Like a tired refrain, Freddie Aguilar has been repeatedly announcing he has accepted the chairmanship of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts with nary a challenge from the media, NCCA and Malacañang itself.
For the first time, the Annual Philippine Visual Arts Festival (Pivaf) extended beyond the shores of Luzon as Zamboanga del Sur served as its host province.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), led by its chair National Artist Virgilio S. Almario and executive...
The year-long Taoid heritage program of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) recently held a series of activities in Northern Mindanao highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Jimenez in Misamis Occidental, Iligan City in Lanao del Norte, and Jasaan and Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental.
The NCCA conferred the Dangal ng Haraya Award for Intangible Cultural Heritage on tattoo folk artist Apo Whang-Od Oggay—the first time the award has been given to a traditional or folk artist.
Since the early 1980s, the Andres Bonifacio Concert Choir (ABCC) has been regaling audiences with their highly selective repertoire consisting mostly of patriotic anthems, religious hymns, time-honored compositions, love songs, Visayan haranas, regional folk songs and—once the season sets in—Christmas carols plaintive as well as festive.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has announced six new National Artists whose proclamations had been signed by President Benigno Aquino III on June 20, 2014.
Mindanao—in particular, Zamboanga City—was the venue chosen in June 2013 by National Commission for Culture and the Arts for the 2014 Writers’ Festival. Recent disturbances (Read: Zamboanga siege) forced a relocation of the annual literary festival for the National Arts Month to Subic, Zambales.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (Oica) of University of the Philippines Diliman will participate in the “Time Space Existence” exhibit at Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy, organized by Global Art Affairs Foundation, June 7-Nov. 23.
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is accepting proposals for its 2015 Competitive Grants Program. Deadline is Aug. 31.
