Artistic Skills & Mediums

Skills in Making Art

• Artistic refers to something related to art or artistry
• Skills refer to the ability to do something well
• Artistic skills enable artists to work in the fine arts
• Creativity happens when something new is involved or formed, tangible or intangible
• Creativity enhances new approaches, ideas, and designs in creating Art
• Creativity enhances unique solutions when facing challenges
• Learning and creating arts requires time and dedication
• Self expression in art displays thoughts, ideas, and feelings through clothing, action, and creations
• Enhancing self-expression makes an individual produce creative and unique works
• Collaboration involves working with others to create or produce art
• Collaboration allows for the acquisition of ideas and tips from others

Medium in Creating Art

• Medium refers to the substance an artist uses to create artwork

Contemporary Art Practices in the Philippines: About the Festival

• Festivals are special events with musical performances and plays, in one place or during a special day, usually for religious events
• Festivals involve social activities, food, and ceremonies

Festivities

• Festivities include honoring patron saints
• Festivities include thanksgiving for bountiful harvest
• Festivities commemorate events

Compositions

• Street dance/parade compositions can be part of festivities
• Song compositions can be part of festivities
• Architectural decor compositions can be part of festivities
• Fluvial Float compositions can be part of festivities

Festivities Honoring Patron Saints

• Sinulog Festival is in Cebu City during the 3rd week of January. Its patron saint is Sto. Nino
• Dinagyang Festival is in Iloilo City during the 4th Sunday of January. Its patron saint is Sto. Nino
• Ati-Atihan Festival is in Kalibo, Aklan (Panay Island) during the 3rd Sunday of January. Its patron saint is Sto. Nino
• Pahiyas Festival is in Lucban, Quezon on May 15th. Its patron saint is San Isidro Labrador
• Pamulinawen Festival is in Laoag, Ilocos Norte on February 10th, honoring Saint William de Hermit
• Sambali Festival is in Piat Cagayan during the last week of June, honoring Our Lady of Piat
• Hermosa Festival is in Zamboanga during the month of October, honoring Our Lady of Pilar
• Penafrencia is in Naga City (Bicol Region) during the month of September, honoring Our Lady of Penafrancia
• Aramang is in Appari, Cagayan on May 10th, honoring St. Peter Thelmo

Festivities Commemorating Events

• Moriones Festival is in Marinduque during Holy Week/Lenten Season with theatrical performances Honoring St. Longinus
• Panagbenga Festival is in Baguio City from February to March, a tribute to the 1990 Luzon Earthquake
• Pattaraday is in Santiago City, Cagayan during the 1st week of May to celebrate the founding anniversary of the city
• Masskara Festival is in Bacolod City during the 3rd week of October and pays tribute to their sugar industry
• Flomlok Festival is in Polomolok, South Cotabato on September 10th, relating to "Hunting Grounds"

Festivities: Thanksgiving For Bountiful Harvest

• Tobacco Festival is in Candon, Ilocos Norte, lasting the last week of March and celebrating the bountiful harvest of tobacco
• Butanding Festival is in Donsol, Sorsogon from April 25th-30th, giving thanks for the blessings given to the people of Dansol
• Kadayawan Festival is in Davao Festival during the 3rd week of August, giving thanks for nature's gifts

Why People Have Rituals?

• Filipino rituals are series of ceremonies involving beliefs and daily life
• Series of ceremonies commonly involve religious rites, betrothal and marriage rituals, rites of passage
• Belief Facts relate the interrelationship of man, nature, and the spirit world
• Daily Life includes "Pagmamano", "Pag-beso bilang bati", preparing for school, and doing homework

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Region

• Local materials are resources readily found in large quantities at a particular location or time
• Local materials can fabricate a finished product
• Indigenous materials are natural or inherent to a place or locality
• All indigenous art materials are considered local materials

Specific Art Materials

• Abaca belongs to the banana family; its fiber has natural luster with colors from white to dark brown
• Bakbak is the outer covering leaf sheath of the abaca stalk commonly used to make furniture
• Buntal fibers are cylindrical shaped and have good dyeing qualities
• Buri is extracted from the matured leaves of the buri palm, is durable and moisture-resistant
• Raffia fiber is extracted from unopened buri leaves, loom-woven into fabrics, wall coverings, upholstery, doors, and window hangings.
• Nito is a plant from the fern family growing in the hinterlands of Mindanao
• Coir is a fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree
• Pandan is a tropical plant processed into splints for raw material
• Tikiw: a large, marshy herb plant thriving in freshwater swamps
• Tikog: belongs to sea grasses and is used for mat weaving
• Bamboo can create products, constructions, textiles, musical instruments, and weapons
• Rattan belongs to the palm family and occurs as high/low climbers, single stemmed or clustered
• Sigay are cowrie shells for curtains, necklaces, and bracelets
• Puka shells are typically found in Hawaii and the Philippines
• Capiz is a translucent shell found in the coasts of philippines, they are used to make windows, lanterns, and other decorations

Techniques Applied to Contemporary Arts

• Singkaban is a Filipino art of shaving bamboo for home decor, bamboo arches, and signage.
• Singkaban includes Abaniko/Pamaypay, Half Moon, Bulakaykay, and Rayos/Bilog types
• Puni is a traditional art of leaf folding that uses elongated leaves
• Taka refers to papier-mache using carved wooden sculpture, originating in Paete, Laguna
• Pagpapalayok (Pottery) is forming vessels from clay, fired to give them a hard and durable form
• Pagbuburda (Embroidery) is decorative stitching, especially by hand, on fabrics like cotton, pina, and jusi.
• Contemporary arts, from the 1970s to present, use fewer primitive techniques in creating artworks

Contemporary Art Styles

• Minimalism is characterized by extreme simplicity and objects in their elemental form
• Minimalism includes Carl Andre's Horizontal Sculpture, Robert Morris' L Beams, and Ellsworth Kelly's-Red Blue Green
• Feminist art is art by women, about women's issues and explored what it was to be a woman and an artist in a made dominated world.
• Appropriation uses pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation
• Maximalism is a reaction against minimalism, that follows the saying "more is more"
• Urban art combines street art and graffiti, summarizing visual art from urban architecture or lifestyle
• Digital art uses digital technology for presentation with touchscreen devices and computer mouse

Gawad Sa Manlilikha Ng Bayan (National Living Treasure Awards)

• The awards were founded with Republic Act No. 7355 in April 1992
• The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) oversees it
• An Ad Hoc Panel of Experts helps the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Council to fairly select awardees
• Manlilikha ng Bayan must be a uniquely Filipino citizen engaged in traditional art
• Manlilikha ng Bayan must have skills at with a high level of technical and artistic excellence
• These skills should be widely practiced by the present generation in his/her community
• A Manlilikha ng Bayan candidate must process mastery, produce superior works, be engaged at least 50 years, command respect, transfer skills
• A candidate who cannot teach may be still recognized if possessing the required qualifications

Benefits and Privileges of an Awardee

• Individual awardees receive the title of Manlilikha ng Bayan
• Individual awardees receive a GAMABA gold-plated medallion
• Individual awardees receive lifetime benefits comparable to those of the highest officers of the land:
• Individual awardees receive cash award of Php 200,000.00 (net of taxes)
• Individual awardees a lifetime personal monthly allowance of Php 50,000.00
• Individual awardees medical and hospitalization benefits not exceeding Php 750,000.00 per year
• Individual awardees receive a state funeral
• Individual awardees receive precedence in state functions

Group awardees

• Group awardees receive the title Manlilikha ng Bayan
• Group awardees receive the GAMABA plaque
• Group awardees receive a one-time award of Php 200,000.00
• The assigned representative wil have a place of honor at state functions

Categories of Art

• Music
• Ornament
• Graphic & plastic arts
• Carving
• Dancing
• Pottery
• Maritime transport
• Textile & Fiber art

The Manlilikha ng Bayan Awardees

• Ginaw Bilog (Poet), is from Hanunuo Mangyan, Panaytayan, Oriental Mindoro. He sings "ambahan" poem consisting of seven syllables with messages of love and friendship
• Masino Intaray (Musician and Storyteller) is a Pala'wan from Brookes Point, Palawan. An outstanding master of the basal, kulilal and bagit.
• Samaon Sulaiman is a Mama sa Pano, from Maguindanao. He is known for his excellence in kutyapi playing.
• Lang Dulay (Textile Weaver) is a T'boli from lake Sebu, South Cotabato. She knows a hundred designs that reflect the wisdom and the visions of her people
• Salinta Monon (Textile Weaver) is a Tagabawa Bagobo from Bansalan, Davao D.S. known as "The Last Bagobo Weaver", her work is in demand
• Alonzo Saclag (Musician and Dancer) from Lubuagan, Kalinga, promotes Kalinga culture
• Federico Caballero (Epic Chanter), is from Sulod-Bukidnon, Calinog, Iloilo, and works for the documentation of the oral literature
• Uwang Ahadas (Musician), is a Yakan from Lamitan, Basilan. Ahadad promotes instrumental music connected to the agricultural cycle and the social realm
• Darhata Sawabi (Textile Weaver) is a Tausug from Parang, Sulu. Her strokes are firm and sure and she remains in her community to teach pis syabit weaving