CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE

ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

4 WEEK
 PRAYER
Heavenly Father and your Beloved
Son Jesus ChArist
We thank you for giving us another
life,
We thank you for another beautiful
morning,
As we go on through our lessons
today,
 Please enlighten our minds,
Give us strength to participate in our
subject today,
Thank you for this opportunity to
learn and serve others,
And help me to always remember the
truth of your Glory!
In Jesus’ name. Amen
PROCEDURE
In this module you will be able to:
1.) explain the Filipino artists role,
and
2.) Identify their contribution to
contemporary arts.
3.) Demonstrate appreciation to their
contribution to the Philippine arts.
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.
Write your answers on the space provided.
1. He was known for using the backlighting technique in painting,
making his creations bright and cheerful.
a. Fernando Amorsolo c. Cesar Legaspi
b. Vicente Manansala d. Napoleon Abueva
2. He was known for using historical events as subject matter for
his murals.
a. Hernando R. Ocampo c. Guillermo E. Tolentino
b. Carlos “Butong” Francisco d. Victoro C. Edades
3. He was considered to be the Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture.
a. Fernando Amorsolo c. Napoleon V. Abueva
b. Hernando R. Ocampo d. Manuel Conde
4. He was the first and so far the only National
Artist for Historical Literature.
a. Francisco Arcellana c. Alejandro Roces
b. Nick Joaquin d. Carlos Quirino
5. He was known for his contribution in the
development of the tagalog prose through the
use of colloquial style.
a. Carlos P. Romulo c. Virgilio S. Almario
b. Bienvenido Lumbera d. Amado V. Hernandez
PROPER LESSON
Filipino Artists and their Contribution
to the Philippine Arts
 Filipino Artists play a role in
presenting and educating the public
about our history and helped shape a
sense of national identity by
expressing the cultural richness of
the archipelago in all its diversity.
What's new
Activity 1:
Direction: Write one song that each artist sung.
1.Freddie Aguilar
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2.Gary V.__________________________________________
3.Rachel Ann Go __________________________________
4.Lea Salonga _____________________________________
5.Charice Pempengco _____________________________
Activity 2:
DIRECTION: Using a venn diagram, compare and contrast
Vhong Navarro and Jhong Hilario as to their genre.
Activity 3 :
DIRECTION: Write YEAP if the statement is correct
OOPPS if otherwise.

________ 1. Noli de Castro was the TV news anchor of ABS-

CBN and the vice president during Pres. Arroyo’s
administration.
________ 2. Jennilyn Mercado’s genre is broadcasting.
________ 3. Jessica Soho’s genre is acting.
________ 4. Korina Sanchez documented the kidneys for sale
business.
________ 5. Wenn de Rammas has directed most romantic-
comedy films distributed by Star Cinema.
What is it
Filipino Artists in the Field of
Music:
Filipino Artists in the Field
of Dance:
Filipino Artists in the Field of
Theater:
Filipino Artists in the Field
of Visual Arts:
Filipino Artists in the Field of
Literature:
a.Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 –
August 21, 2011) Tiempo is a poet,
fictionist, teacher and literary critic
who founded the Siliman National
Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City
with her late husband Edilberto K.
Tiempo.
 b.Bienvenido Lumbera (April 11, 1932)
Lumbera is a multi-awarded poet, critic
and librettist. His works includes Likhang
Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino and
English), 1993; Balaybay, Mga Tulang
Lunot at Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling
Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musila, 2004;
Tales of the Manuvu and Rama Hari.
c.Francisco Sionil Jose (December 3,
1924) F.Sionil Jose is one of the most widely
read Filipino writers founded the Philippine
chapter of the international organization
PEN.
d.Francisco Arcellana (September 6, 1916
– August 1, 2002) Arcellana is a writer, poet,
essayist, critic, journalist and teacher, who
is recognized as one of the pioneers in
writing modern Filipino short stories in
English. He also originated the lyrical
prose-poetic form in writing short stories.
Filipino Artists in the
Field of Film and
Broadcast Arts:
a.Film
 a.1. Wenn Deramas,
work as a waiter at the Aristocrat Restaurant and was
promoted as food and beverages coordinator after two
years. In 1990., he worked as a production assistant for
the TV show Tatak Pilipino. He is also a writer for the
show Teysi ng Tahanan and was promoted as the
executive producer of Calvento Files. Since then he had
been directing soap operas and films.
 a.2. Cathy Molina,
she is a Filipino film and television director. She has
directed most romantic-comedy films distributed by Star
Cinema. She is considered to be the country’s box-office
director, with seven of her films entering the list of
highest grossing films in the Philippines.
 a.3. Dingdong Dantes,
Jose Sixto Gonzales Dantes III is his real name is a
Filipino actor, television presenter, commercial model,
and film producer. He is the chairman of the Yes Pinoy
Foundation and Commissioner of the National Youth
Commission, and manages his own film studio named
AgostoDos Pictures.
 a.4. Jennelyn Mercado,
a Filipino actress, singer, and songwriter. She gained
fame
as the winner of the first season of the reality talent
competition StarStruck. She has released three albums
from GMA Records and Viva Records which have
several popular singles such as “ Sa Aking Panaginip”.
b.Broadcast Arts
Filipino Artist for Architecture
and Design:
 a.Pablo S. Antonio
(January 25, 1902 – June 14, 1975) He was considered a pioneer in
modern Philippine architecture. A prominent feature of his designs is
the use of natural light and cross ventilation. According to Antonio,
buildings should be planned with austerity in mind and its stability
forever as the aim of true architecture; that buildings must be
progressive, simple in design but dignified, true to a purpose without
resorting to an applied set of aesthetics and should eternally recreate
truth.
 b. Leandro V. Locsin
(August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994) His designs
usually features themes of floating volume and a mix of
both eastern and western aesthetics.
 c.Ildefonso P. Santos
(September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014) Santos pioneered
landscape architecture in the Philippines. His work in the
Makati Commercial Center incorporated fountains,
sculptures and landscapes to a shopping area.
 GAWAD SA
MANLILIKHA NG
BAYAN (GAMABA):
 a.Eduardo Mutuc
(2005 awardee) He dedicated his life in creating religious
and secular art in silver, bronze and wood. According to
him, craftsmanship begins with respect for one’s tools and
the 22 medium, and the only way to improve one’s skills is
to immerse oneself, learn the technique, and to practice.
 b.Darhata Sawabi
(2005 awardee) She is a Tausug weaver of pis syabit – the
traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head cover. Women in
Sulu province have grown up learning in weaving the pis
syabit and she is one of those who took the art of pis syabit
making to heart.
 c.Haja Amina Appi
(2005 awardee) She is recognized as a master mat weaver
among the Sama indigenous community for her unique
designs, straightness of her edging (tabig), and fineness of
her sasa and kima-kima.
 d.Lang Dulay
(1998 awardee) She is a T’boli traditional weaver of
“tinalak” or T’boli cloth made of colorful abaca fabrics.
She used abaca fibers as fine as hair which speaks more
eloquently than words can.
 e. Salinta Monon
(1998 awardee) She is a Tagabanwa-Bagobo traditional
weaver of distinct abaca fabrics called inabal. She
developed a keen eye for the traditional designs and can
identify the designs as well as the author of a woven piece
just by a glance.
 f.Alonzo Saclag
(2000 awardee) He is a Kalinga master of dance and the
performing arts who mastered not only the Kalinga
musical instruments but also the dance patterns and
movements associated with his people’s ritual. Federico
Caballero He is a Sulod-Bukidnon epic chanter who works
for the documentation of the oral literature. He is
considered as bantugan which means a person who has
attained distinction. He strikes to dispense justice in the
community through his work as a manughusay which is an
arbiter of conflicts.
 g.Masino Intaray
(1993 awardee) He is a prolific and pre-eminent epic
canter and story teller recognized forhis outstanding
mastery of various traditional musical instruments of the
Palaw’an people, such as basal, kulilal and bagit. He is an
outstanding master of the basal, kulilal (musical ensemble)
and bagit; a gifted pot, bard artist, and musician.
 h.Samon Sulaiman
(1993 awardee) He is Magindanaon, who is highly
sophisticated in weaving, okir designs, jewelry, metalwork
and brassware which art is Southeast Asian yet distinct in
character.
 i.Uwang Ahadas
(2000 awardee) His near-blindness eyesight made music his constant
companion. He is a Yakan, a people to whom instrumental music is
of much significance, connected as it is with both the agricultural
cycle and the social realm. Ginaw Bilog (1993 awardee) He is a
Hanunoo Mangyan who is considered as a master of the ambahan
poetry. He shares old and new ambahans with his fellow Mangyans
and promotes this poetic form in every occasion. A common cultural
aspect among cultural communities nationwide is the oral tradition
characterized by poetic verses which are either sung or chanted.
 j.Magdalena Gamayo
(2012 awardee) She is a master weaver who makes “inabel”, an
Ilokano handwoven cloth. She was awarded for her wide array skills
in textile weaving. Her handiworks are finer than most abel. Her
blankets have a very high thread count and her deigns are the most
intricate that sometimes take up to five colors.
Activity No. 5. Reflection
Among the artists, whom do you admire most? Why?
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 Thanks!

Prepared by:
Flor-Angeli C. Egos
Teacher II
florangeli.egos@deped.gov.ph