Arts Appreciation

The Artist and the Artisan

 The Artist
• Defined as an art practitioner
• Can be a painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer, writer, poet,
musician
• Dedicated to his creative part making visually pleasant parts work
only for the gratification of and appreciation of the viewer but has no
practical value
 The Artist
• Produces or creates indirectly functional art with aesthetic value using
imagination
• The artists output provides us with thought provoking ideas and
emotions necessary to discover ourselves and our beings
• Artists look for many for inspiration, natural and cultural
environments for ideas
• Artists also look at themselves for creative motivation
 The Artist
• Artists take risks
• Artists see their surroundings in a new and unusual way
• Artists are willing to work for long periods of time to achieve their
goals
• Some artists are self taught
 The Artisan
• An artisan is a craftsman [like a carpenter, carver, plumber,
blacksmith, weaver, embroiderer]
• Produces directly functional and decorative arts
• Artisans help us in meeting our basic needs such as food, clothing,
dwelling, furniture and kitchen utensils
• They craft everything that makes our life easy
• An artisan’s work is useful, relevant and essential in our daily life
 The Artisan
• The artisan is a physical worker who makes objects with his or her
hands
• And who through skill, experience and ability can produce things of
great beauty as well as usefulness
• Learns skills and techniques from some other artists and artisans but
eventually develops his or her own style
 Key Components in the Art
Market
The Art Market
• Is an economic ecosystem that relies not only on supply and demand
but also on fabrication of a work’s predicted future monetary and
cultural value.
• The Art market can appear to be somewhat unclear since artists do
not make art for the sole intention of selling
• Buyers have no idea of the value of their work
 Key Players in the Art Market
1. Curator
• The manager and overseer
• Keeper of a cultural heritage institution [gallery, museum, library or
archive]
• A content specialist charged with the institutions collections
 The Curator
• Selecting art to be displayed in a museum
• organizing art in galleries and public places
• Researching artists
• Writing catalogs
• Involved with the interpretation of heritage
 The Curator
• Should be organized
• Passionate
• Knowledgeable
• Adept in multi tasking
• Proficient in writing
 The Art Buyer
• A professional who is knowledgeable in art
• An Art buyer may scout for talents for an advertising agency seeking
to employ and art director
• An Art buyer may look for an art collector or a company
 The Art Dealer
• A person or a company who buys and sells works of art
• Art dealers study the history of the art before starting their careers \
• Art dealers have to understand the business side of the art world
• Art dealers keep up with the trends in the art market
 The Art Dealer
• Art dealers are knowledgeable about the style of art that people want
to buy
• Art dealers figure out how much they should pay for a piece and then
estimate the resale price
• Art dealers inspect the objects or paintings closely and compare the
fine details with similar pieces
 The Creative Process
1. Germination stage
- Planting the seeds of your creation
- Choose your project and what you want to do
 The Creative Process
2. Assimilation
- Crucial step in the creative process
- Internalize, assimilate, incorporate the idea you want to create
- Plan, analyze it and cultivate it with all available resources
 The Creative Process
3. Completion
- Is the time to finish your project
- Give it a final shape before presenting to an audience
- Put a deadline to your project
 Three [3] Stages in Art Making
1. Pre Production Stage or Subject Development
- This ends when planning ends
- Content starts to be produced
 Three [3] Stages in Art Making
2. Production or medium manipulation
- The method of joining diverse material inputs and unimportant inputs
[ plans, know- how] to make something for consumption [the output].
- It is the act of creating the output
 Three [3] Stages in Art Making
3. Post production [completion] or exhibition
- Once and artwork is finished, it will be displayed, circulated for the
audience and public to see or watch
 Medium and Technique
Medium
- Refers to material by an artist to create works of art
- Plural form of medium is “media”
 Medium and Technique
Technique
- Refers to the artist ability and knowledge or technical know-how in
manipulating the medium
- The manner by which the artist controls the medium to achieve the
desired effect
- It is in technique that artists differ from each other
- Making artwork requires technical competence. The ability to
manipulate is the driving force in the birthing of new forms or ideas
 Graphic Organizer
Maria “Whang Od” Oggay
Strength Weakness
Medium - Ink Mixture of charcoal - There is a universal - Accessibility and supply
and water appeal of the material within the
- Body as the human - Use of organic and community
canvass indigenous materials

Process - Tapping into ones skin - Indigenous - Passion for the arts for
through a thorn of a - Unique the successor
pomelo tree - Might diminish
through time
Technique - Batok - Traditional / indigenous - Tedious
- Hand tapping - Culture preservation - Time consuming
- Aesthetic appeal - Effort
- Proximity of the
location
Persons involved - Whang od’s grand niece Unique design of the - Clientele preference
- Tourists and visitors artist for the design
Stronger popularity and - Exclusivity
support from local and - Consequence of
international clients removing or changing
Recognition and Awards for
Artist and Artisan
1. Gawad Manlilikang Bayan [GAMABA] or the National Living
Treasure Award
- Institutionalized in 1992 through RA 7335
- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts [NCCA], the highest
policy making and coordinating body in the Philippines is tasked in the
implementation
 GAMABA ART
• Folk architecture, maritime transport, weaving, carving, performing
arts, literature, graphic and plastic arts, ornament, textile or fiber art,
pottery and other artistic expressions of traditional culture.
• Consideration shall be given to geographical distribution and balance
of artistic categories.
 How does one become a
GAMABA
• a. He/she is an inhabitant of an indigenous/traditional cultural
community anywhere in the Philippines that has preserved
indigenous customs, beliefs, rituals and traditions and/or has
syncretized whatever external elements that have influenced it.

• b. He/she must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in
existence and documented for at least fifty (50) years.

• c. He/she must have consistently performed or produced over a

significant period, works of superior and distinctive quality.
 How does one become a
GAMABA
• To become a “Manlilikha ng Bayan”, the candidate must possess the
following qualifications:
• d. He/she must possess a mastery of tools and materials needed by
the art, and must have an established reputation in the art as master
and maker of works of extraordinary technical quality.

• e. He/she must have passed on and/or will pass on to other members

of the community their skills in the folk art for which the community
is traditionally known.
 How does one become a
GAMABA
A traditional artist who possesses all the qualities of a Manlilikha ng
Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left him/her incapable
of teaching further his/her craft, may still be recognized if:

• a. He/she had created a significant body of works and/or has

consistently displayed excellence in the practice of his/her art, thus
achieving important contributions for its development.

• b. He/she has been instrumental in the revitalization of his/her

community’s artistic tradition.
 How does one become a
GAMABA
• c. a. He/she has passed on to the other members of the community
skills in the folk art for which the community is traditionally known.

• d. His/her community has recognized him/her as master and teacher

of his/her craft.
 Duties and Responsibilities of a
GAMABA
The GAMABA is a link between the past in which his or her traditional
folk art found fertile soil for growth and the future during which he/ she
seeks his / her art to be permanently sustained

1. Transfer skill of his or her traditional folk art to the younger

generation through apprenticeship and training methods
2. Cooperate with the implementing agency for the promotion and
propagation of the his/her traditional folk art
3. To donate to the national museum a sample of his/her work
 Benefits
A Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee receives a specially designed gold
medallion, an initial grant of P100,000 and P10,000 monthly stipend for
life
 Benefits
. In consonance with the provision of Republic Act No. 7355, which
states that “the monetary grant may be increased whenever
circumstances so warrant,” the NCCA board approved an additional
monthly personal allowance of P14,000 for the awardees as well as a
maximum cumulative amount of P750,000 medical and hospitalization
benefits annually similar to that received by the National Artists and
funeral assistance/tribute fit for a National Living Treasure.
 National Artist
• The Order of National Artists of the Philippines (Filipino: Orden ng
mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas) is an order bestowed
by the Philippines on Filipinos who have made significant
contributions to the development of Philippine art.
• Members of the Order are known as National Artists. Originally
instituted as an award, it was elevated to the status of order in 2003.
 National Artist

• The Order is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines by

virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation № 1001 of April
2, 1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

• The first award was posthumously conferred on Filipino painter

Fernando Amorsolo.
 Criteria
• The 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:
• Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years
prior to nomination 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;
 Criteria

• Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through

the content and form of their works;
• Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of
creative expression or style, making an impact on succeeding
generations of artists;
 Criteria

• 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
• 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.
 Criteria
• 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
nominees.
• 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.
 Benefits
• The rank and title of National Artist, as proclaimed by the President of
the Philippines;[4]
• The insignia of a National Artist and a citation;
• A lifetime emolument and material and physical benefits comparable
in value to those received by the highest officers of the land such as:
 Benefits
• a cash award of one hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000.00) net of
taxes, for living awardees;
• a cash award of seventy-five thousand pesos (₱75,000.00) net of
taxes, for posthumous awardees, payable to legal heir/s;
• a monthly life pension, medical and hospitalization benefits;
 Benefits
• life insurance coverage for Awardees who are still insurable;
• a state funeral and burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani;
• a place of honor, in line with protocolar precedence, at national state
functions, and recognition at cultural events;