The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), headed by Chairman Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso and its Board of Commissioners declares the work of National Artist Ang Kiukok’s titled “Men at Work” as National Cultural Treasure (NCT) and Important Cultural Property (ICP). On the 28th of April 2021, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority continue reading →

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Composition Prize is a biennial award given to deserving composers for each category.  Initiated in 2016, it is a competition on concert hall music, which calls for extended works that go beyond popular or traditional music-writing or improvisation and thus can be better judged or evaluated continue reading →

Continuing the success of ROUND 2020, Korea’s TV network Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) will hold the second year of the virtual music festival, ASEAN-Korea Music Festival’s (AKMF) ROUND 2021, to be held on 09 January 2022 featuring talented musicians from the ASEAN member countries and Korea.  It aims to connect ASEAN and Korea through the continue reading →

On the 125th anniversary of Jose Rizal’s martyrdom that coincides with the 10th year anniversary of establishment of Sentro Rizal, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, in partnership with its Sentro Rizal sites under the auspices of Philippine Foreign Service Posts of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is pleased to announce the following continue reading →

Sentro Rizal sites will hold a series of showings for Rizal’s Pen, a film by Nicolas B. Pichay in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Jose Rizal’s supreme sacrifice for his country starting December 29, 2021 until January 1, 2022. The short film is about Patrick (played by AIR), who while contending with life under continue reading →

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, led by its chairman Arsenio “Nick” J. Lizaso, OIC-Executive Director Marichu G. Tellano, and OIC-Deputy Executive Director Bernan Joseph R. Corpuz, welcomes SB19 as its new Youth and Sentro Rizal Ambassador.  SB19 was chosen to be the NCCA Youth Ambassadors and face of Sentro Rizal not only continue reading →

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts is pleased to announce the 10 shortlisted entries of Rizal@160 Tularawan Digital Art Contest for Overseas Filipino Youth, which ran from 19 June to 12 November 2021, with the theme Digital Art inspired by Jose Rizal’s poetry:  Sentro Rizal Bangkok 1. Liham ng pamamaalam by Rengie A. Anciano 2. Laong Laan by continue reading →