Eljay C. Deldoc, Paulo C. Marcelo, Joel B. Manuel, and Sigrid Marianne P. Gayangos are the winners of this year’s National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Writers’ Prize, a biennial award given to five writers, one for each category, namely; for poetry, novel, essay/creative non-fiction, short story, and drama. Deldoc bested the Drama continue reading
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Cordillera journos launch healing workshop
The Cordillera News Agency Foundation Incorporated [CNA] with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts launches an online creative writing workshop set on November 14 to 16, 2021. The Cordillera News Agency Foundation Incorporated [CNA] with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts launches an online creative writing workshop set on November 14 continue reading
NCCA names new awardees of Philippine Heritage Awards
Palacio de Memoria, Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines, and the Local Government of Tagum named as the new awardees of the Philippine Heritage Awards (PHA). The PHA has six categories: Adaptive Reuse, Conservation – Built Heritage, Conservation – Movable Cultural Properties, Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Heritage Education and Interpretation, Heritage Programs Support. Following the continue reading
FEMME SERIES II | PINTADOS” at the NCCA Gallery
“FEMME SERIES II | PINTADOS” a posthumous solo exhibition by Eros Basilio is exhibited from November 06 – 30, 2021 at the NCCAGallery. Eros Basilio first launched Femme Series back in 2011. It was his first one-man exhibit after 33 years. It was held at Ayala Museums’ ArtistSpace. The exhibit featured different facets of women, continue reading
NCCA Denies the Petition to Delist the Pao Ong Hu Taoist Temple as Important Cultural Property
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), headed by Chairman Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso and its Board of Commissioners denied the petition of Ms. Chloe Go to delist the Pao Ong Hu Taoist Temple in Sta. Ana, Manila as an Important Cultural Property (ICP). On August 8, 2020, Ms. Go filed a petition to continue reading
NCCA stages ‘Lapulapu’ musical at Newly-Conserved Metropolitan Theater
Play is its first theatrical production after 25 years of closure The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is streaming the musical Lapulapu, ang Datu ng Mactan on October 24, 2021, at the newly-conserved Metropolitan Theater (MET). Lapulapu, Ang Datu ng Mactan, the first theatrical production at the MET since it closed its continue reading
NCCA leads National Indigenous Peoples Month celebration this October
This October, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts (SCCTA), is celebrating the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 signed in 2009 wherein the constitution mandates the “recognition and protection of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples continue reading