The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Cultural Properties Protection and Regulation Division (CPPRD), in partnership with World Heritage Institute of Training and Research in Asia and the Pacific Region, Shanghai (WHITRAP Shanghai) recently conducted the International Training Course on Impact Assessments for World Heritage in the Philippines from 26 May, continue reading →

“Ang Ating Mga Kayamanan sa Bakuran (Our Treasures in the Yard)” a solo exhibition by Joseph Andrew ‘Jandy’ Carvajal is exhibited from July 05 – 31, 2022 at the NCCA Gallery. Potentials and possibilities of/in our dwellings in current times, characterized by isolation and limitations on mobility and modality, remain mesial to the idea behind continue reading →

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will showcase artworks of Philippine Fauna Art Society (PhilFAS) artists in an exhibit dubbed as “Para sa Kalikasan 2022: A World Nature Conservation Day Art Exhibition.”    The exhibit will highlight exemplary 44 artworks at the NCCA Gallery, Ground Floor, NCCA Building, General Luna St., Intramuros, continue reading →

In celebration of the ASEAN Month in August, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) calls on Filipino citizens residing in the Philippines and overseas, aged 18 and above, to submit original creative outputs inspired by the theme, ASEAN A.C.T.: Addressing Challenges Together.  In line with Cambodia’s 2022 chairmanship theme, this year’s contest continue reading →

  21 June 2022, Hanoi, Vietnam – The Philippine Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam (Hanoi PE) in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) successfully inaugurated Sentro Rizal Hanoi. Led by Ambassador Meynardo LB Montealegre of Hanoi PE and Executive Director Oscar G. Casaysay of the NCCA, the event was marked by continue reading →

Agnes Locsin, Salvacion Lim – Higgins, Marilou Diaz – Abaya, Ricardo “Ricky” Lee, Nora Cabaltera Villamayor also known as Nora Aunor, Gemino Abad, Fides Cuyugan – Asensio, and Antonio “Tony” Mabesa were declared as the new National Artists by virtue of Presidential Proclamation no. 1390 signed on June 10, 2022. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte conferred continue reading →

Malacanang confers new National Artists Malacanang Palace declared eight (8) new National Artists for 2022, namely Agnes Locsin for Dance, Salvacion Lim-Higgins for Design (Fashion), Nora Villamayor a.k.a Nora Aunor, Ricardo “Ricky” Lee and Marilou Diaz-Abaya for Film and Broadcast Arts, Gemino Abad for Literature, Fides Cuyugan-Asensio for Music, and Antonio “Tony” Mabesa for Theater. continue reading →