THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) are now accepting nominations for the Order of the National Artists.

Jointly administered by the NCCA and CCP and conferred by the President of the Philippines, the Order of National Artists is the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine Arts.

The nominees should only be nominated under one category where the artist has made his/her most substantial contribution but his/her other merits will be added to the citations as well. The categories are: Architecture and Allied Arts, Dance, Design, Film and Broadcast Arts, Literature, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts.

The Order of National Artist is given to artists who have met the following criteria:

• living artists who are Filipino citizens at the time of nomination and at the awarding, as well as those who died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death;

• artists who through the content and form of their works have contributed in building a Filipino sense of nationhood;

• artists who have pioneered in a mode of creative expression or style, thus earning distinction and making an impact on succeeding generations of artists;

• artists who have created a substantial and significant body of works and/or consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art form, thus enriching artistic expression or style; and,

• artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international recognition, such as the Gawad CCP para sa Sining, CCP Thirteen Artists Award, and NCCA Haraya Awards (Alab and Dangal).

Nominations should be submitted on or before Dec. 15, 2020, to either the Order of the National Artists Secretariat, Office of the Executive Director, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, NCCA Building, 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros, 1002 Manila, or to the Order of the National Artists Secretariat, Office of the Artistic Director, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard, 1300 Pasay City.

The Order of National Artist was established under Proclamation No. 1001, on April 27, 1972. The first award was conferred posthumously later that year to painter Fernando Amorsolo.

For more details, contact Elijah Joshua Benjamin D.F. Aban, Project Officer, Awards and Recognition Unit, through via e-mail (onaa@ncca.gov.ph) or visit the NCCA website (www.ncca.gov.ph).

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