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Contributions of Artists & Unique Identity

• Traditional arts showcase the diverse heritage and cultural traditions which made each art unique.
• Weaving is a prominent art form among GAMABA awardees.
• Haja Amina Appi from Ungos Matata, Tawi-Tawi, weaves pandan into vibrant, symmetrical mats for prayer or gifts for newlyweds.
• Magdalena Gamayo of Luzon is known for preserving weaving through traditional patterns with excellence and consistency.
• Lang Dulay of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, creates t'nalak (fine abaca cloth) with traditional designs like bulinglangit (clouds), kabangi (butterfly), crocodiles, and flowers.

Exemplary Skills

• Eduardo Mutuc from Pampanga, a respected creator of religious and secular arts, is known for detailed and lifelike altars, mirrors, retablos, and carosas made with wood, silver, and bronze.
• Uwang Ahadas displays musical skill, mastering the kwintangan (made of logs).
• Samaon Sulaiman is a master of the kutyapi and proficient in playing other instruments like the kulintang, agong, gandingan, and tambul.

Way of Life

• Alonzo Saclag of Lubuagan, Kalinga, is skilled in local musical instruments and dance patterns used in celebrations and communal agreements, and formed the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe.
• Federico Caballero of Calinog, Iloilo, learned Suguidanon, a Central Panay epic, chanted by a binukot.

Enduring Values

• The Mangyan script, preserved by Ginaw Bilog of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, is one of the four remaining syllabic scripts.
• Ginaw Bilog was popular for writing ambahan (metaphoric poem) on bamboo tubes, expressing affection for family and friends.
• Textile weaving demonstrates dedication through intricate use of color, harmony, and shape.
• Spirituality is evident in Filipino art through faith-related subjects, like Darhata Sawabi's textile designs and Eduardo Mutuc's carvings.

Vision

• Traditional art reflects the artist's vision and inspires the creation of new art.
• Teofilo Garcia from San Quintin, Abra, makes gourd hats (tabungaw) to protect farmers from the heat.
• Salinta Monon, a textile weaver from Davao Del Sur, dreamt of establishing the art through teaching.

GAMABA & Contemporary Arts

• GAMABA recognizes artists who have contributed significant, timeless art forms.
• Contemporary arts show diverse heritage and cultural traditions, as seen in the weaving patterns of Haja Amina Appi, Magdalena Gamayo, and Lang Dulay.
• Art forms reflect Filipino ways of life, such as communal agreements in Kalinga (Alonzo Saclag) and the status of women through Suguidanon (Federico Caballero).
• Traditional art inspires new creations, as shown by Teofilo Garcia's gourd hats and Salinta Monon's weaving.
• Arts carry significant contributions, inspiring contemporary arts.

Importance of Arts & Culture

• Philippine arts and culture are rich and uniquely Filipino.
• Arts provide a shared community experience, passing down values and belief systems.
• Awareness and pride in cultural heritage make individuals active in nation-building.
• Executive Order No. 118 created the Presidential Commission on Culture and the Arts in 1987.
• Understanding history helps individuals appreciate the country's struggles and triumphs.

Environmental Influences

• Tourism can harm ecological domains and diminish the quality of native art forms by transforming works into mass-produced souvenirs.
• Militarization causes insecurity and tension, hindering artistic creation and knowledge exchange.
• Christianization can affect the preservation of indigenous rituals, though communities may harmonize indigenous ways with Christian traditions, like the Manobo community of Mt. Apo's "culture regeneration movement".

Support System of Philippine Art

• Authorities, institutions, markets, galleries, and award-giving bodies support and protect Philippine art, preserving traditions despite modernization.
• The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the main policy-making body, coordinating and granting agency for preserving and promoting Philippine arts and culture.
• The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) promotes artistic excellence.
• The National Museum preserves and exhibits cultural, historical, and artistic works.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Manila embraces art for all with bilingual texts and community programs.
• The BenCab Museum houses the collection of Benedicto Cabrera and promotes arts, culture, and environmental protection in the Cordilleras.
• Art Fair Philippines exhibits and sells modern and contemporary Philippine visual art.
• ManilART is the Philippines' international art fair, promoting Filipino art locally and internationally.
• Finale Art File showcases contemporary visual arts.
• The Kublai Art Gallery and Davao Contemporary Art Gallery feature Davao's visual artists.
• The Thirteen Artists Awards mark the turning points in Philippine contemporary art.

Traditional Techniques in Contemporary Art

• An art is created using the way the artist uses and manipulates materials to express art and ideas

Traditional Art Techniques

• Puni (Bulacan) is leaf frond folding of Malayan origin.
• Singkaban (Malolos, Bulacan) is a decorated bamboo arch.
• Saniculas (Pampanga) are cookies with the imprint of San Nicolas de Tolentino.
• Pabalat (San Miguel, Bulacan) is the art of making pastillas wrappers.
• Taka (Paete, Laguna) refers to paper maché using a wooden mold.
• Pagbuburda (Taal, Batangas and Lumban, Laguna) involves delicate embroideries.

Application of Traditional Techniques to Contemporary Arts and Examples

• Straw Folding: Straws are folded into wax-coated paper tubes.
• Origami: Art of paper folding from Japanese culture.
• Bamboo Art: Processes include cleaning, cutting, splitting, carving, and dyeing.
• Polvoron Molder: Used to shape polvoron.
• Packaging: Can be simple or decorated.
• Paper Maché: Uses molds, paper pieces, and adhesives.
• Stitching: Basic elements in sewing.
• Loom Bands: Plastic tool to weave rubber bands into decorative items.
• Nylon Bracelets: Tough, lightweight elastic bands.

Common Techniques in Contemporary Arts

• Minimalism: Removing unnecessary elements, focusing on the essential.
• Found Objects: Using discarded items in art.
• Large-Scale Art: Creating huge artworks for public display.

Medium Used in Contemporary Art Forms

• Artists use available materials, often local to their community.
• Medium: The material or substance used to create art.

Classification of Art Forms According to Medium

• Musical
  • Description: use of rhythms, sounds, instrument, human voice
  • Art Form: music, poetry, song, dance, theatre artist
  • Medium: musical instruments, traditional musical instruments made by local materials, body and movements, integration of stage, design, performance elements and script
• Practical
  • Description: art with immediate use in daily life
  • Art Form: designs, architect, sculptor
  • Medium: cement, paper, bamboo, wood, bricks, stone, concrete, metal, wood, stone, clay, glass
• Environmental
  • Description: An art that occupies space
  • Art Form: installation, public art
  • Medium: wires, junk, recycled materials
• Pictorial Works
  • Description: uses shapes, pictures, graphics
  • Art Form: painting, drawing, design, photography
  • Medium: camera, celluloids/negatives, processing chemicals prints
• Narrative
  • Description: based on story
  • Art Form: drama, novel, music and dance
  • Medium: language

Contemporary Techniques and Arts

• Mark Salvatus' Secret Garden 2
  • Techniques: minimalism, found objects
  • Description: Created for a small room at the Vargas Museum to show a site-specific work.
• Interactive Games by Ikoy Ricio
  • Techniques: found objects
  • Description: Artwork composed images of Philippine car wrecks with cards installed on a table with chairs for the players.
• Untitled (Mirrors) by Maria Taniguchi
  • Techniques: large-scale Art, minimalism
  • Description: Used traditional medium of acrylic paint that encourages meditations apart from viewing.
• Felix Bacolor's Waiting (2012)
  • Techniques: large-scale Art, minimalism
  • Description: Space in Museum of Contemporary art and design is a simulation of a waiting room with real digital clocks and metallic immovable chairs.
• Anonymous Animals in Mariyah Gallery in Dumaguete 2013 (Taguchi, Teves, Sollesta, Vanlenzuela and Ranada)
  • Techniques: large-scale art, found objects
  • Description: Excavated animals were presented with specific and scientific names with invented stories by curator make the animals seem to exist with embedded journalist/photographer.