National Artists and National Scientists

[displ@y]

Okay, so wala na akong masyadong nababalitaan kung meron pa bang nabibigyan ng title ng pagiging "National Scientist" at "National Artist". Huli lang ba ako sa balita o hindi na talaga sila nagcconfer ng ganitong title? Or baka naman wala nang matinong natira sa pilipinas? :(

[ronelio]

hahaha. okay ka lang? of course marami pa namang matino sa pinas. try mo punta sa UP coz galing lahat doon (almost!) ang mga national scientists. i was fortunate to be under national scientist dr dolores ramirez in my genetics class at uplb

[santo_santino]

List of National Artists

Architecture/Landscape Architecture

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

Film/Cinema

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

Dance

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

Fashion Design

* Ramon Valera

Historical Literature

* Carlos Quirino

Literature

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

Music

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


Visual Arts

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

[santo_santino]

the following should be in the list:

1. Pitoy Moreno and Ben Farrales for fashion
2. Gabriel Formoso (posthumous), Carlos A. Santos-Viola, Lor Calma at Francisco Manosa for architecture
3. Ramon Orlina for sculpture
4. oscar zalameda, juvenal sanso, antonio austria, and the biggest insult for me, anita magsaysay-ho not being named yet as national artist for visual arts

[UP]

NAtional Scientist, last 2006 yata huling awardee nila..Dr. Lourdes Cruz yata yun...

Ako din, I was fortunate na maging taga-bukas ng pinto pag pumapsok si Dr. Lantican sa Agronomy library.haha..paminsan minsan kasi sira ang knob sa labas..hanggang ngayon pumapasok pa daw si sir with his VW beetle....hehe..

marami pang matitino sa pilipinas, sa UPLB, tingin ko maraming ulit candidate, may ilang Prof 10 to 12 ako nakita sa listahan pati mga sure na magiging Emiritus, yun kasi ang mga nagiging candidate.....

[p1215]

Si Lourdes Cruz ang most recent National Scientist awardee (2006). Dahil highest Philippine government award for Filipino scientists ang title ng "National Scientist" maingat talaga ang NAST. Maraming mga bata na matino ang publication records pero usually yung mga nakakatanggap ng National Scientist title malapit o lampas na sa 60 taaon.

Okay, so wala na akong masyadong nababalitaan kung meron pa bang nabibigyan ng title ng pagiging "National Scientist" at "National Artist". Huli lang ba ako sa balita o hindi na talaga sila nagcconfer ng ganitong title? Or baka naman wala nang matinong natira sa pilipinas? :(

[fortherecord]

Dahil highest Philippine government award for Filipino scientists ang title ng "National Scientist" maingat talaga ang NAST.

Kaya nga 31 pa lang ang nabibigyan ng National Scientist Award.

[taurus90210]

kung di ako nagkakamali,majority of the awardees are UP grads/profs, tama ba?

[UP]

oo, 30 ang UP, isa ang UST....madaming matino sa UP..hehehe...medyo ngayon naaamoy na kung sino ang sususnod na awardee sa UPLB...meron kasi dun na 120 publication, prof 12 na, si Dr.Mendoza ng MBB. Actually hindi siya UP grad pero sa UP siya talaga nagkarun ng extensive research...MAPUA siya nung undergrad....

may ilang pa nasa 100 na ang publication, pero medyo bata-bata pa..kaya mga next few years pa yata bago iconsider...

Sana may Plant breeder ulit na maging nast,hehe...karamihan kasi sa UPLB galing sa specialization ng plant breeding(pagkakaalam ko)....

[fortherecord]

kung di ako nagkakamali,majority of the awardees are UP grads/profs, tama ba?

Right...
30 out of the 31 National Scientists are from UP.

[arch23]

UP Los Banos scientists make up more than half of those from UP.

[sanpo]

and is it right to assume most of those awardees are because of researches related to plants? :o

[taurus90210]

UP Los Banos scientists make up more than half of those from UP.


yup, kase puro agriculture related ang mga scientific related researches natin. kaya nga maunlad ang agrikultura ng thailand at vietnam kase nag-aral ang mga magagaling na ministers nila sa UPLB.

[sambeydacolleyj]

and is it right to assume most of those awardees are because of researches related to plants? :o

a significant number (but i do remember some chemists and geneticists among them). and something to be proud of, considering our country is primarily agricultural. *okay*

[Chicxulub]

It's such glory to have seen several of these National Scientists in the campus. :)

[ronelio]

may bagong national scientist from UP!!! he was the former dean of the UP College of VetMed. sa diliman sya grumadweyt coz andun pa ang VetMed course before. nilipat na lang ang vetmet sa LB *** panahon na ni Senator Angara in the 1980's:lol::lol::lol:

he is the 32nd national scientist!!! :lol:UP na naman:lol:

[Chicxulub]

may bagong national scientist from UP!!! he was the former dean of the UP College of VetMed. sa diliman sya grumadweyt coz andun pa ang VetMed course before. nilipat na lang ang vetmet sa LB *** panahon na ni Senator Angara in the 1980's

he is the 32nd national scientist!!! UP na naman

That doesn't seem logical to me. The College of Veterinary Medicine undergone five transfers of location of which it twice landed in UPLB. Here's the information from the UPLB website: ...The college has been relocated to five different places: San Lazaro, Manila (1912-1919); Los Baños, Laguna (1919-1933); back to Pandacan, Manila (1933-1949); Diliman, Quezon City (1949-1983) and finally to Los Baños, Laguna in 1983...

Here's the link from the Office of the President about this newly conferred National Scientist: http://www.op.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24973&Itemid=2

The new National Scientist is Teodulo M. Topacio, Jr., Ph.D. He is Professor Emeritus in Veterinary Microbiology (1987;1951) of the College of Veterinary Medicine, UPLB. He graduated DVM from the University of the Philippines in 1951 (Cum Laude); MS from Michigan State University in 1956; and PhD from Purdue University in 1963.

Another National Scientist from UPLB and the province of Cavite. Congratulations!

[santo_santino]

yup, kase puro agriculture related ang mga scientific related researches natin. kaya nga maunlad ang agrikultura ng thailand at vietnam kase nag-aral ang mga magagaling na ministers nila sa UPLB.


Totoo yan. Kaya nga nakakalungkot kasi naungusan na tayo ng dalawang bansang ito sa produksyon ng bigas, samantalang dito naman sila nagsipag-aral, at nasaan ang Pinas ngayon, bumibili pa tayo sa kanila ng bigas ngayon. Kulang na kulang ang suporta ng gobyerno natin sa mga sarili nating mga scientists, ni hindi man lang sila nabibigyan ng recognitions na nababagay para sa kanila. Buti na lang gumagaling na rin ang iba pang universities sa mga probinsya, baka next time, magdagdag na rin sila ng mga scientists na magpapaangat sa bansa natin. ;)

[taurus90210]

yung mga national scientists na yan, binabangga-bangga lang ata ng mga estudyante sa campus nila... pakalat-kalat lang kase... hahahaha!

[fortherecord]

may bagong national scientist from UP!!! he was the former dean of the UP College of VetMed. sa diliman sya grumadweyt coz andun pa ang VetMed course before. nilipat na lang ang vetmet sa LB *** panahon na ni Senator Angara in the 1980's:lol::lol::lol:

he is the 32nd national scientist!!! :lol:UP na naman:lol:

Hindi pa ba National Scientist si Dr. Lantican of UPLB?

[pedropinduko]

That doesn't seem logical to me. The College of Veterinary Medicine undergone five transfers of location of which it twice landed in UPLB. Here's the information from the UPLB website: ...The college has been relocated to five different places: San Lazaro, Manila (1912-1919); Los Baños, Laguna (1919-1933); back to Pandacan, Manila (1933-1949); Diliman, Quezon City (1949-1983) and finally to Los Baños, Laguna in 1983...

Here's the link from the Office of the President about this newly conferred National Scientist: http://www.op.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24973&Itemid=2

The new National Scientist is Teodulo M. Topacio, Jr., Ph.D. He is Professor Emeritus in Veterinary Microbiology (1987;1951) of the College of Veterinary Medicine, UPLB. He graduated DVM from the University of the Philippines in 1951 (Cum Laude); MS from Michigan State University in 1956; and PhD from Purdue University in 1963.

Another National Scientist from UPLB and the province of Cavite. Congratulations!
Yup, galing. Dad ni brod.

[pedropinduko]

and is it right to assume most of those awardees are because of researches related to plants? :o
Parang ang negative ng comment nito. Don't you know that plant is the future? Madaming nadidiscover na mga gamot dahil sa mga halaman na minamaliit mo lang. Tsktsk.

[Chicxulub]

Hindi pa ba National Scientist si Dr. Lantican of UPLB?

He was proclaimed National Scientist last 2005 pa. Here's the link: http://www.op.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4372&Itemid=9

He was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Agronomy, Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, UPLB.

He is also a former dean of the UP College of Agriculture in Laguna. He earned his B.S. Agriculture degree from the University of the Philippines in 1954, M.S. Plant Breeding from the North Carolina State College in 1956 and Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the Iowa State University in 1961.

[glenskie]

it's a running joke in sarah's na pag-iinom ka dun, may mga mababangga / makakainuman ka na ganito. like, 'ay kala ko tambay. national artist pala.' haha.

[fortherecord]

He was proclaimed National Scientist last 2005 pa. Here's the link: http://www.op.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4372&Itemid=9

He was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Agronomy, Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, UPLB.

He is also a former dean of the UP College of Agriculture in Laguna. He earned his B.S. Agriculture degree from the University of the Philippines in 1954, M.S. Plant Breeding from the North Carolina State College in 1956 and Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the Iowa State University in 1961.

I see. Many of the country's 32 National Scientists are from UPLB. *okay*

[MisterHappy]

So 31 ang taga-up, 1 ang taga-UST. Dapat ateneo at la salle ang kwestyunin ng mga taga-up at hindi ang USTe. :lol:

[galileo_]

So 31 ang taga-up, 1 ang taga-UST. Dapat ateneo at la salle ang kwestyunin ng mga taga-up at hindi ang USTe. :lol:

eh hindi ba miyembro ang ateneo at la salle sa tinatawag nilang "consortium" sa science program ng dost? sana naman may ma-prodyus silang national scientist. :lol:

[taurus90210]

So 31 ang taga-up, 1 ang taga-UST. Dapat ateneo at la salle ang kwestyunin ng mga taga-up at hindi ang USTe. :lol:

So far kase, UST lang ang nagsasabing mas magaling sila sa UP. ANg ateneo at DLSU, mulat sila sa katotohanan... at imbis na mainggit ng masama... nagi-invest na din sila ng malaki sa pagpapalakas ng R&D ng schools nila.:rotflmao:

[Paris CAC]

Virtually all national artists are from UP. Kahit na hundreds of years ang tanda ng ust sa halos lahat ng pamantasan sa bansa, ni wala sa kalingkingan ng UP yung na-prodyus nila.

[santo_santino]

Nauuwi na naman sa kayabangan itong thread na ito. Kaya kung ikukumpara ang achievements ng mga universities in Pilipinas sa mga kapitbahay na bansa, kulelat. Pulos hangin at hambog lang kasi. Feeling 'goldfish' sa loob ng aquarium, pero pag pinakawalan mo na sa karagatan, wala nang binatbat.

Batu-bato sa langit. :bop::bop::bop:

[Paris CAC]

Hindi kayabangan ang pagsasabi ng totoo. Lalong hindi kayabangan ang pagmumulat ng isipan ng mga taong nagbubulag-bulagan. Maliwanag ang topic ng thread, at maliwanag ang achievement ng UP bilang nag-iisang pamantasan sa Pilipinas na may monopolyo ng national artists and national scientists.

Nakadidismayang may mga taong itinuturing na "goldfish sa aquarium" ang na-achieve ng mga kasalukuyang national artists gayong pinagbuhusan nila ito ng panahon, pawis at dedikasyon.

Mas kayabangan, kung gayon, ang pagda-divert ng topic sa bagay na wala namang kinalaman sa usapin para pagtakpan ang nakakahiyang estado ng kanilang pamantasan. Ang paksa kasi ay National Artists and National Scientists, hindi Southeast Asian Top Artists.

[Jernat]

ang "the biggest one" iisang national scientist ang produkto? :shrug:

[santo_santino]

Parang napag-iwanan na talaga tayo pagdating sa science and technology. Ano kaya kung mag-import tayo ng mahuhusay na mga scientists sa India para magturo sa mga pamantasan natin? Tapos, gastusan talaga ng gobyerno yung mga scientists natin?

Isa pang topic: parang napapabayaan na ang sining natin. Wala akong maramdaman na mga bagong Manansala, Botong at Ocampo sa mga artists ngayon. Wala bang bagong Kasilag at Celerio, na mga bagong henerasyon ng maestro ng sining.

[fortherecord]

Nauuwi na naman sa kayabangan itong thread na ito. Kaya kung ikukumpara ang achievements ng mga universities in Pilipinas sa mga kapitbahay na bansa, kulelat. Pulos hangin at hambog lang kasi. Feeling 'goldfish' sa loob ng aquarium, pero pag pinakawalan mo na sa karagatan, wala nang binatbat.

Batu-bato sa langit. :bop::bop::bop:

The leading university in a developing country, just like the Philippines, cannot really compete with leading higher educational institutions of first world nations.

But the fact still remains that this leading university offers the best higher education this developing nation can give to its citizens. *okay*

[Dyak Isparow]

^ National Scientist na si Dr. Lantican of UPLB. Declared na matagal na.

yung mga national scientists na yan, binabangga-bangga lang ata ng mga estudyante sa campus nila... pakalat-kalat lang kase... hahahaha!

aba e dami naman nila eh.. ordinaryong tao lang din sila.. madalas pa dahil mejo may edad na sila madalas mag-walking sa campus pag hapon. Kala mo kung sinong matanda, national scientist pala. :lol:

[santo_santino]

Nakadidismayang may mga taong itinuturing na "goldfish sa aquarium" ang na-achieve ng mga kasalukuyang national artists gayong pinagbuhusan nila ito ng panahon, pawis at dedikasyon.


Hindi sila ang mga 'goldfish sa aquarium' na tinutukoy ko, dahil palagay ko, mga walang yabang sa katawan ang mga scientists na iyan at hindi superior ang tingin sa sarili dahil lang sa mga achievements nila.


Teka, ano ba yung kuwento ng goldfish sa aquarium.

Di ba siya yung ayaw maikukumpara sa mga kapwa niya isda sa loob ng aquarium dahil ang tingin niya sa sarili niya, nababagay siya at dapat ihalo sa magagandang isda sa karagatan?

Sino bang ilan dito ang may ganyang mentalidad sa Academe? :hmm:

Anyway, Congrats sa dami ng

[Dyak Isparow]

So far kase, UST lang ang nagsasabing mas magaling sila sa UP. ANg ateneo at DLSU, mulat sila sa katotohanan... at imbis na mainggit ng masama... nagi-invest na din sila ng malaki sa pagpapalakas ng R&D ng schools nila.

well, sa forum na ito.. pansin ko nga.. :lol: ewan ko kung bakit pinagpipilitan.......

[MisterHappy]

Kung sino pa 'yung hindi kasama sa "big 3" ay siya pang mas nakakapag-produce ng national artists at at least may isang national scientist. :lol:

[Dyak Isparow]

Virtually all national artists are from UP. Kahit na hundreds of years ang tanda ng ust sa halos lahat ng pamantasan sa bansa, ni wala sa kalingkingan ng UP yung na-prodyus nila.

pansin ko nga.. ilang years na ba USTe..? 150 plus years na ba? Well, being a "National Scientist" mainly comes from hardcore "research" and "output"... Private universities usually dont give a lot of time with regards to quality research projects..

[Chicxulub]

I think you, MisterHappy, are referring to Big 3 in Metro Manila. The problem about us, Filipinos, are so centralized... thinking as if all the best's in the city--which happens to be Metro Manila.

[Altwegg]

We have new National Artists this year.

[glenskie]

'Shameless' selection of nat'l artists
From Newsbreak (http://newsbreak.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6501)

Where’s delicadeza in conferring the most prestigious cultural award on the same person who advises the President on the matter?

Malacañang on Wednesday announced the names of 7 individuals to be conferred the Pambansang Alagad ng Sining awards this year. And the list confirmed the worst fears that many artists had entertained these past weeks—that Cecille Guidote-Alvarez would be among the awardees.

Actually, they also feared that President Arroyo would do dagdag-bawas on the list of awardees that the Council of Experts submitted. That, Gng. Gloria also did. She inserted not just 1 name but 4.

But back to Alvarez. About two weeks ago, concerned artists gave Newsbreak the info that Alvarez “got [President] GMA to name her National Artist” for theater. Our sources have a common reaction to Alvarez's "selection" (and the insertion of 2 more names): "Shameless."

Why shameless?

So far, nobody has questioned Alvarez’s credentials (although I’m very sure somebody will in the next few days or weeks). The immediate issue obviously is of delicadeza.

The National Artist Award is the most prestigious in the arts and culture sector. It is conferred by no less than the President on individuals who are chosen in a rigorous, 2-phase selection process where their peers—prominent and accomplished artists themselves—vote.

The award is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The two agencies oversee the selection process and transmit the shortlist to the President. The President then issues an executive order conferring the award on each of the artists on the short list.

Alvarez is the executive director of the NCCA. She is also the presidential adviser on culture. That places her in a position of conflict of interest—she runs the awards secretariat, and she advises the Lady in Malacañang on matters that concern the sector for which the award is intended.

Last May, Newsbreak wrote an Inside Track revealing the names of 4 artists that made it to the short list of this year’s awards. (Read the story here.) The insiders gave us the list hoping that its publication would deter President Arroyo from inserting names not chosen by the Council of Experts.

From that list in May, 3 names were announced by the Palace on Wednesday: Manuel Conde for cinema, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz for visual arts, and Lazaro Franciso for literature.

Why was Ramon Santos (for music), the choice of his peers, dropped from the list?

The 4 others that Malacañang named were Francisco “Bobby” Mañoza for architecture, Jose “Pitoy” Moreno for fashion design, Magno Jose Carlo Caparas for visual arts and film (which makes us wonder how it is different from the “cinema” category where Conde is being recognized), and Alvarez.

President Arroyo has exercised her “prerogative” to alter the list of National Artists thrice before to accommodate political allies like Alejandro Roces, Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo, and Abdulmari Imao—despite protests from the artists who would have wanted the credibility and relevance of the awards preserved. Did these well-meaning artists actually expect her to heed their calls now?

[fortherecord]

Seven new national artists named


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MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo has named the country’s National Artists for 2009 that included noted fashion designer Jose “Pitoy” Moreno, and comic book artist and director Carlo J. Caparas, Malacañang announced yesterday.

Named to the Order of National Artist were Manuel Urbano, a.k.a. Manuel Conde, for the Film and Broadcast Category (posthumous); Lazaro Francisco for Literature (posthumous); Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz for Visual Arts, Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media; Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez for Theater; Francisco “Bobby” Mañosa for Architecture; Caparas for Visual Arts and Film; and Moreno for Fashion Design.

Mrs. Arroyo signed a proclamation for each, declaring them as national artists.

The title is given to a Filipino who has 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.

Members of the Order are given stipends and other benefits, including grants for artistic projects.

The search is conducted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The NCCA and CCP submit a list of recommendees to the Office of the President for signing.

Conde, born on Oct. 9, 1915, was a Filipino actor, director and producer. He made his first film, Mahiwagang Biyolin in 1935, and later got contract with LVN Pictures, where he made scores of films, both as an actor and director. He died on Aug. 11, 1985.

Francisco was born on Feb. 22, 1898 in Orani, Bataan. He was known and cited for his various novels, including Singsing na Pangkasal, Bayang Nagpatiwakal, Sa Paanan ng Krus, Ilaw sa Hilaga, Binhi at Bunga, Cesar, Sugat ng Alaala, Ama, and Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig. Most of his novels were published in the Liwayway magazine.

According to his website, Alcuaz was born on June 6, 1932 in Manila and the sixth of 11 children. Among his professors at the University of the Philippines where he took up Fine Arts were National Artist Fernando Amorsolo (painting) and National Artist Guillermo Tolentino (sculpture) as well as other pillars of Philippine art, such as Toribio Herrera, Ireneo Miranda and Constancio Bernardo.

“Alcuaz’s works are included in the collection of some 20 museums and major cultural institutions in the world today including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the Gulvenkian Foundation Museum of London, the Museum of Modern Art of Warsaw, the Museum of Modern Art of Krakow, and the Philips Cultural Museum of the Netherlands,” the website said.

“In his 55 year career Federico Aguilar Alcuaz has exhibited in leading galleries in Spain, the Philippines, Portugal, Poland, the United States and Germany,” it said.

In the September 2007 Sotheby’s auction in Singapore and, most recently, at the Christie’s auction in Hong Kong on Nov. 25, 2007, Alcuaz’s “Tres Marias” sold at HK$ 271,000 or P1.49 million or nine times above the minimum estimate, while “Still Life with Landscape” sold at HK$ 112,500 or P618,750, which is five times its minimum estimate.

Alvarez was born in Nov. 13, 1943 and is currently executive director of the NCCA. She founded the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), a pioneering theater group.

She was high school valedictorian at the St. Theresa’s College in Quezon City. She graduated AB-BSE - summa cum laude at St. Paul’s College in 1962 and was included in the first select group of Ten Outstanding Students. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Theater and took special Communications Arts Studies in the State University of New York in Albany, on a Fulbright-Hays and John D. Rockefeller III Fund Scholarship at the Dallas Theatre Center. She then proceeded to Trinity College in Texas where she finished an M.A. with honors.

To date, Alvarez is the youngest Ramon Magsaysay awardee. She is married to former senator Heherson Alvarez, who is currently presidential adviser for global warming and climate change.

Mañosa is founder of the architectural firm Francisco Mañosa & Partners.

According to the firm’s website, Mañosa “has championed the cause of ‘Philippine Architecture for Filipinos,’ bringing local architecture to new heights, both nationally and internationally.”

Caparas, born Magno Jose J. Caparas, is a director, producer, writer and a comics strip artist who created Filipino superhero characters such as Panday, Bakekang, Pieta and Totoy Bato.

Mrs. Arroyo recently awarded Caparas the Presidential Medal of Merit for his contributions to Philippine culture.

Moreno, on the other hand, is an internationally-renowned fashion designer dubbed as “The Fashion Czar Of Asia.” Because of his designs, the international fashion world was introduced to luxurious Philippine fibers like “jusi”

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=491460&publicationSubCategoryId=68

Out of the seven new National Artists, two are from the UP College of Fine Arts - Jose "Pitoy" Moreno (BFA ‘51) and Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz. *okay*

[Cyberspace_law]

Another product of UST college of Architecture

Architect Francisco T. Manosa, better known to all as Bobby", is a graduate of University of Santo Tomas, is a member of the National Commission on Culture and Arts, a trustee of the Katutubong Filipino Foundation, and a Fellow of the United Architects of the Philippines.

[dawson_khaled]

CCP: Malacañang bypassed rules of the selection process for National Artists

Mark Angelo Ching
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
08:29 PM

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has deplored Malacañang's appointment of four National Artists which bypassed the "established process" in the selection of the awardees.

In a press conference today, August 4, at the CCP Complex in Pasay City, CCP Chairman Emily Abrera said they were saddened when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo chose to add four other artists to their list of nominees without consultation. One of their original choices had also been removed.

On July 29, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita announced that the President had named seven new National Artists: Carlo J. Caparas, Pitoy Moreno, Cecille Guidote-Alvarez, Francisco Mañosa, Lazaro Francisco, Manuel Conde, and Federico Aguilar Alcuaz.

Of these seven, only Francisco, Conde and Alcuaz were original choices. Ramon Santos, a world-renowned Filipino composer, had been dropped from the list.

"We wish to clarify that we were never consulted about these final choices, nor have we been officially informed about them, to this day," Abrera said.

This lack of official pronouncement from the President is the reason why the CCP still has not decided yet on the date and the venue of the awards ceremony.

HISTORY. The National Artist Award was established on April 27, 1972 through Proclamation No. 1001 signed by former President Ferdinand Marcos. It aims to recognize Filipino artists who have made "distinct contributions" to Philippine arts and letters.

CCP was given the responsibility of administering the award in 1973, but was later commissioned to share its duties with the newly-established National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 1992.

Although the two government agencies work for a long time researching and deliberating on nominated artists before coming up with their final picks, the President has the prerogative to add his/her own awardees.

Among the criteria to be considered in the nomination of national artists are: Filipino citizenship, artistic influence, prestige, an outstanding body of work and a contribution to the country's "sense of nationhood."

Meanwhile, Executive Order no. 236, which Pres. Arroyo signed in 2003, provided National Artists with a cash award of up to 100,000 pesos at the time of conferment, a monthly life pension, medical and hospitalization benefits, a life insurance coverage, and arrangements for a state funeral.

STRONG BACKLASH. The gravity of the National Artist distinction, therefore, have allowed critics to strongly disparage two of the Malacañang's picks, namely Guidote-Alvarez and Caparas.

In the CCP press con, Abrera questioned Guidote-Alvarez's citation, pointing out that the rules specifically state that any member of the Board of Selections in both the NCCA and the CCP are automatically disqualified. Guidote-Alvarez currently sits as the head of the NCCA and a presidential adviser on culture and the arts.

Meanwhile, comic book artist Gerry Alanguilan commented in the online lifestyle magazine Spot.ph that Caparas could not be cited for the National Artist for visual arts and film because the writer-producer did not draw his most popular works.

"The puzzling thing is, CJC is NOT an illustrator. He has never drawn any of this comic book stories, least of all his most popular creations. Panday and Pieta were drawn by Steve Gan. Bakekang was drawn by Mar Santana. How can someone who is NOT a visual artist get the National Artist title for visual arts?" Alanguilan argued.

NATIONAL ARTISTS REACT. Meanwhile, National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose, who was also present in the CCP presscon, shared his doubts on Caparas' moviemaking skills.

"This I can tell you, there is no movie of Carlo Caparas that I have watched in entirety, I always walk out," Jose told the press.

National Artist for theater and design Salvador Bernal, on the other hand, said he was "aghast" when he learned that four artists who have not passed the screening will be conferred the award.

"Personally, I have been through the process, and I would like to say that the process for the selection of our National Artists has been rather rigorous, practically nominees passing through the eye of the needle," he said.

National Artist for literature Bienvenido Lumbera, on the other hand, said the Malacañang announcement has "produced a scandal."

"What makes this even more outrageous is that Ramon Santos, who received a good number of votes in the panel selection, was dropped from the list. The basis for him being scrapped, one doesn't know," Lumbera lamented.

A CCP official, who asked not to be named, told PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) that Santos actually won the most number of votes during the selection process. Santos still has not spoken about the whole brouhaha up to this day.

REFORMS. CCP President Nestor Jardin believes that the scandal would have been avoided if only the law would specifically state the limits of the presidential prerogative. The current law, he added, is open to lobbying.

"I think a new law should be created to strengthen the National Artist award. A law that would perhaps avoid politicizing. A law that would probably include measures that would safeguard integrity of the award," he explained.

On the other hand, Atty. Lorna Kapunan, a member of the CCP Board of Trustees, claims that the President does not have the right to insert her own choices into the National Artists selection. She explained that a provision in the selection rules limits the presidential power to "confirmation, proclamation and conferral" only.

"The president has no prerogative as regards to National Artists award... She can create as many awards given by the President herself, but that is not the nature of the National Artist Award," she argued.

Kapunan also proposed that the whole case be brought to the Supreme Court.

"As some politician has said, that if you are being baked, you just lie down, grin and bare it... The time to do that has ended, we will go to the Supreme Court to question this exercise of 'prerogative,'" Kapunan said.

PROTEST ACTION. A group of National Artists, meanwhile, will mount a protest action on Friday, August 7, to "mourn the death of the National Artist awards."

An invitation circulating on the Internet reads: "Iniimbitahan kayo ng mga National Artists na sina Ben Cabrera, Bien Lumbera, Rio Alma, F. Sionil Jose, Arturo Luz, Salvador Bernal na makilahok sa isang luksang bayan para sa pagpanaw ng makabuluhang National Artist awards. Pakiusap, panluksang pananamit."

source: http://www.pep.ph/news/22724/CCP:-Malaca?ang-bypassed-rules-of-the-selection-process-for-National-Artists

[Chicxulub]

I really want to cuss Gloria now. She had just stained the Order of National Artists. It's a good thing that the Supreme Court intervened. Pakapalan na lang talaga ng mukha kung itutuloy pa ni Gloria na iproklama ang mga dinagdag n'ya.

Dapat na talagang mabago ang sistema ng pagpili ng National Artists. Dapat wala nang prerogative ang pangulo.

[thedeadpoet13]

Parang ang negative ng comment nito. Don't you know that plant is the future? Madaming nadidiscover na mga gamot dahil sa mga halaman na minamaliit mo lang. Tsktsk.

He could have meant ill. But i'd like to take it with a grain of salt.

I'd like to think that no pun was intended.

Or it was just an observation, albeit with a little jest.

Jest or without jest, i think sir pedropinduko, di naman siya dapat kaasaran. It's fun to look at some stuff with a little satire at times.

On another note, the philippines is an agricultural country. so it would make sense if most of our national scientists are plant breeders. Basta ba me "itataray" sila sa mga US scientists (of course guys from the LB would shout, OO NAMAN!! To which i would reply, cool lang guys. i have a lot of friends there. wag naman masyadong dark and dreary ang mood. Smile. And take things on a light perspective)

You don't really see scientists bickering to the point of "madmen running amuck". You will never believe how cool it is to hang out with them, or waste bottles of Grand Ma or Superdry with them...

[thedeadpoet13]

Isa pang topic: parang napapabayaan na ang sining natin. Wala akong maramdaman na mga bagong Manansala, Botong at Ocampo sa mga artists ngayon. Wala bang bagong Kasilag at Celerio, na mga bagong henerasyon ng maestro ng sining.

Bosing, di naman. Baka di niyo pa nakikilala si Mark Anthony Carpio ng PMS, Ramon Santos ng UP CM Dept of Ethnomusicology at si Jonathan Velasco ng AILM. Halimaw sila sa mga fields na kinalalagyan nila.

Si Mr Velasco nalang. Si Mr. Velasco ay suki at most sought-after sa mga prestigious international competitions at Master Class workshops sa Yuropa, Asya at sa buong mundo. Sa mga panel of judges, madalas, siya lang asian. Siya din ang unang conductor ng kakila-kilabot ngunit short-lived na San Miguel Master Chorale. Sinasabing ang SMMC daw ang pinakamagandang ehemplo ng Bel Canto Singing (now thought as a lost art, as debated by experts), ayon sa isang repsected na Classical Music Pundit sa United States. Partida di pa siya Ph.D. Ang alam ko...

Siya din ang unang Asian (yes, asian) principal conductor of the World Youth Choir. San ka pa?

He is not just an authority in the field of choral music sa Pilipinas, kundi sa buong mundo.

At higit sa lahat, he has an unquenchable passion for music.

[Near]

May sakit si Dr. Ramon Santos ngayun, sana kung hindi siya nilaglag ni Gloria sa list ng National Artist, makakatulong sana yun sa hospitalization niya.