRATIVE ARTS:
Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Calligraphy,  Choreography
Photography
Musical Instruments
APPLIED ART:
Architecture, Fashion, Pottery, Jewelry Design,
Literary & Musical Compositions
Interior Design Visual Designs & Applied Arts
Combined
PERFORMING ART AND OTHERS:
Dancing, Music, Theater Arts, Film Productions, Theatrical Performance
Literature Cinema
The Filipino Artists
Artist – one who professes
and practices an
imaginative art
The Filipino Artists
In the past, the artists’ role was well-
defined and that was to create something
that uplifted the spirit, something
aesthetically pleasing and entertaining.
The Filipino Artists
In the kind of art that we have today, the Filipino artists’ role is four-
fold:
1. The PERSONAL
2. The SOCIAL
3. The PHYSICAL
4. The IMMATERIAL
1. The Personal

The artist expresses what he or she feels.

2. The Social

The artist expresses what he or she sees

around him/ her
3. The Physical

The artists finds a need to create something not only pleasing to look at but
something useful as well.
4. The Immaterial
The artist gives form to the immaterial, the hidden truth of the universe,, and
the spiritual force that inhabits the world.
Role of Filipino Contemporary Artists

•The Filipino artist gives his

opinion about the culture of
his time.
Role of Filipino Contemporary Artists

•The Filipino artist is a

crusader, attempting to sway
the viewer to his or her side
Role of Filipino Contemporary Artists

•The Filipino artist has

become a social critic.
Role of Filipino Contemporary Artists

•The Filipino artist has also

become an advocate for what
she believes in.
Role of Filipino Contemporary Artists

•The Filipino is versatile

National Artists of the Philippines

•Order of National Artist – it has been

established by virtue of Presidential
Proclamation No. 1001’ s. 1972
National Artists of the Philippines

The Order of National Artists is the highest award conferred by the President
of the Philippines to the nation’s artists.
What does it take to be a National Artist?

1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for

the last ten years prior to nomination as well as
those who have died after the establishment of the
award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time
of their death.
What does it take to be a National Artist?

2. Artists who have helped build a

Filipino sense of nationhood through
the content and form of their works:
What does it take to be a National Artist?

3. Artists who have distinguished themselves

by pioneering in a mode of creative expression
or style, making an impact on succeeding
generations of artists.
What does it take to be a National Artist?

4. Artists who have created a significant body

of works and/or have consistently displayed
excellence in the practice of their art form,
enriching artistic expression or style.
What does it take to be a National Artist?

5. Artist who enjoy broad acceptance through

prestigious national and/or international
recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or
international events, critical acclaim and/or
reviewers of their works, and/or respect and
esteem from peers within an artistic discipline.
Benefits if Being a National Artist

1. The rank and title of National Artist,

as proclaimed by the President of the
Philippines.
Benefits if Being a National Artist

2. The INSIGNIA of a National Artist

and a Citation.
Benefits if Being a National Artist

3. A lifetime emolument and material

and physical benefits comparable in
value to those received by the highest
officers of the land such as:
Benefits if Being a National Artist

A cash award of one hundred

thousand pesos (P100,000.00) net of
taxes, for living awardees;
Benefits if Being a National Artist

A cash award of seventy-five

thousand pesos (P75,000) net of
taxes, for posthumous awardees,
payable to legal heir.
Benefits if Being a National Artist

 A monthly life pension, medical and

hospitalization benefits.
Benefits if Being a National Artist

 Life insurance coverage for

Awardees who are still insurable;
Benefits if Being a National Artist

 A state funeral and burial at the

Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Benefits if Being a National Artist

 A place of honor, in line with

protocolar precedence, at national
state functions, and recognition at
cultural events;