A National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts, namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, Fashion Design and Architecture, and Allied Arts. Such Filipinos are announced, by virtue of a Presidential Proclamation, as National Artist or in Filipino, Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining. They are then conferred membership in the Order of National Artists, the regalia of which is an ornate, gilden collar of honor. In addition to the collar, each newly proclaimed member of the Order is given a citation that is presented during the awardees' conferment ceremonies. The Cultural Center of the Philippines then hosts a Memorabilia Exhibit and Gabi ng Parangal (A Night of Tributes) for the National Artists at the Tanghalang Pambansa. Image File history File links NatlArtist. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Note: broadcasting is also a term for hand sowing. ... Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to the design of clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is the premiere institution for culture and the arts in the country. ...

The National Artist Honors is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) by virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation No. 1001 of April 2, 1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The Government of the Republic of the Philippines confers the award to deserving individuals who have been recommended by both the CCP and the NCCA. The first award was posthumously conferred on Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is the premiere institution for culture and the arts in the country. ... The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the tenth president of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Philippines has a representative democracy modeled on the United States system. ... </nowiki>.example. ...

Criteria

Nominations for National Artist of the Philippines are based on a broad criteria, as set forth by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts:

1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nominationa 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;
2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works;
3. Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative expression or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists;
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; and
5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works, and/or respect and esteem from peers within an artistic discipline.

Nominations are then submitted to the National Artist Secretariat that is created by the National Artist Award Committee; experts from the different art fields then sit on a First Deliberation to prepare the short list of nominees. A Second Deliberation, which is a joint meeting of the Commissioners of the NCCA and the Board of Trustees of the CCP, decides on the final recomendees. The list is then forwarded to the President of the Philippines, who, by Presidential Proclamation, proclaims the final nominees as members of the Order of National Artists.^[1] 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

List of National Artists

Architecture/Landscape Architecture

• Pablo Antonio
• Juan Nakpil
• Leandro Locsin
• Ildefonso Santos (I.P. Santos)

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Film/Cinema

• Lino Brocka
• Ishmael Bernal
• Gerardo de León
• Fernando Poe Jr.
• Eddie S. Romero

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Dance

• Francisca Reyes Aquino
• Leonor Orosa Goquingco
• Ramon Obusan
• Lucrecia Reyes Urtula

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Fashion Design

• Ramon Valera

Historical Literature

• Carlos Quirino

Literature

• Francisco Arcellana
• Virgilio S. Almario
• N. V. M. Gonzales
• Amado V. Hernandez
• Nick Joaquin
• F. Sionil Jose
• Bienvenido Lumbera
• Alejandro R. Roces
• Carlos P. Romulo
• Edith L. Tiempo
• Jose Garcia Villa

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Music

• Antonino R. Buenaventura
• Levi Celerio
• Ernani Joson Cuenco
• Felipe Padilla De Leon
• Jovita Fuentes
• Lucrecia R. Kasilag
• Jose Maceda
• Antonio J. Molina
• Lucio D. San Pedro
• Andrea Veneracion
• Lea Salonga

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Theater and Film

• Daisy Avellana
• Lamberto V. Avellana
• Salvador F. Bernal
• Honorata "Atang" Dela Rama
• Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
• Severino Montano
• Rolando S. Tinio

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Visual Arts

• Napoleon Abueva
• Fernando C. Amorsolo
• Benedicto Cabrera ("Bencab")
• Victorio C. Edades
• Carlos V. Francisco
• Abdulmari Asia Imao
• Jose T. Joya
• Ang Kiukok
• Cesar Legaspi
• Arturo R. Luz
• Vicente S. Manansala
• J. Elizalde Navarro
• Hernando R. Ocampo
• Guillermo Estrella Tolentino

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External links

• Philippine National Artists Guidelines
• National Artists in Waiting: Six in a Fix
• An Online Resource Center for Filipino Writers and Readers