With this year’s theme SINING NG PAG-ASA, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), headed by its chairman, Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso, executive director Oscar Casaysay, and deputy executive directors Marichu Tellano and Bernan Joseph Corpuz, through its Subcommission on the Arts (SCA) led by its commissioner Dr. Rolando Tolentino, leads the celebration of National Arts Month (NAM) this February.
This year’s National Arts Month aims to recognize arts as a source and expression of hope as shown in the creative ways we respond to the effects of the pandemic, natural calamities, and other social realities, as well as the arts’ role in improving our community life as Filipinos.
Saan KaLulugar: Creativity as the Catalyst for Recovery is the flagship project of the National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts for the celebration of the National Arts Month 2022. The webinar series will be hosted via zoom and livestreamed via Facebook until March 4, 2022. The project aims to promote and popularize the outstanding creations of Filipino artists in the time of pandemic; and increase awareness and knowledge of innovations in planning and design as a response to the pandemic, other natural hazard, and the new normal.
Cinema Rehiyon: Cinema Society in World Change is the flagship project of the National Committee on Cinema, which will be composed of webinars and round-table discussions among regional film makers and talk-back, showing of best regional films produced in 2021 such as Mindanao short films as the opening film. Cinema Rehiyon will be conducted from February 16 to 28, 2022.
At this time of the pandemic, Sayaw Pinoy, the longest running flagship project for NAM of the National Committee on Dance, hopes to provide continuity for dance creation while providing some kind of assistance to the different dance groups, encouraging hope. The meetings will be held on February 19, 26, and March 5, 2022.
The 16th Tanghal National University & Community Based Theater Festival, National Committee on Dramatic Arts’ project for this year’s celebration of NAM will run until February 26, 2022 featuring 30-minute school/university-based and collaborative performances from all over the country.
The National Committee on Literary Arts will conduct Himaya: Panitikan ng Pagbabanyuhay for this year’s NAM celebration which is mainly composed of publication of learning material and a two-day conference on March 25 and 26, 2022. There’s also a call for papers along with a tribute to National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera as well as Gawad Lumbera.
Musikapuluan: Gems of Contemporary Music in the Different Genres is the project of the National Committee on Music featuring various type of music written in the last five or ten years namely choral works/ a cappella groups, pop-ethnic/protest songs, classical music, traditional, vocal classical music, Philippine music theater, large instrumental ensemble, and pop music.
This year’s NAM, National Committee on Visual Arts is set to conduct Bagong Biswal 2022, composed of 5 installments of 30-40 artist and artist group to be given P22,000.00 each, exhibition walk through, pop outdoor exhibition, community project, murals or workshop, and webinar series.
