DESTINATION: ART Aresonio “Nick” Lizaso, NCCA Chairman and CCP President Last year in February, I brought the CCP’s Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra to Bacolod City for a two-day free public concert for Bacolodnons at the request of Mayor Evelio Leonardia , who initiated the project. As I...
DESTINATION: ART Arsenio "Nick" J. Lizaso This is my debut as a columnist in this esteemed publication. I am grateful to our section editor for giving me this weekly platform to give voice to my life-long passion for culture and the arts. In my columns, I will be talking about our country’s...
PAST RECIPIENTS Lino Brocka for film in 1997, Fernando Amorsolo for visual arts-painting in 1972, and Nick JoaquÃn for literature in 1976 Good news! The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) have opened the nomination for the Orden...
The capital city is reborn through art The new heroes and Manila The year 2020 has been a total mess. Be that as it may, last month ended on a good note at least for the city of Manila. The City of Our Affections has a specific memory, a conscience, a scourge even, and it is now in a state of...
In this so-called quarantine era, is there room for the arts? The author is the chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Many years back, in my talk to students at the Angono National School for the Arts, I strived to open the minds of the young to the value of being involved in...
Catriona Gray (Instagram) Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray is promoting Philippine arts and culture via a digital show in line with her appointment as arts ambassador of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). During NCCA's online talk show, "Pandayon," the 26-year-old beauty...
