CPAR-REPORTING Arts promotion and preservation.pptx

Grade 12 lesson

1. Arts promotion and preservation By: Christille O. Aquino

2. What is art? Art is a national heritage that is essential in building the nation and ensuring democracy. Paintings, sculptures, songs, dances, poetry, and other forms of art remind people of the origins, histories, struggles, and triumphs of the nation. 2

3. National commission for culture and arts

4. In 1987, then President Corazon C. Aquino penned Executive Order No. 118 creating the Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts. Five years later, in 1992, this presidential directive was enacted into law– Republic Act 7356, creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The original bill was jointly authored by Senators Edgardo Angara, Heherson Alvarez, Leticia Ramos Shahani, and Congressman Carlos Padilla.

5. The NCCA is the country’s overall policy-making body, coordinating, and grants-giving agency for the preservation, development, and promotion of the Philippine arts and culture. The creation of NCCA serves as the state’s initiative to promote and develop art and culture awareness in the country. The NCCA, through its committees and subcommittees, ensures that the interests of the various regions are represented. There are six arts and cultural government agencies under the NCCA. 5

6. 6 cultural AGENCIES Under NCCA 6

7. ​ 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. CCP is also responsible for bringing together the different arts from various regions to the entire country and the whole world. It is home to nine artistic resident companies such as National Music Competition for Young Artists Foundation (NAMCYA), and Ballet Philippines . Philippine Madrigal Singers , Philippine Ballet Theater , UST Symphony Orchestra, Tanghalang Pilipino , Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company and Ramon Obusan Folkloric group . These companies regularly stage productions, conduct workshops, and provide outreach to the community. 7

8. National Museum of the Philippines Located in 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 main task is to solicit, document preserve, exhibit, and promote the natural and artificial wonders of the Philippines. It has two main divisions- the Natural History Museum and the National Art Gallery. 8

9. National Library of the Philippines ​ Established in 1901, the NPL when was called the American Circulating Library to serve as a “memorial to American servicemen who died in Philippine soil.” Today, the NPL 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” and providing access to these resources for our people’s intellectual growth, citizenship building, lifelong learning, and enlightenment. The NPL is home to rare books and documents such as Acta de la Proclamation de la Independencia del Pueblo Filipino and the manuscript of the trial of Andres Bonifacio. 9

10. ​ National Archives of the Philippines The history goes back to the Treaty of Paris in 1898 “ Which stipulated the cession of documents from Spanish to American authorities and provided for the preservation of documents.” Today, the National Archives is a guardian to over 400 documents from the Spanish era dating 1552-1900 and various records from the American period to the Republic . 10

11. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) ​ The KWF or the Commission on the Filipino Language 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”. To promote and develop our national language, the KWF has annually given the Talaang Ginto ; Makata ng Taon for Filipino poetry, Aklat ng Bayan and other grants or programs on fundings, awards, and projects 11

12. THANK YOU